Sat.Apr 24, 2021 - Fri.Apr 30, 2021

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Gelling as a team – from strangers to squad in 7 steps

Insperity

From time to time, you may need to reorganize your teams, bringing in new members from a different part of your organization. To work cohesively and collaboratively, the people involved will have to first learn each other’s personalities and work styles. If handled poorly, these transitions can lead to conflict and slowed productivity. That’s why you need clear strategies for helping people gel as a team.

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8 Ways to Give Feedback Effectively

DecisionWise

All of us, at one point in time, have received feedback that made a significant difference in our behavior or outlook on life. But what is the difference between feedback that causes change and feedback that goes unnoticed? Effectively giving feedback is a disruptor – it makes us think differently about our behavior. Most times, we have gained something from feedback even if it was painful to hear at first.

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More-Limited Definition of Independent Contractor May Be Imminent

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Department of Labor may be on the verge of narrowing the definition of who is an independent contractor.

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What if we hired employees like NFL teams draft players?

The Tim Sackett Project

The NFL draft, kind of like college football recruiting, is still mostly a crap shoot. I mean, you kind of know what you’re getting, but you truly have no idea if that player is going to be a great success or a colossal failure! It’s all a game of statistical chance. Our hope is this player is more likely to be successful than this other player, but there are no guarantees.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Organizations: Use Online Forms to Capture Valuable Data

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by JotForm , a full-featured online form builder that makes it easy to create forms and collect data. They’ve just launched a new product called JotForm Approvals that automates approval processes with ease , something every HR department loves to hear. Enjoy the article!). One of the keys to good decision making is having the right data and information.

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11 Employee Reward Ideas Working Moms Actually Want

Kazoo

Studies over the past year agree: Nobody shouldered the burden of the pandemic like working moms. In addition to performing 72.6% more unpaid childcare in the home than men, women’s jobs have been 1.8x more vulnerable than men’s jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic. Which means any company (rightfully) concerned about burnout among working mothers should take action — and with Mother’s Day around the corner, employee reward ideas for working moms are a great first step.

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The Tale Of Performance Management Tools: 15Five, Lattice, and Many More…

Josh Bersin

The market for online performance management software has been fascinating. For more than a decade vendors have been building new tools to enable goal management, check-ins, feedback, and alignment. And now we’ve added surveys and feedback to the mix. This week 15Five, one of the fastest-growing vendors, announced the acquisition of Emplify , a leading.

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Ways to keep a good specialist if a competitor pays a higher salary

Hppy

The success of an organization is determined by the level of its employees’ competence, motivation, and performance. Therefore, it is especially important to be able to keep good specialist in the organization. However, this task sometimes might be complicated. One of pitfalls of keeping a good specialist in the organization is the impossibility to give employees a raise when all competitors pay much more money for executing the same kind of work.

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What is topgrading interviewing? Our favorite tips

Workable

Topgrading interviewing allows you a lot more insight into a candidate, and (importantly) it will enable the candidate better insight into the company. Here’s what you need to know. What is topgrading interviewing? Why your company should utilize topgrading. Example topgrading interview questions. Incorporating topgrading into your interview process.

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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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Sights and Sounds: Carnival of HR – April 2021

Robin Schooling

A carnival, to me, brings to mind sights, sounds and smells. Carnivals have bright lights, laughing (and/or shrieking) voices coming from folks on rides, live music, and tantalizing aromas wafting forth from tents and food trucks. Sadly we’ve had to miss out on these events and experiences for the last 12 months; here in my corner of the world we’ve cancelled French Quarter Fest (times 2), the Baton Rouge Blues Festival , the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival , the Rayne Frog Festival and the ever

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Requiring employees to return to the office? Get ready for them to quit

HRExecutive

Employers considering bringing their employees back into the office might want to reconsider. A whopping 58% of workers say they would “absolutely” look for a new job if they weren’t allowed to continue working remotely in their current position, new data finds. According to FlexJobs, which surveyed more than 2,100 people who have been working remotely during the pandemic, 31% aren’t sure what they would do and only 11% say not being able to continue working remotely is not a big deal to them.

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6 Systems Your HR Department Must Have

Hppy

Successfully running an HR department in any business is a challenge, but you can improve the department’s performance by establishing systems. From actively recruiting employees to managing payroll, having the right systems in place can increase your staff’s productivity and help your HR department better support the entire business. Here are six systems your HR department needs.

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OIG Exclusions Screening: Best Practices for Healthcare

Accurate Background

Healthcare is an industry, perhaps more than most others, that is particularly prone to concerns about how individuals’ past behaviors could predict, or impact, their future interactions. It’s an industry, after all, that involves not just working with people but interacting with them at times when they are often at their most weak and vulnerable. It’s a highly regulated industry and for good reason.

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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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Workforce planning: how to create a more agile recruitment and talent strategy

HR Zone

Development Preparing for the workforce of tomorrow.

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Leadership and the return to the office

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

“It’s great to welcome you back to the office now that we’ve all been vaccinated, and the pandemic is under control! Take a few minutes to get settled, and then we’ll catch up in the conference room.”. Leaders around the world will soon be saying something like this. Their people will listen attentively — but apprehensively — as they get ready to resume their old roles in a new world.

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Employee Feedback To Manager: How to Get Honest Feedback From Colleagues

Hppy

In any workplace, feedback is critical. Although we typically think of managers providing feedback to their employees, employee feedback to managers is just as valuable. Feedback helps both managers and employees to identify areas for improvement and achieve their best possible performance. . There are good and bad ways to provide feedback for managers and employees.

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Pre-employment Marijuana Screens Will Be Outlawed for Many in Philadelphia

SHRM Resources

The Philadelphia City Council approved a measure April 22 prohibiting most employers in the city from testing new hires for marijuana use. The bill makes it illegal for companies “to require a prospective employee to submit to testing for the presence of marijuana” before hiring them.

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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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4 Quick Organization Tips When Your Office Is a Mess

Take It Personel-ly

A disorganized office can lead to reduced productivity and low employee morale. That’s why it’s important to spend the time and money required to get your office perfectly organized. When considering the best way to keep your office organized, you have plenty of options available. To get well on the way toward great organization, here […].

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Your Street Address Doesn’t Belong on Your Resume Anymore—Here’s What Does

The Muse

Writing your street address on a resume is no longer necessary. Why you should add your location instead, how to do it, and what to do if you’re relocating.

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HR Professionals Couldn’t Be Tired … Could We?

SHRM

HR professionals are exhausted. Over the last year or so, those in HR have faced numerous workplace challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, protests and civil unrest, equity and inclusion, workplace shootings, and the list goes on. Leaders and employees have looked to us to set an example and to be calm, cool and collected. The truth is that HR professionals deal with emotions, angst and uneasiness just like anyone else.

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WFH Burnout and Zoom Fatigue: Much More Complex Than We Think

TalentCulture

Have you or your employees been feeling WFH burnout and Zoom fatigue these past months? It’s too common, despite the supposed convenience of working from home and using videoconferences to […]. The post WFH Burnout and Zoom Fatigue: Much More Complex Than We Think appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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 Add Self-Care Into Your Busy Schedule

Take It Personel-ly

Do you feel like you’re overly focused on work lately that you forget to address your own needs? Do you have the desire to slow down and take care of yourself more, but don’t know where to get started? If so, you came to the right place. Being busy and living with stress has become […].

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9 Tips for Your Resume Email Subject Line (So Someone Actually Reads the Thing)

The Muse

Want them to open your email and read your resume? Whether you’re submitting an application or following up with a networking contact, these tips can help.

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What Oracle’s new platform predicts about the future of EX tech

HRExecutive

Employee experience was already a fast-growing focus for HR before the pandemic , but the crises of the last year have made EX an even more pivotal piece of HR strategy—and jumpstarted competition among technology providers, which experts say is only going to get hotter. Take the recent announcement from Oracle of its Oracle Journeys platform, which, according to the company’s official release, “helps organizations create a one-stop shop for employees as they navigate all aspects of work and com

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After the COVID-19 Crisis: The Inevitable Evolution of HR [#WorkTrends]

TalentCulture

Few global events have dramatically transformed the world of work as the COVID-19 crisis. Perhaps the most critical issue to the modern workforce, its impact will be felt for some […]. The post After the COVID-19 Crisis: The Inevitable Evolution of HR [#WorkTrends] appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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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6 Tips To Protect Your Business’s Finances

Take It Personel-ly

Your business needs money to survive and thrive. So, it is important to take measures to protect your finances. However, this is often easier said than done. There are numerous threats that could compromise your financial state. Additionally, there are plenty of unforeseen circumstances that could upend the way you do business. The following six […].

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New Manager Training: Coaching & Difficult Conversations

Workology

A study by CareerBuilder.com reports that a whopping 58 percent of managers said they didn’t receive any management training after being promoted. For companies, this can lead to a high turnover on. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Remote Work Provides More Opportunities for Blind Job Seekers

SHRM Resources

With growing acceptance of remote work and as employers struggle to fill positions and try to boost diversity, equity and inclusion, people who are blind or visually.

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