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Why APIs Are the Future of Benefits | Guest Post: Ameritas & Noyo

PlanSource

Once created, these new connections will solve the data gap between insurance carriers and benefits software platforms. From there, processes can be modernized, data freed from legacy systems and customer experiences improved. This includes leveraging customer data to review plan design elements and utilization trends over time.

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Hard Skills vs Soft Skills: Mastering Both For Effective Workplaces

Cloverleaf

A LinkedIn survey revealed that more than half of nearly 300 hiring managers identified a deficit in soft skills among job candidates, acknowledging that this gap is potentially hindering their company’s productivity. Imagine a product team scrambling to meet a tight deadline.

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5 Ways to Make Every Employee Feel Like a Valued Teammate

Great Place to Work

Great Place To Work® research shows that companies that prioritize the experience of every employee not only avoided the pain of the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 , they actually posted a 14.4% A companywide “Demo Day” also offers employees the chance to present tech-enabled solutions, new products, and enhanced customer experiences.

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How to Keep Your HR Engine Running During Economic Slowdowns

Zenefits

One of the most devastating economic slumps was the 2007-2009 Great Recession. But as noted in the aforementioned SHRM article, “ those data points generally lag the actual onset of a downturn.” Keeping employees productive and engaged so that they will perform optimally, even during unstable times. While the U.S.

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Strategic Workforce Planning 101: Framework & Process

Analytics in HR

The organizational strategy is determined by several key factors (step 1), including trends in the market, the products and services the company offers, and what competitors are doing. Here are two case studies: Case study 1 Let’s take a simple example of a company with three product lines. Growth in % 22% 238% -10% Sales staff 5 ?

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3 Ways Professional Services Firms Can Prosper

Workday

With the release of Service Performance Insight’s “2017 Professional Services Maturity Benchmark,” it’s clear the professional services industry continues to face challenges. Here are three ways that leading professional services firms are moving their organizations forward, as highlighted in SPI’s 2017 benchmark study: .

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Managing a business in a recession: 5 strategies

Insperity

Its growth is measured by a number called gross domestic product (GDP). Those people earn increasingly higher incomes (hopefully) and purchase more products, which further drives economic expansion. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 was the worst of many of our lifetimes. Lower employee morale and productivity.