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7 Recruiting Competencies to Guide the 21st Century Recruiter

Workology

Great not just good recruiters require a different set of skills, abilities, and competencies altogether to engage, qualify and recruit talent to our organization(s). I’ve been exploring the different competencies needed to be successful at the different human resource roles: 1) recruiter, 2) leader, and 3) HR practitioner.

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How Organizations and Employees Can Start Focusing on Wellness

HR Bartender

An increasing number of companies are offering employee wellness programs. employers offer wellness benefits (up from 58 percent in 2008). A RAND Corporation study found that every $1 invested in wellness yields a return on investment (ROI) of $1.50. So, how can organizations and employees start focusing on wellness?

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Creating a Culture of Well-being: The Key to Organizational Wellness

Terryberry

Businesses that prioritize the well being of their employees experience improved productivity, higher engagement, and a boost in profits. Ultimately, investing in organizational wellness results in a thriving work environment where employees are inspired to do their best. for every dollar spent on wellness programs.

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Pet Insurance as a Benefit – Why Your Company Should Consider It

TalentCulture

Fortune Magazine has called pet insurance the “hottest employee benefit” and one survey forecasts that nearly 60% of companies will offer pet insurance by 2018 (Willis Towers Watson 2016). In a survey of our Pets Best customers, over 82% stated they consider themselves pet parents rather than simply pet owners (2016).

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How this HR Honor Roll winner navigated employee trauma and growth

HRExecutive

In early 2016, Heather Vogel read about a job opening at the Children’s Home Society of Florida. Team members love the idea that they can work anywhere, any time and we’re giving them the tools to do that and the freedom to do that—just as long as they do their jobs and do it well, which they do,” Vogel says.

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How to be a Good Internal Consultant

Workplace Psychology

Indeed, now more than ever, today’s HR professionals play the role of internal consultants (Miller, 2016). Important competencies to be a successful internal consultant (Phillips, Trotter, & Phillips, 2015) include communication skills, feedback skills, problem-solving & analytical skills, and organizational skills.

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The Hiring Landscape For The 2018 Holiday Season

DailyPay

Seasonal hiring has been a part of the HR and recruiting workload for years, but with record-low unemployment, and record-high turnover rates, companies must compete more fiercely than ever for talent this holiday season. Kohl’s plans to bring on about 90,000 people to work through the New Year, compared with 69,000 people in 2016.

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