Tue.Feb 27, 2018

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Background Checks for the Oscars

Sterling Check

I’ll admit it. I love watching awards shows, especially entertainment award shows such as the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and the Tony Awards. The grandest of all the award shows, the 90 th Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, will be broadcast globally to hundreds of millions of viewers on Sunday, March 4 th. I’ll be looking forward to seeing what movies are honored, the thank-you speeches, the performances and of course, the fashion.

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EmployStream Launches the Next Generation of Candidate Engagement for the Staffing Industry

Bullhorn Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLEVELAND, OH – February 27, 2018 – EmployStream, the leading provider for onboarding automation to the staffing industry, has announced a major upgrade to the company’s Talent Relationship Management platform with the release of a new candidate … Read More. The post EmployStream Launches the Next Generation of Candidate Engagement for the Staffing Industry appeared first on EmployStream.

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Think #Workflex – A Win for Both Employers and Employees

HR Bartender

I think I’ve mentioned to you before that I’m a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Advocacy Team (aka the A-Team). The A-Team was created by SHRM Government Affairs to keep HR pros in the loop about public policy issues that impact the workplace. As a human resources professional, it can be a challenge to keep up with legislation and compliance matters much less stay on top of the ones being discussed by our legislators.

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Press Release: DailyPay Announces Partnership with Caring Place

DailyPay

DailyPay Announces Partnership with Caring Place. Senior healthcare provider offers new financial care benefit to their employees. NEW YORK (February 28, 2018) – DailyPay , a financial solutions company that reduces employee turnover through instant access to earned income, today announced an exciting new partnership with Caring Place Healthcare Group , southwestern Ohio’s premier provider of post-acute care.

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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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How Four Companies Show Appreciation for Their Employees

Cornerstone On Demand

Employees are the backbone of your company, and a little recognition goes a long way. According to a SHRM/Globoforce report, companies that utilize strategic recognition are 48 percent more likely to see high employee engagement. Even companies that spend as little as 1 percent of payroll on recognition are 79 percent more likely to experience better financial results.

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Office Hours: How to Manage Your Career With Growth in Mind

Cornerstone On Demand

This post is part of our biweekly " Office Hours " video series, featuring quick career, workplace and leadership tips from talent management experts and business leaders across the globe. When it comes to choosing a company to work for, millennials aren't just in it for the money, the people or the office culture—they care about professional development as well.

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5 Tips for Preparing your Organization for an Engagement Survey

Engage2Excel

Conducting an employee engagement survey is now a common practice for a majority of companies with 250 employees or more. In fact, 83% of respondents in our recent Trendicators report say their organization has conducted an engagement survey in the last two years. Engagement surveys are popular because they provide an opportunity to understand and analyze how employees feel about the workplace conditions that influence performance, loyalty and emotional connection to the organization.

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3 Myths About Modern Performance Management

Reflektive

Many companies have made the switch to ratingless performance management and swapped annual reviews for continuous feedback. But for enterprise organizations with decades of running a traditional program, this kind of shift won’t happen overnight. In our recent webinar with Human Capital Institute, Fact Checking the Latest Performance Management Trend s, speaker Alan L.

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Transitioning from a technical role into leadership

Everwise

Transitioning into a managerial role comes with a host of challenges and opportunities. For women, the challenges can be particularly acute since leadership positions are still primarily dominated by men. In technology, women in management must often blaze entirely new paths for themselves, as they account for only 9% of management positions. We asked three women leaders in technology to share with up and coming leaders what they wish they knew about transitioning into leadership positions: Mir

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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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LEADERSHIP: How The 1998 Chicago Bulls Eliminated Dissension and Reached Their Goal.

The HR Capitalist

I'm not a big gimmick/team-building exercise guy. I find most team-building stuff to be a little forced, although I will say that I always dread it and emerge from it with some type of positive. The positive I get is usually empathy towards a team member that I didn't necessarily like or feel close to. I ran across a team building/unity exercise yesterday and wanted to share.

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What will leadership look like in the future?

HR Zone

Future. What will leadership look like in the future?

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How Chatbots Can Help HR (and This Blog) Be More Productive

Workology

As a small business owner and entrepreneur, I’m all about productivity and prioritizing my time to ensure that I can do my best work while juggling clients and growing my business. The feeling of never having enough time and too much to do is constant. However, it is really not that much different than when […] Source.

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HR and acquisitions: what role should HR be playing?

HR Zone

Strategy. HR and acquisitions: what role should HR play?

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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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Top Business Challenges for SaaS Providers

Accu-time

Nearly all SaaS challenges can be traced back to the fact that new players are constantly coming on-scene. The “ 2016 Report on the State of SaaS” issued by Better Buys found that 1400 new SaaS platforms went live over the past five years. It doesn’t matter what niche you’re in, your competition is fierce. The report, which analyzed the SaaS budgets, uses and plans from over 4000 companies, also. found that 78% of the companies intended to increase the number of SaaS tools they use.

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UK productivity: HR need to be praised for the boost

HR Zone

Future. UK productivity: HR need to be praised for boost.

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[Video] How to Navigate the Complex Requirements of Ban-the-Box Laws

Goodhire

New local and state ban-the-box laws are taking effect across the country. To date, 30 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 150 cities and counties have adopted a ban-the-box or fair-chance policy. And 10 states and 17 cities and counties extend their fair-chance laws to private employment. Keeping track of which local and state ban-the-box laws apply to your organization makes employment screening more complicated.

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The Best Form of Self Interest

NoExcusesHR

Now that's an odd title, don't you think? Of all things to be discussing on a human resources leadership blog.self interest? Them, and Me One of the challenges I face in my leadership practice is balancing my nonstop desire to push harder, faster, and better than my competition; and, understanding that the risks involved with my leadership personality can create casualties.

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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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How to get your new HR system off to a flying start

HR Zone

Business. How to get your HR system off to a flying start.

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Six Steps to a More Engaging Job Ad

ApplicantPro

Over 85% of people who start reading a job ad DON’T end up applying for the position. That’s a huge talent pool you’re missing out on, and it could be fixed by simply rewriting your job ad. There tends to be three main reasons a job ad doesn’t work, either they are boring, and not engaging or they overstate the job requirements and scare off the jobseekers.

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Career Advice: 7 Tips for New HR Professionals

BambooHR

Whether you’re almost through your first week in HR or your first decade, there’s always more to learn about making a great place to work. Here are seven career advice tips on how to move up in your career (whether in HR, recruiting, or a related field) that we’ve learned as we’ve developed and implemented […]. The post Career Advice: 7 Tips for New HR Professionals appeared first on.

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I’m hypersensitive to criticism — how do I fix this?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am currently working as a receptionist for the next few months until I complete my schooling. I have been dealing with what I can only describe as hypersensitivity when it comes to feedback or criticism about my work. When I hear that something was done incorrectly by me, I panic and cannot seem to separate the professional criticism and help from the feeling of being personally attacked or mocked.

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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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Transform Your Culture With Three Powerful Drivers

Culture University

There are several approaches to change cultural norms in an organization, however, the actual transformation comes from its people doing something unique, adopting new behaviors, changing the way they solve problems, and the way they communicate and interact with each other. To change something, we must understand the way it’s created, formed and influenced.

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How to Build a Better Working Environment for Your Employees

Cronofy

A few weeks ago, the Cronofy team had a discussion about the keys to a great working environment. It was interesting to see how different people interpreted the term ‘working environment’, and also to discover the common threads in everyone’s answers. While there were many differences, there were also many overlaps. This goes to show that we all value slightly different things, but what matters most never really changes.

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In A Business Partnership With ‘The Devil’? Here’s What To Do.

Workplace Coach

Q: Sixteen months ago I lost my oil company job, but received enough severance to keep me afloat for more than a year. I’d always wanted to work for myself and felt this was my big chance. Even though I’ve never been a risk-taker, I started a small business. I soon realized I needed an assistant because when I invested time in paperwork it took me away from the sales and marketing I needed to do.

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Celebrating Employee Appreciation Day with a Limeade Engage 2018 Flash Sale

Limeade

Let’s face it, most employees spend more time at work than they do with their families. That’s commitment. They give time, energy — and bring their hearts and minds to work every day. As employers, now it’s time to show your people that you notice and appreciate their passion and hard work. Employee Appreciation Day. You’re in luck.

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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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#MeToo Focus in the Caribbean #HRCruise2018

Women of HR

Editor’s Note: One of our regular contributors, Donna Rogers, recently participated as an attendee and speaker on the 2018 HR Conference Cruise. What’s an HR Cruise you may ask? According to the website, it combines “ a robust Human Resource conference with an exciting cruise to tropical islands and gorgeous getaways… It is everything that a land-based conference offers – except that it moves!

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To Enable Success, HR Technology Should Retain the Human Touch

HR Daily Advisor

How many remotes does it take to change a TV channel? That’s not a trick question. Instead of simplifying life, technology often makes things more complicated. Many fitness trackers come with instructions that can take weeks to decipher—and features that few people use. Security protocols demand new passwords and user questions every few months. WiFi networks can develop glitches or break down altogether, turning productivity into frustration.

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More from the 'Robots are making people obsolete' front lines

Steve Boese

I was fully prepared to write up a 'There's no way a robot could have done what I did this weekend' piece after having spent most of it painting some rooms in the house, building some furniture, and hanging about a million pictures and posters on the wall. The work was too imprecise, too unstructured, and required too much moving about in tight, crowded spaces for any robot (based on my current understanding of mainstream robotics capability), too manage.