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Why General Tests Deliver Better Hiring Results Than Specific Skills Tests

Criteria Corp

As a pre-employment testing provider, we offer both general aptitude and personality tests, as well as micro-skills tests such as typing tests and computer skills assessments. We’ve written about some of the differences between general tests and more specific tests, and we’ve found that many people continue to have misconceptions about the profound differences between general and specific tests, both in terms of the science behind them and the types of results companies should expect from them.

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Career Journaling: 9 Tips to Start Today

HR Bartender

A few years ago, I heard about the idea of career journaling during Ultimate Software’s Connections Conference. The idea really intrigued me, but I must admit I didn’t do anything with it. Then I ran across an article on The Muse titled “ 6 Ways Keeping a Journal Can Help Your Career ” and it reminded me to actually do something. So I decided that I was going to do a 30-day journaling activity and see what I learned.

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When It Comes to Gender Equality, What Companies Are Leading the Charge?

Cornerstone On Demand

In their latest diversity report , Apple proudly announced an increased rate of hiring more women and minorities. The tech leader also reported that women and minorities are being paid the equivalent of white male employees, addressing one of the most prevalent issues of inequality: the pay gap.

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Engaging Millennial Employees via Accountability, Clarity, & Prioritization

15Five

As businesses undergo workplace shifts and transfer of knowledge around responsibilities, there is often concern on how to bridge generational gaps. Many of our government clients have really started to address this through “emerging leaders” style programs and leadership academies. So as the discussion about Millennials in the Workplace evolves, we ask if they are really the entitled generation, or if that’s a misconception.

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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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To the Point: How Achievers Builds Alignment Across the Organization

Achievers

By: Justin Rutherford. National Account Executive, Achievers. The role of a leader is to empower, engage, enable, and develop those around them in the workplace. It’s not an easy task and requires daily tending. So, how does one become a great leader? Marcus Buckingham, best-selling author and management expert, spoke at Achievers Customer Experience (ACE) Conference last fall on what makes a great leader.

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How To Avoid The 3 Most Common Hiring Mistakes

Hoops

Sometime, hiring managers are so eager to fill open positions that they end up making mistakes that could lead to accidentally hiring the wrong person. If you focus on attracting the right kind of candidates and have a well thought out evaluation process, you can easily identify and hire top talent. Here are a few missteps hiring managers consistently make when interviewing job seekers, and how to avoid making the same errors.

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ASK THE CAPITALIST: Are HR Pros with MBAs Special Anymore?

The HR Capitalist

Kris- Would love to know your opinion on a trend I am seeing as I'm screening HR Director candidates. I used to encourage HR undergrads to pursue their MBA instead of a Masters in HR. I felt it held more value for businesses and was a tough program that would advance them in ways a specialized degree couldn't. I am shocked at the number of candidates I am seeing with an MBA and MA in HR.

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Nobody Wants Another Twitter Chat. Too Bad. I’m Doing It.

Laurie Ruettimann

My HR career is in failure mode. It’s no surprise. The signs have been there for a while. I think it began in 2013 when I spoke at a conference with Kris Dunn and had a hotel room that overlooked a dumpster. It hasn’t picked up since. Yes, I’ve travelled all over the world and had a ton of amazing experiences. I also just stood on three reams of paper in a co-working space and begged HR ladies to be a little more disruptive and innovative.

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Oklahoma Joins Forces With The DOL To End Misclassification

ACA Times

The ACA Times reported at the top of September that Pennsylvania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Labor , aiming to prevent further Employee Misclassifications. The MOU would arrive in conjunction with a series of campaigns to raise public awareness in the mission to stop the oftentimes costly and controversial debate of misclassifying employees.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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How to Use Tech to Reinforce Your Best Company Values

TalentCulture

Technology offers great ways to connect and perform tasks more efficiently. Companies can also embrace technology as a way of increasing productivity among the staff and ensuring the workplace is a harmonious environment. Isn’t that the goal of every business? Here’s how working with tech can reinforce a company’s best values. Expanding Access to Data.

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I Don't Care Anymore

NoExcusesHR

When I started my career I used to worry about a lot of things. Sometimes the level of worry stopped me from getting my work done. At other times I moved so slowly that when I finally did make a decision it was so agonizingly late that it didn't impact the situation at all. Worry is not only over rated.it is completely useless. Completely. Useless. I Used to Worry About 1) Looking bad in front of my colleagues But I don't care anymore because now I focus on doing the right thing regardless of wh

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‘Human Resources’ Just Doesn’t Tell You What HR Really Does

TalentCulture

Here’s a simple truth. Human resources is an outdated term. The HR director or HR coordinator no longer just focuses on hiring and firing employees and making sure the company is in compliance with benefits and payroll. In fact, many businesses are even shying away from the title HR coordinator, as it may sound stuffy or scary, and – worst of all — it appears to commoditize human beings.

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The Secret to Truly Innovative Business Models with Saul Kaplan

WorqIQ

ow many of today’s most innovative business models solve a specific problem? How many organizations consider themselves human-centered? And how often should we re-evaluate our business models to ensure we’re accomplishing our goals and meeting our potential? Read More» The post The Secret to Truly Innovative Business Models with Saul Kaplan appeared first on Switch & Shift. ow many of today’s most innovative business models solve a specific problem?

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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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#WorkTrends Recap: Millennial Attraction Factors

TalentCulture

There are more millennials among today’s applicants than any other generation, and they’ll be 75 percent of the workforce by 2025. On this week’s #WorkTrends show, we were joined by CEO of The Muse, Kathryn Minshew, who shared insights on what attracts millennial talent. Kathryn discussed the challenges all businesses face in finding what resonates with millennials.

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3 things to know about onboarding success

Ceridian

By Lisa Bull, VP of Employee and Leadership Learning, Ceridian. ‘You’re all that and a bag of chips’. That’s the message that we want every one of our new hires to get as they begin their employment with us. If you’re one of the thousands of people across North America who has responsibility for onboarding new employees, you are well aware of the joys and challenges that come along with ensuring this is the message new hires hear.

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Want a Smart Business Move? Try Introducing Flexibility

Evil HR Lady

Think about your ideal job. Does it involve getting to work at the crack of dawn, barely having time to grab lunch, and getting home after dark—even in the summer? Of course not. The ideal job allows time for family and friends, as well as a good pay check and a challenging work environment. Bosses want an ideal employee. They may think that is someone who comes early and stays late and takes no breaks, but that’s a recipe for disaster.

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How to Handle Toxic Behavior in the Workplace

Paychex

Toxic behavior in the workplace has the potential to wreak serious damage. Disrupted operations and plummeting employee morale are too high a price to pay for such behavior. Check out some signs to look for and tips on how to address the problem.

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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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The key to the HR Revolution: Capacity

HR Zone

Change. The key to the HR Revolution: Capacity.

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how to overcome your worries about letting people work remotely

Ask a Manager

When you talk to managers about letting people working remotely, you hear the same concerns come up over and over again — they worry about communication and collaboration, and they’re not sure how to track productivity when people are off-site. But remote work has been common enough for long enough now that it’s pretty clear these issues are solveable.

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The expert’s guide: Five advantages to outsourcing payroll

Sage HRMS

Our new series, The Experts Guide, covers trends surrounding the human resources and payroll industry. One of the hot topics in the payroll industry right now is if outsourcing payroll operations is right for businesses. Preparing payroll can be tedious, time-consuming, and prone to human error, yet it’s an integral function for every business. Successful companies want to handle payroll efficiently, so it’s best to leave it to the experts.

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5 Steps to Becoming the Most Liked HR Pro Ever!

The Tim Sackett Project

The old adage “I’d rather be respected than liked” was made up by people who didn’t have any friends! And it’s been perpetuated for centuries by HR Pros who didn’t think it was professional to have friends in their organizations. “I’m not their friend, Tim, I’m in HR and there is a reason we lock the doors to our department!

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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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Should HR Be the ‘Center of Excellence’ For Productivity?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Since many of us now spend our days fully immersed in a digital workplace it seems possible that some kind of app could track what we do and give us insight into how to be more productive.

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Should Managers Care Why Someone Wants PTO?

Evil HR Lady

The temptation to ask employees why they want time off can be overwhelming, but should you ask? The answer to that is maybe. What if you see your employee making dumb PTO decisions? Should you intervene? All those how to handle PTO requests that have been floating around your head are now answered here: Should Managers Care About PTO? The post Should Managers Care Why Someone Wants PTO?

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I was taken away from work in an ambulance, can I ask my coworker to give back an unopened gift, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I was taken away from work in an ambulance. I had very embarrassing situation at work today. I have been breaking out with a rash for the past two days. Today at work I was carted away in an ambulance. I feel embarrassed that I got carted away because everyone saw me black out on our floor. I was terrified.

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Running a family business: How to get buy-in for change

Insperity

You and your family established your business a decade ago and things have been great. Despite the occasional stress that comes with working together and keeping things civil over Sunday dinner, your company is growing like gangbusters. But what if your company needs to formalize processes, procedures and policies in order to continue to grow? How can you reduce resistance to change among family members working for the business?

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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 can we get job applicants to stop applying for every open position?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am the recruiting manager for my organization. We receive over 100 applications every month from candidates looking to fill some of our vacant positions. I am the only one who screens, interviews, checks references, runs background checks, and completes hiring paperwork with applicants. As you are well aware, it can be a very time consuming process.

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Will Human Resources Become Robot Resources?

Workology

We write about robots in the workplace so much at B4J that I’m running out of stock photos of robots. I may have to commission some original work in order to bridge this robot photo gap. That’s how much we talk about robots taking our jobs, enhancing our jobs, working as ADA devices and just fundamentally changing the world of work. But what we don’t talk about as much is how the relationship between human and robot workers, and between robots themselves, will be managed in the

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ask the readers: how can I stop being late?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I seem to always be running late and I hate it. I am one of those people who absolutely loves to be early to things, but I can never seem to make it to work on time. Usually I’m only running about 5 minutes late at the most, but at least once or twice a month I run 10-15 minutes late. Nothing I do seems to help. If I set my alarm for an earlier time, I sleep through it or snooze it a bunch because I just can’t seem to get up.

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