Mon.Apr 22, 2019

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People Don't Choose Netflix For Content - Or Your Company for Ping-Pong.

The HR Capitalist

One of the things I'm fascinated by in the business world is how the media/content business consistently changes. Newspapers - gone. Magazines - hard to find in print these days unless you're in an airport. Broadcast networks - Still around but not in a dominant spots. . One of the biggest lies the devil every told us (or made us feel) is that the way things are today is how they're going to be in the future.

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4 Tips for Negotiating Salary Increase With Potential Employees

Patriot Software

Bringing on top talent is tough. With nearly 3.5 million employees quitting their jobs per month, you might notice more candidates negotiating salary increase. Why? Because they can. Job seekers aren’t afraid to explore other options if you can’t provide the salary or benefits they want. Salary raise negotiation might make the difference between a […].

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Employee Training and Development in 2019 – Overcoming Five Common Workplace T&D Challenges

Visibility Software HR

Employee training and development is the major focus of investment HR professionals in 2019, exceeding even recruiting and compensation changes. Training and development are also a priority for employees — new research shows that opportunities for development are the second most important factor in workplace happiness (after the nature of the work itself).

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Staffing Agency Sued for Alleged Background-Check Violations

SHRM Resources

A staffing agency sued for failing to provide applicants with background-check notices required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act could not have the lawsuit dismissed as a class action for faulty class designations, a federal district court ruled.

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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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We’re Only Human 54: Forecasting The Future Jobs of HR and Recruiting

UpstartHR

If you could look out into the future and predict how HR and talent acquisition jobs might change in the next few years, what would you expect? Robots? AI? Something else? . In today’s short monologue, Ben talks about some of the jobs he expects to see as more automation hits the HR function, from candidate experience designers to human-machine integrators.

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Stand Up-Sit Down Meeting Energizer

The People Equation

If you’ve ever hosted a day-long meeting or workshop, you know that even the best gatherings sometimes experience a dip in energy. To reboot the vigor in the conference room, here’s a quick and easy meeting energizer that helps revitalize people without being too cheesy. It works best with a group of at least ten people. It’s called Stand Up/Sit Down and here’s how it works.

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How to Save Money and Offer Employees Better Coverage with Self-Insurance

TalentCulture

When faced with the annual challenge of ever-increasing health insurance premiums, many employers succumb to what they feel is their only option: raising already-high employee deductibles to offset costs. Employers can’t keep doing this, especially in light of a survey by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants that says 80% of workers would choose a lesser-paying job with good benefits over the same job with no benefits but 30% more salary.

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How To Maximize Your Employees' Success With Professional Coaching

Forbes Coaches Council

Your organization is making a substantial investment in time, money and human resources to develop your team member, so you will want to be involved to ensure the coaching works.

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Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: OAuth Misuse Could Risk Corporate and Personal Data

Symantec

Symantec’s Modern OS Security team explains how iOS and Android apps misuse the OAuth authorization protocol to obtain excessive Google service permissions

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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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How CBD Oil Impacts Employment Drug Screenings

Workology

Can a candidate fail a drug screen if they have used CBD oil? The short answer is no, but the long one is more complicated. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a naturally occurring compound found in the resinous. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Stand Up-Sit Down Meeting Energizer

The People Equation

If you’ve ever hosted a day-long meeting or workshop, you know that even the best gatherings sometimes experience a dip in energy. To reboot the vigor in the conference room, here’s a quick and easy meeting energizer that helps revitalize people without being too cheesy. It works best with a group of at least ten people. It’s called Stand Up/Sit Down and here’s how it works.

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Helping a Good Employee Who Hits a Rough Patch

SHRM

One of our employees, who has been a steady, solid performer the last two years, suddenly erupted in anger at one of our clients during a company event. Granted, the client is difficult and the event had all of us stressed out, but that’s no excuse to lose one’s temper and get into a shouting match. We immediately suspended him without pay. Since then we’ve learned from coworkers that he’s dealing with stress by drinking.

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Ep 3 – Using Design Thinking in Human Resources

Workology

Welcome to the new Workology Go Podcast. In just under five minutes, we get you the HR and workplace news you need before you start your day. Get ready, get set and go with the Workology Go Podcast. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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How to Fix Your Diversity Problem in One Easy Step

HR Examiner

“I will cut to the chase, so you don’t even need to slog through the whole post. You have a “diversity problem?” Fire your managers. Today.” – Joe Gerstandt. I will cut to the chase, so you don’t even need to slog through the whole post. You have a “diversity problem?” Fire your managers. Today. Do it right now. Feel free to make some exceptions in the case of those who have actually built diverse teams and lead them in an inclusive way, but get rid of everyone else in charge o

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Viewpoint: Your Approach to Hiring Is All Wrong

SHRM Resources

Businesses have never done as much hiring as they do today. They've never spent as much money doing it. And they've never done a worse job of it. Workplace expert Peter Cappelli shows employers the errors of their ways. (Hint: Why are you recruiting new workers instead of promoting current employees?).

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This Simple Trick Can Help Eliminate Gender Bias in Performance Ratings

Evil HR Lady

Unconscious bias sneaks up on you. In medicine, it can be deadly , but in other fields, it can kill careers. We’ve long known that university students favor male professors and rate them higher than female professors. While you can argue that overall men tend to be better professors than women, there was a strong suggestion that some unconscious bias was at play.

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Supreme Court Asked to Apply ADEA to Job Applicants

SHRM Resources

?Does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protect job applicants as well as current employees? The AARP Foundation is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision ruling from earlier this year that said it does not.

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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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Adult Students’ Higher Education Success is Important

Edcor

Adult students or nontraditional learners are a significant portion of the higher education population today. Many of these students are potential completers who have some higher education but have not yet. Others may be students who are just starting out, or adding a certificate to their degree. No matter their level of education experience, one thing is true across the board: They are important to higher education institutions and their success is important individually as well as to the econo

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Three Steps for Planning Your Employee Wellness Strategy

Namely

Employee wellness has evolved from a buzz-worthy trend into a real strategy for successful companies. When employees are healthy, they can reach their full potential, do more productive and creative work, build positive relationships, cope with common stressors, and make a more meaningful contribution. Stressed employees are often on their way to burnout , which leads to reduced productivity and increased absenteeism.

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Augmented Writing Technology Boosts Diversity Initiatives

SHRM Resources

Augmented writing technology uses vast collections of data points to help users predict how audiences will respond to their messages. For recruiting, machine intelligence identifies patterns in language and the real-world hiring outcomes from prior job posts or recruiting e-mails to help authors choose language proven to appeal to their target audiences.

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5 Tips for an Engaging Employee Onboarding Experience

TalentLyft

Discover how to provide an engaging and effective employee onboarding experience for your new hires and turn your routine process of employee onboarding into an opportunity to create lasting good impression on new employees, improve employee retention and foster goodwill towards your company. Read More.

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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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Why Volunteer? Why Not?

Write it Right LLC

National Volunteer Month in the United States takes place in the month of April. This month is dedicated to honoring all of the volunteers in our communities as well as encouraging volunteerism throughout the month. In many cases, volunteering runs in the family. I know that is true for me. My mom and dad were both avid volunteers at church and elsewhere.

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Cafe Classic: Are Employees "Costs" or "Assets"?

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: We often hear leaders cite the "employees are assets" but often do they walk that talk? Jacque Vilet, channeling Josh Bersin, shares some Classic information and insights about the economic value an organization's people bring to the table. “Our people are our most important asset”. It has been said so many times now that it’s become a cliché.

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Would Candidates Pay for Interview Feedback?

The Tim Sackett Project

I get my ideas in the shower. I have a busy life, so it seems like my downtime is that solid 5 to 10 minutes I get in the shower. I usually shower twice a day—once first thing in the morning, then before I go to bed. That’s 10 to 20 minutes daily to think and clean. I like going to bed clean. I like waking up with a shower. You’re welcome. You now know my daily cleaning habits.

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Earth Day 2019

Porpoise

Happy Earth Day! Below you’ll find a list of the Porpoise team's favourite sustainability tips. When put in place these actions can be good for both your wallet and the planet!

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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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5 Critical Talent Review Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Quantum Workplace

Talent reviews mark some of the most crucial dates on every organization’s calendar. These are critical moments when performance is assessed, potential is identified, future positions are discussed, and succession plans are created.

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50 Employee Engagement Survey Questions that you must ask in 2020

Vantage Circle

Everything about a survey comes down to the survey questionnaire. Let’s be very honest here, curating a great Employee engagement survey is quite a difficult task. The tougher challenge is that the chances of the survey email landing in the trash box or going unnoticed is also quite high. So, what should be done? Surveys are the most efficient way to gain insights into the company’s current employee engagement levels.

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How Dun & Bradstreet gets sales teams to buy-in on customer experience

Qualtrics HR

Talk to any salesperson and they’ll tell you that personal experience and relationship-building are core aspects of their job. Not to mention gut feelings, especially when it comes to assessing new leads or choosing which accounts to focus their attention. That’s why many sales teams bristle at the idea of ‘data-driven decision-making’. It’s almost anathema to the ways sales team have operated for centuries.