Thu.Apr 12, 2018

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The Challenge of Empathy

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000000 Before I get to my story, a quote from a 2017 Forbes article titled: “How Empathetic Are You, Really?” On empathy, the author Liz Guthridge says: “Being empathetic is similar to cooking. You may know the recipe for how to prepare empathy. But until you actually use the recipe a few times, taste the […].

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7 Must Haves in a Proven Talent Management Solution

ClearCompany HRM

Planning for your organization’s future is what separates a personnel manager from a talent leader. Employees are an important part of any company’s future. Ensuring that your workforce is aligned with the corporate goals, strategy and values is no easy task. Most experts agree there are 7 components to comprehensive talent management : Employee Planning.

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12 Tips for SHRM Annual Conference Attendees: #SHRM18

HR Bartender

For those of us in the human resources profession, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference is approaching. This year’s event will be held June 17-20, 2018 in Chicago. This is a must-go event for me. I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to see fellow bloggers that I interact with on Facebook and Twitter and people who I worked with as a SHRM volunteer.

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Getting Social Media Recruiting on the Right Track for Diversity

HR Daily Advisor

Recruiters may find themselves in a love-hate relationship with social media. Previously, we’ve addressed how it’s great for finding and attracting strong candidates, but it’s also possible to use social media to exclude candidates that might lead an employer to a more diverse workforce. Solutions to that conundrum do exist, though. The risk of using certain social media tools is highlighted in a December 2017 lawsuit that claims certain employers used Facebook to push job ads to young people wi

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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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5 Cost-Effective Recruitment Methods for Small Businesses

CandidateZip

Setting up a small business is quite taxing. Each decision is crucial because of the tight budget, being a major limitation. Small business owners look at doing multiple tasks by spending less money. We would like to share a few recruitment methods which are not only cost-effective but efficient for business. Adopting them will not only increase productivity but help grow your business.

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Unique Ways to Recognize Your Employees in the Office

Reflektive

Recognition is one of the top drivers of motivation, but how successful is your current program? Hanging up a photo on an Employee of the Month wall or adding an employee’s name to a small plaque isn’t an effective way to recognize your top employees. Keep better track of your employees’ performance with HR technology solutions. Click To Tweet. After all the hard work and dedication that they’ve shown to earn recognition, your employees deserve an award or recognition program that’s equally uniq

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[Infographic] 9 No-Fail Tips For Giving Productive Feedback

Hppy

If you want to grow and develop at work, it’s essential that you have access to frequent feedback and conversations focused on your professional development. At all types of organizations and at all levels, getting clear and direct feedback is important for improving at your job and mastering new skills. By making it a priority to check in often with your direct reports and your manager, you are making a commitment to their personal growth and your own.

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4 Tips for Building a Best-in-Class Company Culture

Kazoo

Most business leaders would agree: company culture is important. Press them on why it’s important, however — or even what exactly company culture is — and suddenly this is a topic that’s difficult to agree on. Consider this: Company culture isn’t perks and parties. It’s not beer pong. Company culture is the behaviors that are encouraged and accepted.

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How AI Makes Hiring More Accurate and More Personal

TalentCulture

AI is projected to catapult from a $643.7 million market today to $36.8 billion by 2025. Bersin by Deloitte calls […]. The post How AI Makes Hiring More Accurate and More Personal appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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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Values-Led Innovation: Making Team Management Easier

Justworks

At Justworks, we live by our core values of compassion, openness, grit, integrity, and simplicity (COGIS for short). These principles guide everything we do — every day, on every team, across the organization. “Whenever we’re coming up with something new, we ask, Is that COGIS?” said Jess Harvie, Program Manager on the Product Team. “And for us, that’s really trying to work out whether what we’re doing aligns with our values as a company.

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9 Questions to Ask Before Partnering With a PEO

Tandem HR

Partnering with a Professional Employer Organization or PEO for HR solutions will save you hours of human resource administration. It can also translate to better benefits and a Fortune 500-style HR infrastructure for your employees. Because you are sharing resources with other small and mid-sized companies, a PEO can be an affordable solution. Finding the perfect PEO may seem like a daunting task.

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PODCAST: Recruiter Confessions from FOT and Canvas.

The HR Capitalist

Joined Tim Sackett from FOT for the podcast below - enjoy!! --. Welcome to Recruiter Confessions! Sponsored by Canvas (gocanvas.io) and brought to you by the talent pros at Fistful of Talent (fistfuloftalent.com), this podcast is made for recruiters, by recruiters. Every month, host Tim Sackett will bring on a different recruiter co-host to share: --Hiring horror stories --The secrets recruiters keep to themselves during the hiring process --Silver bullets you can take back with you to your recr

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Moving to the Cloud: 10 Lessons Learned from XL Catlin Executive

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

So you want to move to the cloud? The decision has been made but you are laden with legacy systems that are heavily customized across the globe. Now you have to consider not only motivating your team to establish process, but also lay out a plan for change management. You know you can do this but sometimes wish you had a “phone a friend” button to push.

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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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Blockchain and HR: why it can improve reward and recognition

HR Zone

Future. Blockchain and HR: improving reward & recognition.

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WorkHuman 2018 Wrap-Up Video

WorkHuman

2018: That’s a Wrap. This year’s WorkHuman is winding down and we already miss you guys! Let’s relive some of the amazing moments we shared.

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Automation and humans: what's the real story?

HR Zone

Future. Automation and humans: what's the real story?

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5 Common Mistakes When Designing Online Customer Surveys

Remesh

Ah yes surveys. The noble beast of the market research and customer experience world, and your entry point into your customers’ minds to answer the questions that have been nagging you for eons.

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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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where’s the promotion I was promised months ago?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: When I was hired, my new boss-to-be and I discussed promoting me in one year. Shortly after my year anniversary came around, I set up a meeting to discuss the promotion and we started rewriting my job description, etc. My boss’s boss okayed the promotion, and she got verbal approval from HR. Fast forward seven months, and nothing has happened.

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4 Tips To Consider When Selecting A Workforce Management System

SutiHR

The workforce is the most valuable asset of an organization; also it is the most expensive. According to the Human Capital Management Institute, in most organizations, the overall cost of the workforce averages to approximately 70 percent of total operating costs. With the price tag of each worker continuing to rise year-by-year, more and more. The post 4 Tips To Consider When Selecting A Workforce Management System appeared first on SutiHR.

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Work-(Real)Life Balance

Namely

In this HR for Humans story, Chris Bohannon, Director of Presales at Namely, shares how he has achieved real work-life balance. For more stories at the intersection of work and life, follow @namely_hr. You can also submit your stories here. This is how a good day starts for me. I wake up at 5 AM, check my email, and wish my team a good morning on Slack.

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Blockchain and HR: why is it relevant and what use cases are there?

HR Zone

Future. Blockchain and HR: why is it relevant?

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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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5 Ways to Make New Hires Wish They Turned You Down

TLNT: The Business of HR

When it comes to the employee lifecycle, no period of time is more important than those first few days and months in a new job. Both the employee and the organization want to start off on the right foot, making a good impression. Most new hires join an organization with a sincere desire to have an immediate, positive impact. They bring an enthusiasm and energy that is contagious.

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Women in Leadership: Hitting the Quota But Missing the Point?

DDI

Government-mandated quotas have placed more women on boards. But organizations should strive for more women in leadership, regardless.

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Engaging Through Story

Workology

Story is powerful. Story is where we came from and where we are going. It’s what defines us, sets us apart, and allows us to connect with each other. As part of a larger organizational narrative, Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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are two-hour commutes normal?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently moved to southern California from New York City. In New York, my commute, door to door, from Soho to Bushwick was about 35-45 minutes, which included a 20-minute subway ride. Here in California, I recently (2.5 months ago) accepted a new job as an EA for a great company that’s about 30 miles away. I read about LA traffic before, but thought “how bad can it REALLY be?!

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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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Is poor job fit the reason behind poor employee performance?

Insperity

Job fit is critical to every employee’s success – and ultimately, your business’s success as well. Having the right people in the right roles can propel your organization to new heights. When the fit is there, it’s nothing short of magical. Your business seems to run like a well-oiled machine. But what about when the fit isn’t right? How does this even happen, if you’re diligent in your screening and interviewing of job candidates?

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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Statute Raises New Questions for Employers

HR Daily Advisor

Pennsylvania’s new medical marijuana statute has taken effect, and dispensaries are open. The law contains a specific caveat barring employers from “discriminating” against employees who use medical marijuana with a legal state certificate. Pennsylvania employers will now join others in a growing number of states learning how to handle employees who test positive for medical marijuana.

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4 Key Practices for Successful Employee Surveys

Namely

Individual feedback from employees is invaluable, but it can be hard to collect that type of feedback at scale. As your company grows, surveys allow you to gather structured data, both quantitative and qualitative, across the entire employee journey. Culture Amp’s Global Head of People & Experience, Julie Rogers, explains, “As an HR leader, people tell me their challenges, and I get personal insights.

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