The Tim Sackett Project

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Everyone wants to know the secret to great recruiting. Candidates want to know how to get into companies. Recruiters want to know each other’s secrets to finding great talent. No one seems to be sharing their secrets, so I thought I might as well fill everyone in… Recruiting Secret #4. Hiring managers are more likely to hire someone who looks like them because there is a much less chance that the person they are hiring will ever accuse them of bias behavior.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Xerox HR Services. For more than a century, Xerox has been a leader in document technology and services. Their human resources services include advisory, technology, and administration solutions to help companies manage and engage employees. Congrats to them for 100 years of business excellence.

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

For decades, business leaders believed that simply focusing on performance management was the key to building a successful company. If they just had the right vision and strategy, clear objectives, people with the skill sets to achieve those objectives, and alignment toward their goals throughout the entire organization, they’d achieve high employee performance, financial success, and live happily ever after.

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Everwise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

From day one at Everwise, our goal has been to reimagine the way today’s workforce stays connected to the people and resources they need to thrive. We knew that building a best-in-class talent development solution would be a determining factor in our success. This is why we’re excited to announce that Everwise has been named a recipient of HR Executive’s 2016 Top HR Products.

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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The research-based benefits of gratitude in the workplace, and outside of it, are nearly endless. According to this 2015 workforce study , organizations that apply values-based recognition practices experience lower turnover, higher employee engagement, improved team relationships and a more ‘human’ workplace culture. According to other research, there are many additional benefits individuals and organizations typically experience as a result of practicing gratitude: Gratitude Improves Well-Bein

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ATD Human Capital

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

“I know you think you understand what you thought you heard me say. But what you think you heard me say isn’t what I really meant.” –Unknown. Texting caused my daughter and me to fight. She misunderstood my text, and I misunderstood her response. We tried to understand each other, but the result was a fight. Communication involves an exchange and understanding of information between two or more people.

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Allegis Global Solutions

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

To find top talent, you sometimes need to start by consulting a map.

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Everwise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Kim Scott is a former Apple University faculty member, ex-Google employee and most recently, co-founded a startup called Candor, Inc., with the goal to make impromptu feedback feel more natural, via a term she has coined “radical candor.”. What is radical candor? According to Scott , this means “ creating b t-free zones where people love their work and working together.

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WorqIQ

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Employee engagement comes back to one key point: people. Bringing people together, removing barriers between people, encouraging honest and open communication, and having fun! Each of these factors increases employee engagement. And using your online community for these things can put even more power behind your engagement efforts. Read More» The post Five Employee Engagement Ideas That Make a Difference appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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TalentCulture

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I’m endlessly fascinated by what’s happening to the role of the salesperson due to social media adoption. Last year, I wrote about the top social sales people in the world , which tells the story of some of the most socially influential people leading massive change in the sales industry. Today’s buyers are socially savvy and incredibly difficult to reach by phone or email.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A reader writes: I was hoping for your input on something that has plagued me all my life. I am a woman who has a very masculine/serious looking face that many would consider to be RBF (or resting b h face). I am only in my mid 20’s and it seems to constantly be an issue at work. My male boss is always walking by my desk (while I am focused) and making joking comments like “Don’t you like working here?

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Workology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

This piece originally appeared on the SHRM Blog. Its author, Paul Wolfe, is SVP of Human Resources at Indeed. He oversees all global human resource functions, including talent acquisition, employee retention, compensation, benefits, and employee development. Many of us Americans don’t know how to take true summer breaks. When you work at a global company, you likely know this anecdotally.

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Most people aren’t experts at conducting job interviews, so it’s no wonder we’re not perfect at it. In fact, we often stink. emphasisHR helped me out on putting together some biases that occur when we’re interviewing. It’s not the traditional spiel about diversity, although that plays a role as well. It’s actually some pretty eye opening stuff about mistakes you’re making when interviewing, just because you’re subconsciously biased.

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Workstride

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We recently took an in-depth look at a list of the top 50 most enjoyable companies to work for. The folks at Glassdoor created the list and based it on the (sometimes brutal) feedback that employees post on the well-known job search website. In addition to highlighting the problems in an organization, the website also captures honest, unsolicited, and positive feedback submitted by current and past employees.

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HR Zone

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Employees. Why companies need to put employer brand first.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A reader writes: It’s possible that I’m just being a stick in the mud here, but recently my team got a new manager at work and ever since she’s been kind of on and on about “inspiration” and bringing “inspiring things” to meetings. To me, these meetings should be about what tasks we have and what needs to be tackled with big projects, not what shiny thing inspired us on the internet.

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Ceridian

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

By Maurice Fernandes, Manager of Employment Brand & Social Media at Ceridian. If you take the time to read any industry blog or news site, you already know how important your corporate culture is. However, after you establish what your company culture is, there is still the problem of presenting it to candidates. Your employees (hopefully) embody your culture.

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Acacia HR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I’ve been fascinated by the Wells Fargo incident. I spent the last 7 years of my corporate HR career in a call center where meeting goals was a high priority. It is easy for me to see how this sort of environment opens the door for dishonest practices. Even the best of employees can fall.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Two of my employees are dating and a third found one of them on an online dating site. I own and manage a small entertainment company with about 20 contracted employees. Two of them are dating each other, and have been doing so for years. They live together. A third employee recently came to me because the male half of the couple popped up on Bumble, her online dating app.

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Total Employee Recognition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Great customer service is at the heart of every strong company. From Amazon to Zappos, companies that truly care about their customers will do whatever it takes to attract them and keep them happy. The same principle applies to both consumer-facing and business-to-business companies. The challenge of keeping customers happy often falls on customer service representatives (also known as CSRs), which can be a tough task indeed.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Recognize This! – A social recognition solution aligned to core values helps ensure that those values are lived by all employees and actively managed by leaders.

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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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Sage HRMS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Last month we discussed how finding superstar talent within your organization could help you prepare for the workplace in 2020. Today we are sharing tips on how to build authentic leaders for your organization. A recent study released by Deloitte stated that 6 to 10 millennials feel as if their leadership skills are not up to par and need to be further developed.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A reader writes: How honest and open should you be in an interview? For example, yesterday I had an in-person interview where both my interviewers were concerned that the job would not be a good match for my interests and skills. I deflected their concern at first, then later admitted that I shared it. Do you think it’s problematic to do something like this in an interview?

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Criteria Corp

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Most hiring tools are designed to accomplish two primary tasks: to more accurately identify quality candidates, and to make the hiring process move more quickly and efficiently, for both employers and job seekers.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Employee turnover is higher than ever. In fact, a May 2016 report from Gallup estimates that turnover from millennials alone costs the U.S. economy $30.5 billion each year. Employers are struggling to control these high rates, assuming that something must be wrong with talent management.

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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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TalentCircles

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

If you’re still thinking of your mobile website as just a smaller version of your desktop site, you need to think again. When it comes to recruitment, an optimized mobile site is equally, if not more important than your traditional site. The current workforce depends on their smart phones for nearly everything. And this includes applying for jobs. But if you want the best talent to apply, you need to make sure your mobile site is updated and easy to use.

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HR Morning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In a recent lawsuit, the EEOC tried to broaden the definition of race discrimination. Was it successful? . Thankfully, for employers, the answer is no. The EEOC’s lawsuit wasn’t successful. The agency filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chastity Jones, an African-American applicant whose job offer was rescinded by Catastrophe Management Solutions, a claims processing company, after she refused to cut off her dreadlocks.

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Paychex

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In the past few years, there has been a "ban the box" movement growing steadily across the country and perhaps, even in your state. What does it mean for your business? Read on.

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