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Virtual Activities Have a Permanent Place in Onboarding

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. My local newspaper recently published an article “ Will virtual onboarding for new workers be the norm post-pandemic? Some experts think so.” My big takeaway from the article was that, just because we’ve started doing some virtual activities due to the pandemic, that doesn’t mean we have to stop doing those activities as we become more mobile and begin returning to the office.

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La Dolce Vita: 4 Mindful Habits to Appreciate Your Everyday

Take It Personel-ly

Photo Credit: Jackson David via Unsplash Self-care has never been more important, especially at a time when everyone is so caught up with the struggles of juggling family responsibilities, work obligations, and everything in between. Add to that the COVID-19 pandemic that upended nearly every aspect of their lives and heightened anxieties about an uncertain […].

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Leaders From Global Organisations Give Lessons Learned on Diversity

6Q

Many companies like General Motors, Johnson & Johnson and Facebook are pushing diversity and inclusion initiatives within their workforces. This is because they recognise having a diverse workforce leads to better profits and happier employees. Women are still not equal in the workplace, according to the Global Gender Gap in 2016, which shows that women have to work 2.4 times harder than men to gain the same compensation.

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my boss threatened to sue me when I quit, Netflix on work laptops, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, my boss threatened to sue me when I quit, Netflix on work laptops, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss threatened to sue me when I resigned. I’ve been at my current company for about two years. It’s a small business where the owner is very involved in the day to day business, so I see him regularly.

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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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How to boost employee wellbeing with training?

Gyrus

For an organization or a company, employee wellbeing plays a vital role in the overall performance level of the office as it could be seen that their working pace and productivity rate solely depend on their mental and physical wellbeing.

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How To Increase Your Company’s Sales

New to HR

Every company wants to increase its sales. However, this is easier said than done. Growing your sales requires a lot of dedication, the right tools, The post How To Increase Your Company’s Sales appeared first on New To HR.

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CEO Nguyen Si Nguyen’s life motto: “Prestige and personal brand name are more precious than gold”

Thrive Global

Considering that reputation and personal brand name are more precious than gold, the CEO of media company Nguyen Si Nguyen puts his heart, sincerity, and promise on top. Thrive Global invites voices from many spheres to share their perspectives on our Community platform. Community stories are not commissioned by our editorial team, and opinions expressed by Community contributors do not reflect the opinions of Thrive Global or its employees.

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Don’t Be an Entertainer !!

Everyday People

If I was able to ask you how you’re doing as a human right now, how would you answer? I’m sure there would be a myriad of responses. Some would be genuine and some would be polite. Some would be in-depth and raw while others would be short and concise. There’s no telling what the answer could be, but it’s a question I think we should be asking on a more regular basis.

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I Woke Up Thinking, “What About the Dads?”

Thrive Global

October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. I know this because of my work as founder of Reimagining Grief. I know this because of the stories I’ve had the honor to share on my podcast, Grief is a Sneaky B h. I know this because I have so many friends who’ve experienced this, and likely so do you. But do you know their story? Are you the friend they feel comfortable being vulnerable with?

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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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Avoid Delayed Client Billing With a Time Card Calculator

Replicon

Time cards offer a better alternative to labor-intensive methods of time tracking such as ledgers and spreadsheets. However, they are not invincible. Unless you have a proper process in place to calculate time cards, chances are that you will face issues in.

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7 Ways To Manage A Talent Shortage

Kevin Sheridan

Are you ready to handle the current job surge? Nearly half of the 22 million jobs that were eliminated in the early months of the pandemic have been recovered. 1 A combination of the financial stimulus, the quick roll-out of vaccines, and increasingly positive jobs reports have caused hiring to be on the rise. Thus, competition for talent has grown extremely intense.

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Delta Surge Vs. Job Market: Progress amidst Pandemic?

HR C-Suite

Pandemic has been part of our lives for more than one year now. While the first wave disrupted every industry leading to havoc loss in the job market, it is a sigh of relief that the job market is progressing amidst the delta surge. As per the job report by the U.S Bureau of Labor […].

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Melvin Hines of Upswing: “Take a look at the landscape”

Thrive Global

Take a look at the landscape. There is always a backdoor or alternative path. If you find the path less taken, then it’s easier to stand out and carve out your route to success. For example, at Upswing, we were one of many startups competing for funding in Durham. Rather than stay in this crowded landscape, we took a funding opportunity that brought us to Austin.

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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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Choose Your Words Wisely: The Right Words Matter!

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Politically correct words and labels are important. We don’t want to offend or embarrass ourselves and others. We want to do what’s right. We want to be inclusive with our language.

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Self-Sabotage In Mid-Life: How to Spot it

Thrive Global

We all have them, a persistent behaviour we return to when under stress which generally makes the situation worse. Most of us have a dominant type of Saboteur which, by mid-life, will feel like a not-so-comfortable part of our own personality. Spoiler alert! They are not part of our personality. They may have held us back for years, but we can overcome them – whatever stage we’re at in life.

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Meet The Six Latinx Entrepreneurs Disrupting Industries

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Hispanic Heritage Month has come to an end, we should continue to appreciate the hard work and dedication behind many Latinx entrepreneurs and innovators all year long. So, let's take this opportunity to honor while speaking out about the ongoing setbacks Latinx business owners still face.

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How To Boost Your Company’s Spirit from Entrepreneur Walter Morales

Thrive Global

With stress, worry, and uncertainty at an all-time high, companies must look for ways to improve employee morale and foster a good corporate culture. Employee work spirit and burnout are problems that may be remedied by using a number of different methods. Changes need to be made if morale on your team is dwindling. There are a number of tactics you can use to keep your employees happy and engaged.

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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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Facebook Responds To Allegations On ‘60 Minutes’ That It Contributed To Capitol Riot

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Prior to Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s 60 Minutes, a Facebook executive told CNN that a whistleblower’s claims the company contributed to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was “ludicrous.” After the story aired, Facebook issued a detailed response to that as other allegations.

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Letter To My 16-Year-Old-Self

Thrive Global

Dear 16-Year-Old Eman, Life never goes as we contemplate it. But who I am today is a result of everything that has happened to me in the past. If I go back in time and change even the slightest thing, I would not be here. All of those incidents, heartbreaks, mishaps, and unfortunate events were meant to happen to weave me into the best version of myself.

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Management Lessons From James Bond, For The Post-COVID World

Forbes Leadership Strategy

What would James Bond be without M, Q, and his unique style? From managing uncertainty, to building complementary skillsets in teams. and capitalizing on the superfluous, we distil some management lessons from the most famous secret agent.

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Lillee Jean: “Learn to breathe”

Thrive Global

Learn to breathe. Take at least ten minutes out of your day to breathe, and refocus your energy. As a part of my series about “ How to Slow Down To Do More ” I had the pleasure to interview Lillee Jean. Lillee Jean is an American content creator known for her beauty, skincare and lifestyle content she features on her YouTube, website, and Instagram channels.

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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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Facebook Prepares For Another Crisis Ahead Of ‘60 Minutes’ Story About Capitol Riot

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Facebook has taken steps to be proactive with employees about potentially damaging accusations that are expected to be made about the social media giant's contributions to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Dr. Jennifer Charles of Building Block Resolutions: “Positive thinking”

Thrive Global

Positive thinking?—?As cliché as it seems, positive thinking is essential. It’s so easy to get bogged down with news stories and even things that have nothing to do with us. I used to find it difficult to think positively. That’s why I came up with the Boosting Healthy Habits App. This app is based on a behavioral analytic technique that utilizes a timer to help the user use repetition and practice to get any behavior to turn into a habit?

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5 Strategies To Develop Mental Toughness At Work

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Mental strength can be developed—just like a muscle. Here are five ways to build the kind of mental toughness that will help you overcome almost any workplace challenge.

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Gigi Kitei & Liz Cook of Free Reign: “Invest in understanding your customers”

Thrive Global

Invest in understanding your customers. How are they experiencing the problem you are trying to solve? What is their feedback after wear-testing your prototype? How do they speak about their own experience and the solution you are offering? These insights are critical for product development and messaging. As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gigi Kitei & Liz Cook, Co-Founders of Free Reign.

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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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Hybrid Work Environments Require New Communication Strategies

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Synchronous communication is easier and more efficient when team members are in the same physical space. But remote working and hybrid environments present challenges to our productivity and require new, more effective strategies.

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John DeGirolamo: “When you are young, all areas of law are the same, except jury work”

Thrive Global

When you are young, all areas of law are the same, except jury work. Do jury work. It will set you apart for your next job. As a part of my series about “5 things I wish someone told me when I first became an attorney” I had the pleasure of interviewing John DeGirolamo. John DeGirolamo is a dedicated and passionate divorce trial attorney. This means that he’s not simply an expert in the theory of family law, but also in wielding that knowledge to make a serious impact for Tampa men in a courtroo

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How To Introduce Business Storytelling Culture—And Change Your Workplace

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Here's how to start up a storytelling culture at your workplace and start reaping the benefits of business storytelling!

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