Wed.Aug 11, 2021

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How to Use Upskilling to Retain Talent

Intoo USA

A surprising consequence of the pandemic has been employee attrition. For some individuals, personal and professional stressors from the pandemic caused them to reconsider priorities, resulting in these professionals leaving the workforce. For others, the past year helped them pinpoint what they truly wanted from their careers and jobs, driving them to search for the career development opportunities that they weren’t getting from their employers.

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Bersin: Why you need to treat your service pros like software engineers

HRExecutive

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 4 million people left their jobs in April 2021. The leisure and hospitality sector had one of the biggest defections–780,000 people quit that month. Advertisement Advertisements for service professionals are everywhere. Employers are scrambling to hire nurses, drivers, food service staff and customer support representatives.

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Human Resource Technology: How it is the Key to Shaping Better Relationships With Clients and Candidates

Essium HRM

Any good staffing firm knows that the key to long-term success is by maintaining good relationships with clients and candidates. In the job market created in the aftermath of COVID-19, these relationships are more stressed than ever. The use of human resources technology and automation can help take your staffing firm to the next level. Here’s how. Ways HR Technology Can Help You Shape Better Relationships with Your Clients and Candidates.

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Utilizing Work Anniversaries and Recognition to Create a Meaningful Employee Experience

PeopleStrategy

A positive work environment relies on a supported and engaged workforce to succeed. So, it’s essential that HR professionals evaluate employee needs and create an infrastructure that not only acknowledges employee milestones, but also encourages prosocial engagement. It may seem obvious, but it’s important to note that the most successful companies are usually those that … Utilizing Work Anniversaries and Recognition to Create a Meaningful Employee Experience Read More » The post Util

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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How Innovative Leaders are Preventing Burnout at Work

Pathways

Burnout has become a common occupational phenomenon in 2021. Even before the pandemic began, addressing burnout was considered a top priority for companies, and now leaders cannot ignore it. Nine out of ten employees showed some concern with burnout over the past year, and over 40% of employees are very concerned about their burnout levels.

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Improving Employee Experience with an LMS (Learning Management System)

PeopleStrategy

As more companies transition to permanently hybrid or remote work models, learning management systems will be a key tool for employee training and development. In fact, LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report showed that 57% of learning and development departments plan to invest more time and money in online learning. Online learning is built from learning … Improving Employee Experience with an LMS (Learning Management System) Read More » The post Improving Employee Experience with an L

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Maine Joins California in Push for Enforcement of Employment Laws

Trusaic

Maine joined several other states in crafting legislation intended to expand representative actions for workers with the passage of An Act to Enhance Enforcement of Employment Laws (L.D. 1711) in June. Specifically, the bill aimed to provide workers with the ability to enforce laws governing employment practices and prohibiting workplace discrimination.

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Mortification Week: the sleepover, the angry bees, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, Mortification Week: the sleepover, the angry bees, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s Mortification Week at AAM and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work (pulling comments and letters from the archives). Here are 15 more mortifying stories people have shared here over the years. 1.

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A (first iteration) guide to hybrid working for people teams

HR Zone

Future A first iteration guide to hybrid working.

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Correct & Prevent I-9 Errors: Your 2024 Audit Toolkit

Simplify your I-9 compliance process and minimize the risk of costly fines with WorkBright’s comprehensive audit toolkit. Created in collaboration with employment law experts, this essential two-part guide will help you conduct a thorough internal audit in 2024. The first section outlines a three-step process for ensuring error-free and compliant I-9s, followed by two printable checklists to streamline your audit process.

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Mortification Week: the museum captive, the accidental grope, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, Mortification Week: the museum captive, the accidental grope, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s Mortification Week at AAM and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work (pulling comments and letters from the archives). Here are 15 more mortifying stories people have shared here over the years. 1.

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Welcome to Day 2 of ‘Cultivate’

Eightfold

Wow! Amazing to see thousands of talent professionals, analysts, press, influencers, and others join Cultivate yesterday for day 1. Great to meet new folks and see some familiar ones … even if virtual for now. Ken Chenault and Maurice Jones of OneTen were inspiring. We were honored to have Donna Brazile , New York’s labor commissioner , and a chief workforce officer from Indiana , as well as Gartner , McKinsey , and the International Labor Organization.

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Storytelling Pokes Holes in Organizational Value Silos

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Organizational value silos are found in all sizes and shapes of companies. Initially, silos are created and nurtured by business and hiring models which categorize people into functional roles based on how they solve problems. Then, these silos are perpetuated by problem-solving tools, mindset, and terminology “owned” by the professional disciplines inhabiting these silos.

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Influence of employee onboarding and its benefits

HR Digest

Employee onboarding is the process of integrating recruits into the company. It involves familiarizing the hires with the organization’s workings and how they can become productive members of the team they join. Onboarding is sometimes confused with an orientation where the employee finishes the recruitment process , including all paperwork and meeting all admin compliances and getting a look at his colleagues and team members.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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New LinkedIn Feature Aims to Help Recruiters Reduce Bias When Sourcing

SHRM Resources

LinkedIn has introduced a new option for recruiters to mitigate bias when sourcing the professional network for talent.

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Hourly Hiring Made Simple! @ParadoxOlivia

The Tim Sackett Project

I’ve looked at a lot of hourly recruiting technology in the past three months. It seems like every organization that has mass hourly hiring all had issues all at the same time. Every org, every industry, every marketplace has openings and is trying to hire. Take a look at this video from Paradox, on the re-launch of their hourly recruiting technology: Of all the hourly hiring technology I’ve taken a look at, Paradox/Olivia seems to be the one, at Enterprise scale, that has the most m

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Create a Safe Space for Accountability Conversations

Emergenetics International

One of the most important duties of any manager is to empower their teams to set and achieve goals. At its core, management is all about helping staff to be accountable. Yet, less than one in five people are able to successfully hold others responsible for delivering on workplace expectations.

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15 Tactics to build active communities on your intranet

ThoughtFarmer

Communities on your intranet (sometimes called groups, online workspaces, or team sites) don’t grow active and vibrant on their own. They require strategic planning and consistent effort. This post provides background on different types of intranet groups and offers specific tips for managing communities of practice and communities of interest on your intranet.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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The death of your unlimited vacation policy

Stories Incorporated HR

Reading Time: 5 minutes. Why an unlimited vacation policy doesn’t work, and how progressive companies are implementing this alternative that give employees real, quality time off. First, we were on a hamster wheel of busyness. Then, the pandemic rocked and ruined our lives. And now, we’re languishing and recovering as a tidal wave of turnover hits us.

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Top 20 Insurance Job Titles [+ Descriptions]

Ongig

What are the best insurance job titles? I reviewed 50+ of the most-searched-for by candidates (and employers!) to find out. This is the latest chapter in Ongig’s series called Job Titles: The Definitive Guide. In this article, you’ll find: The top 20 most-searched-for insurance agency job titles — A column chart of the top 20 insurance positions titles candidates search for on Google. 5 insurance job titles and descriptions — A list of the top 5 insurance agency job titles and descriptions emplo

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How to choose the best employer in 2021

Payactiv

Jobless benefits are ending, the country is reopening, and employers are aggressively hiring. What does this mean for you if you’re looking for work? According to CNBC : The American Rescue Plan offers enhanced unemployment benefits through Sept. 6. Roughly 3.9 million Americans will be affected by state decisions. Twenty-two states opted to end federal unemployment assistance — including aid for the long-term unemployed — in June or July.

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What do HR professionals need to know about Paid Time Off?

Zoho People

The importance of paid time off to your employees cannot be overstated. It is, in fact, one of the most crucial benefits that employees expect from their organization. A whopping 40% of Americans would want to work for an organization where they are encouraged to use their paid time off. Without paid time off, your employees can experience severe burnout in trying to balance their professional and personal responsibilities.

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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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Not Providing COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Is Costly for Employers

HRWatchdog

As of March 29, 2021 — and retroactive to January 1, 2021 — employers with 26 or more employees have been required to provide 80 hours of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) to their employees. In late July, four months after the bill enacting the SPSL law went into effect, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited a Southern California grocery store chain for failing to provide or delaying COVID-19 SPSL to 95 affected workers at three of its grocery stores.

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Federal Withholding Allowances Still Axed, but Some State Allowances Live On

Patriot Software

Withholding allowances used to be a way employees could adjust how much money employers take out of their paychecks for federal income tax. Although the IRS removed withholding allowances for federal income tax in 2020, they’re still out there—through pre-2020 W-4 forms and state income tax. So, what is withholding allowance? What happens if an […] READ MORE.

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Combat COVID-19 Burnout With These 3 PTO Strategies

Best Money Moves

Combat COVID-19 Burnout With These 3 PTO Strategies. PTO benefits can be an important weapon in fighting widespread pandemic burnout. Try these three strategies to encourage PTO use. The quickest short-term solution to employee burnout is rest. Yet, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, American workers have a history of not taking full advantage of their PTO.

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Hybrid Open Enrollment 2022

BerniePortal

Now is a great time to start planning for open enrollment season as Q4 quickly approaches. Whether you’re fully in-person, fully remote, or a hybrid of both, these five essential steps will help make your company’s open enrollment period as smooth as possible.

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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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4 Essential Tips on How to Be a Good Manager

EngagementMultiplier

A leader who knows how to be a good manager is invaluable to their organization. They keep their teams engaged, raise morale and increase profits. The effort it takes to be one of these top leaders is minimal, yet the payoff is great — for everyone. But before we can discuss what makes a good manager, we need a better understanding of why this matters.

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How Leading And Lagging Indicators Can Help Young Leaders Course Correct On Time

Forbes Coaches Council

There’s a lot of complicated jargon out there, but let’s start with exploring a very simple distinction that can already help you today: looking backward vs. looking forward.

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A Psychological Perspective On Employee Engagement

Wellable

Though employee engagement is often proclaimed to have a significant impact on outcomes like well-being, productivity, innovation, and retention, its definition is rarely discussed. This post provides an analysis of employee engagement to help employers assess the range of claims made about it, determine whether their employees are in fact engaged, and cultivate engagement if it is found to be lacking.