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What is Employee Engagement? It’s time to demand better answers.

Jason Lauritsen

One of the things that makes me crazy about the work of employee engagement is the sloppiness we allow around how we define and approach about it. As I talk to leaders within organizations who are currently spending enormous sums of money on measuring and attempting to improve engagement, they struggle with basic questions like “How do you define employee engagement?

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Just What The H*ck Is Organizational Culture Anyway?

15Five

For years, leaders in the HR/Management space, academics, and top business minds have all sought to define organizational culture. They have largely failed. This is, of course, no easy task. Culture is nebulous, something that we feel but just can’t put a name to. It’s like the immortal soul. We can’t point to it, and some say that it doesn’t exist, but who can deny that there is something magical and mysterious about our lives?

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Staffing Agency Sued for Alleged Background-Check Violations

SHRM Resources

A staffing agency sued for failing to provide applicants with background-check notices required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act could not have the lawsuit dismissed as a class action for faulty class designations, a federal district court ruled.

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Through the Eyes of the Hiring Manager

The Tim Sackett Project

On Wednesday I was sitting on The Talent Fix Book Club webcast with one of my Recruiting Managers, Zach Jensen , and Zach made the comment that great recruiters do something a bit different, they look at applications and resumes through “the eyes of the hiring manager” It’s a brilliant piece of advice, but what does it mean!? New, or lesser experienced, recruiters look at candidates like a checklist: Do they meet the minimum qualifications?

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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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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. FUNDINGS $220M+. Coursera raises $103 million to prepare online learners for the ‘fourth industrial revolution’. Coursera cofounder Andrew Ng. 360Learning Secures $41M in Series B Funding.

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Fixing Data Visualization for Today’s World

Visier

We are making data visualization harder than it need be. The root of the problem is that the thinking behind data visuals grew up in an old world of paper. If we re-focus on the purposes of data visualization in business today , then we will get better results faster. The Old World. The classic thinking about data visualization is found in a brilliant book by Edward Tufte called “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.” Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: “Tufte encourages the

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Is Integrated Talent Management Over? Let Talent Experience Reign.

Josh Bersin

Have you noticed how many interesting new HR software companies we have? There’s a reason. The craze for “integrated talent management” has gone away, now replaced by a market for “talent experience” solutions. In this article, I’m going to discuss the history of “integrated talent management” and explain why it feels so dated. Then I. Read more» The post Is Integrated Talent Management Over?

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Discussing Mental Health: Best Practices for Managers and Employees

Justworks

As anyone with mental health issues knows, you don’t simply leave things at the door when you walk into the office. The things that are on your mind tend to stay there, and they can interfere with our focus and productivity, our relationships with colleagues, and career ambitions. To get the help and support you need, it may be worthwhile to broach the topic with your company or manager.

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People Don't Choose Netflix For Content - Or Your Company for Ping-Pong.

The HR Capitalist

One of the things I'm fascinated by in the business world is how the media/content business consistently changes. Newspapers - gone. Magazines - hard to find in print these days unless you're in an airport. Broadcast networks - Still around but not in a dominant spots. . One of the biggest lies the devil every told us (or made us feel) is that the way things are today is how they're going to be in the future.

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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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The EEOC Announces a new Digest of EEOC Law””

Hyrell

Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Announced it will start publishing a digest of key articles about equal opportunity laws. The digest will be published quarterly and include a library with summaries of notable decisions, class complaints, settlements, remedies and more. It will also include key Federal Sector Decisions and Special Article on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: An Overview of the Law on Hostile Work Environment and Recent Decisions.

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5 Key Factors of an Effective Performance Management System

SutiHR

Human resource department is continuously trying to improve processes to enhance employee engagement and growth, retain employees, hire new talent, and operate more efficiently on a day to day basis. Performance management software is one of the best solutions that organizations use to simplify and speed up the appraisal process along with performance reviews, providing.

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Beyond learning

Bersin with Deloitte

Posted by Josh Haims , Amy A. Titus , Carly Ackerman , and Emily Lappin on April 26, 2019. How do you prepare for a future workplace where the boundaries between humans and machines are blurred? Where skill sets and job roles are fluid? Where learning isn’t the responsibility of a centralized function, but of the entire enterprise. And, where you will need to access, curate, and engage talent in more creative ways than ever before.

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10+ Slack Groups Every CEO, Founder, and HR Professional Must Join

CakeHR

Slack is a real-time messaging app that is getting increasingly popular, especially in the tech industry. Companies use Slack as their main tool for communication between workers — effectively ruling out long, boring emails that seem to take forever to get to your mailbox. What are Slack Communities. Slack Communities are like Facebook Groups.

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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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7 HRM Books that Every HR Professional Should Read

Digital HR Tech

The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) is rapidly changing. Staying up to date with the latest information is more important than ever. In this article, we will list 7 must-read HRM books that will help you do your job better – whether you’re an experienced HR professional or just getting started in the HR field. We decided to include both study books and more popular books.

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how much money do you make?

Ask a Manager

It’s hard to get real-world information about what jobs pay, especially tailored to a particular industry or geographic region. Online salary websites are often inaccurate, and people can get weird when you ask them directly. In 2014 and 2017, in an effort to take some of the mystery out of salaries, I ran posts asking people to share how much money they make, their job, and their geographic region.

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Job Description or Job Requisition: Which Comes First?

SHRM Resources

Two commonly used forms in the hiring process are the job description and job requisition. And while it would seem that the reasons for using each of these forms are pretty straightforward, there is some uncertainty—even debate—over which should come first.

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Standing Up to Bullies in the HR & Recruiting Industry

Workology

Speaker Pay & Diversity; The #truestory I have said it before, and I will repeat it; I have been in this business a long time. I have been boots on the ground, in the trenches, a recruiter, and a. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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How To Maximize Your Employees' Success With Professional Coaching

Forbes Coaches Council

Your organization is making a substantial investment in time, money and human resources to develop your team member, so you will want to be involved to ensure the coaching works.

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Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: OAuth Misuse Could Risk Corporate and Personal Data

Symantec

Symantec’s Modern OS Security team explains how iOS and Android apps misuse the OAuth authorization protocol to obtain excessive Google service permissions

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Strategies to retain your top performers

Paycor

As unemployment rates have reached historic lows, it’s never been more difficult to find qualified candidates to hire. And as the labor market tightens and jobs go unfilled, productivity can be impacted. But before you jump at the next resume, beware. Making a bad hire can be even more detrimental to your business as the costs to replace an employee and train them quickly add up.

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How Continuous Feedback Improves Performance Reviews

Engagedly

One of the main gripes of annual performance reviews is that employees rarely get enough feedback because usually, performance reviews come around only once a year. A lack of feedback impacts many aspects of the review process. And […].

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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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Fundamental Change to Oranization Structure and Governance

Conversation Matters

For the first time since the industrial revolution, organizations are changing at a fundamental level. The change is very much a work in progress in most organizations. But we now have many examples of organizations that are fully functioning in an entirely new way – that is, new ideas about how the organization is designed, about how work gets done, how people relate to each other.

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How CBD Oil Impacts Employment Drug Screenings

Workology

Can a candidate fail a drug screen if they have used CBD oil? The short answer is no, but the long one is more complicated. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a naturally occurring compound found in the resinous. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Opportunitiy Knocks. Let Them in! #SHRM19

SHRM

Picture it. Las Vegas. 2007. (Said in my best Sophia Petrillo impression). It was my first ever SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition (#SHRM19). I was a little over a year into my first HR Management job. I’d never been to a conference of this magnitude, and I didn’t know anyone. I went to the Careerbuilder party at the Hard Rock (featuring the Barenaked Ladies) by myself.

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Why Haven’t You Changed the Way You’re Doing Job Descriptions? There’s a Smarter Way.

TalentCulture

Whether you’ve been in the HR or people management space for 2 years or 20 years, you’ve probably seen a lot of changes in terms of technology and processes. You post jobs online, track and analyze candidates with AI, measure the pulse of your organization, provide real-time feedback to employees — all in a bid to be more productive, strategic and stay ahead of the huge demands on your shoulders.

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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.