Mon.Jun 15, 2020

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7 Simple Ways to Attract the Best Candidate for Your Job Opening

Take It Personel-ly

Whether you’re an entrepreneur with a growing business approaching the staffing process for the first time or you’re a seasoned hiring manager, recruiting the “best-fit” candidate for your job opening is tricky. But it doesn’t have to be a painful or time-consuming process. Below, we will explore seven tips that will simplify and streamline your […].

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30 must-listen podcasts for HR professionals

Workstars

Do you want to know what is really going on out there in the world of HR? Get podcasting. Whilst books and.

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A Brief Guide for New Managers

Vantage Circle

Ask any young professional the highlight of her career. Most of them are going to say that they being promoted to a managerial position was definitely one of the key moments in their career. While being promoted to a manager is thrilling, new managers are often susceptible to mismanagement due to their lack of experience. New managers tend to take up the middle management roles and are crucial to the proper structuring of the organization.

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The 21 metrics you need for Strategic Workforce Development

Analytics in HR

Most organizations, small and large, have a defined vision, mission, and strategy. It communicates what an organization of people believes in (vision), its goal (mission), and how they want to achieve this goal in the coming years (strategy). In order to execute this strategy successfully, the organization needs the right number of people with the right skills, background, profiles, and experience.

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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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California Freelancers Closer to Getting a Break from Strict Contractor Rules

SHRM Resources

Certain freelance journalists and musicians would be exempt from California's AB 5—the controversial new independent-contractor test that took effect Jan. 1—under two bills approved by the state Assembly on June 11. The California Senate now has until Aug. 31 to consider the measures.

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A Post-COVID Playbook for Recruiting and Retaining Tech Talent

Eightfold

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts, a new paradigm in tech talent management had begun to emerge. By the end of the 2010s, organizations had recognized that their tech teams provided competitive advantages. Rather than serving back-office support functions, IT was leading projects and driving organizational transformations — and some companies were hiring and managing that talent accordingly.

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A Pledge to Allyship

Thrive Global

As we arise from our collective grief over the loss of Black lives in America, the term “allyship” is increasing in use. Terms like this mean something specific and powerful to the passionate few that popularize them. They become an example of malarkey in the hands of pundits, carpetbaggers, and value-washers who wield them with the intent to appease.

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The Important Details of Work from Home Policies

Professional Alternatives

Impressive advances in technology have ensured that companies who want their employees to work from home are provided with essential tools for collaboration. Over the last decade, recruitment has become increasingly competitive and, as a result, employers have had to improve the benefits of remote work to provide their employees with added flexibility.

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Let the benefits renewal process begin

PeopleStrategy

With the unanticipated challenges facing HR professionals today, starting the employee benefits renewal process is probably not at the top of the to do list. But the reality is, deciding what benefits you will offer employees for the 2021 plan year is perhaps more critical than ever. So even though Open Enrollment is still a couple of month away, there are steps you can take now to make your renewal easier while also ensuring the plans and programs you select meet the needs of your employees, th

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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 create a trusting relationship within a team

Hppy

Have you ever led a team whose members did not trust each other? If so, then you know how difficult it is. A team without a relationship of trust is not even a team; it’s just a group of people working together and sometimes achieving results. They may argue about rights and responsibilities, not share information or communicate with each other.

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Leaders as Thoughtful Facilitators: Here’s Why and How to Get Started

Achievers

As we evolve into our new virtual world and become reliant on communications technology to host our meetings of all shapes and sizes, I’ve been wondering how we will position our many fantastic leaders. As I’ve watched them perform, I’ve realized that we need facilitators now more than ever before—not speakers, experts, trainers, nor managers. In other words, right now, businesses and teams need thoughtful facilitation.

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LGBT Rights Decision: What it Means and What to Do

Trusaic

It was a momentous and watershed moment in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States when the opinion was announced on June 15, 2020 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT employees from sex-based discrimination. Each of the three cases combined for adjudication in Bostock v. Clayton County held a similar fact pattern: An employer fired a long-time employee shortly after the employee revealed that he or she is gay or transgender—and this decision, the plaintiffs

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6 Ways to Make Your Remote Onboarding Process Seamless

Cisive

The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented and many companies and HR leaders have had to quickly pivot to a new remote work model that requires companies to assess how they can bring remote employees into their company culture and get them up to speed so they can be productive as quickly as possible. It also changes how we keep employees engaged, informed, and feeling like part of our company culture and organization.

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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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Averbook: Survey shows COVID accelerated digital transformation

HRExecutive

The survey for the week of June 15 addresses the realities of remote work. Click here to take the survey. Results and responses will be published soon. *. The time for digital transformation and designing for the workforce is now and it is more important than ever! That’s the takeaway from the latest LeapPulse survey, which measured the acceleration of digital in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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VIDEO: Using BHAGs as a Goal Setting Technique for High Performers.

The HR Capitalist

Big, hairy, audacious goals, or BHAGs, are visionary, strategy statements designed to focus a group of people around a common initiative. They traditional differ from our other goal setting techniques because BHAGS are usually positioned toward by a large group (rather than individuals) and they typically span a large amount of time than any of our other goals.

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employee is vaping on video calls, my speaking style seems all wrong for the South, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Employee is vaping during video calls. I am in a supervisory position for a state government that has moved to work-from-home during the pandemic. We are now holding all of our meetings through virtual interfaces. Recently, another supervisor and I have noticed one of our employees vaping during our meetings with her and during all-staff meetings.

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6 Ways to Make Your Remote Onboarding Process Seamless

Precheck

6 Ways to Make Your Remote Onboarding Process Seamless Jun. 16, 2020. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented and many companies and HR leaders have had to quickly pivot to a new remote work model that requires companies to assess how they can bring remote employees into their company culture and get them up to speed so they can be productive as quickly as possible.

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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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The Hairdressers with Coronavirus Didn’t Infect Anyone Else. This is Great News for Your Business

Evil HR Lady

Photo by Engin Akyurt. You probably heard about the two hairstylists from Great Clips that worked while symptomatic with Coronavirus. 140 clients and seven coworkers were exposed. It was an outbreak waiting to happen, and guess what? It didn’t happen. Both the stylists and the customers wore masks during their time together, and two weeks later, none of the exposed tested positive or exhibited symptoms.

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ALI Star of the Month: June 2020 — Jennie Bledsoe

Advanced Learning Institute

We are proud to announce the June 2020 ALI Star of the Month: Jennie Bledsoe, Director Internal/HR Communications at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Jennie Bledsoe is the Director of Internal and HR Communications at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has been a speaker for ALI Conferences for a few years now. She has volunteered her time and expertise to help improve the careers of her fellow communicators and HR professionals across the country.

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is it disingenuous to call a situation with a pet a “family emergency”?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Is it disingenuous to refer to an incident regarding a foster dog as a “family emergency”? My spouse and I foster dogs, and our current foster has been with us for nearly three months now. Last Thursday, I had our current foster out for a potty break around noon (I’m currently working from home), and he was attacked by another dog.

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What, When, and How to Implement Change Management in Your Company (+5 Examples)

TinyPulse

The market changes, your customers change, the competition changes… Everything around your company changes, and you need to adapt quickly.

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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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Key Features Businesses Should Look for in an Accounts Payable Solution

SutiHR

Accounts payable processes come with a lot of manual data entry and inefficient workflows that add up to additional burden within the accounts payable department. Inefficient accounts payable (AP) processes hold up businesses from leveraging supplier relationships to their fullest potential. However, AP software can automate all the accounts payable processes and saves you a lot of time and effort.

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Want To Improve Employee Engagement? Know How

Engagedly

Before plunging into the discussion, let’s take you through a short journey. Robert, a newbie software developer, had joined your organization two months back. He has received a good pay raise over his previous one. But recently you […].

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The Role Of Systems Thinking In Organizational Change And Development

Forbes Coaches Council

Through systems thinking, a number of core concepts and practical tools can be applied to better understand the complexity of each organization.

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Pride Month at Limeade

Limeade

On the heels of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling to ban LGBTQ employment discrimination and the intersection of LGBTQ+ civil rights with Black civil rights, this Pride Month is a monumental one. While things are a bit different this year; there are no parties or parades or in-person events, making celebrations a little more complex — it’s vital for organizations to honor and recognize Pride Month, and extend these inclusive efforts throughout the year. .

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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updates: banning trash cans unless we sign a pledge never to put food in them, and more

Ask a Manager

Here are four updates from people who had their letters answered here in the past. 1. Banning trash cans unless we sign a pledge never to put food in them. Not long after I wrote to you, the director of teapot studies (“Bill”) scheduled a one-on-one meeting with me. The meeting was held in his office. As I walked in, I noticed a stack of trash cans gathering dust in a corner.

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30 Hr Quotes to Uplift and Motivate HR Professionals

Vantage Circle

We all need our regular doses of motivation to keep us get going. Like Zig Ziglar rightly quoted, " People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That is why we recommend it daily. " We live in a world where there is an ample amount of motivation that you can consume from podcasts, motivational videos, or blogs. It is upto you which medium you are comfortable in to get your daily motivation.

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A Guide to Taking the Headache Out of Tip Splitting

Homebase

Many restaurant owners implement a tip splitting system between servers and supporting staff. While the servers are the main point of contact for the restaurant patron, good service cannot be delivered without the help of other staff members. . You may also be looking to start a tip splitting policy for the first time for any new business operations you started due to the coronavirus pandemic. .