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What HR Skeletons are Hiding in Your Closet?

Close HR Connections News & Insights

Do you have HR skeletons in your closet? Are there “dead bodies” buried throughout your organization that need to be brought back to life? What I’m really asking is, how’s your feedback culture? Do you provide opportunities for employees to share ideas and concerns? Promoting and encouraging a culture of ongoing, two-way communications and feedback can help a company eliminate the “skeletons” that represent hidden concerns and issues within your company.

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Using Employee Feedback Data to Train the Next Generation of Management

Kazoo

In the wake of today’s talent challenges, having an engaged employee base is critical to success in any industry. As Baby Boomers retire, the need to shape younger workers to fill available management roles grows stronger. Function area leaders in HR and recruiting are subsequently looking to analyze employee feedback data to identify and act on trends in training and retention.

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Gender Differences in Delegation: The Problem and the Solution

IO At Work

Males and females have different attitudes about delegating work to their employees. What explains this and what can we do about it?

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What Will Pay Transparency Mean for You This Year?

Compensation Cafe

What will you mean by "pay transparency" this year? Everyone, no matter what size the organization, should be ready to answer that question by now. We've been talking about it for years, after all. Plus, every bit of research tells us it's critical to effective compensation. If you're a regular reader of Compensation Cafe, you know that when we talk about pay transparency, we're referring to being clear(er) about how compensation works.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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5 Steps to an Optimal Staffing Plan

ADP

A solid staffing plan can helps ensure that your organization has the right people with the right skills to achieve your growing business objectives.

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5 Startling Facts: Why Employee Feedback is Essential

Achievers

If you were on a quiz show for managers, you could easily recite a list of critical elements of business success: strong financial management, a solid customer service strategy, and so on. But would employee feedback be on your list? If not, you are missing a key business driver. Below are five reasons why listening to your employees is central to your company’s success: Failure to Listen is Expensive.

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Using Employee Feedback Data to Train the Next Generation of Management

Kazoo

In the wake of today’s talent challenges, having an engaged employee base is critical to success in any industry. As Baby Boomers retire, the need to shape younger workers to fill available management roles grows stronger. Function area leaders in HR and recruiting are subsequently looking to analyze employee feedback data to identify and act on trends in training and retention.

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How to Spot a Twitter Bot

Symantec

Twitter bots and botnets sparked much discussion in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, we ask: What is a Twitter bot? How can you detect what’s real and what's not?

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When HR Fails

Workology

We don’t like to admit that, occasionally, we fail in our roles in HR. I have been guilty of it a few times over the years. One thing I can say is that I never maliciously failed, but it happens. When it does, I think it’s important to own it and do your best to […] Source.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Eight Ways to Boost Employee Engagement and Create a Winning Workplace

HR Daily Advisor

How do you get employees to go the extra mile and perform at the peak of their capacity? Some say job satisfaction and happiness are key elements of exceptional employee commitment. I don’t disagree with that. But I would argue that employee satisfaction and happiness are not enough. After all, I could love my work, yet still only perform at 50% of my potential.

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What the Updates to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Mean For Employers

Justworks

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) covers a lot of ground in protecting consumers and their personal information. Some of these protections are also important for employers to know if they do background checks on applicants or employees. Read on for the details. Some Background on the Fair Credit Reporting Act The FCRA is a federal law that details how a consumer reporting agency (CRA) can collect, use, and disseminate consumer information.

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The World Needs Dialogue

Conversation Matters

What a great title for a conference! Last week 80 of us, from across the world, gathered at Roffey Park in England to talk about the many ways organizations are using dialogue to address problems. One of the most interesting was the prison system in Virginia, which is holding dialogue meetings that bring together prisoners, guards, probation officers, family, police, administrators and many others to improve the prison system.

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Top 10 Recruiting Trends for 2019

HR C-Suite

2019 will see a whole new set of recruiting trends. These trends will not only provide a direction to your recruitment strategies but also help you in attracting the best talent. In this year, the main focus will be on candidates as it is a candidate-driven market. Recruiters and hiring managers aim to find the […].

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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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Employee Handbook: The What, Why, How and Who

TalentLyft

Employee handbook is the most important document of every company. It defines your company’s key policies and procedures and outlines your company culture. In this blog post, you will learn why you should have an employee handbook and how to write an effective employee handbook your employees will actually want to read! Read More.

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You Can Help Managers Be Better Managers

TLNT: The Business of HR

Everyone is aware of friction when it exists in the office. Whether it’s an undercurrent you feel or scuttlebutt around the water cooler, you want to shout out why can’t we all just get along? Consider that your leadership may be the reason people aren’t getting along.

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The Link Between Productivity and Music at Work

Rise

Listening to music triggers a release of dopamine, which can boost your mood, bring up long-forgotten memories, or make that last mile fly by on the treadmill. But can music make people more productive at work? Before you blast music throughout your entire office, read on: music might make your people more productive, but only under certain conditions.

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How to Empower Your Employees to Make Better Business Decisions

Evil HR Lady

Steve Jobs was notorious for his autocratic leadership style. Instead of empowering his employees to make their own decisions, he would set the strategy, goals and method—and expect them to follow suit. While Apple was incredibly successful under his leadership, some of the downsides of this style are apparent since his passing in 2011. The most recent example involves the removal of movies from people’s iTunes accounts.

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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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How recruitment can adapt to turbulent times

HR Zone

Acquisition. How to recruit in turbulent times.

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HR Roundtable: What Do You Do When It’s the Boss Who Wastes Everyone’s Time?

TLNT: The Business of HR

The September (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable had a bit of a tongue in cheek topic based on an article from The Wall Street Journal : “How Bosses Waste Their Employees’ Time.” ( Click here to check it out. Subscription required.).

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What happened when I tried the U.S. Army’s tactic to fall asleep in two minutes

Fast Company The Future of Work

If you often find yourself having trouble falling sleep, you’re not alone. The American Sleep Association (ASA) says that 50 million to 70 million U.S. adults have a sleep disorder. Among that group, insomnia is the most common. The ASA says that 30% of adults have reported short-term, insomnia-like symptoms, and 10% of American adults deal with chronic insomnia.

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Turns out, Boring Speakers Talk Longer!

The Tim Sackett Project

I just had a discussion with Elaine Orler , the new incoming Chair for the Recruiting Trends and Talent Tech Conference , taking place in February in Las Vegas. I’m pretty excited about it because Elaine, the team at LRP who produces the conference, are really pushing the envelope when it comes to conference content. Elaine isn’t the only one, but she’s really pushing it to the next level, Recruiting Trends is going to be amazing this year!

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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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PODCAST: Robots Finding Our Resumes

WorkTech

Join HRWins Principal Analyst and Founder George LaRocque as he explores automation and AI in recruiting. We’ve all agreed that automating administrative tasks is a good thing, but what about automating the way we find candidates? Join George as he explores this topic and meets a new company, QJumpers, from New Zealand that is doing […].

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The Key Benefits Of Moving HR Management To The Cloud

SutiHR

Businesses deal with lots of HR data which must be accurate, efficient, and compliant with all rules imposed on it at the state and national level. Organizations succeed if and only if they get the most out of their workforce data and use that to hire the best talents and also retain the talents to. The post The Key Benefits Of Moving HR Management To The Cloud appeared first on SutiHR.

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A new way to unleash creativity and innovation

HR Zone

Culture. Unleash creativity and innovation.

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Brewing Up a Career: Managing HR in the Beer Industry

Namely

Fort Point Beer Company is a San Francisco-based craft brewery offering five year-round beers and a rotating selection of seasonal and specialty beers. Now boasting a full-scale brewery, distribution center, and tap room, Fort Point has grown tremendously since it was founded in 2014. Fort Point’s director of HR and finance, Rafi Bortnick, joined the company when it only had 25 employees.

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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 to get over your fear of speaking up

Fast Company The Future of Work

If you’ve ever decided to keep your thoughts to yourself or ignore a situation instead of saying something, you’re not alone. Fear of speaking up is extremely common in organizations, and most of us can likely relate, says Amy Edmondson, Novartis professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School and author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth.

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How HR Can Make Budgeting More Precise

TLNT: The Business of HR

Our customers sometimes tell us the stories that led them to seek out a workforce intelligence solution. One such story clearly describes a core inefficiency that is common to many companies. At this company, the leadership team wanted to develop a new product line and asked finance if they could afford the startup costs. Finance’s response was that there was no money to spare.

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Six Reasons to Consider COBRA Coverage

Benefit Resource Inc.

You’re ready for your next big adventure. You’ve packed up your things and are ready to say sayonara to your existing employer. Before you run off too fast, don’t forget the essential tools you need while your adventure is starting out. That’s right, your group health coverages. And, COBRA coverage ensures you are prepared for that next adventure and set up for success.