Sat.Sep 12, 2020

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Impressive Questions to ask an interviewer

HR Digest

A job interview makes everyone nervous! The candidate gets all anxious, having to answer all the questions on the spot explaining themselves and their experience so far to the strangers. However, the asking question experience applies to the candidate too. The candidate needs to enquire about a few things to the interviewer and the manager. This will show the candidate’s interest in the organization, and the candidate will have a much clearer idea about the work profile and the office.

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weekend open thread – September 12-13, 2020

Ask a Manager

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Juliet, Naked , by Nick Hornby. A woman whose rather ridiculous boyfriend is obsessed with a reclusive musician secretly connects with said musician online and things ensue. * I make a commission if you use that Amazon link.

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Uncommon Strength

Thrive Global

As I write to you, we are coming to the end of the third quarter. Also, we are about six months now into this global pandemic. This has been an interesting year for us all. We have seen the world come to a halt, economies shaken, and great civil unrest in the world. Honestly, it has been an unprecedented time in the world. Our lives have been interrupted, we have had to make major adjustments, and many have lost hope during this time.

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How to Budget for Home Improvement Upgrades

Take It Personel-ly

With so many families spending more time at home because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is no surprise to learn that home improvement projects are booming. However, with a struggling economy and high unemployment rates, it is also important that you make smart choices with your money. Here are four things to keep in […].

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Laying Off An Employee During Covid: A Quick Guide

Vantage Circle

The Covid pandemic's impact has been nothing short of a recession for businesses worldwide. It has made employers and leaders restore to that one thing that ultimately everyone dreads of- laying off an employee. Losing your job, especially during a pandemic, is perhaps the worst thing to happen to anyone. It’s not easy for any parties, to say the least.

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Pssst…Insider Fashion and Media Tips from Teen Vogue

Thrive Global

Imagine if you booked a private session with a famous costume designer and stylist , a body-positive fashion influencer , two fashion and media founders and the Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue. Then imagine you could ask any question and their answers would be candid, impactful and action-oriented. Now imagine someone handed you a ticket and a workbook, saying welcome to your future.

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A World Of Possibilities: Choosing Your Legal Career Path

New to HR

Are you considering pursuing a career as a lawyer? You’re about to make a smart career move, no doubt! Law, while it might have lost. The post A World Of Possibilities: Choosing Your Legal Career Path appeared first on New To HR.

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These 6 Money Habits Will Help You Sleep Peacefully At Night

Thrive Global

My first ever paycheck was a humble RM1,300 (about US$325) a month. It wasn’t much, but it was the expected starting pay for a rookie journalist at the time in Malaysia, where I live. And although it was on the low end of the average pay scale, it still made me feel rich. I was able to feel that way because I had few financial commitments at the time, and live in a city where the cost of survival is comparatively lower than others — it was money that I could pretty much do whatever I wante

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How Coronavirus Is Helping Drive The Digitalization Of Healthcare

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The combination of better and cheaper sensors, machine learning and telemedicine through advanced communications services will take healthcare to the next stage, and hopefully leave behind the era when we weren’t able to treat illnesses until it was often too late.

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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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Can You Control Your Happiness?

Thrive Global

Many would agree that happiness is difficult to define and challenging to measure—partly due to its subjective nature. Is it possible to get a scientific handle on such a slippery concept? In happiness surveys, over 80% of people rate their overall life satisfaction as “pretty to very happy,” and comparably 80% also rate their current mood as positive (for example, positive 6–7 on a 10 point scale, where 5 is neutral).

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The Future Of Residential Real Estate: A House In The Suburbs

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The surge in suburban housing demand has begun and will continue, though after widespread vaccination the trend will abate somewhat. A few people will sit in the suburbs pining for the city, taking advantage of falling rents in urban apartments. Most, however, will be happy with their new digs.

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Burn Out: Prevention and Recovery with Chief Burnout Officer Michael Levitt

Thrive Global

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) television studios, UDCtv, provides the Washington, DC area with programming geared to foster health, political and environmental awareness. Dr. Katherine Marshall Woods hosts this UDCtv show entitled “A Healthy Mind” featuring guests from a myriad of professions lending information to promote healthy living and lifestyles.

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The One Thing Robert Mueller’s Phones And Hillary Clinton’s Emails Have In Common

Forbes Leadership Strategy

A controversy over the mobile phones used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team is reminiscent of the Hillary Clinton email controversy of 2016. Will the outcome be the same?

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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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Making Peace With Stress And Change

Thrive Global

This article is based upon an excerpt from The Chill Panda: Dealing with Change in Work and Life. The story is about the unlikely encounter and friendship between Tom and Elvis the Panda. Tom has been particularly anxious and restless as of late due to his work and the fluctuations in the economy, where businesses are collapsing; thus, the security of his job and future looks less certain.

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The Troubling Truth About The Obsession With George Soros

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Behind the spectacle of paranoid outrage, there is a troubling truth about the constant attacks on George Soros: Anti-Semitism.

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The Young and the Restless

Thrive Global

Do I homeschool, remote learn or send to class?”. “Is it ok to have my parents visit me?”. “I want to go to the office to see my colleagues. How will that affect everyone around me?”. “How do I manage the routine when kids come home from school?”. I don’t know about you, but I found this past week to be more stressful than other weeks. With kids heading back to school, I have been working hard to address their concerns, arm them with information on looking after themselves in school and most imp

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In Our Quest For Inclusion – Does Technology Help Us Or Hurt Us?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

In our nation’s quest for inclusion, some of the questions we’ll constantly bump up against are: what is the role of technology, and how do we balance technology and humanity? Even more central: what do we mean by inclusion and the role of data analytics? This article explores these questions.

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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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Your Main Squeeze Might Just Be Your ‘Tor-Mentor’

Thrive Global

If you’re like me, you were swept off your feet when you first met the love of your life. You swooned. Your heart leaped. And your beloved’s virtues stood out from the vices. Then, after a while into the relationship, you start to see the flip side of the coin: all the vices that bug you. Maybe you think to yourself, “Boy, has she changed” or “He’s not the same man I used to know.

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Putin System Awaits Voters’ Verdict In Russia’s Regional Elections

Forbes Leadership Strategy

It may not seem like there's much at stake—regional voting rarely produces political earthquakes—but this time it may be enough to worry the Kremlin.

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