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6 Employee Goal Setting Strategies for Success | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

This post on employee goal setting was originally published in May 2019 and updated with new facts and information in May 2022. Did you know around 50% of employees say they don’t know exactly what is expected of them at work? That’s one compelling reason to set organizational and individual performance goals in your company. Goals increase productivity , boost employee motivation, create transparency, and challenge top performers.

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Keeping Employees’ Schedules In Check

FingerCheck

If you run a business that utilizes hourly employees, it’s imperative to keep an organized, up-to-date schedule for your workforce. From construction companies to restaurants, organizations staffed by hourly workers need to schedule their personnel efficiently and sustainably. Unfortunately, manually managing employees’ schedules can be time-consuming, frustrating, and lead to accounting errors — but luckily, there are ways to avoid these pratfalls.

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Hybrid, Home, or Office? Finding the Right Approach for Your Company

EngagementMultiplier

To return to the office or not: that is the question on the minds of many leaders today. However, as the number of people leaving their jobs (or planning to) continues to accelerate , finding the correct answer to the above question and developing one’s own return to office approach is becoming more urgent. Returning in person is emerging as a real bone of contention between leaders and their employees.

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Keeping Employees’ Schedules In Check

FingerCheck

If you run a business that utilizes hourly employees, it’s imperative to keep an organized, up-to-date schedule for your workforce. From construction companies to restaurants, organizations staffed by hourly workers need to schedule their personnel efficiently and sustainably. Unfortunately, manually managing employees’ schedules can be time-consuming, frustrating, and lead to accounting errors — but luckily, there are ways to avoid these pratfalls.

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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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Evolution of Company Culture: Crucial Things Managers Can Do

Bonusly

Meet Alex—a marketing professional who managed a team of six at her organization. When her team was in the office full-time (pre-pandemic), deliberate effort to improve company culture wasn’t even on her radar—mainly because it wasn’t necessary. Building strong relationships within her team came effortlessly. They collaborated often and enjoyed an efficient, predictable rhythm for meetings.

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The loneliness epidemic: How to ensure remote employees remain connected

HR Zone

Culture Addressing the loneliness epidemic.

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#CauseTheEffect: Stay in Pursuit

SHRM

“Cause The Effect” is the campaign for the upcoming SHRM conference. It’s like purpose… many times we aren’t quite sure how or what to do to create impact, but when we focus on the pursuit, it will appear in many ways including inspiration. When I started my career helping companies relocate talent, I wasn’t sure what my “cause” was other than moving people’s stuff, or how I could effect change in my personal life or my career.

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4 Tips to Prevent Burnout *Before* It Gets Bad

The Muse

Because a few days off won’t keep burnout at bay. Start by recognizing early warning signs, like finding everyone and everything irritating.

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Purpose at Work Predicts if Employees Will Stay or Quit Their Jobs

Great Place to Work

Help employees connect their work to your company's purpose and watch retention, employee well-being, and stock market returns improve. Senior leaders struggling with retention issues and employees walking out the door have more in common than one might think. They’re both in search of answers. Employees are reevaluating the meaning their jobs give them—"How does what I do here matter?

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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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an acquaintance blabbed when I sent him a confidential email … and now I might become his boss

Ask a Manager

This post, an acquaintance blabbed when I sent him a confidential email … and now I might become his boss , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have been approached by a mid-size private company, Company X, for what would be my first IT executive role. As part of my due diligence on the company, I have been quietly reaching out to my network where I know people who work there or used to work there or have had business dealings with them.

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Episode 350: Creating Learning and Developmet Programs With Elizabeth Greene From Lam Research

Workology

Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader. Join host Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of Workology.com, as she sits down and gets to the bottom of trends, tools, Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader.

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flowery goodbye emails, very fast interview invitations, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, flowery goodbye emails, very fast interview invitations, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Sending flowery goodbye emails to the whole company. I’m writing with a question about the etiquette around announcing your departure from a job. I’ve had a full-time office job for the last several years, since I got my degree in the field I’m working in now.

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2022 Organizational Culture Research: Tips for an Engaging Culture

Quantum Workplace

Unpacking organizational culture in a new world of work. Company culture has become a top priority for leaders across all industries. In fact, 66% of executives believe culture is more important than an organization's business strategy or operation model. The rise of remote and hybrid work has had a significant impact on the way we work. Our research shows 65% of employees say their company culture has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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Why HR must teach forgiveness

TLNT: The Business of HR

Toxic workplaces create poor employee mental health – fact. But according to executive coach, Jim Frawley, as well as tackling areas where toxicity might lie, HR leaders should also prioritize a culture of forgiveness. Yep, you read correctly. But it’s not so far-out as it seems. Research already indicates that forgiving a co-worker is a top predictor of better work outcomes (including higher job satisfaction, higher work engagement, and lower burnout).

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What is the Key to Finding Top Talent?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

In the current hiring market, competition is fierce. With so many options available to job seekers, companies must attempt to out-compete others in their industry in order to attract and hire talent, and this has led to many companies struggling to fill roles—and wondering what they can do to make the top of candidates’ lists. In today’s market especially, attracting applicants must be approached differently than in the past.

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PlanSource Sees Exponential Growth in Partner Marketplace in Q1

PlanSource

Return to Newsroom. PlanSource Sees Exponential Growth in Partner Marketplace in Q1. 18 new partners have been added to the Partner Marketplace to assist HR teams in leveling up their benefits offering. ORLANDO, Fla. – May 5, 2022 – PlanSource , a leading provider of cloud-based benefits administration technology, announced today that 18 new employer benefits providers have joined the company’s Partner Marketplace —a curated list of best-fit partners designed to maximize HR efficiency, employee

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 Financial Checklist for Single Moms

Payactiv

Author Lisa Alther summarized it best when she said, “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.”. Managing work and raising kids can feel like the world’s greatest juggling act for single moms. Tossing in a bowling ball illustrates the pressure of staying on top of finances on one income with only 24 hours in the day.

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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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4 Top Job Description Generators

Ongig

Writing JDs takes time, especially if you’re writing 500+ a month. The good news -– there are job description generator tools that automate the process. Now you can spend your time on what matters most –– finding the best talent. What is a job description generator? The simple answer –– it’s software that creates JDs for any type of job.

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How to Handle Conflict in the Office: 7 Tips for Resolution

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is conflict in the workplace? 5 causes for conflict in the office. 4 types of conflict in the office. How to identify conflict in the office. How to handle conflict in the office. What about remote teams? How to prevent conflict in the office. Moving forward.

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How Employers Can Provide Support for Working Mothers

Extensis

Quick look: Three-quarters of working mothers say their top priority at work is family-friendly benefits and support – yet 40% feel their current employer doesn’t offer these things. At such a pivotal point in history for women in the workplace, here’s what small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can do to provide better support for working moms. Over 70% of mothers with young children work or are looking for work, and working moms account for approximately one-third of the female workforce in

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How to Cultivate Employee Financial Literacy | PeopleKeep

PeopleKeep

Many Americans aren’t taught financial literacy or planning in school. This has led to an increase in financial illiteracy across the country. According to Standard Poor’s Global Financial Literacy Survey , only 57% of adults in the United States are financially literate. This lack of financial education and America’s rising personal debt for student loans, car repairs, and medical bills have left many in a bind.

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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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How A CEO Can Inspire Others To Bring Their Vision To Life

Forbes Coaches Council

There’s a big difference between being a visionary and being an executor; a CEO depends on qualified people to execute their vision and make it a reality.

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Track Employee Hours Without the Administrative Work | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

If you have hourly employees, you know how important it is to keep an accurate record of employee hours to maintain compliance and run payroll. On paper, this is challenging, and it has traditionally created a significant administrative burden for the HR department. As a result, more and more employers are taking their HR administration online , including time and attendance tracking.

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Four Job Search Tactics That Will Help You Make The Most Out Of LinkedIn

Forbes Coaches Council

We're no longer limited to job adverts and the people we know in real life—the magic of LinkedIn makes it possible to engage with people from anywhere and find the perfect position.

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Wellness Check: What Can HR Really Do About Burnout? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

In the wake of COVID and the Great Resignation, HR is burning out because their people are burning out. So, naturally, wellness has been on everyone’s mind lately. In fact, it’s become such an issue that SHRM launched a Workplace Mental Health Ally Certificate program just last year. Clearly, HR needs to take wellness seriously. But the path forward is not so clear.

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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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From Sessions to Connections: Embracing the #SHRM22 Experience

SHRM

I am excited to be attending the 2022 SHRM Annual Conference. My first experience in 2021 was twenty years in the making. The memories made, such as a selfie with Steve Browne, inspiration from Opal Lee and Michael Phelps, meeting amazing HR professionals from across the U.S., India and Nigeria and insight gained will stay with me the rest of my HR career.

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10 Coaches Share Valuable Lessons They Learned From Clients Leaving

Forbes Coaches Council

Whether a client decides that coaching isn’t for them after all or that they just needed a helping hand through a particular phase, every coach needs to be prepared to deal with clients leaving.

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Mental Health, the Workplace and the Power of HR

SHRM

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and here at SHRM we are partnering with the Campaign for Disability Employment at the Department of Labor (DOL) to spread the message that all of us have a role to play in promoting a mental-health-friendly workplace. Together with SHRM, DOL launched the “Mental Health at Work: What Can I Do?” campaign during SHRM’s recent Workplace Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.