Sat.Sep 09, 2017 - Fri.Sep 15, 2017

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INTERVIEW: Dr. Jac Fitz-enz on Human Capital Metrics

HR Bartender

I’m a self-professed math geek. Which is why I’m very excited to share with you today’s interview. But before we start, I want to share how I learned about Dr. Jac Fitz-enz. I’ve told this story before but I’m going to tell it again. In my very first human resources manager role, I attended a weekly department head meeting. My boss would have all of us go around the table, talk about the projects we were working on, and discuss any resources (i.e. budget and staff) we needed to achieve our goals

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It’s Never Too Early: Let Your Employee Experience Shine Through The Interview Processes

Spark Hire

Employee experience is often tied to your current team members. It’s important to make sure they’re happy, feeling engaged, and are connected with both the team and company goals. But focusing on the employee experience only when someone is officially an employee is hurting your chances of hiring the best candidates. To dive deeper into the idea of bringing the employee experience into your interview processes, we spoke with Stuart Coleman and Mandy Yoh.

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7 Differences Between Hiring Remote and In-house Workers

Hppy

What used to be a weird dream at the beginning of 20 th century now is an integral part of modern life. I bet your grannies could have imagined working for a company situated in the other part of the world. But now work at a distance won’t surprise anybody. However, such shift on the job market implies some changes in HR workflow. Let’s take a look at the differences in hiring remote employees and in-house staff.

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Marketing (and Showcasing) Your Corporate Culture During Recruitment

TalentCulture

Most corporate executives consider marketing to be a customer-focused function. But, guess what? The same marketing strategies that work for promoting products and services to consumers also work as powerful recruiting tools. And today, you need to be able to use those marketing strategies to showcase your corporate culture during recruitment—or risk being overlooked.

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Prevent Toxic Work Culture and Protect Your Peoples’ Physical and Mental Health

The U.S. Surgeon General's warning about the role of the workplace on mental and physical health states that employers have an opportunity to turn workplaces into “engines of mental health and wellbeing”. Discover what it takes to foster workplace wellbeing and how to prevent a “toxic work culture”.

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Recruiting costs FAQ: Budget and cost per hire

Workable

Here are frequently asked questions and answers about recruiting costs to help you plan your budget, monitor your cost per hire and optimize your spending: What is cost per hire? How do you calculate cost per hire? What should be included in recruiting costs? What’s a good benchmark for cost per hire? What’s a good benchmark for recruiting costs? What should be included in a recruiting budget?

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Differentiating with Enhanced Job Postings

Nextwave Hire

Standing Out. With so many job posts in the interwebs out there, how do you stand out among the crowd for the right job seekers? In experiencing a lack of quality candidates, you may resort to settling for the closest possible candidate you can find. However, Cassandra Allen of Fehr & Peers has experienced success with her process of enhanced job posts and shared with us some of her knowledge.

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Is Talent Acquisition Wasting Your Hiring Manager’s Time?

The Tim Sackett Project

I had a conversation the other day with a corporate HR Director and we were talking recruiters, corporate recruiters. My friend had a dilemma, a classic corporate recruiting scenario. The problem is she has recruiters who are doing a decent job, but they won’t get out from behind their desk and get out into the organization and get face-to-face feedback from the hiring managers.

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Nonprofits Continue to Hire More Aggressively Than For-Profits in 2017, but the Gap is Narrowing

HR Daily Advisor

According to new survey findings, nonprofit organizations have been hiring more aggressively than for-profits for the last several years and will continue to do so in 2017, however the survey indicates that the gap is now narrowing. creatarka / iStock / Getty Images Plus. According to the 10th annual Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey , released by NonprofitHR, 50% of nonprofits plan to hire in 2017 (down seven percentage points from 2016), while the corporate hiring outlook is the best it ha

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3 Ways to Hire Innovators

Cornerstone On Demand

If you've never had the chance to gulp a bottle of Hint Water , you soon will. It's the flagship product of Hint, Inc., founded a dozen years ago in Silicon Valley by a tech executive, Kara Goldin , during a career hiatus while expecting her fourth child. She started making unsweetened, fruit-flavored water at home. It tasted good and satisfied her desire for a healthful beverage, but it wasn't convenient.

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The 26th Annual HR Systems Survey

The 26th Annual HR Systems Survey, conducted by Sapient Insights Group, is now open for participation through July 1, 2023. Your voice is the future of HR technology! This survey is valuable for anyone supporting their organization's HR systems and practices, interested in sharing their vendor experiences, and giving back to the HR community. All responses are confidential and only used in aggregate results.

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Should Employees Receive an Auto Allowance – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

At first glance, this might seem like a unique situation. But employees sometimes get asked to use their personal vehicles to run errands or drop stuff off at another location all the time. Today’s reader note is about how employees should be paid for mileage. I live in Florida and am a construction superintendent. Part of my job involves traveling between job sites to pick up/drop off supplies as needed.

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Do Recruiters Still Need to Make Phone Calls?

The Tim Sackett Project

I spoke at CareerBuilder’s Empower last week and in my presentation, I harped on the talent acquisition pros and leaders in the room on why 100% of us are not using texting as a primary first form of contact with candidates. The data is in. Texting works! It works better than email by a mile, but still, less than 50% in the room are texting candidates.

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Today’s Fast-Paced Workplace Leading More Employers to Recruit Contingents

HR Daily Advisor

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller, 1986. cofotoisme / iStock / Getty Images Plus. The workplace moves pretty fast, too. Human resources specialists of Ferris Bueller’s time probably couldn’t imagine today’s workforce. Back in the 1980s, independent contractors, contingent workers, and part-time workers were largely seen as supplemental to the main workforce of full-time employees – or as unwanted but necessary cost-cutt

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A Day In the Life of a Campus Recruiting Expert

Cornerstone On Demand

This piece is the third in our "Campus Recruiting 101" series, about how recruiters can make the most of their campus recruiting efforts this year. As industries shift and demand for multi-skilled workers skyrockets, companies are looking for young and dynamic talent to join their ranks. A study from Bentley University found that 71 percent of in-demand skills are required across two or more job categories—meaning cross-disciplinary talent is in high-demand.

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Ace Your I-9 Compliance: How HR Can Navigate the End of I-9 Virtual Review

Speaker: David Secunda, Co-Founder and CEO of WorkBright

Did your company inspect I-9 documents virtually? Hot off the press from ICE, you have until August 30th, 2023 to document a physical inspection of those documents! If you’re not sure what exactly this means for your organization or are struggling to physically review I-9 documents with remote employees, join WorkBright for a 60 minute deep-dive and Q&A on the end of I-9 virtual review.

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The $100,000 Bill: ALL Labor Law Changes Impact Your Bottom Line

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. The Boston Business Journal has recognized Kronos as the 5 th Healthiest Employer in Massachusetts and BostInno named them one of the 10 Coolest Companies to work for. Many congrats! Enjoy the post.).

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ASA Survey Shows Role for Staffing and Recruiting Companies During Transition to Gig Economy

SkillSurvey

ASA survey points out that the gig economy presents staffing and recruiting companies with a unique opportunity to engage with clients.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and What SMBs Need to Know to Prepare

Trinet

On September 5, 2017, U.S. Secretary General Jeff Sessions announced an end to the DACA program. Under this directive, Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke has rescinded the 2012 memorandum. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has initiated a phase out of the DACA program by providing a limited six-month window to adjudicate certain pending and renewal DACA cases.

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How High-Performing Companies Manage Employee Performance [New Research]

Lighthouse

Recently we wrapped up an amazing new project, the 2017 Lighthouse Research Performance Management, Engagement, and Business Results study. This provided some amazing insights and has given us a great picture of how employers can fight back in the ongoing battle to keep great talent while simultaneously keeping them highly engaged. See a Special Sneak Preview in an Upcoming Webinar.

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Employer Guide: End of I-9 Virtual Review

Attention employers! If you virtually inspected I-9 work authorization documents during the COVID pandemic, you are required to physically inspect those documents before August 30th, 2023! WorkBright has consolidated all the information you need to properly manage this unprecedented scenario in an end of I-9 Virtual Review guide. They've got you covered on: Understanding whether this applies to your organization Deadlines for virtual review and physical inspections Overview of the reconciliation

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5 Business Lessons Learned from Adult Dot to Dot Books

HR Bartender

Move over adult coloring, the new stress reliever is dot to dot. You remember dot to dot books, right? There’s an image and you must connect the dots in sequence to draw in the lines. I’ve started seeing articles about the emergence of adult dot to dot books , both as an alternative to adult coloring and in addition to. So, I decided to try this and bought Dot to dot for Grown-ups by David Woodroffe.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Gender Balance in Your Tech Startup’s C-Suite Won’t Happen Overnight. Here’s How to Start -- by Kelly Kinnard. 2.

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Don’t Let a Natural Disaster Destroy Your Business Without a Fight. Here is What You Can Do, Starting Now, to Prepare

Trinet

We have all recently witnessed how devastating natural disasters can be--destroying lives, businesses and property in an instant. The challenges to a business owner in the face of a natural disaster can quickly become overwhelming. Here are just a few actions small and midsize business (SMB) leaders should take before, during and after a natural disaster.

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Improving Employee Engagement: Where Do I Start? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Embarking on an Employee Engagement initiative without surveying first is like shooting at a target with a blindfold on. and not knowing if you are even facing the right direction. . Type the words “Employee Engagement Tools” into any search engine and you are likely to see the following product categories: Social Collaboration Tools, Benefits Tools, Recognition Tools, Gamification Tools, Communication Tools (Intranets, Extranets, Portals, Hubs), Leaderboard Platforms, Wellness and Wellbeing at

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The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing HR Operations: How to Select Your New HR Software

Speaker: Patrick Sayers, President of Newcastle Research

Are you tired of struggling with outdated HR software? Are you interested in unlocking your organization’s productivity potential? It’s no secret that with tech-dependent remote work on the rise, it's more important than ever to successfully implement an HR platform that can provide actionable insights to help you hit all your key workforce KPIs. But with so much variation, how can you find the most optimal HR software platform for your team?

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Company Culture in the Retail Industry: Troubleshooting Your Top 4 Challenges

CultureIQ

Navigating Culture in the Retail Industry. Company culture is not one-size-fits-all , and that’s especially evident when it comes to company culture in the retail industry. These HR managers and recruiters must hire, retain, and motivate large numbers of … The post Company Culture in the Retail Industry: Troubleshooting Your Top 4 Challenges appeared first on CultureIQ.

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Possible Applications of AI in HR

Hppy

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming increasingly popular across various departments. Healthcare, marketing, and communications are already equipped with various types of this cutting edge tech, and now we see it used in the HR departments as well. Let us explore some of the possible applications of AI in HR. Attracting Talent. LinkedIn is a great example of using AI to attract talent.

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How To Foster A Thriving Team Via Better Meetings: An Interview With Mamie Kanfer Stewart

15Five

Meetings are tricky things. Many people hate them, because they are considered boring or a waste of time. When done poorly, they can dissolve productivity and cost your company significantly. When they are done right, they can align the entire team around key objectives. Better meetings can facilitate innovation and improve your organizational culture.

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Senior Leader Involvement: Missing Ingredient of Onboarding

ATD Human Capital

Onboarding is one the most salient features of integrated talent management. Not surprisingly, a recent ATD Research study, Onboard, Engage, and Develop: How Organizations Improve Effectiveness , reports that approximately nine in 10 talent leaders indicate that onboarding programs were currently very or somewhat important in their organization. And that number increased to 96 percent when asked about the importance of these programs in the next five years.

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Report: Insights on Global Fertility at Work

Fertility is not only a global healthcare concern, but also an important workplace issue. To better understand how fertility impacts the workplace, Carrot Fertility surveyed 5,000 people across the U.S., UK, Canada, India, and Mexico. Carrot asked questions to get a sense of how people around the world feel about fertility topics at work and how they want to be supported in their fertility and family-forming journeys.