Mon.Sep 28, 2020

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Business travel in the time of COVID

Business Management Daily

Business travel in the time of COVID-19 is complicated. It’s no longer possible to book a last-minute overseas flight for an urgent business meeting. Pandemic restrictions mean every business travel decision has to be carefully planned. Gone are the days when a regional manager could get in the car for a salesperson ride-along. With some states and countries requiring quarantine upon entry, business travel is not simple anymore.

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Brandon Hall Group Research Highlights, Sept. 21-25, 2020

Brandon Hall

From webinars to publishing more global case studies than any human capital management research and advisory firm, Brandon Hall Group provides actionable insights on critical HCM topics every day. Highlight. Extended Enterprise Learning: Building Capability and Driving Performance Across Your Organizations Entire Value Chain. Many companies are focused on training the employees within the “four walls” of the organization but fail to see the opportunities in delivering training to remote workers,

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ICE and DHS Employer COVID Guidance You Need to Know

Cisive

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) requires employers in the United States to complete the ‘Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification’ for all newly-hired employees to verify their identity and their employment authorization to work in the country. Both employers and employees must complete the form. On March 19, 2020, due to precautions implemented by employers and employees associated with COVID-19, the DHS announced it would exercise prosecutorial discretion to defer th

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I saw a coworker’s husband naked on Zoom – should I say anything?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: So … the other day we had a full day Zoom meeting/training (~12 people from our company, including the boss and the trainer from outside the company). During the lunch break, the Zoom was still going on, but we were encouraged to go eat, stretch, etc. I turned off my camera and mic, but stayed on my computer to do some unrelated tasks.

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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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Managing Candidate Expectations in a Pandemic World

Precheck

Managing Candidate Expectations in a Pandemic World Sep. 29, 2020. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. The growth of technology has given consumers more choice than ever before. Providers of goods and services are expected to go beyond the bare minimum, offering an overall experience that produces real value for customers. The COVID-19 pandemic has further raised consumer standards.

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VIDEO: Future Jobs in HR and Recruiting (and how HR Pros can get ready!)

The HR Capitalist

In this video , FOT leaders Kris Dunn and Tim Sackett talk about future jobs in the world of HR, recruiting and talent (from HBR), then discuss how HR Generalists should get ready for the trends by up-skilling through continuing education and development. (email subscribers click through if you don't see the video below or click here to view ).

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Learning Agility: What HR Professionals Need to Know

Digital HR Tech

In today’s fast-changing and often unpredictable world, learning agility is a skill in high demand. In this article, we’ll take a good look at learning agility; what it is, why it matters for organizations, how to assess it, and how to build it. Here goes! Contents What is learning agility? A definition Why learning agility matters for organizations Dimensions of learning agility How to assess learning agility How to help build learning agility FAQ.

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Meet the HR Tech speakers: Stacey Harris

HRExecutive

This is the second in a series introducing our keynote speakers and their HR Tech Conference topics. Read more here. *. The quickly changing future of the HR tech industry is sure to be a hot topic during conversations at next month’s HR Technology Conference & Exposition®. For researcher Stacey Harris, such conversations are best fueled by data—which she will have in spades at the conference.

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How to Stop Hiring Lousy Managers

SHRM

Every company has outstanding managers. These are the people who lead happy, productive teams, who easily motivate others and inspire innovation. They wear leadership like a comfortable sweater. If you take a moment, you can probably name a few of these excellent managers in your organization. And that’s the problem. There are only a few, and they are so rare, you can easily remember their names.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on Building Anti-racist Workplaces

Great Place to Work

Kendi joined us recently for an exclusive talk on how companies can create fair and equal workplaces. Ibram equates fighting racism with fighting a cancer. He explains how we can build an anti-racist world by anchoring in shared definitions. Here are our favorite take-aways from the talk.

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How to Calculate FLSA Overtime Pay

Workology

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Childcare Arrangements Are Not Relevant to Her Skills

Evil HR Lady

By Rachel Malehorn – Direct link, smugmug.com, CC BY 3.0 , WARNING: This post has nothing to do with politics. Any comments about the political side and whether Judge Barrett is qualified or unqualified to be a Supreme Court Justice will be deleted. I do not care what your political beliefs are. This is about women being judged on something other than knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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Five Tips For Mastering Non-Commute Work

Forbes Coaches Council

Here are a few commitments that will make the employee's move from office work to remote work beneficial for both the employee and the company.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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how to fire a difficult, long-time employee

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work in a small office in a declining industry. Our salespeople have seen reduced commissions because they are based on sales, and the owners have taken pay cuts to avoid layoffs and cutting employee’s salaries. One of our designers has been in the job since the company’s inception (20+ years) and has become increasingly difficult to deal with.

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Employer Tips for Remote Workers Moving Away

HRWatchdog

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the way employers do business, including remote working arrangements that were forced upon many employers and employees in an effort to limit the spread of the disease. Initially viewed as temporary with a limited duration, remote working is still going strong after six months for many office-based employees with no immediate end in sight.

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What CBD Oil for Dogs Is & What It Can Do

Take It Personel-ly

Caring for animals is not exactly a stress-free occupation, am I right? Having a non-talking being living with you is making it pretty difficult to determine what it might be thinking or feeling at a particular point in time. Still, as the owner, you get used to this non-verbal communication rather quickly and you start […].

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3 Key Development Areas for First-Time Managers

FlashPoint

Foundational Management Skills to decrease turnover and Adapt To changing business needs. Frontline leaders ­– especially those new to management – were already facing quite a few challenges, and to add the context of a global pandemic and ongoing social unrest into the picture complicates this even further. In 2019, the Frontline Leader Project* outlined the picture of a frontline leader, from how they felt about their transition to management to what their key stressors were.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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How To Stay Cool Without The Air Conditioner

Take It Personel-ly

Ways To Reduce Air Conditioner Usage As Singapore tends to be rather hot and humid all year round, it is not surprising to hear that many Singaporeans cannot go a day without having the air conditioning on to help them cool down. This then becomes a problem – a ridiculously high air conditioner bill. And […].

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The biggest news we've ever shared

Human Workplaces

Jamie and I started our first collaborative project (writing our first book, Humanize ) at the end of 2010—almost exactly 10 years ago. A few years later, in 2014, we were able to start a consulting business together, Culture That Works LLC (now branded Human Workplaces, obviously). And today—ten years after we embarked on this journey together—we are excited to announce a bold new trajectory for our work: Human Workplaces has been acquired by the Association Success Corporation.

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Why Is It So Important to Communicate Total Rewards?

HRsoft

Communicating total rewards is an important aspect of any retention and engagement strategy. While compensation may indeed only be one piece of what works to attract and retain employees, it is quite a significant piece. In order for employees to understand their value in the organization and the fairness with which you’re compensating them, you must become transparent about rewards.

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American workers need a break, says Monster survey

HR Digest

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the remaining American workforce feels more burnt out by the day, according to a national survey released by Monster. It turns out, working in your PJs, avoiding the commute and answering emails from a hammock is not all it’s cracked up to be. The stress of juggling work and your home life, including children stuck at home because of school and summer camp closures, it’s no wonder Americans are exhausted.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Study Finds the Presence of Organizational Justice Leads to Higher Quality Work Environment

Pollack Peacebuilding

Summary of: Vance, M. “What’s really going on? Organizational justice and quality of workplace environment moderated by perceived supervisor support” (2020). Azusa Pacific University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing , 1-36. Background & Theory: Past studies have defined organizational justice as the overall fairness of an organization divided into four categories: distributive justice, procedural justice, interpersonal justice, and informational justice.

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Navigating A Career Change While Staying Put

GetFive

If you want to change careers within the same company, we recommend following these steps: Understand how Career/Job changes happen within your organization. Does your company have any policies or guidelines? Speak to HR to understand the process. Do you know anyone who has switched careers? Can you speak to them to learn more about how they did it?

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Why Do You Need A Performance Appraisal Software?

Engagedly

That time is long gone when you could’ve asked this question! Today’s corporate world, 80% of which is functioning virtually, has long since embraced performance appraisal software and have understood the significance of having one in place. In fact, since the pandemic hit, you’ll know that there’s a steady change taking place with respect to employee performance management and employee engagement.

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Never Too Late: 11 Tips To Help Busy Professionals Master A New Skill

Forbes Coaches Council

Learning something new might seem impossible when you are already so busy applying and refining the skills you rely upon every day. To help you open doors to new opportunities, these Forbes Coaches Council members provide tips on how to master a new skill that could broaden your career options.

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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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The All-Too Human Condition of Hating a Candidate Due to the Referral Source.

The HR Capitalist

Referrals - We love them in the talent world. Ideally, referrals are made by employees/team members who understand the culture we've created at our company, and only refer the best in their network to us. That's generally true, and even if there's a few referral spammers in your company, we're better off with referrals than without them. You know what types of referrals we hate and are suspicious of?

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How Thales Can Help Young Leaders Recognize Patterns

Forbes Coaches Council

If you’d like to become better at spotting patterns before it’s too late, the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosopher Thales could help you, regardless of how much life experience you have.

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I can’t seem to stop being late to meetings

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: With COVID still in full force and us working from home for months now, I’ve had a recurring issue with me constantly being late to meetings. At the beginning of this year and again in June, I told my manager I was burnt out due to constantly being overlooked at work, not having coworkers on my team willing to guide me and advocate for me, dealing with toxic coworkers, and also being non-binary and in the closet, which in turn has forced me to have my guard up 24/7.

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