Thu.Dec 10, 2020

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updates: rehiring a bully, finding the F word on a form, and more

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. Here are four updates from letter-writers. 1. Should I hire a bully back? At my manager’s request, I interviewed my former problem employee after she submitted an application (my manager wanted to see if she’d learned anything while out of work).

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Resilience and the Art of Taking an "L" As a Predictor of Talent Success.

The HR Capitalist

When it comes to long-term success for a working class professional in today's world, nothing is more important than knowing how to "take the L". . Let me explain. "L's were taken" or "Take the L" has been around in phraseology since the early 2000's. Here's the Urban Dictionary cite: TAKE THE L. Stands for "Take the loss". Frequently used to describe flunking a test, being dumped, being stood up, being beaten up or robbed, or losing one's money in the stock market , gambling, or through ex

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How Paypal Maps and Creates Employee Journeys on We’re Only Human

UpstartHR

“We map the employee journey and experiences that an employee has. We do things where we can really hear, learn, and better understand the employee sentiment, directly from employees. We have feedback mechanisms built in that allow us to continually evolve, and we really look at that feedback that we get on our experiences as a gift. We welcome it.

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Workforce Readiness: The Learning Metric that Leads to Real ROI (i4cp login required)

i4cp

If it wasn’t obvious before, the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of organizational agility. Indeed, the ability to anticipate, adapt, and act on change is no longer a nice-to-have. And as the Institute of Corporate Productivity’s (i4cp) research has consistently revealed, an essential component of agility is establishing and fostering a culture of continuous learning.

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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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10 Interview Questions to Uncover Management Talent

SHRM

We all know managers have a tremendous impact on the productivity and engagement of their teams. And we know that not everyone can manage people: Gallup says only 10 percent of people are natural managers and another 20 percent are coachable [1]. Upgrading the quality of your existing managers can seem like an arduous task, but one thing you can do right away is to hire new managers from Gallup’s 30 percent—the group of people who understand (or can learn) how to manage.

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Boosting business energy amidst pandemic lethargy

HR Zone

Employees Boosting energy at the end of a tough year.

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2021 Employer Branding Strategy

Blu Ivy Group

Predicting the next twelve months can feel somewhat daunting when reflecting on the year we have just had. That said, employer brand strategy has experienced some monumental shifts in the last few months, and become more recognized as a core component of workplace effectiveness. There has never been a more exciting time to be a part of this culture movement.

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update: can my husband’s employer constantly record all the conversation in our house?

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 whose husband’s employer was constantly recording all the conversation in their house ? Here’s the update. I’m the wife who wrote in about my husband’s company who constantly recorded him.

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How to Maintain Positive Work Atmosphere When Managing Offices in Different Countries

6Q

Today, digitalisation takes over the traditional workspace and companies allow employees to work from anywhere. So, how can a manager create a positive work atmosphere in different countries? Today, digitalisation takes over the traditional workspace and companies allow employees to work from anywhere. With this, remote job positions are on the rise, and so are international teams.

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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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Why does HR hate minimum wage laws?

The Tim Sackett Project

In episode 41 of The HR Famous Podcast , long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn , and Jessica Lee discuss the impact of the new Florida minimum wage passed in the November election Cycle and the passing of Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh and his impact on the world of company culture and HR. Listen ( click this link if you don’t see the player ) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review ( Apple Podcasts ) and follow ( Spotify )!

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5 Strategies to Combat Employee Engagement Survey Fatigue and Boost Participation Rates

Bonusly

Our email inboxes at work are pretty full these days–and that’s on a good day. On a bad one, it’s fair to describe them as overflowing and overwhelming. There’s the daily updates to wade through, company news, internal communications, tasks to complete, and so much more. You know that implementing an employee survey is one of the best ways to measure your employee experience efforts.

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Experience management 101: The what, why, and how of XM

Qualtrics HR

As the ever-increasing flow of information shifts power from organizations into the hands of individuals, businesses must reassess how they operate. They must continuously learn what customers, employees, and partners are thinking and feeling, redefining their business models to provide positive, personalized experiences. Identifying and closing experience gaps has become essential to the customer journey , employee engagement , and succeeding in today’s ultra-competitive and ever-changing envir

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Do Organizations Rely on Background Checks Too Much?

SHRM Resources

For more than 30 years, the authors have been analyzing cases in which lapses in background checks resulted in sometimes catastrophic loss or damage to people, businesses, assets and the U.S. government. Thousands of these individuals passed background investigations either by using someone else's name, ID and Social Security number, or by lying about degrees, work experience, finances, arrest records or citizenship status.

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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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5 Tips on How to Start the Home-Buying Process

Take It Personel-ly

Buying a home is one of the dreams of every American, young and old. It is also a big decision, given that it is among the most significant transactions that many people make in their lives. As such, it may seem not very easy, especially if you are a first-time buyer. And if that sounds […].

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the worst boss of 2020 is…

Ask a Manager

We have a winner! The final votes are in, and the worst boss of the year is the company that planned to absorb any government stimulus checks that employees receive for themselves — with 52% of the vote in the final match-up. There was a lot of debate of the nominees year! Here are some comments from people explaining why they chose this “winner”: • “I chose the money-stealing company, because TAKING AWAY PEOPLE’S STIMULUS CHECKS during, arguably, the worst year in many people’

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4 Financial Tips for New Small Business Owners

Take It Personel-ly

Starting your new small business is a difficult time for your finances and your sanity. If you are looking to make positive changes to your finances with your new business, you should look to take some tips from the experts when you want to be a small business success. Small business owners set themselves one […].

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Engagedly Launches Their New User Interface ‘Tangerine’

Engagedly

Engagedly announces the launch of their new UI ‘Tangerine’, designed with unique features for a better user experience. The role-based platform is aimed to bring more value to the performance review system. St. Louis, MO. December 10, 2020 – Engagedly ([link] ), a leading provider of SaaS solutions for performance management, is pleased to announce the launch of their new User Interface ‘Tangerine’.

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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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Resignation Checklist before Leaving a Job

HR Digest

Deciding to leave a job without having an apt resignation checklist is a big step in itself. The reasons can vary, but it is imperative that you avoid taking an impetuous step as far as your decision to leave a company is concerned. We all have heard tales of people throwing up their hands and just walking out of a job having no resignation checklist; such grand gestures look fine on celluloid or in telling of tales, but in real life, it is just unprofessional to walk out on a job.

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7 Employee Engagement Tools to Help You Increase Engagement

Quantum Workplace

Employee engagement is an ongoing strategy, requiring commitments and actions throughout the year. There are many benefits to improving employee engagement and proof that it impacts business success. To stand a chance at increasing employee engagement, your organization needs robust and integrated engagement tools. Standalone information systems make it difficult to see the impact of engagement on employee, team, and business success.

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14 Engaging Ways To Connect With And Inspire Virtual Audiences

Forbes Coaches Council

While you may have honed your powers of persuasion connecting with live audiences in person, dealing with a virtual audience means taking new approaches to build those connections. Here, Forbes Coaches Council members offer engaging ways professionals can inspire and connect with virtual audiences.

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The Right Way to Support Employee Productivity

Jason Lauritsen

Given where we find ourselves at the end of 2020, it’s not surprising that one of the biggest concerns being discussed by managers and leaders everywhere is employee productivity. Whether your work requires you to be face-to-face with customers or patients or it confines you to a home office, there are more stressors and distractions to deal with at work today than ever before.

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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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What You Need to Know about the UK’s Short Term Business Visitors Agreement (STBVA)

Immedis

Before exploring this topic in greater detail, let’s first establish what we mean by short term business visitors (STBV). For employment purposes, STBVs are individuals who make business trips to the UK but are not resident in the UK for tax purposes. Whether an individual is a UK resident usually depends on how many days they spend there in the tax year.

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How does the employer mandate apply to controlled groups?

PeopleKeep

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires applicable large employers (ALEs) —those with 50+ full time equivalent employees to either offer minimum value and affordable health insurance coverage to full-time employees, or pay an employer health insurance tax penalty based on full-time employees. This is commonly referred to as the “employer mandate” or “shared responsibility provisions.”.

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Webinar: Leadership Series: The New Leader's Toolkit: Tips First Time Leaders Need to Know - 1/14 @11AM ET

Paycor

Stepping into a new leadership role can be intimidating and uncomfortable, particularly if you haven't had any training! But no matter your background and experience, there are key actions that any new leader can take to make taking on their new role as seamless as possible. Join Samantha Osborne, Marketing Strategist of strategic HR inc. as she shares lessons she wishes she knew as a First Time Leader, as well as the tips she's picked up along the way.

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What to Do With a Psychology Major: 8 Jobs You Should Consider

The Muse

An undergraduate degree in psychology can set you up to succeed in a huge variety of careers.

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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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Webinar: Leadership Series: Strategies for Integrating Diversity into Your Daily Work - 1/14 @2PM ET

Paycor

Diversity is often thought of as “one or the other” when in fact, diversity is multidimensional and composes various characteristics. This webinar will examine how we approach thinking about diversity, equity and inclusion and will dive into a meaningful activity to gain personal perspective on why DE&I work is important. It will conclude with strategies on how to begin to incorporate DE&I into daily work conversations that are productive, meaningful and also recognize the value of the m

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Technical Interview Tips and Developer Testing Advice

GetFive

Software developers are in high demand, but to get a job, they first must master the technical interview. Often packed with confusing questions and excruciating tests, it can feel like a lot just to get a job offer. However, if you make it through and impress your future employers, you’ll not only get the offer, but you’ll have a lot of negotiating power because their desire to hire you will be through the roof.

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SEC Human Capital Reporting: What are Your Company’s Measures?

Perceptyx

Following on the heels of the Great Depression, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was formed to protect investors and restore public confidence in the stock market. Today, SEC regulations require public companies to disclose financial information on an ongoing basis (e.g., Form 10-Q, Form 10-K). Traditionally a task completed by a company’s finance team, reporting will increasingly require the involvement of human resources thanks to recent SEC amendments to modernize disclosures

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