Fri.Sep 08, 2017

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Interview cancellation email from employer

Workable

During your hiring process, you might need to cancel interviews for reasons that have nothing to do with candidates’ qualifications (e.g. your company decided to put the position on hold or there are unexpected conflicts in the interviewer’s schedule.) Whatever the case, explain why you’re cancelling the interview. This way, you’ll be able to maintain good relationships with candidates and invite them to interviews in the future.

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Where do you find the best recruiters?

The Tim Sackett Project

Logical Argument (that I had with someone recently): Best Recruiters = Best Companies to Work For. Rationale: The best recruiters bring in the best talent, the best talent makes the best companies. Illogical Argument (but frequently factual): Worst Companies to Work For = Best Recruiters. Rationale: If your company is the worst company to work for, meaning you have a bad environment, and a bunch of other negative stuff, it’s going to be very hard to recruit top talent to your organization.

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What is Onboarding Software and How Does it Work?

ClearCompany HRM

The benefits of an organized new employee onboarding process isn’t a secret, mostly because statistic after statistic prove its value: Organizations with a standard onboarding process experience 54% greater new hire productivity overall. Onboarding programs have increased retention by 25%. Onboarding programs improve employee performance by up to 11%.

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Bookmark This! Your Fall Business Reading List

HR Bartender

Summer is winding down. The kids are back in school. And fall conference season is right around the corner. I don’t know about you, but I tend to read more fun, lighthearted books during the summer months. Then I break out the business books in the fall. So, I’ve been looking for recommendations for my business book list. Personally, I think I’m off to an awesome start.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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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. Why Banning Questions About Salary History May Not Improve Pay Equity -- by Lydia Frank. 2.

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Are your employees treated kindly?

ExactHire

Employee engagement has been a popular topic over the past few years. Business articles, blog posts , webinars, ebooks…you name it, all have tackled the topic from many different angles. Frequently, it’s raised in discussing how Human Resources professionals can impact a business’s bottom line. So, of course, there are now software solutions offering to measure it.

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Moving Away from Stacked Rankings? Think of Your Employees as Professional Athletes

Kazoo

Today’s guest post is authored by Petter Andersson, global HR executive, talent development leader and consultant. He is a global thought leader in the field of organizational and talent development with more than 20 years of multinational experience in numerous HR executive, business and consulting roles. Moving away from annual ratings and rankings might spark worries that your organization is less performance oriented.

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The Cost of Inefficient Communication — and How HR Tech Can Help

TalentCulture

Business success can be attributed, in large part, to effective communication, collaboration, and teamwork. Conversely, miscommunication and inefficient dialogue can result in a great many failures which can cost your company dearly. We’ll soon see the financial impact of poor communication, the real-world effects that poor communication can cause, and we’ll cover how businesses are making use of HR technology to turn things around.

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Steps for Setting up a 401(k) Plan to Help Your Employees Save for Retirement

Paychex

You may know that a retirement plan is a job benefit all employees can appreciate, but how do you go about actually implementing and maintaining it? Take a look at what you need to do.

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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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Contract, Staff, Remote, In-Office: Which is the Best Hiring Solution for Your Company?

TalentCulture

Bringing on talent as your business grows is a big step, and depending on your needs, there are several options to consider. According to CareerBuilder’s hiring outlook for 2017 report , 40 percent of employers said they planned to hire full-time, permanent employees this year, while half of all employers anticipate adding temporary or contract workers.

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Changing perspective: from employee engagement to employee experience

HR Zone

Employees. From employee engagement to employee experience.

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BOOM: Amazon Announces Intent to Build Second HQ in a City Outside of Seattle.

The HR Capitalist

. Damn! Amazon announced on Thursday that it is planning to open another headquarters called Amazon HQ2 in US city TBD. Amazon HQ2 will cost $5 billion and eventually house up to 50,000 Amazon staff, Amazon said in a press release. Amazon said it wants HQ2 to be in a metropolitan area with a "stable and business friendly environment" and more than 1 million people.

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Here’s why everyone is talking about Employee Experience

Jason Lauritsen

Over the past year or so, the phrase “employee experience” has barged its way into conversations about human resources and employee engagement. This prompted some eye rolling from some who felt like this was just another example of repackaging the same old HR stuff under a new label. And the more you see the phrase, the easier it is to dismiss as simply a new buzzword.

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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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The 7 best leaders of the 21st century- and what you can learn from them

HR Zone

Future. What we can learn from 7 top 21st century leaders.

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Use This Checklist to Onboard Your Remote Workers

TLNT: The Business of HR

It can be easy to think of telework as a silver bullet for engagement – what’s more appealing to an employee than rolling out of bed and walking across the hall to work in their pajamas? However, telework is just as new and different to employees as it is to management, and it is not always fun and games getting adjusted to it.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 295 - Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company

Steve Boese

HR Happy Hour 295 - Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company. Host: Steve Boese. Guest: George Larocque. Listen HERE. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by George Larocque to talk about innovation in HR Tech, and discuss the eight semi-finalist HR Tech companies and the voting process for the D iscovering the Next Great HR Technology Company competition at the HR Technology Conference in October.

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HR Roundtable: What Do You Do With Problem Leaders?

TLNT: The Business of HR

The (Cleveland) Roundtable reconvened in August after taking a break for the July 4 th holiday. To get the energy up for everyone, the topic seemed to be poised to get people involved. We discussed the idea of approachability and leadership.

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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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When it comes to motivation, one size doesn’t fit all

PI Worldwide

I knew about “management by objectives.” Then I learned about “management by biscuits.” You can learn about management in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it was from Hamish, my out-of-control West Highland Terrier.

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Managing your Talent More Effectively

SutiHR

Hiring good talent is not enough – this talent has to be managed effectively so that they can contribute to the organization for the longer term, and grow along with the organization. Managing talent takes more than just rules and policies – in today’s digital age, employees are more aware, and organizations should satisfy their. The post Managing your Talent More Effectively appeared first on SutiHR Blog | Human Resources Blog.

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Employee perspectives: “My time is taken up doing the wrong things.”

HR Zone

People. “My time is taken up doing the wrong things.”.

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Can Gamification Give Micro-Niche Job Boards An Edge?

TLNT: The Business of HR

How does a recruiting technology startup compete with the immensity of competition like LinkedIn and Indeed? One strategy is to go after, not a niche, but a micro-niche. A great example of that is TrueUp , a startup which focuses exclusively on accountants with experience in the Big 4 accounting firms.

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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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Stock Controller job description

Workable

Use this Stock Controller job description template when hiring employees for Warehouse or Logistics departments. Feel free to customize this template to your company’s needs. Stock Controller responsibilities include: Forecasting supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out-of-stock (OOS). Submitting purchase details (vendors information, invoices and pricing) to internal databases.

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Survey Reveals Gaps in Skills Needed for Career Success

HR Daily Advisor

Entry-level employees are becoming less proficient in the skills most needed to succeed in today’s workplace, according to a recent national survey of Human Resources (HR) managers responsible for hiring. tumsasedgars / iStock / Getty Images Plus. The survey, sponsored by early education provider Primrose Schools ® , revealed skills like adaptability, teamwork, and problem solving are critical to workplace success.

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Getting Gen X Employees on Board with Retirement Planning

Paychex

While baby boomers may be enjoying or gearing up for their retirement years, some employees in the Generation X (Gen X) demographic may not be adequately preparing. Hear from Paychex HR consultants about how to make retirement planning as straightforward as possible assist all employees including Gen X.

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Minimum Wage: Basics You Should Know

Evil HR Lady

Running a restaurant successfully requires more than just having great food; it’s also about having great staff and following the law. Minimum wage laws require that you pay your employees at a certain level, but even that can vary depending on whether an employee receives tips or not. Here’s what you need to know when you set pay rates for your employees.

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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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ADA dilemma: Did over-accommodating disabled worker leave company trapped?

HR Morning

Say a well-meaning manager wants to do the right thing for a disabled worker and winds up offering an accommodation that goes above and beyond what the ADA requires. Then, when management changes, a different manager decides the arrangement is no longer feasible. Is the company bound by law to continue providing that accommodation? That question was at the heart of Boyle v. the City of Pell.

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Account Officer job description

Workable

Use this Account Officer job description template to attract qualified candidates for your open positions. Feel free to add or modify specific job requirements and duties. Account Officer responsibilities include: Crafting new sales proposals and contract renewals. Scheduling product demos. Contacting customers via email or phone to answer queries or retrieve information about their account.

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Sonia Speaks: Listen and Learn: “Skills and Knowledge of Internal Communication Professionals”

SocialChorus

Since it came out this summer, the new book by IC Kollectif, Disrupting the Function of IC: A Global Perspective , has been a rich source of insight into the forces at work in the internal communications industry today. In this eight-part series, I’ll be taking a deep dive into each chapter of the book, bringing you key takeaways from 30 renowned contributors.