Thu.Feb 28, 2019

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Praise and Feedback Aren’t the Same Thing

The People Equation

As a foodie, I love all kinds of mash-ups. From bacon apple pie to mac and cheese quesadillas it’s stimulating to creatively pair ingredients in unexpected ways. But when it comes to leadership communication, combining certain types of information within the same conversation is a recipe for disaster. To illustrate, let’s use a fictitious member of your team, “Jim,” as an example.

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Apps You Can Use To Increase Recruitment Success

Take It Personel-ly

We all know how difficult finding a new job can be, but it would seem those on the other side of the interview table are feeling the pressure as well, especially those with limited resources at their disposal. Research done by App Specialists Getapp has revealed that several recruiters are currently finding it difficult to […].

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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. FUNDING. *This week’s fundings: $155M+. Jobcase raises $100 million to connect blue collar workers with employers. VNDLY, Inc., a Cloud-based Work Management System (WMS) Powering the Gig Economy, Raises 11 Million in Series A Funding.

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Financial Planning 101: Four Strategies for Young Professionals

Justworks

For many young professionals, financial planning can feel daunting. Here are a few ideas that are easy (and may even be offered through your employer). Read on about four things to consider when undertaking your financial planning. It All Starts With a Budget For most people, getting their finances in order starts with a budget. Budgeting, or the process of estimating expenses and income over a period of time, will help you identify where you might be spending too much and where you might.

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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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Management hierarchies: are they still necessary in the workplace?

HR Zone

Change. Do we still need hierarchies in the workplace?

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HR and Recruiting Pros Are Invited to Social Siesta at #SXSW

Workology

For the last nine years, I’ve hosted the Siesta Siesta Happy Hour designed for a meeting place for HR and recruiting professionals to connect and network away from the crazy and crowds during SXSW. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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EEOC: Applicants’ Religious Beliefs Must Be Considered

SHRM Resources

A recent settlement agreement between United Parcel Service (UPS) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) serves as a reminder that accommodating job applicants’ religious beliefs supersedes an organization’s appearance policy in most cases, even when the job’s role is public-facing.

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Replicon Wins Silver in 2019 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

Replicon

REDWOOD CITY, CA & LAS VEGAS, NV — February 28, 2019 — Congratulations to Replicon’s Customer Service team, which has won a silver Stevie Award for Customer Service Department of the Year (category: Computer Software — 100 or More Employees). The 13th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are high honors for recognizing […].

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Business benefits: what do employees really want?

HR Zone

Acquisition. Benefits packages: attracting and retaining talent.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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3 steps to build trust and respect in the workplace

Insperity

From fostering a leadership team with humility to confronting brutal facts, it’s not easy to take your business to the next level. However, when you really look at it, it all comes down to trust and respect in the workplace. In the book Good to Great, author Jim Collins set out to identify how to turn a mediocre, or good, company into a great one. The importance of trust and respect was a major theme of his conclusion.

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Psychological safety: how supportive teams enable innovation

HR Zone

People. How supportive teams enable innovation.

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Overcoming Clients' Resistance: 11 Effective Ways To Build Trust

Forbes Coaches Council

Building trust between yourself and your client is crucial: You can have the best plan or process, one you know that will help them blossom and grow, but without their willingness to try, it's remarkably difficult to guide them onto the right path.

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9 Tips to Build Your First Employee Training Program

6Q

Given the rising popularity and implementation of workplace inclusion, equality and professional development opportunities, finding ways to promote employee retention can be a challenge. Employee training programs can bring a new perspective to your company, whether you operate as a small startup or a large international entity. However, finding the perfect balance between employee on-boarding and maintaining the current level of performance and output can be tricky.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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what to put on a resume when you have zero work experience

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was tapped to help my friend, “Jordan,” get their resume together. Jordan and I are both in our early-mid 20s and have been friends since we were in middle school. Jordan has always been very introverted and didn’t really do extracurricular activities at school. They were okay as far as grades, but they didn’t really do anything beyond that.

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HR, it's Time to Get Your Employees to Unplug

SHRM

Now if you’re a recruiter in the talent space, you already know that texting is becoming one of the best technologies to actively and passively recruit and communicate with applicants and prospective recruits. It’s fast, cheap and accessible anywhere, at any time. But today’s post is not about using text messaging for recruiting…it’s about avoiding it for your mental health.

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HR, it's Time to Get Your Employees to Unplug

The SHRM Blog

Now if you’re a recruiter in the talent space, you already know that texting is becoming one of the best technologies to actively and passively recruit and communicate with applicants and prospective recruits. It’s fast, cheap and accessible anywhere, at any time. But today’s post is not about using text messaging for recruiting…it’s about avoiding it for your mental health.

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Why companies need to open up the dialogue around diversity

HR Zone

Culture. Diversity: opening up the dialogue.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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what should I be planning for professionally as a single parent?

Ask a Manager

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers.” A reader writes: I’m going to try to start getting pregnant soon and unless I meet the woman of my dreams tomorrow, it’s likely that I’ll be a single mom when baby is born. I live in California which has a bit of maternity leave. I’m looking for pointers on work as a single mom, ideas about whether I should stay at my current job for this or look elsewhere and so forth.

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Shock & Awe

Compensation Cafe

When you first look to purchase compensation surveys for your international population, it’s going to be a real wake-up call. For those accustomed to only US surveys, you will find that the available data in many countries is more limited than what you’re accustomed to seeing, as are the number of companies involved. What won’t be reduced though is the expense.

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Human Resources And Information Technology: An Odd Yet Necessary Relationship

Forbes Coaches Council

For HR and IT, the key to functioning productively and successfully may well be learning how to adapt their own behaviors and better understand the behaviors of others.

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A Career Choice is a Life Choice: Adam Polselli of Dropbox

ViziRecruiter

Adam Polselli took his degree in Film and Video Studies to San Francisco and earned his position as a Design Director at Dropbox , a tech company obsessed with making work better for people. He shared his career wisdom in our quick Q&A Session this week. Adam Polselli, Design Director at Dropbox. KC: Thanks for joining me today, Adam! What is your official position?

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Part 2 of Ghosting in the Workplace: The Employer’s Influence

Close HR Connections News & Insights

One of the most common People Management issues to arise within the past year or so is what we call “ghosting in the workplace.” For companies, that particularly means candidate ghosting. That’s the decision a candidate or new employee makes to intentionally not communicate with an employer. Examples include: Not returning an employer’s call to set up an interview after submitting a resume.

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Online Training Platform Vs Traditional Training Which is the Best

Kitaboo - Employee Training

Learning platforms have undergone tremendous changes; from classrooms to desktops to mobile phones. But there are still organizations who are unable to decide if they want to completely switch over to online training. Some might say that since millennials comprise a major part of the workforce, it would be prudent to use an online training platform.

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Webinar: Cutting Through the Clutter in Healthcare Communications

SocialChorus

LIVE WEBINAR. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET . Healthcare industry veterans share insider secrets to think outside the email inbox. Learn how to engage busy clinicians at the bedside, healthcare providers on the go, and overwhelmed business staff who suffer from information overload. Join us on March 27, 2019, as we talk with Lynn Purdy, Former VP Communications and Marketing at Sound Physicians.

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my employee responded badly to his raise

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Recently I gave a part-time employee a pay raise. All our part-timers are paid pretty modestly, but he got a significant raise for his stellar performance. When I gave him the good news, his response was to be completely underwhelmed and say “thanks for the information” before skulking out of the room looking visibly sour.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Deeper into Strengths and Motivation

Life and Work Blog

Last week I wrote about talent development. I love helping folks find their talents—and then growing them into strengths. I mean, I really love it. I’m leading two strengths events this week and have ten booked so far this Spring. However, now that I’ve worked in the realm of strengths for a few years, I’ve identified a missing piece.

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What’s the secret to becoming a top employer? This technology might have something to do with it

ThoughtFarmer

What do MEC , Binnie , Mitacs , and Wesgroup all have in common? They’re all recognized as a top employer in BC for 2019. Organizations on this list were graded on criteria including employee communications, community involvement, and work and social atmosphere. But, that’s not all these organizations have in common. These companies are also customers of ThoughtFarmer!

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5 Principles Behind Employee Recruitment

HR C-Suite

Recruiting is an exciting field. Employee recruitment and retention are hotly debated topics in the Human Resources field. Recruiting employees for your organization is usually done in crisis circumstance where there can be a high pressure to fill a vacant position rapidly, in a short duration. Nonetheless, the expenses and effort of recruiting the wrong […].