Mon.Jun 17, 2019

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Use the Science of Decision Making to Enhance Your Recruiting Processes

ADP

Regardless of the industry, level of job opening or labor market conditions, the job search and selection process is all about decision making – on both.

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How to Curate the Workplace for a Stellar Employee Experience

TemboStatus

Tell me if this sounds familiar - you get an email from Corporate about an important policy change. It’s not something you can act on today. It’s not something you can put on your calendar. You know it’s important but where can you put stash the message so that you don’t lose it or forget about the policy when you do need to act on it?

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Why You Should Pitch Open Enrollment as Your Employees’ Annual Financial Check-Up—and How to Do It

Jellyvision

Many employees still think of open enrollment as annoying multi-choice chore—a required task they put off as long as they can, then complete as quickly as possible. This is unfortunate, because in truth open enrollment is something far more positive and helpful—the perfect opportunity for your employees to save themselves money with smarter benefits decisions. […].

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How Employees Respond to Workforce Management Technology

nettime solutions

Across certain industries and professional environments, workforce management technology has become nearly ubiquitous with the modern workday. Sometimes, technology works in the background, tracking worker data as they move from project to project. Other times, employees engage directly with different types of workforce management technology: They log in via a retina scan.

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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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Getting the Most from the ‘Alternative Workforce’

SHRM Resources

?The "alternative workforce"—contract, freelance and gig workers—make up a sizable share of the global workforce and represent a great opportunity for employers to access talent in more flexible, on-demand ways.But HR industry thought leader Josh Bersin has found that most organizations are not prepared to take full advantage of the burgeoning freelance and gig-work economy.In a new report published by HR People + Strategy (HRPS), a Society for Human Resource Management affiliate, Bers

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Will Productivity Plummet if You Offer Summer Hours?

EngagementMultiplier

Summer hours means different things to different companies. For some, it means letting alternating team members have Fridays off (or every other Friday, or Friday half-days). For others, it may mean abbreviated workdays with shorter hours, or flexible hours. It sounds lovely, right? But then the fears begin to creep in. What will this do to productivity?

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Industry Spotlight: Conversation with Wharton Professors Marshall Fisher, Santiago Gallino, and Serguei Netessine

Branch

One of retailers’ top strategies for eliminating costs and boosting profits is cutting labor. While this may seem like a quick and easy way to meet those goals, it can be detrimental for a retailer in the long-term. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School professors of operations, information, and decisions Marshall Fisher, Santiago Gallino, and Serguei Netessine dive into this topic in their research paper, “Setting Retail Staffing Levels: A Methodology Validated with Implementation” an

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Webinar Recap: Strategies for Smarter 1:1 Conversations with WSJ Best Seller Julie Zhuo

Reflektive

Reflektive recently had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with Julie Zhou, VP of Product Design at Facebook and author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Making of a Manager , on the topic of 1:1 conversations. During the engaging conversation, Zhou discussed the following: ? How to have smarter 1:1 conversations with direct reports and peers. ?

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So You're a Tough Interviewer, Eh? How's that Working Out For You?

The HR Capitalist

Let's talk about the myth of being a tough interviewer. . So you're a tough interviewer. You automatically go on the offensive in any interview setting, some would even call your style "on the attack." You are confrontational, basically calling bulls**t on the candidate you have in front of you. Are they sure they really belong in front of you with this background?

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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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From Coffee Shops to Shared Offices: 5 Start Up Work Locations

Take It Personel-ly

Your business, small or large, needs a place where the magic happens. A place to set up shop is important, whether you work alone, or you have a staff that helps you out. Having a place to work that’s away from home creates a professional space where you can separate from your regular life […].

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How to Manage Healthcare Initiative Overload

Precheck

How to Manage Healthcare Initiative Overload Jun. 18, 2019. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. New initiatives are a powerful driving force in healthcare, helping organizations reach efficiency benchmarks and harness new technologies to better serve patients. But they also can be overwhelming, giving employees a mountain of goals and responsibilities: Improve patient care.

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can I ask my coworkers why they didn’t hire my daughter?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My daughter applied for a job at the university where I’m currently employed, in a department supervised by three very good friends of mine. I’ve known them all for over 20 years. I consider them great coworkers and friends. My neighbor also applied for the job. My neighbor has been out of work for over 11 years and lived off his parents.

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LinkedIn Community: The Secret Sauce for Employers and Job Seekers

Workology

It’s now common knowledge that job seekers need a professional and complete LinkedIn profile. Most of us also know that many organizations need LinkedIn’s premium talent solutions to find and recruit. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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The Four Best Ways to Enhance Team’s Productivity

SutiHR

Businesses should always have a fresh perspective on their employees’ productivity. There are always areas for improvement – evaluate your work relationships, processes, and procedures. After taking a balanced view, you can apply incremental changes that will set the pace for the team’s productivity. Here are some key pointers to know how you can inspire.

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100 Performance Appraisal Comments For Your Next Performance Review

Vantage Circle

Conducting performance reviews can be tricky. Especially for managers. Sometimes there’s a huge difference between what they say and what they want to convey.To improve this, it's important that employers must practice the art of delivering constructive performance appraisal comments. In fact-. One in five employees aren't confident that their managers will provide regular, constructive feedback.

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The Changing State of Hiring for HR

Cisive

With the rise of technology in the HR space, hiring today looks vastly different than it did 10 years ago — or even three. Complicating this is an incredibly robust labor market. With unemployment at its lowest level in five decades , hiring has become even more challenging and organizations are facing heavy costs for bad hires. Many organizations can stand to improve their hiring practices, both by intelligently embracing technology and also by examining their interview methodology.

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Where To Find Customer Feedback In 8 Unique Places

Remesh

A happy customer is a loyal customer. But before we get to loyalty, growth, increased ROI, and the works - when was the last time your customers told you they were happy?

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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 benefits Payroll software can deliver to HR

HR Morning

As an HR professional, you usually don’t have to deal with payroll tasks beyond the basics when onboarding a new employee. But making sure workers get paid is essential to your job, since you’ll be the one dealing with any complaints. And you want a system that streamlines payment processes and keeps your business compliant with IRS regulations and requirements.

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The Top Five Things at #SHRM19

SHRM

“The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.” –John Maxwell With less than a week to go, I am getting PUMPED for the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition ! I first attended SHRM Annual Conference in 2018 when it was in Chicago. I make no secret that it was a transformative experience for me! If you’re attending for the first time, let me say, you made an awesome decision!

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How Summer Internships Can Help Build Your Employer Brand

Blu Ivy Group

It’s summertime, and that means we’re talking about…summer internships. Internships may only run for eight to twelve weeks, but they can have a long-term impact on your employer brand. We’ve posted before about the importance of engaging all your stakeholders in defining and delivering on your employee value proposition (EVP) – and your summer interns are certainly part of that group.

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Standing Ovation: Recognizing Exceptional Employees | Mike Strupp

WEX Inc.

benefitexpress is proud to be a company that honors exceptional performance. That's why we created the Standing Ovation Award - an award given to two employees each quarter to honor and recognize their efforts of going above and beyond to fulfill our Community Pillars. Nominations are submitted by fellow peers, and are tallied, read and carefully considered before being awarded at our company-wide 'Town Hall' meetings each quarter.

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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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New To Management? 15 Steps To Gracefully Transition From Peer To Leader

Forbes Coaches Council

Being promoted is an exciting time -- except when you'll now be leading your peers. Help make the transition less awkward for you and your team with these tips from Forbes Coaches Council experts.

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Ondra L. Berry on Realizing Your Hidden Potential at Limeade Engage 2019

Limeade

Are you living up to your potential as a professional? Ondra L. Berry, SVP of Organizational Culture & Employee Engagement at MGM Resorts International and keynote speaker at Limeade Engage 2019 , pushed attendees to recharge, reignite and re-energize their passion for their profession. “If you’re the same person you were a few years ago you’re doing something wrong.

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15 Ways To Fight Communication Breakdowns When Your Team Is On A Tight Deadline

Forbes Coaches Council

When deadlines are looming and major projects due, a communication breakdown can mean big trouble. Get your team back on track with these tips from Forbes Coaches Council experts.

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my employee caused a drunken scene at coworker’s wedding

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am a team leader in a very small company. My team only has two other members. A few weeks ago, one of them, Jamie, got married. A few other colleagues and I were invited to the evening reception. The other member of the team got drunk and was abusive to many guests and even knocked small children over on the dance floo When everyone was trying to leave, he started to get naked and violently abusive in the venue’s car park.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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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10 Tips For Improving Incentive Adoption

Workstride

You may have been unable to attend our recent webinar , “Selecting the Right Channel Incentives that Drive Demand and Revenue,” featuring Angela Leech , Sirius Decisions and our very own Dan Hawtof. Here’s a list of the 10 tips I learned from the webinar about how to improve incentive adoption. Consider all relevant audience because not everyone is motivated in the same way, or by the same things.

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Which Tobacco Products Are Safe? Answers to E-cigarette Questions

EX Program

Over 1,000 HR benefit leaders have now tuned in to our “5 Things Employers Need to Know Now about E-cigarettes” webinar. In case you missed it (or as a refresher if it’s been a few months), during our webinar, we shared what we know about e-cigarettes, what we’re learning… AND what we don’t know. We [.]. Read More. The post Which Tobacco Products Are Safe?

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Leadership Lessons From The Frontlines Of Alzheimer's

Forbes Coaches Council

It's a brutal, cruel disease that steals a person from loved ones and themselves. Yet, there is wisdom to be shared.

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