Wed.Jun 05, 2019

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Should You Be Promoted Every 3 Years?

The Tim Sackett Project

If you didn’t catch it this week, a job board executive came out with how often you should be promoted early in your career. Basically, he said it should be every three years. Do you agree? Early-career employees should aim to get a promotion around every three years, according to Ian Siegel, CEO of ZipRecruiter. “If you aren’t moving up after three years, there is a problem,” he said.

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How To Convince Your Boss To Send You To A Conference

Dr. Nadine

“No” is the sure-fire answer you’ll get if you never ask. But before you ask, it may be helpful to have a plan of action to increase the likelihood that your boss will grant your request. Certain strategies could tip your advantage in the power of persuasion. Before diving into techniques, let’s first look at the reasons your request might be refused: It’s an excuse for a company-paid vacation There’s no significant gain for the company (what’s in it for us?

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So you want to speak at HR conferences? Advice for the journey

UpstartHR

One of the key parts of what I do in my job is speaking. Webinars. Conferences. Seminars. I’ll talk to pretty much anyone about anything related to HR. And I LOVE it. This is pretty funny for anyone that knows me well, because I’m fairly shy and introverted. If I show up to the pre-conference party myself, I’ll eat quickly and leave for the safety of my hotel room and a good book.

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The Manufacturing Skills Gap: Four Strategies for Finding Talent in Manufacturing

EDSI

While just about every industry feels the burden of the mass exodus of boomers from the workforce, the manufacturing industry faces the greatest risk of failing to adapt. In this article, we’ll offer a snapshot of the current and projected state of the manufacturing industry, and even more important, we will outline four implementable strategies manufacturing companies can use to overcome the skill gaps facing the industry.

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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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Get Ready! More IRS Letter 226J ACA Penalty Notices Are on the Way [UPDATE]

ACA Times

3 minute read: IRS staff is expected to start issuing Affordable Care Act penalty notices for the 2017 tax year this month. This comes on the heels of a final round of Letter 226J penalty notices being issued to employers the tax agency believes has failed to comply with the ACA’s Employer Mandate in the 2016 tax year. The IRS letter 226J penalty notices for the 2016 and 2017 tax years are being issued to employers the agency refers to as Applicable Larger Employers (ALEs) as part of the effort

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Mental health: why a digital detox is essential for both wellbeing and productivity

HR Zone

Business. Say ‘tech-NO’ to digital overload.

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Twitterbots: Anatomy of a Propaganda Campaign

Symantec

Internet Research Agency archive reveals a vast, coordinated campaign that was incredibly successful at pushing out and amplifying its messages.

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3 Signs That Show You Need a Good Applicant Tracking System

SutiHR

Recruitment can turn out to be a complicated process with several elements that may go wrong, and in order to automate and accelerate this process, managers opt for an applicant tracking software. An ATS solution is designed in a way to save resources and time on sorting larger volumes of candidates. Is your applicant tracking. The post 3 Signs That Show You Need a Good Applicant Tracking System appeared first on SutiHR.

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Ep 184 – Employment Success for People with Disabilities

Workology

Welcome to a new series on the Workology Podcast we are kicking off that focuses on the future of work. This series is in collaboration with the Partnership on Employment & Accessible. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. Welcome to a new series on the Workology Podcast we are kicking off that focuses on the future of work.

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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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Should You be Promoted Every Three Years?

SHRM

If you didn’t catch it this week, a job board executive came out with how often you should be promoted early in your career. Basically, he said it should be every three years. Do you agree? Early-career employees should aim to get a promotion around every three years, according to Ian Siegel, CEO of ZipRecruiter. “If you aren’t moving up after three years, there is a problem,” he said.

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Moving From Feedback To Feedforward

Jason Lauritsen

I can still remember when I first heard about “feedforward.” It was in a presentation by Marshall Goldsmith at one of the first HCI Summits many years ago. The concept sounded weird and a little gimmicky. But, it stuck with me. At its essence, the idea was that while feedback was oriented towards criticism of past performance, feedforward instead provided suggestions for future improvement.

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Stress Management 101: How to Keep Your HR or Employee Relations Role from Draining You

Evil HR Lady

I spent three years running layoffs for a Fortune 100 company. There’s simply no easy way to do this job. No matter how fair you are, how closely you follow best practices, and how great the severance package is, it’s emotionally tricky to help terminate people. Hiring, while often seen as the cheerier side of this equation, can be just as emotionally draining.

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Executive Coaching for Fitness and Fit

DDI

A good executive coaching relationship can help ensure an executive’s fit with their role and their fitness for the future.

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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 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Presence

45 Things

When you're job searching, the advice is to "clean up your social media presence." But what does that mean, exactly? For example, when you were told to clean up your room as a kid, my hunch is that your version of "clean" was a lot different than your mom's. So, what you consider offensive online today may be a whole lot different than what will raise a red flag with a hiring manager.

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Managing Mental Health with Mental Wellness Basics | Scholarship Winner

EverFi - HR

Today we’re featuring an excerpt from Ruth, a scholarship winner from Tennessee who recently earned her Mental Wellness Basics certification. Congratulations to Ruth for being one of our scholarship recipients! Student: Ruth G. Teacher: Victoria Nuss. School: MNPS Middle College High School. State: Tennessee. “The first important skill that I learned while taking the Mental Wellness Basics course was the significance of understanding mental illness and the way it influences and shapes the

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Aligning HR & Communications for a Better Employee Experience: Conference Roundup

Advanced Learning Institute

This past May, ALI Conferences hosted our 2nd Annual Aligning HR & Internal Communications Conference in Times Square, New York City. Communicators and HR professionals from across the country came together to discuss their biggest challenges, strategies, and practical solutions for aligning their company’s communication for a better employee experience.

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How to Write an Amazing 5-Minute Speech Quickly

DISC Assessments

Public speech – these 2 words are enough to make even the best and the brightest at any company get sweaty palms and shaky knees. It is easy to understand why – we are definitely not all born natural public speakers. It takes A LOT of confidence to get up in front of a room full of people and carry the spotlight. In this week’s story, professional speaker Patricia Fripp offers tips on how to put together a fabulous 5-minute speech.

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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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People Geek of the Month: Amy Born

CultureAmp

Amy Born dreams of a world where people experience work in a different way. Instead of feeling stressed, overwhelmed and unhappy with their jobs, she knows it’s possible for employees to feel fulfilled, nourished, and inspired at work.

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TREND NOTE: AllyO raises $45 Million Series B for its AI Hiring and Onboarding – Doubles Down on “Platform” Language

WorkTech

TREND NOTE: Will AI augment or replace current recruiting tech infrastructure? AllyO announced a $45 million series B and wants to be your new hiring and onboarding platform. If you’ve taken a call, or a briefing, from an AI-based recruiting tech then you’ve experienced the awkward messaging that all AI-based recruiting tools that go beyond […].

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my employee tells me “good job” when I correct his work

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My direct report, who is fresh out of college, is often not very thorough or good at his job. He’ll submit work that clearly lacked any attention to detail. And 90% of the time, there are errors that I end up pointing out or discussing with him. I am fair, factual, and give context to why the error is important to avoid. I never reprimand, just state the facts and move on.

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Your Drug Testing Program: Is Marijuana In or Out?

Accurate Background

The U.S. unemployment rate continues to be remarkably low – 3.8% in March 2019. With a competitive labor market, some companies are struggling to fill positions and are re-examining their hiring criteria to adapt. In addition to salary, benefits and corporate culture changes, some companies are re-evaluating their drug testing policies in an effort to attract more workers.

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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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On Kindness

HRGem

This is a story about kindness, and the difference that you can make to someone else without even knowing it. My mum works in a supermarket.

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How do you make your website better? Here are some great ways…

Take It Personel-ly

So, you own a website? Good! Websites are awesome, for business and for personal progression. That being said, you need to get used to optimising your website. So, to do that, we recommend you consider the following tips and tricks. When used properly, they should play a major role in making your website even better. […].

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15 Tips For Business Owners Looking To Boost Their Decision-Making Confidence

Forbes Coaches Council

Suffering from decision anxiety? The experts of Forbes Coaches Council share their best tips for overcoming the fear and getting work done.

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Is Open Salaries and Pay Transparency a Good Idea?

HR Digest

The ongoing calls for salary transparency as a cure for pay inequity are actually creating confusion among employers. Salary transparency is a double-edged sword; it could bring motivation and demotivation at the same time. A recent survey by HBR involving 2,060 employees suggests that employees are significantly motivated when they learn about their manager’s salaries, mostly if they are a few promotions away.

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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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Why digital transformation for healthcare isn’t about technology

Qualtrics HR

Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all aspects of how a healthcare business interacts with patients, healthcare providers and regulators. The results are frequently radical, disrupting long-standing practices with new processes that are continually evolving. But what any digital transformation consultancy will tell you is that a successful digital transformation strategy isn’t just about the technology.

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B2B PR: Connecting with Media Contacts

marenated HR

By Madison Knopik: Having a great story put into spectacular content is excellent, but even with a well thought out plan to spread it to crucial reporters, there’s no guarantee for placement. This is why creating a connection with media members is essential. Building relationships with reporters or editors who cover your space regularly can help drive your PR efforts.

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You Won't Improve Engagement with Slide Decks

Human Workplaces

One of the biggest problems with our current approach to employee engagement is our never-ending focus on pain points. All engagement surveys seek to draw out pain points—the questions that have the highest percentage of “unfavorable” responses are the ones we focus on. There is obviously logic to this: find out what people are frustrated with, and then fix it.