Fri.Jan 25, 2019

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Girl Scout Cookies and Employment Law – Almost Everything That HR Needs To Know

The Employer Handbook

Won’t you help little Ivy Meyer achieve her Girl Scout Cookies sales goal? It’s that time of year again. Coworkers have begun bombarding you with requests to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. So, in that spirit, let’s tackle: Whether unions will start organizing your workplace if you relax your no-solicitation policy to allow employees to sell Girl Scout Cookies; Can employees use your email system to proselytize if co-workers use it to sell Girl Scout Cookies; and.

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‘I want people to be empowered and supported to do their best’

cipHR

CIPHR’s new CEO, Andrew Carwardine, on his approach to leadership, and the most significant challenges facing HR professionals right now. “My entire career has been spent focussed on people; what motivates them, what inspires them and what enables them to contribute and succeed. For the last 15 years I have also been lucky enough to have been in a position to support organisations in gaining a clear understanding of what they are doing, how they are doing it, what people they are doing it with,

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Gig Workers Challenge Old Order

SHRM Resources

They’re creating computer code, carting food and passengers around in their own cars, and popping in monthly for a project meeting. What’s their story? Are these occasional workers underemployed, unable to secure a salaried job? Are they Millennials and Generation Zers sampling different occupations before they commit to a career? Or Baby Boomers making some extra cash to supplement their retirement savings?

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Top 4 Challenges Facing Staffing Agencies

Efficient Hire

Employers across all sectors face challenges when it comes to recruiting for the workforce. That’s one of the reasons they turn to staffing firms in the first place. But even employment agencies that do nothing but source talent all day, Read more. The post Top 4 Challenges Facing Staffing Agencies appeared first on Efficient Forms.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Not a Contractor Just Because You Say So

SHRM Resources

The most important step to avoiding legal and financial headaches when classifying workers is to know the applicable laws (both federal statutes and state laws, which can be stricter); if in doubt err on the side of caution by classifying individuals as employees.

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Reflecting on Illuminate 2019: How to Empower the Modern Workplace

Reflektive

Last week, I attended Illuminate , a one-day people conference on a mission to make the manager-employee relationship better. Hosted by people management platform Reflektive , the event was filled with tactical takeaways to improve myself as a manager and contribute to the growth of cred’s culture and people. Featuring speakers from Allbirds, Airbnb, Omada Health, AppAnnie, Pinterest, and 23andMe, Illuminate shined light on the employee journey and its expansion to include a company’s work envir

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A Movement to Fight the Fear and Collectively Fix Feedback

WorkHuman

By Tamra Chandler —. Click the player at the bottom of this post to listen to our WorkHuman Radio interview with Tamra. Feedback: The mere mention of the word can make your blood pressure rise and your defenses go up. For many of us, it’s a dirty word we associate with bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. Yes, feedback has a branding problem – a negative reputation that has been built one lousy experience at a time.

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[Podcast] Acing Your Culture with Blake Garrett

Kazoo

It’s impossible not to have a culture. There’s a natural tension that exists in your culture as you try to create beautiful products and services. Bringing a group of people together results in a dynamic that can drive your company to the next level or make the entire process unnecessarily difficult. In the most recent episode of the What Culture Could Be podcast, I chatted with Blake Garrett , Founder and CEO at Aceable Inc. , about existing in the arena of high stakes education and what it t

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Will Someone Build The Uber of Jobs for Candidates?

The HR Capitalist

My friend Tim Sackett tweeted this question out last week - What's the Hotel Tonight (or Uber, etc.) of Jobs? I wrote a post on this very topic at Fistful of Talent earlier this week after thinking about his question. Go get my thoughts on same day employment apps by clicking here. .

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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How To Win The Talent War

Justworks

We’re in an employee’s market when it comes to talent. With the U.S. economy in a period of health and growth, employers are increasingly struggling to attract and retain talent at their companies. More than a third of today’s workforce is made up of millennials, and talent is in the driver’s seat. This makes for fierce competition among employers. Even within the small business universe, you need more than a vision and a ping pong table to hire and retain millennial talent.

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How to Make Your Startup Team More Diverse

Entrepreneur

The best way to stay competitive is to open up to the power of true diversity.

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7 reasons why internal communications is important

Jostle

It’s astonishing to think that there are companies out there that still undervalue or neglect internal communications. But they do exist. And their businesses are likely suffering as a result.

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Welcome Jennifer Wienke to #Teamexaqueo!

exaqueo

January 2019 is shaping up to be a big chapter in the exaqueo story. As our client work extends even more globally, our business and team are (once again) growing, too. This new year, we’re thrilled to welcome three new members to #teamexaqueo! We will be introducing each of our new team members with a blog post, so without further ado, please let us introduce — Jennifer Wienke!

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Why Better Conversations Help Achieve Business Goals

Forbes Coaches Council

The conversations that take place within your organization – between your customers and your employees, but also within your own internal teams – are central to reaching your strategic goals.

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7th Circuit Court: Age Discrimination in Hiring is Legal

Evil HR Lady

Dale Kleber was 58 when he applied for a legal position at CareFusion Corp, a unit of medical device maker Becton Dickinson and Co. The company opted not to even interview him, and hired a person with fewer qualifications–who happened to be 29. Kleber sued under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects employees over the age of 40.

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12 Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Personal Brand

Forbes Coaches Council

Members of Forbes Coaches Council discuss mistakes to avoid when you're working to develop a strong and distinct personal brand.

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4 Careers for People Who Love Planning and Organizing

Take It Personel-ly

Are you the planner and organizer among your friend group? Do you love the feeling of making sure everything is on track? If so, you are likely to flourish in a career that challenges you to think ahead and get stuff done. Here are four career options that may be a perfect fit for any […].

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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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List of All SPHR (Business) Credit HRCI Classes on LEARN

Workology

Use discount code “THANKYOU” when checking out to save $50 off our LEARN by Workology Individual and/or Pro Annual membership between now and Feb. 15th. Workology’s LEARN platform. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Cool Job Alert: The Weinermobile Needs Drivers

Steve Boese

Looking to make a career change? Or maybe you are a college student scheduled to graduate this spring and wondering what your next move will be? Do you like (in no particular order), driving, public relations, marketing, and hot dogs? Well if so you are in luck - the iconic Oscar Meyer Wienermobile is looking for a new batch of drivers. Here are the details as reported on Mental Floss : Applications are being accepted for the one-year position now through January 31.

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14 Ways To Build Trust When Encountering Pushback At Work

Forbes Coaches Council

Building trust is important, especially when you're looking to implement new ideas or approaches. Here are some ways you can help your team become more comfortable with change.

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A stop story gets started: lessons on stress management

HR Zone

People. Personal lessons on stress management.

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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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What do you love to do?

The Tim Sackett Project

We have a hard time really telling others what we love to do. Many times it turns into this humble brag of stuff we don’t really love to do, but it sounds impressive and we know others won’t judge us based on the answer. I tell people all the time I love fishing! I do love fishing, but not as much as I probably tell people. Sometimes going fishing sucks.

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Recreation In The Workplace

Take It Personel-ly

In designing a workplace, the most important thing is to make sure that it’s engineered for productivity. This can mean many things, and in fact we’re still learning about how to optimize space for this purpose. Given an office carefully designed to accomplish this purpose however, the next thing to think about is how to […].

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How SEO Can Help Attract the Best Talent?

TalentLyft

Do you follow the best SEO practices ? If not, you are missing a great opportunity to optimize your job postings and attract top talent ! In this blog post, you’ll learn how SEO can help you deliver your job postings right in front of your ideal candidates. Read More.

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When to Turn Down a Promising Job Candidate

Entrepreneur

The most enjoyable person you ever interviewed is not necessarily the most enjoyable person to employ.

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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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HR Tech ‘Seismic Shifts’ You Need to be Aware of

HRExecutive

The HR technology market has made huge advances in recent years—and if industry analyst Josh Bersin is correct in his predictions, featured in his latest research report, the pace of change and innovation isn’t going to let up anytime soon. Earlier this week, on January 22, Bersin released a 55-page report titled the 2019 HR Technology Market , which was exclusively produced for attendees of the 2018 HR Technology Conference who are premium-pass holders.

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#10YearChallenge - The Labor Market & Contingent Workforce

Allegis Global Solutions

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Onboarding A New Employee? Follow These 11 Effective Strategies

Forbes Coaches Council

Members of Forbes Coaches Council discuss tips for building an onboarding program that will give new hires the knowledge they need without overwhelming them or the seasoned employees tasked with training.