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update: my company’s accountant is nitpicking my pretty frugal travel expenses

Ask a Manager

Remember the letter last month from the person whose company accountant was nitpicking his travel expenses in the most ridiculous way ? If you didn’t read the comments, you missed this insane detail from the letter writer: “Actual comment at the last checkin with Bob, regarding a ~$12 tab at Chipotle: ‘Ordering extra guacamole is wasteful of member dues.'” Here’s the update.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. Pymetrics raises $8 million for job-matching with AI and neuroscience games. Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of Pymetrics.

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Human Resources For Those New To HR

New to HR

In the bustling work environment of an early-stage startup, HR is sometimes a bit of an ad hoc operation: finance covers payroll, operations stores employee data somewhere, and office managers—gotta love ‘em—handle the rest. But once staffing reaches a certain. The post Human Resources For Those New To HR appeared first on New To HR.

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Rework Landing page

Cornerstone On Demand

Are you ready for the future of work? Subscribe for the latest news and insights, straight to your inbox Hear from leading experts and brands in hiring, learning, and retention Learn how to grow and develop as a strategic leader in talent management Share exclusive, original articles and data with your team About ReWork In today’s work landscape, change is the only constant.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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How to Assess Your Company’s Onboarding Program

HR Bartender

Click to View Larger Version. (Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad , a provider of talent activation technology. Be sure to check out their “ Top Sources of Hire 2017 ” report, which lists the top seven sources of new hires. It’s a must-read for any talent acquisition professional. Enjoy the post!). Regardless of what we call it, we know what onboarding is.

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Banking Industry Plans to Increase Hiring, Salaries in 2018

HR Daily Advisor

The labor market is tightening and turnover is increasing, but banks are planning to grow employment, according to data from the Crowe Horwath LLP 2017 Bank Compensation and Benefits Survey. Crowe, a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm, conducts the annual survey, now in its 36th year. The survey, which compiled data from 375 banks, also shows salary and bonus benchmarks for 263 job positions.

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Cartoon Coffee Break: New Hires

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.

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How to Create the Perfect Morning Routine

HR Bartender

I stumbled across an article recently in Training Magazine about “ Creating a Continuous Learning Culture ”. We’ve talked before about self-learning being a competency that individuals should develop. The thing I found interesting in the article was the focus on daily rituals. The idea being that employees should learn how to develop daily rituals that will help with their learning.

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45+ Elements of Company Culture to Include in Your Strategy

ClearCompany HRM

Company culture is essential to the identity of your business and defines the environment in which employees work. It incorporates a variety of elements including work environment, values, company mission, ethics, expectations and goals.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Why Diversity Sourcing is so Hard -- by Will Staney. 2. A CEO Explains How the Answer to an Unusual Interview Question Helps Determine Who Should Get Hired -- by Akin Oyedele. 3. 6 Ways to Turn Your Employees Into Brand Ambassado

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5 Steps to Prepare for the EU's New General Data Protection Regulations

Cornerstone On Demand

Protecting customer and employee data should be at the top of every major corporation's priority list. Your customer and employee trust depends on it. So, if you are a global company with offices, employees or customers in the EU then you should pay close attention to the new centralized, formal rules that now apply to any EU member countries, called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Everyone Can Be a Rock Star – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Be sure to check out their “ 1 in 100 Million ” video series devoted to sharing the personal stories of the people who do the many important and too-often unrecognized jobs we all rely on.

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10 Questions That Need To Be In Your Employee Engagement Survey - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

An employee engagement survey measures several factors that contribute to employee performance and retention. Most organizations conduct employee surveys annually, with some opting to increase the frequency to bi-annually or even quarterly. Companies generally use the results of these surveys to drive change and improve organizational culture. Download: Employee Engagement Survey Sample.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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5 Steps Employers of Immigrant Workers Can Take to Prepare for a Potential Increase in I-9 Investigations

Trinet

We expect that ICE will be conducting record numbers of worksite enforcement investigations, criminal prosecutions and audits for inspections and administrative fees. These ICE audits and investigations can result in employers having to settle technical violations for administrative shortcomings, even if they do not have an undocumented worker on payroll.

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How to Transform Your Employees Into Powerful Brand Advocates

Cornerstone On Demand

A version of this article was originally published on the SmashFly blog. It's no longer enough to be a great company—your company must be known as a great place to work. That's bigger than your own Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and what you say on your career site and what your leadership thinks about your culture. It's a blend of perception, reality, reputation and delivering on promises.

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What CHROs Need to Know About Changing Human Capital Management

Reflektive

The pace of change in the workplace continues to accelerate, making HR’s role even more integrated with the most strategic business decisions. At Argyle Human Capital Leadership Forum in New York last week, I had the pleasure of joining Foot Locker’s Robert Perkins, Randstad’s Michelle Prince, and Verizon’s Martha Delehanty on a panel, moderated by Pauline Ashworth, to discuss how human capital management is changing.

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New Research: Be Weird to Get the Hiring Manager’s Attention

UpstartHR

I received the highlights from a new CareerBuilder study this week and they made me laugh for two reasons. First, because some of these ideas are actually pretty good, and second, because whoever wrote the press release of the data analysis is a bit off the mark. The gist of the research was this: people are looking for jobs (no surprise there) and some of them are doing interesting, strange, or downright weird things to try and stand out from the crowd.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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5 Things All Employers Must Know About the Americans with Disabilities Act

Trinet

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lays the foundation for the responsibilities of employers with 15 or more employees with respect to disabled applicants and employees. Failure to comply with the ADA can result in the loss of valuable employees and damaged morale, and may come with a hefty price tag.

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6 Hot Digital Workplace Trends from Gartner

WorkHuman

Workers increasingly expect a consumer-like experience in the workplace, as WorkHuman 2017 speaker Jeanne Meister outlined in her guest post a few months back. From initial hire through onboarding and continuous development, cutting-edge, easy-to-use technology continues to be at the center of a positive work experience. HR and/or IT groups are often responsible for introducing and integrating these new technologies into the greater organization.

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Anxiety is natural. It doesn’t have to be second-nature.

CONCERN: EAP

From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience LibraryAnxiety, a form of worry or uneasiness, can be a common reaction to stress. Like other emotions, it can be useful when it makes us pause and reassess our situation or surroundings.Sometimes, if anxiety leads to negative rumination, it can become more pronounced and become a more destructive influence. Negative rumination is a state when strong or uncomfortable emotions or thoughts play on a constant loop in our minds.

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What Are Companies Doing to Increase Employee Engagement? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

In our 2017 State of Employee Engagement survey , we collected feedback from over 150 organizations to create a comprehensive look at employee engagement best practices. One section of the survey included a set of questions about programs being used to increase employee engagement and the success of these programs. Here are five key findings from the research: 1.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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People Analytics Grows Up

Josh Bersin

Over the last decade, HR departments and businesses have become better at collecting data about people. We used to know employees’ ages, demographics, salary histories, performance ratings and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Leveraging Employee Development to Foster Employee Retention

Everwise

Employee development has become one of the most desired benefits in today’s market for talent. Gallup found that Millennials – who are driving the employee market – fundamentally think about jobs as opportunities to learn and grow. Its report, How Millennials Want to Work and Live , reveals that 59% of Millennials say opportunities to learn are extremely important to them when applying for a job.

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Unlock Your Company's Competitive Advantage

Engage2Excel

The legendary management consultant Peter Drucker said, “You can’t manage what you don't measure.” Business leaders today have access to an overwhelming amount of data to inform decisions about marketing, product and service design, customer care and supply chain optimization. Yet many CXOs lack objective data on the engagement levels of their most valuable asset­—the employees whose discretionary efforts determine business success on a daily basis.

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Starting as the Head of Talent in a Startup? Here’s where you can start

Hppy

Imagine, you are new to a startup. The company is growing +15% monthly (comparing to 15% annual growth for classic enterprises) in revenue. Headcount is growing as well, by 100% every year. Now, you are a 50 employee business, but in just 1 year you’ll be 100-150 employees and then 200-300 employees within the next 2 years. You have to build a solid background of corporate culture, HR policies and processes as well as HRIS to support your business growth.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Get the Ultimate Employee Wellness Kit For Your Team [Downloads]

Justworks

When it comes to investing in your company, health and wellness programs have a rewarding effect on both your employees and the business at large. Statistics have shown that healthy employees perform better and miss less days at work. Additionally, happy employees are more productive at work, which makes a win-win situation. At Justworks, we care a lot about helping businesses take care of their teams and creating great places to work.

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Establishing a Global Career: Mentors Share Their Insights

Everwise

In a recent Ask Me Anything, we highlighted Everwise mentors with expertise in global project management and cross-functional work with teams around the world. Our community brought numerous questions and issues to light in an engaging discussion thread. Thanks to the following experts for providing their insights into the challenges the community brought to the conversation: Tangy Morgan , Senior Advisor, Bank of England.

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Booz Allen Hamilton’s Cathy Harvey on the Value of WorkHuman

WorkHuman

Are you curious what it’s like to experience WorkHuman firsthand? Do you want to know more about the value of attending WorkHuman as an HR professional, people manager, or business professional? We recently sat down with Cathy Harvey, human resources program manager at Booz Allen Hamilton. She attended the very first WorkHuman conference in 2015 and has been an advocate of the WorkHuman movement ever since.