Tue.May 04, 2021

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Agile Talent Strategy: Why You Need It and How to Develop One

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad Technology , a provider of strategic onboarding solutions to drive workforce readiness and organizational transformation. They were recently recognized as one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work. Congrats to them. Enjoy the article!). Every day, more people are getting vaccinated and looking forward to their personal and professional re-entry.

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DOL Withdraws Independent-Contractor Rule

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is officially withdrawing the prior administration’s independent-contractor rule, which would have made it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

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Professional Alternatives Opens Offices in Katy and Irving to Accommodate Growth in Texas:

Professional Alternatives

HOUSTON, TX / April 23,2021—Professional Alternatives, an award-winning recruiting agency headquartered in Houston, TX, announces the opening of new locations in Katy, TX and Irving, TX as part of their continued growth. The company is working to expand further into the Houston and Dallas markets to accommodate growing demand and better serve clients in those areas. .

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Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Hiring Rush

SHRM Resources

Intense competition for hourly workers is expected this summer as the COVID-19 crisis loosens its grip in the U.S., the economy rebounds and businesses aim to get fully staffed after having to lay off workers during the pandemic.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

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

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Women On the Move? New Survey Uncovers Urgent Need To Empower Female Leaders in Today’s Workforce

Visier

Protected Area. This content is password-protected. Please verify with a password to unlock the content. Submit. The post Women On the Move? New Survey Uncovers Urgent Need To Empower Female Leaders in Today’s Workforce appeared first on Visier Inc.

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The Best Time to Reward and Recognise Employees

EmployeeConnect

It has become common practice to ensure employee engagement is well maintained, HR professionals and business managers will often reward and recognise employees for the hard work that they are involved in. When employees experience recognition and are shown appreciation, they are increasingly likely to be highly satisfied with the organisation they are working for which in turn strengthens retention rates and increases employee loyalty.

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INTOO’s Career Transition Platform Wins at the 2021 American Business Awards

Intoo USA

We are thrilled to announce that INTOO USA has been awarded the Stevie Award ® for web achievement in user experience. The 2021 American Business Awards ® recognize achievements in all areas of business in the United States, and received 3,800 nominations this year. This year’s web award winners include Accenture, Deloitte, Anthem, Cisco, Verizon, and Fiserv, among others.

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Trying to Find the Right Career and Job for You? Use This Hierarchy of Needs Approach

The Muse

In her book Trust Yourself, Melody J. Wilding, executive coach for sensitive high-achievers, lays out a strategy based on your professional hierarchy of needs.

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8 Methods to Encourage Focus in Your Team

6Q

On a typical work day, you’re likely to find phones ringing, emails dinging and instant messages needing workers’ attention. And those are just the things in their immediate vicinity distracting them from focusing on their tasks. Others might include sounds from operating machinery in the building. These distractions can be detrimental to focus and lower output in the long run.

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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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7 Tips and Tricks to Increase Employee Productivity

Take It Personel-ly

Keeping employees productive can help with numerous business goals from employee retention to contribution and overall efficiency in the workplace. There are many simple solutions and tricks to increase productivity and create an awesome workplace environment! Recognition A little recognition goes a long way in the workplace and occasional recognition has been proven to make […].

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Do you feel like an imposter in your HR or TA Leadership Role?

The Tim Sackett Project

Imposter syndrome impacts everyone at some point. The feeling like you don’t belong because your abilities aren’t up to par with others, or your accomplishments don’t fit the role you were given. This belief that you might be a fraud, except no one has figured it out, just yet! So, there is a couple of ways I look at this feeling of being an imposter in the role you have: It’s true, you’re an imposter.

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I’m not eligible for raises (but my coworkers are)

Evil HR Lady

A reader asks. I work as a one-person HR Liaison in a small, very rural non-profit that serves physically and intellectually disabled clients in our community. I originally joined this company working as direct care staff with clients, and then I was promoted into human resources. Historically, I have worked extensively as a para-legal and HR liaison, but I have no formal training in either field; I have always been trained on the job.

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traveling with my boss when I’ll need two airplane seats, sending “thanks!” emails, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, traveling with my boss when I’ll need two airplane seats, sending “thanks!” emails, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Traveling with my boss when I’ll need two airplane seats. I’m starting to travel again for business. I don’t mind traveling, but as a fat person, flying gives me anxiety, because I struggle to fit in certain places, no matter how small I try to make myself.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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8 common grammar mistakes to avoid in business writing

Business Management Daily

When you’re writing for business, you want to put your best foot forward, but when grammatical errors litter your writing, it can leave you looking less than polished. While perfect grammar is difficult to achieve for even the most highly skilled and published writers, you can avoid some common grammatical mistakes with practice. The following are common errors writers make, and if you can avoid these 8, you’re one step closer to being a more polished writer.

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The Subtle Signs of a Frustrated Employee

Hppy

We know the mantra – a happy employee is a productive employee. And knowing when an employee is happy at work usually doesn’t present much of a problem. However, when it comes to an unhappy employee, that is where things become a little tricky. We need to ask ourselves if the employee is unhappy due to non-work-related personal reasons, or if the cause of their unhappiness is largely due to their job.

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HR Tech Number of the Day: Remote workflows

HRExecutive

70%: Percentage of workers whose companies default to office-centric communication tools, despite distributed workforces As more companies consider long-term remote and hybrid work, the importance of technology in keeping workers both connected and productive continues to heighten. And, according to one recent study, many employers have some work to do to ensure their remote workforce is making the most of technology.

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Why Over-Apologizing Can Destroy Your Confidence At Work (And How To Avoid It)

Forbes Coaches Council

For many of us, saying “sorry,” especially when we’re not at fault, may simply be an involuntary reaction. It could be because of a genuine desire to be polite or perhaps it's an aversion to any conflict.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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A Construction Firm’s Employee Experience Gets a Facelift with Automated Onboarding

BambooHR

The Rycon Construction story reads like a feel-good screenplay about a scrappy hometown team landing in the big leagues and going all the way to.

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How to calculate for pay for remote workforce

HR Digest

The future of work is remote. That is the direction that the world was moving towards before the Pandemic hit in 2020. Now, work from home is a reality and not something that we are transitioning to gradually. Where businesses were once reluctant to offer remote work, many are now scrambling to adopt the model. The remote work juggernaut has exploded with the Coronavirus pandemic.

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The Pros and Cons of Security Cameras in the Workplace

Helpside

Safety is always a big concern in any workplace. You want your employees and clients to feel they’re in a safe, reliable environment and you want to pr otect against any unnecessary safety risks. Some of these risks may be able to be reduced through using security cameras. However, installing cameras comes with some disadvantages along with the benefits.

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Video interviewing and the art of the F2F interview

Etz

Uptake of business technologies like video accelerated by 4-7 years. Lock down has caused recruiters to adjust by embracing new ways of working. Appropriate practices and tools have allowed work to continue while minimising the potential for infection, from commuting and being in enclosed office spaces. As economies attempt to recover, it is clear that some methods used to continue operations under Covid induced restrictions are creating deep, permanent changes for businesses.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Employee Retention in a Post-Lockdown Economy: It’s All About Care

Limeade

Over the past year, the future has felt rife with more questions than answers: How long will COVID-19 be a threat? When will we have a vaccine? What will the economic fallout be? For individuals: Will my family and friends be safe? Will I keep my job? These questions won’t disappear, but it seems we’ve rounded a corner. The U.S. Department of Labor’s recent employment report showed job openings jumped to a two-year high in February, and the economy added 916,000 jobs in March (the most in

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What’s Your Design Thinking Team’s Superpower And Achilles’ Heel?

Forbes Coaches Council

Both design thinking and sales are fluid, iterative and flexible. They both require developing the skills and the mindsets to be uncomfortable, uncertain and courageous in order to truly succeed.

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Are Employers Legally Required to Pay Employees for Onboarding? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

When done right, onboarding is one of the most important and impactful first steps in an employee’s new position. While onboarding processes may vary at different organizations, do employers have to pay employees for the time spent during onboarding? Read on to find out.

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PEOs and HR Software: What's the Difference?

ScaleHRO

Businesses of all sizes are continually looking for easier ways to run and grow their business. However, for startups and organizations with small to medium sized teams it is especially important to maximize their teams' productivity and direct their focus to their core competencies.

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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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The Future of Employee Experience for Tech Companies Following the Pandemic

Rallyware for Human Resources

As the end of the global pandemic slowly starts to come into sight, it’s time to reflect on its impact on the world of business and the acceleration of the digital transformation that it brought about. The whole world is yet to discover exactly what the ‘new normal’ will look like and, like everything else, it will be a moveable feast that continues to evolve and develop as time goes by and the world around us changes.

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33 Powerful Coaching Questions To Get Unstuck And Take Action In Your Career

Forbes Coaches Council

It is completely normal to feel stuck in your career. Rather than viewing this as an obstacle, use it as an opportunity to learn and grow as a professional.

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3 Reasons Financial Wellness is Important to Employees in a Post-COVID Workforce

Best Money Moves

3 reasons financial wellness is important to employees in a post-COVID workforce. After COVID-19 highlighted the financial vulnerabilities of millions of employees, financial wellness is expected to be a big component of Post-COVID HR Strategies. With vaccine rollouts progressing across the country, Americans are increasingly optimistic about a return to normal life.