Sat.May 27, 2017 - Fri.Jun 02, 2017

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Nursing Professionals Want Engagement and Work Life Balance

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. For the third consecutive year, Forbes has named Kronos one of America’s Top 15 Places to Work in technology. Congratulations to Kronos! Enjoy the post.). While this blog tends to talk about employees in general, we have shared in the past some insights about specific industries such as restaurants and public service.

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Talent Acquisition vs. Talent Management vs. HR: A primer

Workable

The terms Human Resource Management , Talent Acquisition and Talent Management are often used interchangeably, despite being different functions. Our guide will help you distinguish between these HR roles and learn how they work together to attract, hire, develop and retain skilled employees. Here are some frequently asked questions about HR, Talent Acquisition vs.

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How Effective are Monetary Incentives?

Hppy

No matter who you are, productivity ebbs and flows. It’s not possible to sustain the same levels of productivity at all times—there are just too many factors that influence our ability to work. From the amount of sleep we get to the stress we’re under, we operate under many different influences all at once, which can have both positive and negative effects.

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The Ripple Effect of a Pay Strategy Change

Compensation Today

Did we catch you in beautiful Snowbird, Utah last month? PayScale was there for The Elevate Summit , BambooHR’s first ever user conference, and we know many of you were too. There were tons of great sessions and keynotes — from the brilliance of Susan Cain to The Science of Happiness — and so many smiling faces. We’re already looking forward to next year.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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New Graduate? Why A Staffing Agency Might Be The Right Path For You

Forbes Coaches Council

If you don't have experience, you can apply for full-time roles and risk receiving rejection after rejection, or you can get your foot in the door now.

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Which Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Should We Use?

The Tim Sackett Project

I’ve said this a number of times, but it’s the question that never goes away. It’s the single most asked question I get in person, online, through email and messaging. There hasn’t been a week go by in the past two years where I’m not asked in some form this question! I get it! Talent Acquisition is finally moving from awkward teen to young adult.

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Your 2017 Picks: Workforce Planning, Hiring Manager Communications and Cost Per Hire Equations

ClearCompany HRM

We’re halfway through the year, and here at ClearCompany, we really love creating content about how to make talent acquisition, performance management , onboarding and goal setting better for companies. In 2017, we’ve introduced new features, built out toolkits for HR Professionals that have been downloaded thousands of times and created presentations to help recruiters, managers and CHROs everywhere build their processes internally to the delight of their employees.

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The Business Case for Hiring 50+ Workers [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I’ve been to quite a few conferences lately and recruiting remains a top challenge. So, I think we’ve moved past the point where we need to convince people that recruiting is difficult. It seems to be a given that finding qualified talent is tough. Organizations everywhere are looking for qualified workers. If you’re not aware, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has partnered with AARP to help organizations understand the value of recruiting, engaging, and retaining older workers.

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HR, It's Time to Improve Your Employee Retention Strategy

Cornerstone On Demand

Always top of mind these days, employee turnover is a critical and costly issue for companies across the U.S. The demographic pressures and the tsunami of retirements are high level barometers of more to come. The number of people changing jobs has increased dramatically over the last few years, sneaking past pre-recession levels of more than 3 million “quits" as of December 2016.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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7 Often Overlooked Strategies Your Staffing Firm Should Use to Attract New Clients

Linkedin Talent Blog

Today, the majority of individuals in our profession generate 75% of their sales from less than five clients. The problem? This is not recession proof and could lead to inconsistent sales and profits. That’s why it’s so important to continually upgrade and attract new clients to your staffing firm. If you are in the direct segment of the recruiting profession, you should have 10 key accounts and 20 back-ups.

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Nontraditional Grads: Who They Are & Why You Should Recruit Them

ClearCompany HRM

Spring is in full swing and that means new grads are crossing the stage and finally starting a career in a field for which they have real passion. This is an exciting time for employers, too. CareerBuilder found that 74% of employers are planning to hire a recent college graduate this year, an increase from 2016’s 67%. In fact, it’s the highest outlook since 2007.

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Remembering the Importance of Memorial Day

HR Bartender

Tomorrow is Memorial Day in the United States. Memorial Day commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service. I’d like to think that almost every country has their own version of Memorial Day, even if they don’t recognize it this weekend. For Americans, this long weekend will probably be involving grilling, watching the basketball playoffs, and hanging out with friends.

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HR Leadership Lessons from Non-Traditional CHROs

Visier

CHRO’s who come from non-HR backgrounds discover that HR is the most impactful of all functions. Their experience holds important lessons for all HR leaders. CHRO’s from non-HR backgrounds say the CHRO role can be the best and most impactful of all leadership positions. We interviewed CHROs who arrived at the role after careers outside of HR. In a recent Harvard Business Review article we described how they approach the role differently: Focusing on business results not just people outcomes , p

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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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. 8 Bad Mistakes That Make Good Employees Leave -- by Dr. Travis Bradberry. 2. 7 Strategies to Attract Passive Candidates. 3.

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HR Leaders Guide to Digitalisation Transformation

EmployeeConnect

The topic of digital transformation is a hot favourite amongst analysts, consultants, and researchers. It is indeed a multifaceted process with the promise transformational benefit. The primary objective behind digital transformation is to improve the level of performance and productivity and exceed business goals. The question is what does digital transformation mean for organisations in general and HR leaders in particular?

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Quick Shots for #Recruiting and #HR Pros – Google Hire Edition

HR Bartender

In case you missed it, Google has introduced a new product called Hire. As the name implies, it’s focused on recruitment. I heard people talking about it during the TAtech Spring Congress as well as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Talent Management Conference. It’s still very new, but worth keeping your eye on. Personally, I’m always a little torn when I hear about new offerings from Google.

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How Merck KGaA Uses People Analytics to Win in the New World of Work

Visier

Kai Beckmann is a member of the Executive Board and Chief Administration Officer of Merck KGaA/EMD Millpore, a Visier customer. Big Data is one of the buzzwords of digitalization. The analysis of large quantities of revealing data from many areas of professional and private life is here to stay. Big Data plays just as crucial a role in online shopping as it does in the financial sector, or in using a navigation device to find the fastest route.

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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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A Handful Of Expert Tips To Sustainably Increase Workplace Productivity

15Five

Over the last few years, employee productivity has become one of those ubiquitous business buzzwords like company culture and employee engagement. I can tell you that when we share posts on social media, the ones dealing with productivity outperform the others by a wide margin. Why is that? Let’s start by defi ning productivity as performance of stated goals and objectives within a specified time frame.

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What's the Difference Between an Employee Benefit & Perk?

Justworks

A compensation package from an employer is about more than just salary. Employee benefits like health insurance and 401(k) contributions should also factor into an employee's offer package. Great work perks also go beyond salary and guaranteed benefits speak to your company's culture. It’s important to know the difference between a perk and a benefit.

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Focus the Locus: Help employees find motivation from within

CONCERN: EAP

Not to be confused with a locust a type of grasshopper known for traveling in a crowd and decimating crops, a locus is defined as the center, or source, of an activity or power. Behavioral experts often use the term locus of control (LOC) when studying or discussing motivation.Employees with an internal LOC feel a greater sense of personal responsibility and control over their work.

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HR – Get out of the way!

Kazoo

Maybe you’ve seen this scenario play out in your organization: It’s annual employee engagement survey time. The data is in and you’re eager to get moving. But there are still so many steps you have to wait through. HR finally gets the data from a third party, organizes it in a way that will speak to each department, addresses leaders and managers about the issues specific to their teams, and then mandates programs to ensure the organization reacts to the engagement drivers that rea

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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University of Phoenix Research: Your Employees Aren’t Innovative Enough [Podcast]

UpstartHR

Note: If you’re looking for a good app to access We’re Only Human and other podcasts, I personally use Stitcher on my Android device. Did you know that your employees aren’t innovative or creative enough? That’s the latest from a research study performed by University of Phoenix on workplace innovation. In an interesting mix of data, the organization asked employees to identify whether their employers were innovative or not, and hiring managers were asked to identify th

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How to Get Out of a Work Funk and Find Inspiration

Achievers

It’s not uncommon for both individual contributors and entire companies to sometimes feel stuck in a work rut. Even for business owners such as myself, there are still down days or perhaps even down weeks in which inspiration is tough to come by. I’ve been running Proven , a small job board, for seven years; the longest I’ve worked for any one company or on any specific project.

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Build a Feedback Culture With Remote Workers

Reflektive

There’s no doubt that innovations in technology are behind the rise in telecommuting. According to Gallup, 37% of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted, and the average worker telecommutes two days per week. Remote work has opened up a virtual world of possibilities for employees and employers alike: While employees get to enjoy the flexibility of a work-from-home schedule, managers are no longer tethered to top talent in their immediate vicinity.

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HR – Get out of the way!

Kazoo

Maybe you’ve seen this scenario play out in your organization: It’s annual employee engagement survey time. The data is in and you’re eager to get moving. But there are still so many steps you have to wait through. HR finally gets the data from a third party, organizes it in a way that will speak to each department, addresses leaders and managers about the issues specific to their teams, and then mandates programs to ensure the organization reacts to the engagement drivers that rea

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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10 Tips for Reading Body Language in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

There’s quite a few signs & signals we notice in any average workplace, but it’s the people around you we notice the most. Whilst you’re noticing each individual revolve around your office and business dealings daily, it’s their body language that evokes an emotion and gets you turning your head again to re-look. Body Language Linking to Emotional Intelligence Body language, including facial expressions, are a form of expressing emotion – anger, happiness, frustration or confusio

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Every HR Problem Becomes a Sales Problem

Don Phin

I speak to a lot of business owners. I do my best to help them understand there is great opportunity in Great HR. I also let them know somebody has to pay for poor HR practices and eventually that somebody is the sales team. Think of it this way – you just had to fire. Read More. The post Every HR Problem Becomes a Sales Problem appeared first on HRSherpas.

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Level Up Your Networking Skills with Tips From Six Experts [eBook]

Justworks

Networking is pivotal to a successful career, yet it’s something most people have little to no formal instruction on. We probably don’t need to convince you much of the importance of networking. According to a survey conducted by LinkedIn, a whopping 85% of jobs are filled through networking. But in this eBook, we will explore beyond networking just to land your next job and take the the long view instead.

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