Tue.May 16, 2017

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4 Things College Grads Want in an Employer

ClearCompany HRM

We’ve heard all the stereotypes. Millennials don’t stick around in their positions for more than three years, Millennials are slackers and they hold a sense of entitlement. Despite all these common negative stereotypes, there are many common positive competencies and characteristics college grads are known for. One main theme is that Millennials are confident in what they stand for and how they want to use their skills to improve purpose-driven organizations.

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Cartoon Coffee Break: Workplace Benefits

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.

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What’s the Difference Between Human Resources and Organization Development? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

What’s the Difference Between Human Resources and Organization Development? Being part of a consulting firm that focuses on people analytics and organization development, I am often asked to explain the precise differences between human resources (HR) and organization development (OD). Both functions deal with people, right? So, many naturally assume they do the same thing.

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Want Tech Workers to Stick Around Longer? Think 30 Years -- Not Three.

Entrepreneur

Turnover can have a huge impact on your bottom line. But, there are meaningful steps you can take to ensure your people will want to stay with your organization for years to come.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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5 Elements of a Healthy Performance Review Process

Achievers

Before you start defining the elements of a healthy performance review process, it’s worth investigating how or where your process went wrong. Historically, performance reviews were created with the best of intentions and remained unchanged for centuries. The idea that people are motivated by knowing where they stand within an organization gave birth to the “ rank and yank ” method of ranking employees into top, average, and poor performing tiers (and eliminating those at the bottom).

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Should You Pay Employees Extra for Working on Special Organizational Projects?

What is Paul Thinking

Somewhat recently (sorry – I’m a bit backlogged) a question came up on one of my HR-focused discussion groups in Facebook. The poster was seeking ideas on how to compensate employees for being part of a company effort described as…. “…a pretty large scale conversion with two of the major systems that our employees use. The effort is substantial – but not full-time.

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How do you know if training produces results?

Don Phin

W. Edwards Deming was once quoted as saying “Don’t ask me the ROI on training, you either believe that education has the greatest form of leverage or you do not.” His point is this: when you are in a knowledge economy the most learned win. But that’s only one part of the equation…isn’t it? It’s. Read More. The post How do you know if training produces results?

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New Study Finds Staggering Number Of Uninsured Medicaid Recipients Should AHCA Be Passed

ACA Times

As the newly revamped AHCA has been given House approval and moves onto the Senate floor, a new study shows how the revamped bill’s effect on Medicaid Expansion could prove dangerous. Per a study conducted by the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, there is much more at stake than may have been assumed. The new bill aims to “fix” Medicaid Expansion through means such as cutting healthcare funding to those already receiving substantial government subsidies.

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What Studies Say About Different Types of Awards for Employees

Kazoo

The search for different types of awards for employees starts with one bold action. Ditch the gift card cabinet. You know the one we mean. The gift card cabinet is a common catch-all for employee rewards and recognition at all too many companies – very likely, including yours. Tasked with celebrating small successes day to day, HR managers reach in and pull out gift cards for coffee shops, steakhouses, or hardware stores.

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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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Interview with Liz Wiseman, Author of Bestseller, “Multipliers” – Leadership Intelligence Podcast - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Interview with Liz Wiseman, Author of Best-Seller, Multipliers – Leadership Intelligence Podcast. In this book, leadership expert Liz Wiseman and management consultant Greg McKeown explore two leadership styles, persuasively showing how Multipliers can have a resoundingly positive and profitable effect on organizations––getting more don with fewer resources, developing and attracting talent, and cultivating new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation.

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Key Benefits of Online Learning for Employees and Businesses

Hppy

One of the key elements of increasing employee engagement and satisfaction in the workplace is giving staff members the opportunity to grow and develop. People need to be continually learning , and see that they have the opportunity to move up the career ladder and try new things. As HR managers, it is important to encourage your workforce to learn new skills, keep up on the latest trends , develop leadership abilities, and more.

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Conference Attendance 301

China Gorman

In 2010 I wrote Conference Attendance 101 , a post on my blog, Data Point Tuesday. It has been one of the most shared, re-posted, and quoted blog posts I’ve ever written. Attending HR conferences successfully – getting the most out of the experience – really has taken careful planning and tons of time management. Some HR conferences are so big and have so much going on, that it can really feel like work to make sure you’re achieving an appropriate ROI for your employer.

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How Collaboration Tech is Changing Everything about the Business of HR

TalentCulture

It’s no secret technology has changed the HR industry. HR tech trends for 2017, in fact, include people data collection turning more to predictive analytics, and the line between marketing and HR blurring when it comes to prioritizing the employee experience—and that’s just for starters. One key shift changing everything about the business of HR is the rise of collaboration tech.

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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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Paid Parental Leave: How Much Time is Right For Your Company?

Justworks

When a company is just starting up, it’s often made up of contractors, part-timers or whatever talented doers the founder can get on board to help bring his or her idea to life. You need to be scrappy to get from day one to day two. Your team is small, but employees believe in your company’s mission, and that helps to propel the company forward. At some stage in your growth — for the companies that are able to grow and thrive through the right mix of luck and grit — the discussion.

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5 Blogging Tips to Reel in Recent Graduates

TalentCulture

From paper résumés to job boards to social media, the way companies and job seekers interact is constantly changing, but there’s one time-honored recruiting tradition that has, for the most part, remained intact: the career fair. Every spring, companies and soon-to-be grads gather under one roof to make small talk, exchange information, and (hopefully) find the perfect match.

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Culture Change: 3 Approaches to What Works

Culture University

You can’t “do” culture change to your organization. Culture arises from the beliefs and underlying assumptions held by the people in the organization. Trying to change culture by decree or through training programs won’t affect people’s beliefs. One way to change the culture is to fire a lot of people. That really shakes things up […]. The post Culture Change: 3 Approaches to What Works appeared first on Culture University.

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How to Work with People Who Aren’t You

DDI

Diversity is good for business. But it doesn’t mean you will automatically have positive relationships with colleagues who are different.

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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 Happiness Doesn’t Matter

TLNT: The Business of HR

Happy customers drive profits. There’s no doubt about that. But does the same apply to companies? Do happy employees matter as much as we like to think?

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Saying "No" Helps Train the Recipient What "Yes" Looks Like.

The HR Capitalist

If there's a big problem in corporate America, it's that we say "Yes" too much at times. Yes to that request. Yes, I can help you. Yes, I'd be happy to be part of your project team. Yes, your response to my request is fine. There's a whole lot of yes going around. The problem? Only about 1/2 of the "yes" responses are followed up with action that is representative of all of us living up to the commitment we made.

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Screening International Workers Is Becoming a Must

TLNT: The Business of HR

The debate on immigration and the global economy has never been fiercer. At the same time, competition for top talent continues to grow, as employers look to an international workforce to fill talent gaps and expand operations across the globe. In 2015, 16.7% of the U.S. workforce was foreign born , about 26.3 million workers. Since then, the number has continued to rise.

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8 Reasons You Should Have a Company Employee Handbook

Paycor

Creating a company employee handbook can seem like a daunting task, but having one brings many benefits. Here are eight reasons your organization should have an employee handbook: 1. Introduces employees to your culture, mission and values. Perhaps the most important aspect of your employee handbook is the introduction of new employees to your corporate culture and how they will fit in.

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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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It’s Nearly Impossible to Make Good Decisions at Work

Laurie Ruettimann

I’ve been studying up on different meditation and stress-reduction methods because, for some reason, this blog has led me down the path of being everybody’s big sister who is immediately ignored when she gives smart advice. (Just like my real life! How great!). Nobody knows how to make good decisions, especially at work where we are caffeinated, stressed, and exhausted from holding ourselves in awkward positions all day long.

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Turn In Your Badge and Quit Being the Policy Police

TLNT: The Business of HR

“Just so you know I did not take the job. She was not open to me shifting my hours for a few days a week. She just felt I would be working less. She said that for her to allow (that) for me, it would probably be a pay cut. I laughed hysterically in my head.”.

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You Can't Bring Me Down

NoExcusesHR

I thought you could use a heavy dose of my view of the last twenty years of work! You Can't. - make me a hater with your hate - worry me with your rumors - get me worked up simply because you are an insecure old-school leader - stop me from pushing the organization forward - slow me down from being a positive force in the company - block me from being the mentor you wish you could be - stand in my way from networking around the world to learn and grow - instill any self-doubt or fear in me - for

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Buying a Human Capital Management System? The Right Partner is Essential

Paychex

When researching human capital management systems, you’ll want to look for a solution that allows you to both streamline HR workflows and make analytics-driven decisions. Learn more about key considerations when it comes to choosing an HCM vendor.

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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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Survey Reveals Mismatch Between Perspectives On Professional Development

HR Daily Advisor

Just because your organization offers professional development does not mean employees will participate in it according to a recent set of online surveys conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of the University of Phoenix ® School of Business. Although 94% of hiring managers indicated that it is critical to their organization’s success to train and upskill employees, 32% of surveyed employees apparently do nothing to improve their skills.

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80% of Companies: Proposed Laptop Ban Will Cause Loss in Workforce Productivity

i4cp

Corporate executives are expected to be most impacted by restrictions Workforce productivity will suffer if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security proceeds with its plan to impose a ban on laptops and tablets on inbound flights from Europe, according to new research from the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). Nearly 80% of the 618 organizations that participated in the May 2017 survey stated that the so-called “laptop ban” would have a negative effect on workforce productivity.

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5 Surprising Ways Employers Can Help Employees Stay Healthy

Winston Benefits

Little things can mean a lot when it comes to helping employees stay healthy. Many employees look for ways they can make small lifestyle changes that build better habits over time, and employers are in a great position to make those changes happen. Some of them may be even smaller or take less effort than you think. Here are five surprising ways employers can help employees stay healthy.