Wed.Oct 02, 2019

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Is stress an acceptable reason to call in sick?

Hppy

A look at the stigma around mental health. As many as 1 in 6.8 people are experiencing mental health problems at work and 12.7 per cent of all sickness days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions, says a report by the UK’s Mental Health Foundation. . Historically, there has long been a stigma around mental health issues both in and out of the workplace.

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Wellness Is More Than A Buzzword: What Employees Are Looking For (And Need) Today

Forbes Leadership Strategy

As a corporate wellness consultant and executive wellness coach, I can attest that corporate wellness has come a long way in the last two decades. Although corporate wellness has become an $8 billion a year industry, the results seem disappointing. Stress and burnout are at epidemic levels.

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Compensation Dentistry (part 1)

Compensation Cafe

We all love going to the dentist when we know our teeth are doing great. The free toothbrush, that just-cleaned feeling, and those slippery teeth. When we brush and floss every day, we leave with an even brighter smile than when we walked in. But none of us love leaving with the early warning of a new "almost" cavity, or the heads up that our wisdom will need to be addressed in the next year or two.

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Increased Transparency of Human Capital Data – an interview with Brian Wilkerson

hrQ

CFO magazine recently published an article titled, “ Human Capital’s Big Reveal.” The article examines the pros and cons of more transparency in human capital data being available to investors. Our own Brian Wilkerson responds to questions raised by the article. 1. What is the ISO 30414 standard, and what is it designed to address? The standard is a series of 23 metrics in 9 categories that are designed to provide a balanced view of the strength of human capital management within an enterprise.

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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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HR Tech 2019: John Sumser’s introduction to AI for HR

HRExecutive

Increasingly, HR departments are staffing data science functions to work with standard metrics, predictive tools and other intelligent applications with the overall responsibility for all of HR’s data. But in a session at the HR Tech Conference titled “Intelligent HR Tools: An Introduction to AI for HR,” John Sumser, founder and principal Analyst at HRExaminer and HRE columnist, says technology can’t solve every HR problem.

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How To Motivate Employees After Layoffs

Intoo USA

When a company conducts a layoff, a lot of attention is given to the employees who are leaving the company. They are, after all, the ones who have lost their jobs. From looking for a new source of income to managing a myriad of emotions, employees who are laid off have many sudden life and work adjustments to make—which is why HR professionals make an effort to smooth the offboarding process by planning compassionate layoff meetings and preparing severance packages.

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HR people leader of the month: Keren Zohar, VP Global HR at Aqua Security

Bob

Let me introduce Keren Zohar, our October People Leader of the Month. As VP Global HR at Aqua Security , Keren shares with us her specialty in establishing HR practices and facilitating organizational changes for this Hibob People Leader of the Month series. Keren has over ten years of experience as a people leader, which has cultivated her in-depth understanding of the organizational life cycle.

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Emerging Skill for Leaders: Making All Feel Welcome & On Equal Ground.

The HR Capitalist

I read this post recently by William Wiggins at Fistful of Talent on Transgenderism. It's a simple, insightful piece on being aware. . Prior to reading William's post, I finished Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac. It's the story of how Uber rose from humble beginnings to become a Unicorn, then stumble from the top as it's bro-tastic culture caused it to be tone-deaf to the world around it via PR fiasco after PR fiasco.

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HR Tech 2019: Josh Bersin on untangling the HR tech market

HRExecutive

If HR Tech attendees felt a bit overwhelmed going into the Expo hall with more than 500 exhibitors, Josh Bersin wanted them to know he feels their pain. “I’ve been an analyst in this space for over 20 years, and I have a lot of respect for the vendors in this space, but you as HR leaders have to make sense of all this and so many of you have told me there are just so many options,” said the global industry analyst, who delivered the opening keynote on the second day of HR Tech

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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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Ep 199 – What Job Seekers Want from the Candidate Experience

Workology

Private groups, networks and communities are becoming the new norm, and this fundamentally changes how we interact with candidates – because the way job seekers interact with social media. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. Private groups, networks and communities are becoming the new norm, and this fundamentally changes how we interact with candidates – because the way job seekers interact with social media networks has evolved.

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Love attending HR Tech? Immerse yourself in Select HR Tech

HRExecutive

Are you the type of executive who’s looking for a roll-up-your-sleeves experience with HR technology? If so, then the creators of Human Resource Executive ® and HR Technology Conference & Exposition ® have a new conference just for you: Select HR Tech. The conference, to be held June 9-11 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, was officially announced Wednesday during the HR Technology Conference & Exposition.

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HR for small business: how to write HR policies for SMEs

HR Zone

Business. How to write HR policies for SMEs.

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HR Tech 2019: How to use machine learning to reduce recruiting bias

HRExecutive

Whenever Google uses artificial intelligence in any of its products or projects, it adheres to seven principles, according to Dmitri Krakovsky, a vice president at Google. One of the most important ones, he said during a session titled “Learning to Work with AI In Recruiting” at the HR Tech Conference, is #2: Avoid creating or reinforcing unfair bias.

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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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HR for SMEs: why small business can’t ignore employee wellbeing anymore

HR Zone

People. Why we must not ignore wellbeing in SMEs.

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How ‘smart automation’ can boost HR to world-class levels

HRExecutive

A “smart-automation” approach can give a typical HR organization a measurable lift when it comes to improving customer experience and efficiency, according to new research from the Hackett Group. The Hackett Group’s new Digital World Class analysis found that those typical HR organizations can reduce costs by 17% and operate with 26% fewer staff hours—while also improving effectiveness and internal customer experience.

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Small Business Month Webinar: Recruitment Hacks for Small Business

360HR

Webinar available for viewing. When you recruit staff, you take on significant risks – this is especially true in small and mid-size businesses. That’s because SMEs function like HR pressure-cookers. Bad hires and poor performance can bleed directly into customer relationships and staff morale, quickly turning business prospects toxic. It takes time and money to get recruitment right, and it costs time and money when you get it wrong, especially in smaller and midsize businesses where the exposu

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HR Tech 2019: How to get started on HR analytics

HRExecutive

HR analytics is far from a glamorous job, said Lydia Wu, head of talent analytics at Panasonic North America. “My daily job is to untangle hot messes in the organization,” she said with a laugh. Wu, who spoke on Wednesday at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas, shared her lessons learned on establishing an HR analytics function at a mid-sized organization.

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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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Do you feel the Monday blues often? Here’s why

HR Digest

WHY DO WE HATE MONDAYS? A study noted that workers are most unhappy at precisely 11:17 a.m. on Monday morning. It’s common to feel stressed and frustrated when the weekend ends. There’s plenty of reasons why “Mondays are the worst” and here’s just a few: We all feel the Monday blues, but why? You hate your job. Let’s cut to the chase. According to a Gallup poll, 72 percent of coworkers are completely disengaged from their job.

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Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness

Best Money Moves

Employee benefits 2020: why employees want financial wellness. Financial stress has permeated all corners of the workforce and employees need your help to stop it. In their annual survey on employee benefits, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) discovered that financial wellness is one of the top benefits most employees want in 2020. . Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness.

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4 Performance Management Mistakes To Avoid

Engagedly

Performance reviews play an important role in an employee’s career. They decide if an employee had worked well enough to get a promotion, a raise, etc. Since performance reviews tend to have a wide-ranging impact, most people are […].

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How to Become a Thought Leader in Your Industry

Celarity

Are you looking to be considered an expert in your field? There certainly aren’t any online-courses or certifications you can complete in order to be considered a Thought Leader. But, you can become one by implementing on-going personal branding strategies and taking advantage of your social networks. Creating a master plan that will market your skills and expand your professional connections over time will help give you the edge you need in order to become a Thought Leader. .

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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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13 Budget-Friendly Methods For Increasing Brand Awareness

Forbes Coaches Council

A great marketing campaign doesn't have to break the bank. Try one of these affordable but effective strategies for building your brand awareness.

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#Nextchat RECAP: Women in Technology

SHRM

On October 2, @shrmnextchat chatted with @ jeanneachille , an HR technology expert, the founder and CEO of The Devon Group, and Chair of the Women in HR Technology Summit , about Women in Technology. If you missed this excellent chat about how HR professionals can work inside and outside their organizations to attract, develop and support more women in technical careers, you can read all the tweets here or below: .

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Organizational Leaders Face Unique Moral Dilemmas

IO At Work

What are the seven moral dilemmas faced by high-level leaders? How can organizations better position their leaders to face them?

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100 Open-Ended Survey Questions for Effective Market Research

Remesh

Because we live in a globalized economy, market trends and customer preferences constantly morph and change over time. This only leaves brands with (open-ended) questions about their customers. Among the constant waves of competition and increasing power of choice given to consumers, a company’s ability to maintain an agile strategy with this added pressure will determine its rate of survival over the next decade.

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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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HR Tech 2019: How Domino’s is turbocharging recruiting

HRExecutive

In the fast-food sector, being able to quickly get an order into the hands of customers is critical. But a case can also be made that speed is just as important when it comes to filling a job opening. Apparently, RPM Pizza, Domino’s Pizza’s largest franchise with 187 stores in five states (Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana), doesn’t need to be sold on this point.

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13 Coaching Professionals Explain How To Ask For And Negotiate A Raise

Forbes Coaches Council

Find out the most effective strategy for asking for that much-deserved raise with these tips from the experts of Forbes Coaches Council.

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5 Tips for New CEO Success

DDI

As an executive coach, I spend much of my time coaching executives who are transitioning into the CEO role. Here are five things I've learned that lead to new CEO success.