Mon.Apr 10, 2017

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5 Ways To Avoid A Digital Interview Disaster

Spark Hire

Finding peace and quiet in preparation for a digital interview is sometimes easier said than done. Professor Robert Kelly can attest to this fact. He was mid-interview, live on the BBC, when his two children burst through the office door. Though the unexpected appearance was adorable, it certainly wasn’t what Professor Kelly had in mind when delivering his thoughts on a serious topic involving South Korean politics.

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Get Started Today! 5 Tips On Giving Better Performance Reviews

ClearCompany HRM

Performance management is constantly evolving. A process once shunted into a once a year, anxiety-riddled meeting, has morphed into a more constant feedback loop between managers and their employees that occurs quarterly, monthly, even weekly.

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When the Answer Is Not the Solution

Compensation Cafe

Haven't updated your salary ranges in five years? Take that budget, buy some good surveys and estimate how much you'll increase your 2017 payroll, right? It's certainly what most companies would plan to do. In fact, it seems like the obvious move. But when I was talking this request over with a growing company recently, I was reminded of a few war stories that I usually share in Compensation 101 classes.

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The Connected Customer

EmployeeConnect

It’s highly unlikely Ennion awoke that morning 2,000 years ago with the determined zeal to be game-changer. Little did he expect, that today’s marketing gurus would celebrate him as the world’s First Brand Manager. More likely, the ancient Roman master glassmaker probably just wanted to grow his business. Ennion determined he could better connect with his customers and sell more glassware by simply by embossing Ennion made me on his vases and jars.

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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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3 Employee Incentives That Actually Improve Workplace Performance

Justworks

Is it worth your company’s time to invest in employee incentive programs? As it turns out, motivating employees to perform their duties is a simple way to help maximize the business’s profits. A study sponsored by the International Society for Performance Improvement determined that an incentive program can "boost performance by anywhere from 25 to 44%, but only if conducted in ways that address all issues related to performance and human motivation.

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Unveiling the HighGround Performance Management Data Study

Kazoo

New strategies to improve employee performance and engagement are evolving just as quickly as they are being discovered. The reality is that there is no is “silver bullet” for every organization or even every manager. The most successful companies keep their organizational culture front and center and implement processes that complement it. One of the process transformations with the widest appeal is moving from annual performance reviews to frequent performance conversations.

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How to Successfully Appeal an Exchange Notice from the Healthcare Marketplace

ACA Times

– Op-Ed published on April 7, 2017 on ‘ Accounting Today ’ – Some companies across the country may have experienced receiving exchange notices from the health insurance marketplace informing them they may have failed to comply with the Affordable Care Act. These notices, if not addressed, could lead to a potential audit of a company’s ACA compliance by the Internal Revenue Service—regardless of what happens with the legislation Congress may or may not pass this year to modify or repe

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Unveiling the Kazoo Performance Management Data Study

Kazoo

New strategies to improve employee performance and engagement are evolving just as quickly as they are being discovered. The reality is that there is no is “silver bullet” for every organization or even every manager. The most successful companies keep their organizational culture front and center and implement processes that complement it. One of the process transformations with the widest appeal is moving from annual performance reviews to frequent performance conversations.

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There’s Always Something Else Going On

Don Phin

If there’s one thing I know about your employees it is this: there is always something else going on. The workplace it not some vacuum void of external influences. After you watch this video (and you want to watch this video) think about your employees walking around like this and put these thoughts above their. Read More. The post There’s Always Something Else Going On appeared first on HRSherpas.

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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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Rising to the Challenge of Career Progression

Allegis Global Solutions

Taking the initiative to get ahead can be great advice for anyone hoping to push towards the next step in their career.

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Five Tips to Win the War for Talent in 2017

TalentCulture

When you have a low unemployment rate and a growing economy, it’s a job seeker’s market. In fact, 63 percent of full-time employees are looking for a new job right now. In other words, the companies that offer the best employee value will attract not only those who are out of work but the best of the best who are seeking greener pastures but not necessarily in a rush to jump ship.

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4 Best Strategies to Keep Your Remote Team Engaged

Workology

When you are running a business or even just managing a team, one of the most valuable things to help you achieve success is a valuable and engaged group of people. However, it isn’t always easy to get your team motivated and keep up employee performance. Team motivation is always down to their immediate manager […] Source.

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Here’s An Idea: Lunch and Learn

TLNT: The Business of HR

You found the perfect candidate and they start today. Everyone is happy and your job is done. Not! Without the proper training and development opportunities, all the resources that went into finding that perfect employee could be a waste.

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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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Deliver Service Unleashed: Giving Your Customers Your All

WorqIQ

Service unleashed is all about being really, really good. It means customers experiencing you raising your hand as high as you can – right out of the blocks. The pursuit of excellence says to your colleagues and customers, “You are so important to me that you get my absolute best.” “Being really, really good” includes service with an attitude — an unmistakable disposition of passion and confidence.

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4 Things More Important Than Money

TLNT: The Business of HR

There’s one thing all companies with great talent acquisition and retention strategies do incredibly well: recognize employees’ priorities. Many organizations make the mistake of thinking that job seekers and employees always put their salary above everything else.

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True Colours: is personality testing at work useful, or even desirable?

HR Zone

Development. Is personality testing useful or even desirable?

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Training Sticks Better If You Add Microlearning

TLNT: The Business of HR

We live in a day and age where most things we could possibly need to know are just a few key strokes away. This has already had a major impact in the way we learn and process information. People are beginning to realize that traditional teaching methods are not as effective as alternatives. Microlearning in particular has been adopted in many offices, but how do you know if this is something that will work for your employees?

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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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The 'gig economy' and changing employment: Is it as big as you think?

Allegis Global Solutions

The 'gig economy' has become something of a buzzword over the last few years, but what is it, and is its impact really as big as it has been painted to be?

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How do psychological work stressors impact commuting behaviour?

HR Zone

People. Work stressors: the impact on commuting behaviours.

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Autonomy and Power in HR

Laurie Ruettimann

Employee engagement numbers are low all over the world, and sometimes I think HR professionals forget that they’re employees, too. Work sucks for them as much as it sucks for other people. And many HR resources professionals are unhappy with their jobs because they have a lot of autonomy but no power. Let me explain. When you work in HR, your day is largely yours.

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should you do free work as part of a job interview?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m a content specialist who does a lot of writing and SEO work. I currently work full-time, but am looking for a new full-time opportunity. I’m finding that as part of the hiring process, a lot of employers are asking me to complete an assignment for them. I’m not against the idea, but the assignments I’m being asked to do are getting more and more laborious.

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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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Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

NoExcusesHR

"You're almost afraid to say it out loud.but you don't enjoy your work anymore." "You feel trapped. You want to do so many things, but each day you just keep grinding it out here, even though your heart is no longer in it." "You're supposed to stay. Your employees are counting on you, right? You can't make a change now." Careers Are Not Life Sentences How many of us "fell into" our careers?

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Remote workers – out of sight, out of mind?

HR Zone

Culture. Remote workers – out of sight, out of mind?

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I have a bad feeling about the job I’m interviewing for

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have a question about evaluating a potential employer. I’ve been interviewing with a nonprofit, and the job would be a step up (higher pay, more responsibility), but I’ve now been through eight rounds of interviews and I feel like some alarm bells are going off. I’ve interviewed with the director three times. I gave a presentation.

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End of the Retirement Rule

Mercer

Congress has voted to eliminate the retirement rule allowing cities and states to sponsor retirement plans for private sector employers. How will this effect your organization? The post End of the Retirement Rule appeared first on Mercer PeoplePro Blog.

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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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Analysing the upcoming challenges HR is facing

HR Zone

Future. Analysing the upcoming challenges HR is facing.

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Women Ask for Lower Salaries. It’s Hard to Fix.

Evil HR Lady

Women tend to ask for lower salaries than men do. So, what if we gave women the information on average pay for the position? Wouldn’t that solve the problem? You’d think it would, and I’ve long advocated for salary openness. Knowing what the average was for the position would certainly help you craft a salary, but an experiment at Hired, said it made the gap even wider.

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Kronos Announces Global Cloud Collaboration Relationship with Oracle

Empower Software

Global organizations with complex workforce needs can benefit from the creation of a new integration between the Kronos Workforce Central suite, the leading global workforce management solution in the cloud, and Oracle’s HCM core human resources (HR) and payroll capabilities.

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