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Are Emojis Acceptable In Work Communication [POLL]

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. I must admit that I find articles sharing “what’s in and what’s out” fascinating. There was one a couple of months ago that announced side parts (for your hair) are a complete no-no. Not sure why, but side parts are out. The same article mentioned that the laughing emoji was “out”. You know the one I’m referring to.

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Walmart Sued for Failing to Accommodate Deaf Applicant

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Walmart, alleging the retailer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and discriminated against a job applicant because he is deaf.

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4 of the Biggest Challenges an HR Department Faces

Hppy

You probably know that in the business world, HR stands for human resources. The HR department is one of the company’s nerve centers. If you don’t have common sense HR policies in place and dedicated staff, your business will probably run into trouble sooner rather than later. If you talk to HR department members about what their biggest challenges are, you’ll often get some of the same responses.

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What Are The Mental Health Benefits of Boxing?

Take It Personel-ly

There’s no question that boxing is a fun and effective way to get a full body workout. Not only do you build muscle strength, you also increase your stamina and endurance as well as improve your cardiovascular health. But getting physically fit is not the only benefit to getting into this sport. When you box, […].

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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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H-1B Wage Rule Delayed

SHRM Resources

The regulation raising wages for workers with H-1B visas and employment-based green cards will be delayed until Nov. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) confirmed.

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The Impact of Belonging on Employee Engagement

6Q

Employee engagement is directly impacted by a sense of belonging. This article explains how you can empower your team to feel more purposeful and produce their best work. We all have a natural desire for social belonging. Despite this, 40% of people say they feel isolated at work. After the pandemic forced companies worldwide to adopt remote working models, they found an emphasised need for employee engagement.

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my job is causing me physical pain, I want to keep wearing a mask, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, my job is causing me physical pain, I want to keep wearing a mask, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s six answers to six questions. Here we go…. 1. Babysitting job is aggravating my chronic pain. I work full-time as a reading specialist in a pre-school; we had remote learning due to the pandemic for the first half of the year, but recently began hybrid and fully in-person teaching.

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Healthcare 2021 Case#1

eni

The post Healthcare 2021 Case#1 appeared first on eni.

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What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

Workplace Psychology

What Is Burnout? Burnout isn’t just being tired or “fed up” with work. “Burnout is far more than feeling blue or having a bad day. It is a chronic state of being out of synch with your job, and that can be a significant crisis in your life” (Leiter & Maslach, 2005, p. 2). With burnout, a person is no longer able to work (exhaustion) and no longer wants to spend effort at work (distancing).

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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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Healthcare 2021 Case#2

eni

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5 Steps to Kickstart your Employer Branding Activities

TalentLyft

By now, most of the companies realized the importance of starting with their employer branding activities. Whether it's because they keep hearing and learning about it or because they felt the consequences of a lack of employer branding activities themself. However, one thing is talking, and another is developing a coherent concrete plan that will show results.

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Preventive Maintenance Tips for Commercial Garage Doors

Take It Personel-ly

When was the last time you checked your business’s garage door for problems? It’s a feature that owners often skip over. However, broken garage doors can come with costly repair bills, so you should use some preventive maintenance to keep yours in prime condition. Check out a few key tips on how to maintain your […].

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Pass It On

Thrive Global

When I was 16-years-old I got my driver’s license. You must understand this was a complete fluke, a miracle, a minor act of God that allowed me to pull into the DMV and pull away Maine’s newest licensed driver. On the way there my mother told me, “You’re never gonna get it.” Of course, she didn’t start out the trip like that. She started out like every other normal mom taking her kid to get her license.

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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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Empathy for You Cancels out Empathy for Me. So, What Gives?

SHRM

The other week, I posted information on #stopasianhate to my personal Instagram, hoping to educate and elicit empathy among my peers. I was taken aback when a former classmate asked me to stop these posts because they made social media less “fun.” Instead of empathizing with my sorrow, he was asking that I empathize with his annoyance. What gives?

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Oleksii Orovetskiy of Loio: “Because of the things I have or have not done, I have become the person I am today”

Thrive Global

Because of the things I have or have not done, I have become the person I am today. There is nothing I would change or regret. I’m just grateful for everything and everyone I have had in my life. I guess that’s the lesson I’d love to pass on. As a part of our series about cutting edge technological breakthroughs, I had the pleasure of interviewing Oleksii Orovetskiy , Head of Product at Loio , an AI-powered Microsoft Word add-in for faster contract review and editing.

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Do You Understand What Your Business Needs To See Success?

New to HR

When you are starting your business, or even if you are an established business and you’re wondering where things are going wrong, there are certain. The post Do You Understand What Your Business Needs To See Success? appeared first on New To HR.

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German Dolinsky Shares Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have

Thrive Global

The road to success and failure are almost exactly the same. Success demands passion and only a few people achieve this by putting efforts. Entrepreneurs have unique abilities and they know very well what will pave their way to success, and German Dolinsky stands as a unique entrepreneur in the digital world. Dolinsky is an e-commerce entrepreneur and digital marketer.

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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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Tip #10: Speak Calmly and Respectfully

Pollack Peacebuilding

This week’s conflict resolution tip is about the importance of speaking calmly and respectfully when in conflict. It may seem somewhat obvious to suggest that we should speak calmly and respectfully with each other to maintain cooperative relationships , but this isn’t always so obvious when in conflict. When we’re in conflict, we often feel emotionally triggered, which makes it hard to remain calm.

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How to make Working from Office look less scary in the post-pandemic world?

Thrive Global

Given the current situation, the need for creating a happy and stress-free workplace is the need of the hour. Stress, anxiety, fear psychosis may dampen the happy moods of the employees indirectly affecting workplace performance. There is a need for changing the workplace priorities where a happy being should take precedence. Researchers have proved that employees who maintain their emotional wellbeing are prone to make better decisions at the workplace.

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The Days of Malaise

Everyday People

It feels like we’ve been in a fog for over a year now, doesn’t it? Even though things are easing up in regards to regulations in the US, other areas of the world are still facing lockdown, restrictions and uncertainty. I hope we are moving forward and there are signs we are. What’s intriguing to me is that instead of trying to walk out of the pandemic, we’re trying to set limits and new organizational constraints.

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Mindful Parenting Techniques – All You Need To Know

Thrive Global

Parenting is never only sunshine and smiles. It is a challenging task especially when you have a stressful life with a lot of work and responsibilities. We all struggle. Fortunately, for the past decades, parenting has been evolving. You’ve heard about mindful parenting and its benefits. “Nurturing your relationship in this way may help strengthen your bond and lead to other benefits” ( Healthline ).

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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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Four Steps to Cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Enspira

As Diversity Month concludes, we all need to continue to advocate for the change needed and necessary in acknowledging and celebrating diversity in the workplace.

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Natalie S. Burke of CommonHealth ACTION: “Power is the ability to define reality for yourself and for others”

Thrive Global

Power is the ability to define reality for yourself and for others. Explorations of equity and identity should include an analysis of power in systems, institutions, networks, and relationships; otherwise, we risk engaging in box checking activities instead of truly creating change. Rectifying power imbalances will be critical to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive society.

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Five Steps to Cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Enspira

As Diversity Month concludes, we all need to continue to advocate for the change needed and necessary in acknowledging and celebrating diversity in the workplace.

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Embracing mortality

Thrive Global

Not many of us like to talk, or even think, about death. Yet, embracing our mortality can have huge existential benefits. I’ve always known that death is an unpopular topic. The extent of its unpopularity became clear to me a few years ago, when I created my coaching website, and listed the various areas I was comfortable working with, which included ‘bereavement’.

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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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Why Millions Of Employees Plan To Switch Jobs Post-COVID

Forbes Leadership Strategy

According to a recent survey, 1 in 4 workers is preparing to switch jobs once the pandemic threat has subsided. Here's why.

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Sonia Jackson Myles of The Accord Group: “Diverse staff helps retain diverse staff”

Thrive Global

Diverse employees can be ambassadors to communities of customers. One of the groups SWAB connected with, which already existed, was the Ford African ancestry group. Together, we started to think of some unique ways that the group could help Ford Motor Company speak to the Black community, and we realized we could help people understand why they should buy a Ford, given all the car options that were out there.

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The #1 Leadership Storytelling Tool That Instantly Improves Relationships

Forbes Leadership Strategy

When our time is limited and our agendas are packed, it's hard to make time to ask questions that get others to reflect. But leaders have seen surprising results when they do.

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