EmployeeConnect

DECEMBER 10, 2016

For better or worse we shape our individual realities according to our response or reaction to the world around us. Hardly anybody responds to external stimuli with the purpose of producing unintended, unwanted results. Yet, our responses, our reactions, our behaviours, often produce results that run afoul to their intended purpose, which can cause some chaos in our personal lives.

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Hppy

DECEMBER 10, 2016

There’s no getting around then fact that technology is a major player in almost every aspect of the workplace. Everything from communication to file retention can now be streamlined with the help of technology. This isn’t a new trend by any stretch of the imagination. However, if you make use of technology that is a bit old, staff morale can take a hit resulting in a less focused and attentive workforce.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are five more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. How can I completely disconnect from a difficult former boss ? I wanted to give you an update on the situation with my former boss, “Marsha,” who had an injury that affected her work and her relationship with me, and her attempts to reconnect after being let go.

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 10, 2016

For the past year, I’ve taken part in a survey from the Swiss government on employment. Every three months they call me and ask me questions about my job–how many hours I work, how much money I’ve earned, if I’ve applied for any new jobs, etc. I love data so I’m always happy to help out with such things. Yesterday was another one of these phone calls.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 10, 2016

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school. If you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.). Recommendation of the week: A reader has requested the rum ball recipe I mentioned way back in 2011 , so I’m hereby presenting it instead of a book recommendation this week.

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TinyPulse

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Regardless of the manager ’ s opinion on employee engagement strategy, there’s evidence that suggests employees are better off in some key ways if their direct manager is in charge of employee engage ment.

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HR Soul

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Full disclosure- I am not a Millennial. In fact, I am squarely In the Gen X category. Wife, school age child, mortgage, two cars- the “whole 9 yards.” Born in the 70’s, grew up in the 80’s and started my HR career in the mid 90’s. The rise of MTV and the PC, the end of the Cold War, the dot com bubble and Y2K all seem not as long ago as they actually were.

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HRsoft

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Improving employee engagement is a major priority for today’s organizations, and for good reason: companies generate 2x the amount of revenue when their employees are engaged, according to Entrepreneur. While employee engagement is a broad topic, it must be improved using very specific strategies. One such strategy is effective compensation planning.

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Survale HR

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Quality of Hire is one of the most important metrics for the effectiveness of your recruiting department. Both on a large scale: What is the overall effectiveness of the new hires we bring in? And on an individual level: How did a particular candidate ultimately impact the organization? There are absolute metrics for quality of hire like retention rate and longevity, but most of your meaningful QOH measures come from the evaluation of the new hire’s manager.

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