Tue.Feb 07, 2017

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Pre-Employment Tests Can Help #HR Hire Faster (and Better)

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. Their testing system, HireSelect, is a SaaS (software as a service) solution that enables organizations to increase recruiting effectiveness using state-of-the-art technology. Criteria Corp has clients in all 50 U.S. states and 30 countries.

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Could Too Much Transparency in the Workplace Be Bad for Your Culture?

ClearCompany HRM

Do you want transparency in your workplace? We’re willing to bet the answer is yes. After all, employees want more open communication. Companies are boasting the policies that support it. This is probably due in part to findings like these from a few years ago, claiming that 46% of employees were seeking new employment because of their current organization’s “lack of transparent leadership communication.”.

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Cartoon Coffee Break: Cultural Fit

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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The True Bottom Line In Business: An Interview With Dov Baron

15Five

Dov Baron is recognized as one of the top 100 leadership speakers to hire and a brilliant corporate cultural strategist. He is the founder of Full Monty Leadership , and provides essential soft leadership skills to good leaders who are committed to becoming great while growing their people and the bottom line. This is the second part of my interview with Dov.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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The Top Behavioural Interview Questions To Help You Identify High Potential Employees

EmployeeConnect

When it comes to recruiting new candidates, there’s a number rounds they have to go through. The most common ones begin with an online application that is then screened. The screened online application will then follow through with a testing phase which then determines whether they get to the interview process stage or not. During the interview process stage, that’s where the real deal happens.

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Building a Talent Development Program for Millennials

Everwise

Though they sometimes get a bad rap, Millennials have passion, a desire to improve the world, and just as much to offer as any generation preceding them. In studies , Millennials have been shown to be mission-driven, extremely collaborative, and positive about flexible work schedules. Oh—they also prefer messaging or emailing versus picking up the phone.

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5 Company Initiatives That Improve Office Culture

Achievers

By: Jessica Thiefels. Small Business Freelancer, Content Marketing and Strategy Consultant. In today’s competitive market for talent, office culture is everything. With employees spending most of their time (some upwards of 50 hours a week) in the office, it’s should come as no surprise that HR leaders consider developing and nurturing corporate culture and employee engagement to be their number one challenge.

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A Manager’s Guide to Building Trust

WorkHuman

Many of us in HR (and those who believe in working human ) know instinctively that the fuel which drives a great company culture is not over-the-top perks, but something much simpler – trust. Decades of research at Great Place to Work® has shown this to be true. And our own WorkHuman Research Institute report shows that workers who trust senior leaders are nearly two times as likely to love their job.

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Justwomen 2017: CMO Shana Glenzer Shares the Power of Networking [Q&A]

Justworks

What’s it like to quit your job and join the founding team of a successful new business? “That was a really fun and crazy two years,” Shana Glenzer said of the company SocialRadar that she joined on the ground floor with Michael Chasen. “We were well-funded off the bat and focused in on location tech. Bringing a new product to market had its challenges, but was also really exciting.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Trends in Professional Development – Self-Serve Learning

The People Equation

Humans are naturally curious creatures. When my kids were little it was such fun to watch them learn about their world. Give them a cardboard box, plastic spoons and nesting measuring cups and they would experiment endlessly. Somewhere along the line, many of us got our curiosity drilled out of us – probably due to out-dated teaching methodologies in school and later, dreadful training tactics in the workplace. 25 years ago technology was touted as the knight in shining armor that would sw

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Artificial Intelligence and Talent

China Gorman

I’ve just come across Talent Tech Labs ’ Trends Report on Artificial Intelligence, Real AI – Sourcing, Engagement, & Selection. You need to read this. Full stop. With a chapter each focused on sourcing, engagement, and selection, and a closing interview with the head of talent acquisition of Intuit, this 23 page report will school you on AI and talent.

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News You Might Have Missed – February 7

Kazoo

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. What Arthur Blank’s Super Bowl Generosity Can Teach You About Boosting Employee Engagement. The Atlanta Falcons may have lost the Super Bowl but their owner did something remarkable beforehand that can teach companies the importance of recognizing and engaging employees.

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The Employee Experience: Interview With Authors Tracy Maylett and Matthew Wride - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

(This article and interview originally appeared on SwitchAndShift.com). Shawn Murphy, CEO and Co-founder of Switch And Shift recently talked with authors Tracy Maylett, Ed.D and Matthew Wride, J.D., P.H.R. about their new book, The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results. The book explores what is shaping up to be the hot HR topic of 2017—the employee experience.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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Ways to Improve Results of Workplace Diversity Initiatives

Hppy

Having strong diversity in the workplace encourages growth and introduces new experiences and perceptions. When your employees come from different backgrounds, they can each bring something unique to the table. With different opinions and ideas coming together, the business will flourish. Having a diverse workforce is crucial for business, but seeing those diverse individuals move up through the ranks is just as important.

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How Tech Can Keep Short-Term Thinking from Hampering Your Program's Success

UrbanBound HR

Working for a startup or a nascent tech company can sometimes resemble the scenes from a movie where a submarine crew is facing a crisis. Klaxons are blaring, leaks are springing, and the crew is constantly shifting its priority to address each new, most dire circumstance. In the heat of the moment, and at the necessity of urgency, many young and emerging companies sacrifice long-term planning for short term fixes.

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Employer brand: Creating a company your employees feel proud to work for

HR Zone

Employees. Create a company your employees feel proud of.

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5 Ways to Say No to a Networking Request

TalentCulture

Successful professionals get them all the time: plaintive emails from long-ago colleagues, or college friends — or even those friends’ adult children — seeking “an hour of your time” or a chance to “pick your brain” or an offer to “buy you a cup of coffee.”. Early in your career, it can be flattering that someone respects your opinion and your network enough to want to meet you.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Tell Everybody Your Age

Laurie Ruettimann

I read an essay by a woman named Nisha Chittal called, “ Why I Never Tell Anyone My Age. “ It’s not a super-complicated piece of writing, but it’s also not very good. Throughout the essay, the reader is told that society doesn’t know what to do with a woman’s age. When you share your age, people judge you. And if someone knows your birthdate, he has the power to measure you against an invisible set of benchmarks that you don’t control.

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Why HR must support the development of a code of ethics

HR Zone

Future. HR's role in developing a code of ethics.

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The CEO Who Pays His Employees to Vacation

TLNT: The Business of HR

This series profiles 8 people whose ideas have the power to transform the workplace. Several are company leaders who have put their ideas into practice. Others are thought leaders influencing the way we work. Each new part will post on Tuesdays. This series originally appeared on the OpenWork blog.

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Engagement and corporate brand reputation: what's the link?

HR Zone

Employees. Engagement and brand reputation: what's the link?

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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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CEB Study Shows Eliminating Performance Reviews Causes Managers to Suck More - Not Less.

The HR Capitalist

I know, I know. You think performance reviews suck. You're probably right, they probably do. But is the alternative - not doing them at all - really better? . I've always thought the biggest lie with the sexy, "we're eliminating performance reviews" clique was the assumption that managers of people in your company could deliver what's required to make sure employees still received feedback on how they're doing without the formal performance review.

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Getting ahead at work: social class divide, power and office politics

HR Zone

Development. The social class divide, power and office politics.

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3 Tips for Open Office Wellness

BambooHR

You know it’s February when the office tissue box runs out. With everyone in close quarters and sniffles making the rounds, it’s easy to dread the cold months where viruses run rampant. The dread intensifies when you work in an open office, where germs can circulate as easily as banter and ideas. But these three […]. The post 3 Tips for Open Office Wellness appeared first on.

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What are the Secrets of Profoundly Remarkable Customer Service?

WorqIQ

hink back over the greatest service experiences of your life; the ones that impacted you so profoundly that today you still enjoy remarking about them. Not, those great experiences you enjoyed and then forgot after a week. Rather, those you will remember the rest of your life – the experiences that touched you in a deeply compelling way. What were the features of these profoundly remarkable customer service experiences?

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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4 Woefully Underused, Crazy-Effective Ways to Create Employee Training Programs that Deliver

ConnecTeam

At first glance, the statistics are pretty scary. Access Perks reports that over a quarter of employees plan to look for a new job in the next year, and 15% have already started. But when you dig deeper, there’s hope for companies that are willing to invest in their most important resource – their employees. According to Access Perks, almost 70% rank professional development and training as “the most important workplace policy,” and companies are listening.

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The business advantages of engaging in corporate social responsibility

HR Zone

Employees. The business advantages of engaging in CSR.

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A Lattice Is the Career Ladder for the 21st Century

TLNT: The Business of HR

I am giving you a heads-up as tomorrow I am resigning my position and going back to my old job, which I love. I hate this new job as I do not want to manage people. I just want to do my job and not have responsibility for all these people.