Sat.Dec 18, 2021 - Fri.Dec 24, 2021

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The Great Resignation: How Can Employers Prepare?

RChilli

According to the US News , a whopping 4.4 million people quit their jobs in the US. That's a huge number! "The Great Resignation" is tangible and visible across all industries.

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The complete year-end payroll checklist for small businesses

Homebase

Year-end payroll : It’s a doozy, especially when you’ve got so much on your plate with the holiday rush. The good news is that a little organization can make the process a whole lot easier. Simply follow this checklist to mark off all the boxes and close your payroll process faster so you can enjoy the holidays and prepare for 2022. . Gather your forms.

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HR Headaches: How to Respond to Rude Customers and Teach Your Staff

Zenefits

The aftermath of the pandemic has small and medium-sized businesses struggling to keep up with demand and supply. Shortages in staffing and inventory are challenging. Add disgruntled or rude customers to the mix and you may see a minor scuffle or an incident that goes viral. For most businesses the old-fashioned, “the customer is always right” is standard operating procedure.

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Five employee wellness program ideas for your remote team

Hppy

Protecting your remote employees’ mental health and encouraging them to stay fit should be one of your priorities. Creating an employee wellness program will bring a range of benefits to your business. Working from home has a lot of advantages, both for a worker and the employer. Working from home removes the commute and creates more time for employees to do household and family chores.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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update: asking to work from home with a new puppy

Ask a Manager

This post, update: asking to work from home with a new puppy , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who wanted to ask to work from home with her new puppy (#2 at the link)?

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A Christmas Wish

Everyday People

As we are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, I wanted to capture my thoughts in a poem. Wishing you, your families and your friends only the best !! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a blessed holiday season to one and all. **. A Christmas Wish. Another year’s about to pass. A trip around the sun. We always quip time flies so fast.

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How to Measure Your Startup’s Success

Take It Personel-ly

Startups take energy, devotion, and consistency, right? And when you are putting all of that in your startup, you need to know if your efforts are paying off or not. You need to keep an eye on several aspects of your startup to measure its success. Here are some quick and easy ways to measure […].

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The “Manager for a Day” Approach to Leadership Development

TLNT: The Business of HR

I’ve yet to meet a talent executive who believes that their company has a deep enough pool of future leaders. Even current leaders don’t think there’s enough management expertise in the organization. .

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Proven Methods to Encourage Peer-to-Peer Recognition

6Q

Being acknowledged for doing something well feels good. In the work place, appreciation can lead to a reduction in turnover and all round happier employees. However, a thank you in the workplace doesn’t only need to come from the boss, it can come courtesy of peer-to-peer recognition. This is appreciation offered between colleagues. This recognition can be as simple as a Thank you note, a spontaneous job well done or a high five.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Q&A With Annie Rosencrans, Director of People & Culture, Hibob

Workology

Annie Rosencrans is the Director of People & Culture, US, at Hibob. She’s led People Operations for several high growth organizations including NY-based startups, Namely and Knotel. She. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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How to Create a Digital Brand Strategy For Optimal Growth

Take It Personel-ly

Source-Pixabay A person usually has to interact with a brand five to seven times before they remember them. As a business owner, your main goal should be exposing your brand to as many people as possible. One of the best ways to inform the masses about the products/services your business offers is by engaging with […].

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Creating a Successful Telecommuting Policy Post-Pandemic

TalentCulture

A survey from Pew Research Center found that the vast majority of remote staffers think working from home is somewhat or very easy. In that study, four out of five respondents […]. The post Creating a Successful Telecommuting Policy Post-Pandemic appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Brooks: Did 2021 finally break HR?

HRExecutive

We made it! If you’re reading this column, CONGRATULATIONS! Really, I’m being serious. Just the simple fact of you being here means you’ve successfully made it through the lion’s share (or all) of 2021, a year that was truly unlike any other. In fact, I predict that future business school textbooks are going to look back on this time and feature this year as one of great significance in the arc of our profession and industry.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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6 Tips for Driving Safely This Holiday Season

Runzheimer

The holiday season brings a number challenges that make safe driving difficult. During this time of year, there can be difficult weather conditions, limited daylight, and drivers in unfamiliar areas. Here are six ways you can drive safely and smartly this holiday season. 1. Plan Ahead. Before you start your trip, make sure your vehicle is in good shape for travel.

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Practice Mindfulness Strategies to Help Yourself and Your Students

EverFi - HR

Mindfulness is more than quieting your mind. It’s more than meditating. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, defines mindfulness as, “an awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.” Using mindfulness as part of mental health education is beginning to be recognized as an effective way to help students center in order to be better able to accept new learning and calm their bodies and minds.

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What Can HR Leaders Do in the Face of Inflation? (i4cp login required)

i4cp

Two famous people, physicist Niels Bohr and baseball player Yogi Berra, are credited with saying that "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Joking aside, trying to predict macro-economic trends is particularly difficult, and something even mainstream economists often get wrong, e.g., the 2008 bear market. Earlier in 2021, many were suggesting that rising price inflation would be transitory.

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Immersive Training Solutions for a Hybrid Work World

TalentCulture

Remote workforce training has come of age. Forced to get creative during lockdowns, many companies moved beyond their traditional learning and development initiatives, exploring other education options. Those that reported […]. The post Immersive Training Solutions for a Hybrid Work World appeared first on TalentCulture.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Is the Labor Market at Full-Employment Now?

TLNT: The Business of HR

With over 10 million jobs open and employers everywhere struggling to fill jobs, a glimmer of hope has been an increase in the labor force participation rate. There are 2.4 million fewer people in the labor force than there were before Covid started. They’ve stayed away from rejoining the labor force for many reasons: fear of the virus, lack of childcare, stimulus payments that disincentivize work, etc. .

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Recruiters reveal top interview questions for remote workers

Insperity

Hiring a candidate for a remote role is more than deciding if they have the right skills to perform the duties of the job. You must also predict whether a candidate can successfully perform those duties independently in a virtual work environment. That’s where a targeted set of interview questions for remote workers can come in handy. We reached out to our team of experienced recruiters and developed a list of the most useful questions to ask when hiring for a remote position.

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The Supreme Court will not rule on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate until after it takes effect on Jan. 4

The Employer Handbook

When the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), the January 4, 2022 compliance deadline became real again. Then, as I mentioned yesterday , various petitioners peppered the Supreme Court with appeals to block the ETS again. Then, last night, the Supreme Court announced that it would hold a special oral argument session — actually, two of them — on Friday, January 7, 2022.

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Job Skills To Include On Your Resume (With Examples!)

HR Digest

What should you include on your resume? This is one common question that many people ask themselves when applying for jobs. Should I add soft skills or hard skills to my resume? Do I need to add soft skills to my resume? These are all valid questions that deserve answers. In this article, we will answer these questions and more! We will also provide examples of what soft and hard skills look like so you know what to put on your resume. .

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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How to Encourage Better Work and Culture Alignment

6Q

Work forms a big part of most of our lives and to some extent, our personalities. In most cases, we spend at least on third of every day doing our jobs. Bearing this in mind, it is only logical that most of us would want to work in a pleasant environment with a work culture that promotes productivity and self-growth. Because of this, a company that actively works towards creating the perfect harmony between work and culture stands a much better chance to attract and retain employees.

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The Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week

TLNT: The Business of HR

Welcome to “The Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent insights and information from around the web to kick off your weekend.

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How to Keep Employees Happy: 15 Proven Ideas

Quantum Workplace

Employee happiness is imperative to business success. But common strategies to boost happiness are outdated and ineffective. Raises and bonuses are no longer the key to happiness. Your workforce spends tons of time in the office, and their day-to-day experience is the primary driver of happiness.

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Top 12 Tips for Presenting Employee Survey Results | Perceptyx

Perceptyx

The undertaking of developing and presenting an executive summary of employee survey results can be an overwhelming task. For many who work in people analytics, HR, or business insights, executive presentations may be the most visible and potentially influential work they do, yet a background in research doesn’t always provide the necessary information that will set up a presentation to be a success.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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DHS Releases Extra Seasonal Visas This Winter

SHRM Resources

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Dec. 20 that an additional 20,000 H-2B visas will be available for employers seeking seasonal foreign guest workers this winter.

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Why inclusive holiday celebrations in the workplace are bigger than ‘the season’

Rise

Happy Holidays; Merry Christmas; Season’s Greetings; Happy Hanukkah! The sentiments are all the same—wishing people well during this time of year—but they have very different meanings. Learn why inclusive holiday celebrations create a better workplace and how you can host one this year. There’s a tendency for holiday celebrations in the workplace to be very Christmas-centered, but as Human Resources Director Canada writes, there are many “additional holidays such as Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan's festiv

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What’s the contrast between Japanese and Western management style?

HR Digest

There are many differences between Japan management style and Western management style. However, the companies from both sides of the world try to implement the good sides of both styles and make the business more successful. . We now see many things in leadership styles in Japan that are influenced by Western culture. At the same time, we see Japanese positive sides that are influencing the Western leadership style.