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5 Meaningful Ways Companies Are Supporting Their LGBTQ+ Employees This Pride

Linkedin Talent Blog

This time last year, many companies were taking to the streets with their employees to participate in Pride parades. But while health and safety concerns have led to the cancellation of most public Pride celebrations this year, this has given companies an opportunity to celebrate their employees in new and meaningful ways. At a time when people around the world are protesting racial inequality and standing up for transgender rights , it’s important to remember that Pride is about more than a par

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Beyond HR KPIs: Strategic Metrics for Organizational Development

Analytics in HR

In this article, we will look beyond the scope of traditional HR KPIs. We will show that financial KPIs are not the end-goal – rather HR should step up its game and report on the leading indicators of organizational effectiveness. We will end the article with a list of recommended KPIs to focus on. Are financial KPIs enough to describe organizational effectiveness?

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Customer Service Interview Questions: What to Expect & How to Prepare

Professional Alternatives

If you apply for a position at a customer service staffing agency or for any other job that requires customer service experience, the hiring manager or recruiters will have several customer service interview questions that they will expect you to be able to answer. They want to have an idea of your ability to interact with customers and provide them with assistance in the best possible way.

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Guess Who’s Disrupting HR Tech Now? Facebook. Yes it’s Facebook.

Josh Bersin

I’ve never been a big Facebook user – it always seemed like a poorly designed platform and I don’t like sharing my personal information all the time. So when the company launched Workplace from Facebook I was not expecting much. The initial product, developed for internal collaboration inside the company, was just a “gray” version.

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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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Promoting Diversity in Startups: Your 5-Step Hiring Action Plan

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Diversity in startups will make or break your business plan. Here’s your 5-step guide on how to be proactive about inclusive sourcing and hiring.

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Workhuman Announces New Strategic Investor; Continues Strong Growth Trajectory in 1H 2020

WorkHuman

Company now valued at $1.2B, sees impressive adoption of new product offerings and helps to support new ways of making human connection during a global pandemic. Company adds three seasoned executives from SAP, Staples and Workday to leadership team. FRAMINGHAM, Mass., and DUBLIN – June 23, 2020 – Workhuman ® , the world’s fastest-growing social recognition and continuous performance management platform, has announced that London-based alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG )

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The Flexible Workforce: A Checklist for the Next Normal

Allegis Global Solutions

The world is adjusting to the pandemic. Companies are turning the corner on uncertainty and looking to the future. Some see a world where everything has changed. They are looking at what they call a new normal. But it’s not a new normal. This is the next normal. While the fundamentals of talent and business have not changed, the old playbook won’t work for a next-normal economy.

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Remote Succession Planning in 6 Easy Steps

EDSI

Nearly one-third of companies with more than 1,000 employees said they don't currently have a succession planning program at their organization. The numbers for smaller organizations are even more dismal. For organizations who urgently need expert guidance and advice and are looking for a more economic cost than traditional methods, a remote succession planning consultant might be a good fit.

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Lessons Learned from Oracle’s Equal Pay Saga

Trusaic

Oracle’s equal pay saga illustrates how a proactive pay equity strategy is better than adopting a reactive approach—to the tune of millions of dollars, as well as bad publicity. Earlier this year, we discussed how Oracle was in the crosshairs of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the federal agency housed within the Labor Department and charged with enforcing equal employment opportunity laws for businesses with government contracts.

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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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Reflektive Customer Series: Performance Check-ins at HoganTaylor

Reflektive

This is the first of our series on how Reflektive customers develop, launch, and manage successful performance programs. Reflektive customer HoganTaylor is a professional services organization based in Oklahoma, specializing in business advisory services and accounting. Our below Q&A with Heather Fuller, Talent Advisor Manager, and Gayle Hoover, Benefits & HRMS Administrator includes best practices on crafting an effective check-in program.

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HR Book Review: The Office (The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History).

The HR Capitalist

On my summer reading list is The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History. I originally grabbed the book because it presented an opportunity to connect with my youngest son, who like a lot of kids, has consumed the entire series 3+ times on Netflix. It quickly became a primer on team-based creative process, where ideas have to come in volume, then be culled down quickly to the point that only the best idea makes it, and everyone on the team is OK with that.

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Customer expectations: 7 Types all exceptional researchers must understand

Qualtrics HR

Customer satisfaction reflects the expectations and experiences that the customer has with a product or service. Consumer expectations reflect both past and current product evaluation and user experiences. Think about any major purchases you've made recently. Did you research your purchase? Did you collect information from advertising, salespersons, friends, associates, or even test the product?

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Professional Development Shouldn’t Wait for Anyone But You

Workology

With rapid advancements in technology, employees expecting consumer-like experience and engagement, and the red-hot economy, companies are looking for ways to gain a competitive advantage with their. 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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29 Exit Interview Questions to Improve Your Employee Experience

Digital HR Tech

Exit interview questions come in all shapes and sizes. They’re important to ask since the answers can provide you with a wealth of information. In this article, we’ve listed 29 must-ask exit interview questions to improve your employee experience. As you may know, there are three key enables when it comes to your employee experience : The technology (both hard and software) The culture The environment (physical space).

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Working at Home Guide: How to Keep Being Productive

Hppy

Recent statistics show that up to half of America’s workforce is working from home as a result of social distancing orders aimed at slowing down the coronavirus pandemic. This represents more than double the number of Americans who worked from home pre-COVID-19. The emergence of new technologies like Zoom and the broad availability of high-speed internet has made it possible for businesses to adapt quickly to this ‘new normal’.

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What HR Needs to Know About Virginia’s Marijuana Laws

Cisive

On May 21, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation that decriminalizes marijuana possession, joining a majority of states that have ceased treating the drug as a criminal offense. Here’s what employers in Virginia need to know about these changes once they go into effect on July 1. Summary of Virginia’s Marijuana Law for Employers. Under current Virginia law, possession of marijuana is punishable by a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum 30-day jail sentence for a first offense.

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Guess Who’s Disrupting HR Tech Now? Facebook. Yes it’s Facebook.

Josh Bersin

I’ve never been a big Facebook user – it always seemed like a poorly designed platform and I don’t like sharing my personal information all the time. So when the company launched Workplace from Facebook I was not expecting much. The initial product, developed for internal collaboration inside the company, was just a “gray” version.

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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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How to Embed Diversity and Inclusion in Your Culture Through Training

BizLibrary - HR

Learn how to incorporate effective D&I training to ensure this is part of your organizational culture, not just your training program. The post How to Embed Diversity and Inclusion in Your Culture Through Training appeared first on BizLibrary.

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5 Ways to Adapt to Rapid Changes in Your Work Life

Take It Personel-ly

The economic uncertainty, political instability and all-round sense of catastrophe in many people’s lives in the era of Covid-19 is extreme, to say the least! Employees in every sector and in every role are experiencing strain, whether that’s juggling shifting expectations, navigating risks and unknowns, or simply trying to define a solid career path in […].

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Quarantine Blues? 5 Tips for Driving Employee Engagement

Paychex WORX Blog

5 Tips for Driving Employee Engagement During Quarantine As some of the nation is returning to the office, many of us will remain working from home for an indefinite period of time. For employees that are unaccustomed to remote work, this can sometimes be a challenge. There are no more chats at the water cooler or in-person collaboration meetings, but that does not mean that we cannot find ways to connect and engage with one another.

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Random Rules of Leadership

The Tim Sackett Project

Leadershipping is hard. You try as you might to do and say the right thing, to the right person, at the right time, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it fails miserably. That’s life. Mostly we try to be the best version of ourselves, and not f*ck up to bad! We love rules. Rules are safe. If you follow them, mostly things work out. If you break them, mostly things don’t work out as well, but every so often, you’ll be just fine.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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my employee was upset when I told him drive, not fly, to a conference five hours away

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: This question is from an incident that happened last year, but I’ve been thinking about it. I manage a team of four people. We work closely with two other teams, all within a larger department of a college. In pre-COVID times, staff from our department often went to conferences hosted by various professional associations. One of my staff members, Jeff, requested to go to a conference that was about a five-hour drive away.

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The new off-boarding pathway: supporting departing staff in startup success

HR Zone

Development Turning redundancies into start-ups.

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Getting campaigns to market quickly: Your 10-minute guide

Papirfly

Anyone in marketing appreciates just how stressful getting campaigns to market can be without the right tools, processes and people in place. The ability to adapt quickly and harness topical opportunities has become integral to keeping marketing fresh and culturally relevant. The strategic and creative ideas are usually flowing the minute the opportunity is identified, but demand for a wide range of assets usually outstrips a team’s ability to deliver within a short space of time.

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3 Tips to Interpreting Your Health Insurance Carrier’s Language

Corporate Synergies

A former carrier underwriter gives 3 handy tips to help you interpret your health insurance carrier’s language. The post 3 Tips to Interpreting Your Health Insurance Carrier’s Language appeared first on Corporate Synergies.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Upcoming Vacation? 8 Steps to Prep Your Job So You can Truly Unplug

GetFive

Does pulling long hours at work have you dreaming of escaping it all and finally taking a well-deserved vacation? You’re not alone. However, millions of U.S. workers skip vacation days every year. Often it’s simply more work to prepare for and recover from an absence than to actually take the time off. In fact, reports show American workers lose vacation days each year.

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There’s Something to be Said About my Father

Thrive Global

Each year in June, it happens. Father’s Day approaches, and my sisters, brothers and I start connecting, messaging, and talking about our father. His name was Ismail Ali. He was kind, gracious, humble, honest, hardworking and a very dedicated family man who above all else taught me that family always comes first. But each year, we all agree how hard it is to describe him and all the positive contributions he has made, not only to us, but to so many people’s lives.

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The Game

Turning the Corner

by Ginger Robitaille, PHR COO & HR Generalist On a weekly basis, I hear the question from job seekers, “Why do I have to play a game to get a job? Between the cumbersome online systems, the painstaking keyword matches, Continue reading. The post The Game appeared first on Turning the Corner.