Tue.Nov 12, 2019

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New Research Show Income Gaps Are (at least partly) Due to Working More Than 40 Hours Per Week.

The HR Capitalist

Hat tip to my homeboy Tim Sackett on the research cite below. Sacks must have crazy email subscriptions and Google alerts to mine this gold. Cut and paste from Marginal Revolution appears below. That is a new paper by J. Rodrigo Fuentes and Edward E. Leamer: This paper provides theory and evidence that worker effort has played an important role in the increase in income inequality in the United States between 1980 and 2016.

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How Cognitive Diversity Impacts Employee Engagement [New Research]

Emergenetics International

By Aaron Brown, Senior Insights Analyst at Quantum Workplace Race, gender and age have dominated conversations about diversity in the workplace. These conversations are important, and there’s still much work to be done. However, there’s more to diversity than demographic characteristics. One area that is becoming increasingly more important is cognitive diversity—defined as differences in […].

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3 Ways to Make Hourly and Seasonal Workers Feel Valued

Visier

UPS is currently hiring 100,000 workers , and Target is bringing in another 130,000. Amazon has 30,000 job openings and plans to hire tens of thousands more ahead of Black Friday. The staffing run-up to the holiday shopping season is a stark reminder of how vital seasonal, contract and hourly workers are. It’s not just that they keep store shelves stocked and get packages to our doors during one of the most hectic seasons of the year.

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What’s Lurking In Their Background?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

What Would You Do? You drove through rush-hour traffic, grabbed your first cup of coffee and sat down at your desk at Acme Staffing, only to have your door darkened a few minutes later by the boss. “I think we’ve got a problem, maybe. We’ve been getting some complaints.” Her face reflects the doom-and-gloom in her voice. She closes your door and sits down.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Singapore-based Workmate Raises USD $5.2m Series A for Job Board Marketplace Focused on “Informal” Workers

WorkTech

Singapore-based Workmate has raised $5.2 million for a job board marketplace they bill as an “end to end” staffing solution for “informal” workers. Their site looks like a typical job board for ondemand workers. Don’t get us started on “end-to-end.” Source: SG staffing platform Workmate raises $5.2m in Series A.

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This Isn’t Feedback: A Critique of the Annual Review

Achievers

This is my fourth blog in this series (you can find the first three on this topic here: blog one , blog two , and blog three ). Let’s review. It’s past time to fix feedback and restore to its rightful place as a powerful and valuable tool for good. We must shed old ideas of what feedback is and adopt a new mindset and new approaches. We have a new definition of feedback and a list of four things that you may think (or used to think) are feedback, but actually aren’t.

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Qualities of a Good Manager: 13 Soft Skills You Need

Fond

You’ve put in the effort, you’ve honed your skills, and you’re finally a manager. While this is great news, being proficient at your job doesn’t necessarily equate to being a great manager. When you manage people, you are responsible for inspiring, motivating, and encouraging them. It’s no longer just about you and what you bring to the table — you need to get others to bring all they can to the table, too.

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Employee Appreciation: No Two Ways About It

Engagedly

There are two ways of doing employee appreciation. Either you break the bank or you go budget-friendly. But there is no reason not to do it. Employee appreciation is a great way to humanize work and let your […].

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Ep 51 – Accenture Sets Goal to Achieve Gender Balanced Workforce by 2025

Workology

Welcome to the new Workology Go Podcast. In just under five minutes, we get you the HR and workplace news you need before you start your day. Get ready, get set and go with the Workology Go Podcast. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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Wellbeing: how employers can support a social wellness culture through benefits

HR Zone

Culture Social wellness at work.

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Why the Holiday Season IS NOT a Bad Time to Job Search

GetFive

Conventional wisdom has it that the holiday season is a bad time to look for a job. But conventional wisdom is wrong. In fact, there are definite advantages to sustaining — and even ramping up — a full-time job search during the holidays. This is no time to take a vacation! As tempting as it might be to kick back and relax, a brief review of the following points should convince you to get in gear and step up your efforts.

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Is Time or Money More Valuable?

The Tim Sackett Project

You might have seen this in the news that Estonia has started experimenting with a new way to punish speeding drivers. Instead of making them pay a fine for speeding, they are giving them an option to ‘take a timeout’ instead for 45 minutes to an hour, right then and there. Which brings up the question, what is more, valuable to these drivers, their time or their money?

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What makes Johnson & Johnson a great place to work

HR Digest

Several multinational companies around the world make sincere efforts towards making their business an attractive place to appeal the best talent from the industry. Among them, Johnson and Johnson is one company that has been regarded as a great place to work. This tag of being the best employer has been retained by the company from the last many decades.

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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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How to Build Trust with Your Team [5 Effective Methods]

6Q

Managing a team of people is a challenging task to take on due to the different personalities to manage. When they don’t trust each other, it’s a draining task. Below we explore how you can build trust your team. A team of members who don’t trust each other barely ever makes any progress. This stems from refusing to share knowledge, fighting over who should do what and generally failing to collaborate with one another.

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Why Qualtrics? Hear from Jessica Nava, Sales Manager, in Provo, UT

Qualtrics HR

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Jessica’s “Why Qualtrics” story about how a Sales Career at Qualtrics has helped her continue to deliver on a life of impact. It’s really simple…my kids are my “why”: they are my everything. I feel blessed to have influence on my 2 daughters and my son.

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How the 34 Strengths Deal with Change

Life and Work Blog

Lately I've been getting requests for strengths programs on the topic of change. The conversation goes like this, "We've had so many changes lately, and more are coming—how do we deal with change according to our strengths?" And I say, "That's a great question, let's talk about it!".

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5 Ways To Use Empathy to Become An Effective HR Leader

Women of HR

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” – John Steinbeck. A couple of years ago I remember asking the CHRO of the company I employed at about what he thought was the most important characteristic an HR leader should possess. He was quick to reply- empathy. While I absolutely agreed with the answer, it took me some introspection to appreciate the significance of empathy as a whole and especially for women in the field of human resources.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Six steps to help you prepare for your performance appraisal

Shortlist

The end of the year brings many seasonal workplace traditions, like holiday parties or Secret Santas. In addition to these fun events, there’s another annual occurrence that you can definitely expect in December – your end-of-year performance appraisal. While the thought of sitting down with your manager to take stock of your individual contributions may […].

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how can I fix my boss’s obsessive focus on face time over results?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m a fairly new manager — a woman in my 20s. I manage a team of six other young people in a largely older, more “old school” organization. I was promoted from within after about five years here. I’m really struggling because my boss, the organization’s executive director, values face time over results.

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Pay compression: What it is and how to fight it

Insperity

Pay compression can happen in any business, whether you’re growing a small company or working at an enterprise-level organization. Yet what is wage compression exactly? How does it happen? And, when it happens in your business, how can you address it? Let’s take a closer look at salary compression as well as how to spot, resolve and prevent it from reoccurring in your company.

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How retail brands are using personalization to boost customer experience

Qualtrics HR

The holidays are undoubtedly retail’s busiest time as everyone scrambles to give Santa a run for his money. But this also means that competition for consumer cash is fierce. Research from advertising company Epsilon found that 80% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase when brands offer personalized CX (customer experience). Personalization is core to experiences , according to Joe Pine, the godfather of experience economy.

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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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The Challenges of Nonprofit Recruitment – and How to Make It Better

The Applicant Manager

All recruiting is not equal. Corporate recruiting is different from the process of sourcing and hiring in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit recruitment is more challenging and differs from for-profit efforts to find talent in three key ways. Here’s why nonprofit recruiting can be so difficult, and how hiring teams can improve their chances of success.

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Have a Plan for Unannounced H-1B, L-1 Audits

SHRM Resources

?HR and global mobility professionals should be ready to respond when inspecting officers show up to review H-1B and L-1 visa programs for compliance.The site visits conducted by the Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) office within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services are often unannounced and can result in confusion, panic and fear at the worksite.

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my coworker hates me

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I started at a new position a few months ago, and mostly it’s going really well! I like the people, the work, and the hours. I have a good relationship with all of my other coworkers and superiors. I’ve received great feedback, and I have several years of experience in my field. I enjoy my job immensely, except for my coworker Nora.

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How Oracle Develops Veteran Talent

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

The work may be different, but there are many similarities between work done in the armed forces and the private sector. Many roles require the ability to lead teams, launch programs, and work under pressure, making the 230,000 veterans who leave the military each year an ideal pool to hire from. We sat down with Douglas Wise, now a product marketing manager for our CX cloud applications.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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4 Steps for Throwing a Fantastic Fall Event for Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

When you want to wow employees, clients, and suppliers, throwing a party is a fabulous idea. Since fall weather can be cold, hot, or both if a front is going through, it is probably wise to pick an indoor location. If nothing else, then choosing a spot with inside and outside areas can provide space […].

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8 Quantum Workplace Tools for Building Relationships at Work

Quantum Workplace

Building relationships at work is one of the most important pieces of an engaging employee experience. Employees desire to create meaningful connections with their peers and managers – and doing so increases engagement and performance.

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Steps To Develop Yourself As A Human Resources Professional

HR C-Suite

It has been observed that human resource professionals are an important element of an organisation as they help in developing a strong and effective team that could function in order to achieve the desired goals of the organisation. Proper leadership and management skills are required for human resources and here are eight important steps that […].