Wed.Oct 28, 2020

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9 Strategies for Navigating Election Week and Beyond at Work

EverFi - HR

Over the past several years, conversations about politics in the workplace have shifted from taboo to commonplace. Mixing politics and work, however, can pose both challenges and opportunities when creating positive, productive workplaces that are inclusive to all. The nation’s political divide is certainly impacting the world of work. A recent Gartner survey showed that 36% of employees have said they avoid talking to, or working with, colleagues who differ in political views.

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Seasonal Hiring Needn’t Be So Stressful

Eightfold

You’ve seen the headlines each year. “Retailer Rushes to Bring on 50,000 Seasonal Workers.” And, “Delivery Company to Add 70,000 Drivers in Two Months.” And so on. The rush goes on. Year after year after year. In fact, it sometimes happens throughout the year. There are two tax seasons, so accounting companies often have two seasonal hiring seasons.

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One-On-One Meetings Begin With Your Self Awareness As a Manager

15Five

One of the most effective manager practices to improve employee performance is the one-on-one meeting. Using these meetings purely as a performance check-in, though, is a wasted opportunity, especially in a remote work environment where relationships suffer without regular (video) facetime. At 15Five, we’ve architected a leadership framework called Best-Self Management.

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Rethink Recruiting for the Road Ahead

Engage2Excel

Recent spikes in COVID-19 infection rates around the globe underscore the fact that much uncertainty still lies ahead in overcoming the unprecedented health and economic impacts of COVID-19. Preparing for Uncertainty Is your recruitment strategy optimized for responding quickly and cost-effectively to the ups and downs that lie ahead on the road to recovery?

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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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How to Become a Best-Self Manager

15Five

At 15Five , we follow a philosophy called Best-Self Management. It focuses on managing people and teams to unlock their highest potential versus only managing behaviors, outcomes, and performance. Through this leadership framework, we aim to help leaders turn their managers into Best-Self Managers. A Best-Self Manager supports both the professional and emotional wellbeing of their people, inspires performance without forcing it, and leverages the unique strengths of employees.

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What To Do When a Person of Influence Asks You For Extra Work.

The HR Capitalist

Every couple of years, this question makes the rounds - "What would you tell the 25 year old version of yourself?" I've noticed that going around recently, so here I am. Of course, there are 1,000's of things you could respond with. But assume we're talking about the world of work for a second. That probably cuts the answers down to the 100's, not 1,000's.

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AB2257 is Again Shifting How Workers are Classified as Independent Contractors or Employees

Trusaic

3 minute read . AB 2257 is, alongside other legislation, changing the way employers can classify independent contractors and employees. Since the California legislature passed AB 5 last fall, independent contractors and employers in California have found themselves sorting through new regulations designed to offset the costly and illegal misclassification of employees.

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5 takeaways from the first day of HR Tech

HRExecutive

The HR Technology Conference got underway Tuesday, with HR, tech and business leaders from around the world converging in an unprecedented virtual setting to talk about this unprecedented year. The pandemic’s impact on the world of work was the topic of the day Tuesday—from how it is fueling expansion in different corners of the HR tech market to the skill sets HR and tech leaders today need to develop to weather the ongoing changes.

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How Hiring Managers Can Attract and Retain Healthcare Staff

SHRM

Globally, talent shortages top the list of the most compelling risks that all business organizations are facing. This is particularly true in the healthcare industry, where shortages of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are affecting a sizable percentage of the world’s population. There are multiple reasons for these talent shortages.

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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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4+ Ways I would Fix Politics

The Tim Sackett Project

Yep, buckle up kids, Uncle Timmy is ranting today! First, anyone who calls themselves “Uncle” anything should be shot. That’s a creepy factor of one thousand, on a scale of one to one hundred. I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about politics for a few months now. My personal Life Coach, Kristian Dunn, has pleaded with me, not to do this. “You’re going to ruin your career!

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How to Be Anxious without Becoming Depressed

Take It Personel-ly

According to a recently released CDC survey, anxiety levels in the US are, on average, triple what they were a year ago. During the pandemic, many of us are experiencing not only anxiety, but also depression. Are the two related? To understand the difference between anxiety and depression, we must first understand that both are […].

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Workflow Learning and The 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher

Looop.co

In 2019, David James spoke with Bob Mosher, Thought-Leader and Chief Learning Evangelist, at The 5 Moments of Need™, on […]. The post Workflow Learning and The 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher appeared first on Looop.

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Drive-Thru Job Fairs: A Sign of the Times

SHRM Resources

Despite the massive impact that COVID-19 has had on the U.S. workforce, some parts of the economy are still frantically searching for talent to meet business demands. And they’re getting increasingly creative about how to engage with potential employees in an era of social distancing.

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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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Why COVID-19 will drive growth in talent management tech

HRExecutive

Over the last several years, companies have been working to improve internal talent mobility. But now, especially driven by a pandemic that’s shifting workplace priorities and making companies restructure at lightning-fast speed, the interest is exploding in both the concept and in tools to do it well. “We’ve seen an acceleration of interest in the talent marketplace concept and organizations adapting to this as quickly as possible,” Sona Manzo, managing director at consulting firm Deloitte, sai

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New Jobless Claims Drop by 40K; Economy Grew in Q3

SHRM Resources

States reported that 751,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 24, a drop of 40,000 from the previous week and the ninth consecutive week of initial jobless claims under 1 million. And the U.S. economy grew at a record pace during the past three months, according to the latest economic data from the Commerce Department.

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Gender Split – Top 100 Instagram Influencers In The World

Take It Personel-ly

It’s no secret that gender roles and pay gaps are still prevalent in companies around the world, with some celebrities taking massive pay cuts in order to match up with their female counterparts. But have you ever wondered if there’s a similar gender gap for Influencers on Instagram? PostBeyond has analysed the top 100 followed […].

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Workflow Learning and The 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher

Looop.co

In 2019, David James spoke with Bob Mosher , Thought-Leader and Chief Learning Evangelist, at The 5 Moments of Need , on The Learning & Development Podcast. This conversation explores the pivot L&D needs to make from training / content-focus to performance-focus in order to fulfil our potential, meet the expectations of our stakeholders and make the required difference inside our organisations, and how we do this where and when employees are working.

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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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How To Write Remote Job Descriptions

McQuiag

Most hiring processes start by creating a job description you hope will catch candidates' attention. Often a job post is a candidate's first interaction with a company and many decide whether or not to apply to a role based purely on the ad. With so much riding on how you describe a position, getting it wrong can mean a longer time to hire and cost you potentially strong candidates.

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Reduce Employee Stress by Improving Engagement | Reward Gateway

Reward Gateway

There’s no doubt about it – everyone’s feeling the weight of the pandemic on their shoulders this year. And this weight carries over into everything we do, including work. In particular, HR leaders agree that 2020 has been the most stressful year of their careers.

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Social Distancing Measures Fuel Employee Loneliness

Wellable

Over the last several years, research on loneliness has revealed its impact stretches beyond just physical health and wellness. A lonely employee is more likely to perform poorly, switch jobs frequently, quit, earn fewer promotions, and feel less satisfied with their career. For employers, the loss in productivity isn’t the only concern either; healthcare costs are also much higher for these workers.

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IRS Announces 2021 Contribution Limits for 401(k)s

HR Workplace Services

The IRS released 2021 contribution limits for 401(k)s – the basic salary deferral rate for 2021 remains unchanged, at $19,500. The catch-up amount for those over 50 years-of-age, also remains the same at $6,500. The overall limit for the plans increases by $1,000 from $57K to $58K. Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contribution limits, also remain fixed at $6,000, with a $1,000 catch-up limit for those 50 and older.

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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 HR Can Support Women in the Workplace, Female Leadership

BerniePortal

McKinsey & Company and Lean In’s 2020 Women in the Workplace study , the sixth consecutive study of its kind, found that corporate America is at a crossroads when it comes to the status of women’s roles in the workplace. With workplaces struggling to maintain some semblance of normalcy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, women—and their leadership status at work—have been negatively impacted.

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Workflow Learning and The 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher

Looop.co

In 2019, David James spoke with Bob Mosher , Thought-Leader and Chief Learning Evangelist, at The 5 Moments of Need , on The Learning & Development Podcast. This conversation explores the pivot L&D needs to make from training / content-focus to performance-focus in order to fulfil our potential, meet the expectations of our stakeholders and make the required difference inside our organisations, and how we do this where and when employees are working.

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How Employee Morale Affects Employee Engagement

C. A. Short Company

Employers have long described employee morale as the attitude, emotional connection, and satisfaction of employees while they're on the job. However, organizational leaders and management often monitored morale solely based on employee retention and productivity.

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Fired Worker Who Didn’t Disclose Dismissed Criminal Conviction Gets Trial

SHRM Resources

A California employee who did not disclose on her job application a dismissed conviction for misdemeanor grand theft and was subsequently fired could proceed with her lawsuit.

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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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Androgyny: An Emerging Trend In Leadership

Forbes Coaches Council

Regardless of gender, androgyny in today’s world on a professional or a personal level is a collaborative process about one’s ability to change roles.

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The Hybrid Workplace: What it is, why it matters, and how to implement it in your workplace

ThoughtFarmer

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a strange and chaotic time for workplaces around the world. . Many organizations went from asking themselves if a remote work environment was a possibility, to it becoming the only viable option. Almost overnight, millions of people around the world traded their daily commute for a short walk to the kitchen. .

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Retaining Employees During Changing Times Is More Important Than Ever

Forbes Coaches Council

Make the effort to discover what motivates your employees and then meet their needs so that they can help your organization thrive — not only through this crisis, but in the future.

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