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The Top 7 Things on HR’s To-do List for 2017

HR Bartender

Here’s a list of activities they recommend for HR professionals to put on their to-do list for 2017. It’s a good time to take inventory of the knowledge, skills, and competencies you feel confident with and the ones you would like to improve. Regardless, HR pros should consider adopting a “career fitness” mentality in 2017.

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Why Are Companies Turning to Older Workers? Should You?

AvilarHR

Combats a skills shortage that , according to the Department of Labor, left employers unable to find enough talent in 2017 to fill approximately 6 million open jobs. What skills and competencies are required to do the job? Stick to skills and competencies. Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers retire each day. What work needs to get done?

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How to Up Your Competency Management Game for 2019

AvilarHR

It’s exactly how competency-driven organizations look, feel and act. There’s still time to take these five steps to up your competency management game in 2019. 1) Adopt Competency Management Technology. Increasingly, organizations are using competencies more holistically, to support their strategic plans.

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Five Practical Ways to Improve Office Communication

Hppy

According to a 2017 study by eMarketer , U.S. There are endless social networks, overstuffed personal and professional inboxes, and of course, actual work to compete with. Download the white paper and see how you can create an integrated, engaging employee experience using people analytics! Yep, 12 hours.

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How to Quickly Improve Any Performance Appraisal System

DecisionWise

Our first solution uses a multi-rater (a 360-degree) survey that measures performance competencies for employees at all levels within an organization. In addition, the instrument focuses on well-defined competencies instead of relying on personal evaluations that may be subject to biases. their potential). iii] Ibid. [iv]

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5 Eye-Opening HR Stats: Why Employee Recognition Matters

Achievers

To help set the groundwork for a successful 2017, we present to you five revealing HR stats that prove the value of employee recognition. With employee recognition, you can motivate and identify core competencies to help develop career paths for employees in a positive and organic way. Employees are loyal to careers, not jobs.

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How to (Really) Get to Workplace Satisfaction

AvilarHR

Business and government leaders know that they need a top-down strategy to align skills and competencies with long-term business and mission goals. Where are the competency weaknesses within our workforce? How do we close the competency gaps? Job descriptions are up-to-date, clear, and tied to key competencies.