Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I negotiated my annual raise, and was told not to make it weird. I started at a new company in a new industry about a year ago, and I just had my first annual review. I’ve grown a lot in my role, and have had a year full of positive quarterly reviews, and had been given a small (1.1%) unsolicited, off-cycle raise in recognition of my performance.

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Visier

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Jonathan Ferrar is a respected consultant, speaker, and author in HR strategy, workforce analytics, and the Future of Work. This article is adapted from his book, The Power of People: Learn How Successful Organisations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance, and originally appeared on his LinkedIn Pulse. The leader of any workforce analytics team has one of the most exciting and demanding jobs in the business – and especially in the Human Resources function.

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HR Bartender

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Developing your skills as a human resources professional is important. We know that. The hard part is recognizing what skills to develop. At this year’s Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference (SHRM), I ran across some wonderful tools to help with developing HR competencies. These guides offer suggestions for specific activities that HR pros can do to develop their skills.

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ClearCompany HRM

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Performance reviews offer helpful feedback to managers and employees, but not knowing where to start or what to say can make the process painful and awkward. Effective performance reviews are important to ensuring the growth and development of both employees and management. We’ve collected 42 performance review tips from experts so that your next performance meetings are a success.

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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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Cornerstone On Demand

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

This post is part of our biweekly " Office Hours " video series, featuring quick career, workplace and leadership tips from talent management experts and business leaders across the globe. In a 2016 study, Temkin Group found that employee engagement correlates with customer satisfaction, but 87 percent of employees worldwide are not engaged in the workplace.

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Cornerstone On Demand

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

This post is part of our biweekly " Office Hours " video series, featuring quick career, workplace and leadership tips from talent management experts and business leaders across the globe. In a 2016 study, Temkin Group found that employee engagement correlates with customer satisfaction, but 87 percent of employees worldwide are not engaged in the workplace.

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COATS Staffing Software

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Gaining insight and perspective from a conference speaker is something all attendees hope for and at Staffing World 2017, Stacy Zapar of Tenfold , a recruiting consulting and training company, didn’t disappoint. She proved why she has been named as one of the best social human resources experts by The Huffington Post. Zapar gave some excellent tips that staffing firms can use to improve their response rate to job ads and improve their brand reputation.

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Hppy

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Employee burnout is a harsh reality that you have to come to terms with. It is something that simply cannot be avoided, no matter how exciting the job is and how many perks the management offers. There is bound to come a time when the employee will start feeling tired of the routine and gives up the zeal that they initially used to put forth. This most certainly does not mean that the employee needs to be thrown out or that you will have to begin the process of training another ‘worker’ again.

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COATS Staffing Software

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Gaining insight and perspective from a conference speaker is something all attendees hope for and at Staffing World 2017, Stacy Zapar of Tenfold , a recruiting consulting and training company, didn’t disappoint. She proved why she has been named as one of the best social human resources experts by The Huffington Post. Zapar gave some excellent tips that staffing firms can use to improve their response rate to job ads and improve their brand reputation.

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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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15Five

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

When major corporations like Adobe , GE , Deloitte , and Microsoft ditched their annual performance reviews, they set off sea change in the world of performance management. There’s now nearly universal agreement that these antiquated practices don’t work and need to go, but very little agreement about what to do instead. This gap has left HR and business leaders scratching their heads.

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COATS Staffing Software

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Gaining insight and perspective from a conference speaker is something all attendees hope for and at Staffing World 2017, Stacy Zapar of Tenfold , a recruiting consulting and training company, didn’t disappoint. She proved why she has been named as one of the best social human resources experts by The Huffington Post. Zapar gave some excellent tips that staffing firms can use to improve their response rate to job ads and improve their brand reputation.

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The People Equation

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Did you know that nearly half of the people in your organization are afraid to be civil to one another? According to Georgetown University researcher Christine Porath, 40% of employees say they hesitate to show civility at work because they fear people will take advantage of them. Porath, an associate professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and author of Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace , has studied incivility in the workplace for nearly two decades.

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COATS Staffing Software

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Gaining insight and perspective from a conference speaker is something all attendees hope for and at Staffing World 2017, Stacy Zapar of Tenfold , a recruiting consulting and training company, didn’t disappoint. She proved why she has been named as one of the best social human resources experts by The Huffington Post. Zapar gave some excellent tips that staffing firms can use to improve their response rate to job ads and improve their brand reputation.

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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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Achievers

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

You know it, and I know it: The key to improving employee engagement and culture is through strengthening management’s leadership practices and capabilities. Being good at management isn’t enough. Today, more than ever, managers need to practice great leadership to manage change effectively and to seriously help others grow. Doing so results in higher employee engagement and motivation, and higher engagement ultimately improves productivity and the overall health of the organization.

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Everwise

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Yev Saidachev is a people manager in the truest sense of the word. As a manager of sales development at AppDynamics , Saidachev devotes his time to helping his team succeed in opening conversations with prospects and advancing their careers. As a lifelong hockey player, he now coaches youth hockey to give players the same team experiences he had. And as an Everwise protégé in his mentoring program , Saidachev received support and guidance in taking his passion for coaching to the next level: he

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The federal government provides free online resources to help small businesses better understand the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how they might be able to offer health insurance to their employees. Here are some we thought might be helpful. How the Affordable Care Act affects small businesses : This web page hosted by HealthCare.gov explains how the ACA can impact a small business with 1 to 50 full-time equivalent employees.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Can you quantify how much a good customer experience means to your organization? Executives happily claim customer experience is a priority for their organizations, but there seems to be a disconnect between executive opinions and what really impacts customer experience at companies. As Forbes and others are now discovering, there is a surprising link between the customer experience and the employee experience — one that shows quantifiable results.

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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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TalentCulture

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

By Natalie Kroc. After just four weeks of running a series of ads that prompted Snapchat users to swipe to the McDonald’s careers page, the fast food chain has received 35 percent more job applications as compared to this time last year, according to Jez Langhorn, the senior director in human resources at McDonald’s USA, in Oak Brook, Ill.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

So you’re debating whether to build your own recognition and rewards technology solution OR outsourcing the task to a best-in-class provider. Our last blog post addressed how the complexity of your organization needs to be considered. Today we will discuss the different areas of technology that are required to develop and maintain a system. First, an in-house system requires continuous maintenance by software engineers, whereas a multi-faceted SaaS solution updates automatically and seamlessly.

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TalentCulture

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

As the CEO of Ruh Global Communications, I am honored to be able to work with corporate brands all over the world on strategies to fully include persons with disabilities as colleagues, employees, and clients by assuring their services and products are accessible. Since early 2000, we also have also been blessed to be able to leverage social media and other marketing channels in an effort to tell the stories of these brands to consumers who care about social impact and inclusion.

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The HR Capitalist

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

I'm up today over at Fistful of Talent - talking about how the "gaydar" of A.I. now outperforms humans and what that could mean over time for how career opportunity is delivered to members of protected classes. Interesting stuff - check it out by clicking this link.

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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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Namely

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

HR is not an easy job. From payroll crises to bringing employees together, no two days are ever the same. Though HR is not the complaint department , it can often feel that way when employees approach HR with more problems than positive feedback. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we spoke with four employees about why they are grateful for HR. Here’s what they had to say: Company Growth We are so thankful for our HR manager, Abby, who has had a major focus on recruiting and hiring this year.

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HR Zone

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Culture. Is all anger in the workplace bad?

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Everyone expects a job candidate to prepare for an interview. Most of the time, we tend to think of a prepared candidate as one who answers questions well. While that’s important, it’s only part of the equation. After all, the candidate isn’t the only one being interviewed – they’re also interviewing your company to see if it’s somewhere they’d like to work.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A reader writes: I wanted to share a tradition with you that I started based on your advice. Every year I block off an hour in the couple days before Thanksgiving to send short emails to the colleagues who have done wonderful things in the past year, helped me out, or inspired me in specific ways. The response is always a warm one, and a few others have even started similar practices.

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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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TLNT: The Business of HR

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Skilled talent is becoming harder to find. National unemployment is at a 16-year low of 4.1%. Companies are competing with one another to provide more flexible and generous benefits packages. And, 61% of the workforce is either actively or passively seeking new opportunities, according to the ADP Research Institute’s (ADPRI) study Fixing the Talent Management Disconnect.

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Benefitfocus

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

After serving as CEO of Benefitfocus for more than 17 years, I was very excited to announce yesterday that our President and Chief Operating Officer, Ray August, has been promoted to CEO effective January 1, 2018. This is another major milestone and accomplishment for our growing company.

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HR Zone

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Acquisition. Will talent be attracted by a social conscience?

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