Sat.Sep 17, 2016 - Fri.Sep 23, 2016

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Preparing for the Retirement Boom

TalentCulture

The “silver tsunami” is coming. The baby boomer generation is beginning to hit retirement age, and companies must prepare for what could be a major exodus. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as many as one out of ten workers will retire either this year or the next. Losing 10 percent of its employees can hit a company incredibly hard if it’s not prepared.

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should I ask my coworker why she didn’t hire my son, I stole from an employer years ago, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Should I ask my coworker why she didn’t hire my son? My son recently graduated college and applied for a job in a different department at the same company where I have worked for 35 years. He had a lengthy phone interview and an even longer in-person interview with several managers, and then they declined to make him an offer with no explanation.

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War for Talent Hits Retail

HRExecutive

Although seasonal hiring for the retail industry is expected to be mostly flat compared to last year, finding employees to fill positions for the holiday season is expected to be tougher this year, given changes in the economy and in the retail sector itself. Macys, Target and Toys R Us have announced they’ll hold their first-ever nationwide recruiting events for seasonal workers at all of their stores and facilities during a single day or over several weekends, CNBC reports.

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Free Agent Nation: Using Talent Assessments To Build Your Superteam

The Tim Sackett Project

Anyone else amazed by the USA performance at the Rio Olympic Games? Just us? If you’re responsible for hiring and developing people, then you’d love to build a dominating team of individuals like the USA Olympic Swimming and Women’s Gymnastics teams. But how do you do it? Executives and hiring managers tell you that the world of talent selection and team building is more art than science.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Competencies in Job Ads Determine Candidate Quality: Here’s How

ClearCompany HRM

The messaging in a job advertisement influences the type of candidate who will respond. Successful job ads that attract quality candidates should have enough information for the candidate to be able to determine if they’re a suitable applicant, but not too much information to keep the candidate intrigued and curious.

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Employee Well-being Needs to Include Retirement Plans

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Xerox HR Services. For more than a century, Xerox has been a leader in document technology and services. Their human resources services include advisory, technology, and administration solutions to help companies manage and engage employees. Congrats to them for 100 years of business excellence.

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Recruiting Secret #4

The Tim Sackett Project

Everyone wants to know the secret to great recruiting. Candidates want to know how to get into companies. Recruiters want to know each other’s secrets to finding great talent. No one seems to be sharing their secrets, so I thought I might as well fill everyone in… Recruiting Secret #4. Hiring managers are more likely to hire someone who looks like them because there is a much less chance that the person they are hiring will ever accuse them of bias behavior.

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Flip the Switch on Your Candidate Sourcing & Screening Tactics… Now!

ClearCompany HRM

We’ve already discussed the benefits of using competencies to evaluate candidates in the 5 Unique Benefits of Competency Based Recruitment and Selection , but what about using them internally to evaluate each other?

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when you’re accused of plagiarism, parents who won’t turn over their kids’ identity documents, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I was accused of plagiarism. I was accused of plagiarism earlier this year. I couldn’t believe it because I take academic (and my own) integrity so, so seriously. I previously worked in academics, nothing like this has ever happened to me before, and I was devastated. My manager presented the paper and facts to me plainly but forcefully.

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The Secret to Navigating Employment Compliance in 2025

Speaker: Speakers

The employment compliance landscape is evolving fast, and staying on top of the latest regulatory changes can feel overwhelming. With so much conflicting information out there, how can you be sure you're covering all your bases? Join Kimberly Best-Robideaux, a top immigration attorney with 20+ years of experience, and Chapelle Ryon, CEO of WorkBright, for an expert-led webinar to help you move beyond the headlines and break down key insights about evolving regulations.

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What HR Can Learn from Community Managers at Coworking Spaces

Cornerstone On Demand

When a worker sees an email from human resources, their stomach clenches. And if the employee sees an HR rep walk straight toward their desk, their heart skips a beat. It's easy to assume the worst: Did they say something offensive to a coworker without realizing it? Is their department downsizing?

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Moving from Salaried to Hourly – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Well, we knew this was going to happen. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a ruling this summer that changed the overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA.) The new rules go into effect on December 1, 2016. Organizations are getting ready and making changes. Some of those changes involve converting salaried employees to hourly status.

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3 Words to Add to Employee Titles to Drive Engagement

What is Paul Thinking

If you work in corporate America you worry about employee engagement. If you work in corporate “World” you worry about employee engagement. And if you pay attention to employee engagement data you know it really hasn’t changed much in 10 years or so. Hovering around 30%, employee engagement is the Groundhog’s Day of HR issues.

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Employee Performance Depends On These 3 Critical Factors

15Five

For decades, business leaders believed that simply focusing on performance management was the key to building a successful company. If they just had the right vision and strategy, clear objectives, people with the skill sets to achieve those objectives, and alignment toward their goals throughout the entire organization, they’d achieve high employee performance, financial success, and live happily ever after.

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What are the Drivers of Employee Engagement?

You know what they say, what gets measured gets managed. So in order to improve employee engagement, organizations need to measure it. And not only as a whole, because employee engagement is a multifaceted and complex concept. But rather to measure the different drivers of employee engagement, by letting employees rate them. By doing so, it becomes possible to focus on the areas where there is a need for improvement, and gradually build a better employee experience.

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Why It's Time to Ditch the HR Filing Cabinet for the Cloud

Cornerstone On Demand

An increasing number of small businesses are adopting cloud computing. In fact, consulting company Compass Intelligence estimates that the small and medium-sized business cloud computing market will grow from $43 billion in 2015 to $55 billion in 2016.

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Recipes for #HR Success: Leadership and Navigation

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: This series is brought to you by our friends at Capella University. Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you in the best position to succeed in your field. Enjoy the post!). Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the competencies (aka recipes) for human resources success.

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Everwise Named Top HR Product of 2016 by Human Resource Executive

Everwise

From day one at Everwise, our goal has been to reimagine the way today’s workforce stays connected to the people and resources they need to thrive. We knew that building a best-in-class talent development solution would be a determining factor in our success. This is why we’re excited to announce that Everwise has been named a recipient of HR Executive’s 2016 Top HR Products.

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Is the “Grown Up” World Where Talent Goes To Die?

The Aristocracy of HR

021122001520I am deep into a book called: No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need To Do To Have a Great Career by Larry Smith. In this book, he asserts that: “the grown-up world is where talent goes to die.” Reading this statement jolted me gratefully inside – as this is something I have come to […].

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The Great Disruption: Leveraging AI To Better Your Benefits Strategy

Speaker: Joana Ardelean, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP, CC

The benefits landscape is shifting rapidly, and AI is at the center of this transformation. From optimizing health and wellness programs to predicting future benefits needs, AI is empowering HR and total rewards leaders to make smarter, more proactive decisions. The challenge? Understanding where AI fits in your strategy and how to leverage it effectively while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

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Dear ReWorker: My Boss Is an HR Nightmare

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, I am the lead HR person in my organization. I report to the CFO, but I have a great relationship with my CEO. When I took this job it was my dream job. The company has a wonderful mission and I had a real chance to make a difference in employee engagement and all things people related.

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How Much Is Employee Turnover Costing You?

UpstartHR

I will be presenting more on this topic at the HR Innovators Virtual Conference – 2 Days, 6 Education-packed sessions from top-rated speakers covering topics critical to success today, including, millennials and culture, creating meaningful workplaces, using social media to attract talent, and how talent loss affects innovation. Register Today !

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The 100 HR Indicators Every Manager Needs to Know

EmployeeConnect

If you’re like me, you might also be addicted to listicles, these articles in the forms of bullet-points that distil information in a very digestible way. This list of HR Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics contains certainly enough to help you fuel your HR dashboard for the next few months if not longer. Sure, it doesn’t contain every single HR metric you could think of, but it represents some of the most important, and for most of the major HR functions.

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10 Things a Good Manager Never Does

Achievers

According to a recent article in The Huffington Post , 3 out of 4 employees report that their manager is the worst and most stressful part of their job, and 50% of employees who don’t feel valued by their boss plan to look for another job in the next year. Don’t lose top talent because of poor management. We’ve compiled the top 10 things that leadership should never do if they want to keep their employees happy and engaged in the workplace.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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Onboarding in Healthcare: To Socialize or Not - Is That a Question?

Cornerstone On Demand

I'm sure you remember. It was your first job. You wondered whether or not they would like you. You thought to yourself, "Will I be able to do the job?" Peer pressure seeped in when you walked into the hospital the first time. However, it's not about your skills. It was whether or not the culture would accept you. Would people embrace you and give you the understanding of the "ins and outs" of this particular hospital?

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The stark nature of wisdom - and what you need to know to have more of it

HR Zone

People. How to have more wisdom in your daily life.

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4 Ways HR Can Stay Relevant Using New Technology

EmployeeConnect

We live in a world that’s inevitably changing. Each day that goes by isn’t the same as the day before. You may believe your days go with zero change with the routine of waking up, getting to work, going back home to sleep only to repeat it the next day after. It may seem like there’s no change, but they’re subtler than you think. Think about it, do you really eat the same breakfast each day?

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[Infographic] Office Coffee Trends You Need To Know

Hppy

Most coffee-holics would agree that every day should be National Coffee Day — however, the rest of the nation will be celebrating on Thursday, September 29th. Some businesses rely heavily on both the caffeinated and social perks of coffee. We’re all aware of which people in the office need at least one cup of coffee before being spoken to, those who need a cup of joe in their hand all day to function, and the guy who will argue to his death that his coffee place makes the only coffee worth

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People Experts LLC: Your Trusted Partner for Human Resources, People & Culture Solutions

Unlock the potential of your organization with People Experts LLC, the leaders in fostering collaborative workplaces built for People. We specialize in human resource strategic planning, fractional HR services, and employee engagement. Our expert guidance and tailored approach ensure that your workplace thrives and is positioned for sustainable growth.

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The Future of Work: It’s Already Here… And Not As Scary As You Think

Josh Bersin

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Singularity University Summit in San Francisco on The Future of Work. After months of research on the topic, reading dozens of books and articles on AI, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Man against the machine: the struggle against unconscious bias

HR Zone

Future. Unconscious bias: Man against the machine.

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6 Good Reasons to Use Timesheets

EmployeeConnect

Are you looking to implement a timesheet system in your organisation? Several reasons might be encouraging you to do so, which will all benefit your business in the end. Here give you six good reasons to implement timesheets sooner rather than later. 1. Billing your clients One of the main reasons why organisations track the work hours of their employees is to facilitate the billing of their clients.