Thu.May 09, 2019

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7 employee retention strategies from employee experience visionaries

Qualtrics HR

Today, people are your source of innovation. As HR leaders, our role is to attract, retain and motivate our people. And, the companies that get that have the best products, best services and best customer experiences in the world. Any company can be the next Google or Apple with the right people, culture, and set of HR practices in place. Director of Organization Development at Rogers Communications Geoff Ho, PhD, calls HR “is the secret sauce for innovation”.

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Emotions in the Workplace: How Employees Feel at Work

Quantum Workplace

Almost everything we do is related to emotions, even at work. Did you laugh or smile at work today? If you did, you showed emotions. Were you bored in your last meeting? Upset or sad about losing a customer? Excited about hitting a goal? All emotions. These are just a few examples of the many emotional moments that occur in the workplace each day.

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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

According to a 2011 court case, NLRB v. Pier Sixty, LLC, Hernan Perez, a server at New York-based event venue Pier Sixty, vented his frustrations with his manager in an expletive-laden Facebook post he published during a scheduled break. Ten of his colleagues saw this post, and it eventually made its way to his manager, Robert McSweeney, the target of the vehemence.

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New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act Ruled Not to be Retroactive

Trusaic

The recently enacted Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act in New Jersey has been ruled not to be retroactive by a federal court, but the ruling leaves open the possibility that state courts may decide differently. The ruling came at the closing of a case involving Darla Perrotto and her former employer, Morgan Advanced Materials and Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Inc., in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Correct & Prevent I-9 Errors: Your 2024 Audit Toolkit

Simplify your I-9 compliance process and minimize the risk of costly fines with WorkBright’s comprehensive audit toolkit. Created in collaboration with employment law experts, this essential two-part guide will help you conduct a thorough internal audit in 2024. The first section outlines a three-step process for ensuring error-free and compliant I-9s, followed by two printable checklists to streamline your audit process.

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Flexible Workers Need Skills Development, Too

Allegis Global Solutions

Learning and development is a perennial challenge for companies as workers’ skills can grow stale with each passing year. In fact, one study found that the average “half-life” of a skill today is only five years. In other words, the effectiveness and impact of a skill begin to erode immediately. The challenge is not lost on employers. For decades, companies have provided opportunities for employees to advance their capabilities, whether through training, coaching, mentorship, or a myriad of lear

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The Benefits Of A Dog-Friendly Workplace

Take It Personel-ly

It’s estimated that around one in five companies in the United States allow pets in the workplace, with big companies like Google and Amazon leading the way as they seek the benefits of it. Many employers are still skeptical about the idea of dogs running around their office, but research is consistently showing that it improves the overall […].

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Don’t Rule Out Remote Workers—Get the Most from Your Remote Staff

BambooHR

It’s easy to assume remote workers aren’t as dedicated to the job as their on-site peers. For some bosses, working hard is synonymous with being.

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Talent Acquisition: 3 ways HR can guide those picky hiring managers in the right direction

HR Morning

Your people make or break your company, but finding the right hire in this tight labor market is a big challenge for HR pros. Something that can make it even more difficult? A meddling manager with unrealistic expectations about their ideal new hire and how the process should go. Problematic requests. This is what John Vlastelica, founder of online hiring resource Recruiting Toolbox, addressed at the recent ERE Recruiting Conference in San Diego.

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How to Manage Your Money in Financial Crisis Mode

Take It Personel-ly

Ah, life. It really can get you down when you least expect it. And what’s worse, you may not have rainy day savings to help through a major life crisis when you need it. The fact of the matter is that emergencies and accidents happen. You could lose your job, be involved in a life-threatening […].

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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Create An Irresistible Work Culture, Not A 'Best Place To Work'

Forbes Coaches Council

Winning a best place to work award means you have exceeded a generic standard, but creating an irresistible culture means you have built a powerful success engine.

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Why Giving Your Employees Flexibility Improves Morale and Productivity

Employment Metrix

In a job market like today’s, where skilled workers are in high demand and employers are having a hard time filling positions, offering workplace flexibility is something to consider in order to attract top talent. The idea that flexibility invokes laziness is an old school one and has since been proven untrue. Employees are far more likely to rate their job positively and use their hours productively when they have some control over their schedule.

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Dear leaders, please stop making assumptions – here’s how

Insperity

If you want to be an effective leader, you must learn how to stop making assumptions. Otherwise, you risk destroying your credibility. In life, there’s no such thing as perfect information. Countless daily decisions are made based on an incomplete picture of the world, and those gaps in knowledge are often filled in by assumptions. Assumptions can be harmless (like assuming your commute to work will take 30 minutes) or even positive (a football coach setting the perfect defensive trap after accu

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what’s the pettiest thing you’ve done at work (or seen done)?

Ask a Manager

One thing that’s funny about work is that people can really, really worked up about things that they’d be far better off just letting go — think, for example, of 12-paragraph rants about office supplies or the person who threw away a coworker’s mug as an act of revenge over work assignments. I want to hear about the pettiest thing you’ve ever done at work, or seen done.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Death from an HR Perspective

HR Examiner

“The difference in how our employers handled our absences are a perfect case study in how to, or not to treat employees in a time of crisis.” – Erin Spencer. My grandmother passed away last week. She was 98 and although it wasn’t unexpected based on actuarial tables, death is always a surprise. Aside from the complications of emotions ranging from grief to relief, we also have the fun of funeral logistics.

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Mental Health Awareness Week: How to better tune into your mental and emotional health

HR Zone

People. Tuning into your emotional health.

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Are You Ready to Create a Culture of Kindness? A Q&A with #SHRM19 Speaker Barbara Glanz

SHRM

It was such an honor to hop on a phone call with Barbara and learn more about her and the topics she is passionate about and loves to speak on. The title of one of her mega sessions really spoke to me - “Spreading Contagious Enthusiasm - Creating a Culture of Kindness.” Why will you want to attend this session? This will be her second year presenting on this topic of kindness, and last year it was a wildly popular and received great feedback.

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What if you just hired without interviewing?

The Tim Sackett Project

I have this idea floating around in my head that there is this line. The line is where information about a candidate begins to make us less efficient in hiring. Could be too much information or too little information. That’s really the entire crux of our hiring process. At which point does the amount of information we have on a candidate make us inefficient in hiring?

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Improve Your Presentation Skills With These Effective Ways

HR Digest

Presentation skills are not innate, they are gradually developed. You may have enjoyed watching a CEO unveil a new product or a flawless TED Talk and wondered what it would take to improve your presentation skills. Well, good presentations don’t come without preparation and practice. Whether you are standing before 5 or 50,000 persons, getting your thoughts across to them in an engaging manner constitutes some level of pressure.

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The ‘constant curiosity’ that has shaped some of the world’s most iconic brands

Qualtrics HR

Talk about the Experience Economy and it won’t be long before someone mentions Apple, Wal-Mart or Starbucks. Aside from being the pioneers of experience management, one thing they all have in common is Emily Chang, the SVP of Marketing for Starbucks. She has built a career at the world’s most iconic brands, shaping the experience for billions of customers.

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Secret to Boosting Employee Retention with Artificial Intelligence

HR C-Suite

Employee turnover has reached the highest levels in 10 years, costing US companies around $160 billion a year. A high rate of employee turnover can be problematic for businesses in general. Every time a position is left vacant, it takes significant time to find the right talent to fill it. Along with time, a lot […].

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#SHRM19 Speaker Spotlight with David Rittof

SHRM

This year, at the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition will be offering dozens of opportunities to increase subject matter knowledge, best practices and improve soft skill development. David Ritoff of Modern Management will be presenting twice covering two such areas of development. His mega session will be on public speaking- “ Speak Up: Turning Your Greatest Fear into Your Greatest Asset ”, but David and I chatted much more about his other session, “ Coming Soon to a Community Near You

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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my coworker thinks she trained me more thoroughly than she did

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I started a new job three months ago. I’ve worked for this organization for about a year now, the first nine months being in a temp role in a different department. One of my new coworkers has the same job title as me, so it was her job to train me. I’m in a newly created role, and I don’t think she’s trained anyone before.

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OFCCP Posts Website with Compliance Check Resources

Berkshire Associates

This week, OFCCP created a webpage to provide contractors more information about the “new” compliance check reviews that will be completed as part of the current round of audits. OFCCP has had the capability to conduct compliance checks for many years but has not opted to schedule them in the recent past. With this round of reviews, OFCCP re-introduced the Compliance Check, to be used in 500 of the 3,000 audits to be scheduled in the coming months.

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How To Deal With Difficult People In The Workplace

Forbes Coaches Council

You might find them in senior leadership, among your peers or even among your clients.

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A Career Choice is a Life Choice: Zac Salomone of the Marines

ViziRecruiter

Today, it was my pleasure to speak with Staff Sergeant Zac Salomone of the United States Marine Corps. Stationed in the US at the moment, Zac took me through his current position along with the track that brought him to it. To say this interview is an honor is a true understatement. Staff Sergeant Zac Salomone with his dog Steve. KC: Thanks for joining me today, Zac!

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A Seat At The Table: HR's Vital Role In Modern Businesses

HR leaders play a pivotal role in shaping the success of modern businesses. But to truly become a vital, thriving part of the business, the most successful HR departments adopt the strategic mindset and approach of “future-ready” companies. This guide will explore four strategic tactics for your people strategy to help secure HR’s place as a critical part of the business.

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Ask Dr. Sharkey: Using AI to Support Your Traditional Leadership Needs

EmployeeChannel

“Hi, Dr. Sharkey! I like to consider myself a modern leader. I’m always looking to keep up with trends to support my employees. However, oftentimes, I find myself needing more support. The future of AI is obviously bright. Do you think it is something I should be turning to? If so, how can it support me and my traditional leadership needs?”.

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my office is obsessed with my professional athlete fiancé, I don’t have career goals, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My office is obsessed with my professional athlete fiancé. My fiancé plays professional baseball for the city in which we currently live. He is on a minor league team, which means that he makes less than minimum wage and might not ever be awarded a spot on the “big league” roster. However, this does not stop my boss and coworkers from acting like he’s a celebrity and almost harassing me at work because of it.

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The Skills Lifecycle Part 1: Alignment and the New HR

Degreed

Much to the chagrin of my inner 12-year-old, Back to the Future wasn’t spot on with all its predictions for our current lifestyle. Hoverboards are still a work in progress, cars aren’t flying yet, and we still haven’t been able to harness the power of a jigawatt. Still, the future has given us a few things to celebrate. My local gas station is patrolled by a robot security guard.