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Agencies should prepare for permanent COVID-19 driven growth of the contractor and temp market

Etz

The job market numbers make for compelling viewing, even if it is from behind the sofa. Anticipating key trends of the recovery could help your agency adapt faster. We have to play the field in front of us. In March 2020 there were 752,000 company vacancies, but just 318,000 were available in May. This represents a drop in opportunities for candidates of around 60%.

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5 Topics to Communicate to Employees Before Going Back to the Office

Achievers

Now that more of the United States is opening up, millions of Americans are returning to work. However, after the COVID-19 shutdowns, “back to the office” doesn’t necessarily mean “back to normal.” To help employees adjust to office life post-quarantine, you’ll need to be ready to communicate important changes and new procedures so they feel safe and comfortable being there each day.

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Agencies should prepare for permanent COVID-19 driven growth of the contractor and temp market

Etz

The job market numbers make for compelling viewing, even if it is from behind the sofa. Anticipating key trends of the recovery could help your agency adapt faster. We have to play the field in front of us. In March 2020 there were 752,000 company vacancies, but just 318,000 were available in May. This represents a drop in opportunities for candidates of around 60%.

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Labor Statistics and the Future of the Gig Economy

Allegis Global Solutions

April saw a job loss of historic proportions in the US. The May jobs report brought a surprise turnaround. What does that mean for the future of work?

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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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Pay Equity Laws Abroad are Rapidly Evolving. U.S. Employers Should Take Note

Trusaic

Pay Equity is increasingly becoming a major operational imperative for businesses at home and abroad. Achieving Pay Equity means eliminating unlawful discrimination from the wage-setting process. The rising importance of Pay Equity for employers globally can be attributed to rapidly evolving laws regulating the payment of wages. In this article, Trusaic takes you on a world tour, surveying how countries abroad have tackled one of the most important issues of our time.

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Boese: Tech tips to give wellbeing the attention it deserves

HRExecutive

A few months ago, I set out to articulate the most pressing short- and long-term challenges facing HR and business leaders from the coronavirus pandemic: business agility, wellbeing and leadership. Today, considerable uncertainty, stress, anxiety and even “pandemic fatigue” remain as the crisis continues to weigh on employees, HR professionals, leaders—heck, everyone.

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Nearly 5 Million Jobs Gained in June; Unemployment Rate Drops Again

SHRM Resources

The U.S. economy showed positive job gains for the second straight month in June, adding 4.8 million jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to an approximate 12 percent (after being adjusted for a misclassification error) from an adjusted 16.4 percent in May, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A significant rebound was reported in industries such as leisure and hospitality and retail, sectors that once experienced the greatest jo.

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my boss asked me to reflect on my conflicts with coworkers and I don’t want to

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’ve worked for four years in a research laboratory and my supervisor is an associate professor. Her husband is a professor and a director of the research group (and that’s how she easily got her position). As part of standard procedure, the university requires all employees to complete what is called a performance development review.

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HR job hunting in a pandemic: how to be a change driver, not a passenger

HR Zone

Change HR job hunting in a pandemic.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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boss asked me for solutions to awful morale, using a personal cell phone for work, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss asked me to create a list of solutions to awful morale. I genuinely like the work that I do. It’s an important service and I feel good about my work. But the company itself and the people I work with are incredibly disorganized, with terrible communication between departments, staff with absolutely no defined duties or roles, pretty obvious favoritism, no consequences for bad behavior, etc.

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Virtual internships: Why ‘engagement and experience’ are key

HRExecutive

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series related to internships and employee recruitment in the era of coronavirus and priorities for HR leaders. *. As most employees remain working from home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, internships are also following suit and going virtual. But, moving to an online setting isn’t as easy as just creating a series of Zoom meetings.

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What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Diversity

Advanced Learning Institute

Originally posted by Leslie Stevens , guest author for the Integral blog and toolkit #4. Leslie is a Masters-in-Residence Scholar at NYU Steinhardt’s Media, Culture and Communication program, DEI researcher, and friend of the firm. . Diversity now means something completely different than it did a few weeks ago, when most of us still occupied the same physical space every day.

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How this global nomad used her experience to manage the COVID crisis

HRExecutive

Sixteen years ago, Mai Lan Nguyen started as an HR intern at Schneider Electric. Since then, she has worked for the global energy management solutions provider in various HR roles in France, China and Brazil. Several years ago, she moved to the U.S. and now serves as the organization’s senior vice president of HR, North America. Nguyen considers herself a “global nomad” and speaks five languages, including some Russian.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Key IR35 Considerations for April 2021

Allegis Global Solutions

In 2000, the UK government put into effect the IR35 tax legislation – officially known as the Intermediaries Legislation – to stop contract workers from running their payments through limited companies or partnerships to avoid paying income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs.).

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Mobile Workforce Management Made Easy With Our Advanced App

Replicon

Manage Your Field and Mobile Workers’ in Real-time With Our Purpose-built App Now more than ever, accessible mobile capabilities play a critical role in today’s workforce. Whether employees are remote or essential and out in the field, organizations must be able to communicate with resources in real-time to ensure everything can continue to run as […].

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5 Ways To Improve Employee Development

McQuiag

What does it take to build a strong employee development program? These days, many companies offer some sort of employee development to their staff but not all programs are created equal. Some companies view development as just one of those things they have to do every now and then. A box to be checked on your way to your annual review. But companies who invest in development as a way to drive new ideas and new innovation within their ranks see a very different impact of providing these sorts of

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11 Essential Travel Safety Tips Everyone Should Know

Take It Personel-ly

Traveling allows you to have a broader worldview and gives you a massive sense of freedom once you’re out and about. It’s exciting and unique. Hence, it’s advisable to travel outside of the country at least once in our lives. But despite the good things that travel brings, it also comes with several risks. When […].

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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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Video: How can leaders better support Black employees in the workplace?

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

Video production: Andrew Kennedy Lewis. During this very human movement — amid social demonstrations, protests for systemic change and public outcry against acts of violence and police brutality — it’s important to also think about how people are impacted in your organization. Leadership should create a safe space for meaningful conversation and posit the organization as a place where Black people and people of color can feel supported, according to Charlene Wheeless, CEO of advisory company Cha

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5 Fundamental Steps to Creating a Culture of Safety in Your Workplace

Take It Personel-ly

No one wants to imagine going to work in the morning and never coming home again, yet the latest statistics reveal over 5,000 fatal workplace injuries per year. The workplace should be a safe place but that’s not always the case. How can a company make its workplace safe? By creating a culture of safety. Read on […].

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The Worst Hire You’ll Ever Make!

The Tim Sackett Project

A crazy thing happens almost every day in professional sports, and it’s the one thing that separates great teams from the pack. Talent selection will make or break a team’s success and in professional sports, it’s about getting the right talent for the right price. The problem with most professional sports teams, regardless of the sport, is they continually try to improve their roster incrementally.

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Get Instant Cash for Your Phone

Take It Personel-ly

If you’ve been throwing away your old electronics in the past, now is the time to stop that bad habit. Electronic waste poses dangers to the health of people and the environment, so it’s important to dispose of electronics properly. If you want to dispose of your phone responsibly and put a little cash in […].

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Could Vaping in the Workplace Thwart Your Company’s Reopening Plans?

EX Program

As the U.S. begins to reopen, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) emphasizes that every shared space, including businesses, will have to keep public health strategies in mind. Significant aspects of successful reopening, the CDC notes, will be developing and implementing a plan for keeping public spaces like workplaces clean and disinfected, and ensuring that [.].

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Willa Raises $3M to Guarantee Freelancers Get Paid On Time

WorkTech

Willa announced a $3 Million Seed Round for its app that guarantees freelancers will be paid on time. Freelancers and contractors, known as the contingent workforce, have become increasingly permanent part of the workforce strategy for businesses of all sizes. The trend is undeniable: The contingent workforce is nearing 50% of the total workforce. 47.8% […].

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Tip Sheet: Impact of Vaping in Manufacturing—What Employers Can Do About It

EX Program

The issue of vaping is a much bigger problem in the manufacturing workplace than most employers think. New proprietary Truth Initiative® research shows: 59% of manufacturing workers perceive that using e-cigarettes in the workplace decreases productivity for those who vape 53% say it decreases productivity for those who do NOT vape 87% of manufacturing workers [.].

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Covid-19 Retailer Testing Partnerships Extended by HHS

HR Workplace Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) partnered with retailers shortly after the onset of Covid-19 to provide better access to testing. These partnerships have been extended by HHS with organizations including Walgreen Boots Alliance, Kroger, Walmart and CVS Health – scaling up testing at more than 600 sites across the Nation (70+ percent of testing sites in areas with moderate-to-high virus vulnerability).

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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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Adapting Hospice Care During COVID-19

Partners in Leadership

Deb Shumway, CEO of Hospice of the Valley, tells how a strong culture helped her staff care for patients amid uncertainty, fear, and daunting challenges. The post Adapting Hospice Care During COVID-19 appeared first on Culture Management Experts.

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Why you need stories in employer branding right now

Stories Incorporated HR

Reading Time: 6 minutes. At Stories Inc, we are often asked why we focus so intently on stories in employer branding. Uncovering compelling employee stories and bringing those stories to life in engaging content may seem to be a narrow concentration of expertise. However, the impact of stories in employer branding and recruitment marketing reveals why stories are our vocation and passion.

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5 keys to successful payroll leadership

Business Management Daily

When you’re knowledgeable about how other aspects of your business work, payroll professionals are better able to make recommendations on process improvements. According to Brent Gow, CPP, managing partner at BRGow & Associates, that’s how to gain recognition in your company and profession. Gow, speaking at a general session of the American Payroll Association’s virtual Congress, gave attendees some advice on developing payroll leadership skills.

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