The Tim Sackett Project
MAY 24, 2017
Dear Timmy, I recently applied for a position that I’m perfect for! A recruiter from the company contacted me and scheduled me for an interview with the manager. I went, the interview was a little over an hour and it went great! I immediately followed up with an email to the recruiter and the manager thanking them, but since then I’ve heard nothing and it’s been weeks.
Compensation Cafe
MAY 24, 2017
Everything we do in compensation is communication. This is not only the name of a fabulous book (see my bio), but it also describes a fundamental belief of many Compensation Cafe writers. Compensation colleagues, you can create a compensation plan with this principle in mind, and still miss many important nuances. Why? Because compensation isn't just about numbers, it's also about people.
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Everwise
MAY 24, 2017
The business operating environment has transformed over the past decade with the development of technology. While the amount of time, risk and financial investment in new products used to be relatively large, businesses can now leverage real-time consumer data to constantly evolve existing products and test out entirely new ones. The cost and risk to experiment has substantially decreased.
nettime solutions
MAY 24, 2017
The time clock is such a simple, mundane part of your business. However, it is also a driving part of your overall human resources picture. Employee time must be tracked accurately, and the time clock must be accessible to everyone. Chronic missed punches can lead to inaccuracies that can cost your business thousands of dollars in losses a year. If your clock is placed somewhere the employees don’t normally go, they may legitimately forget to punch-in—or they might be trying to pad their hours.
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WorkHuman
MAY 24, 2017
(Listen to our interview with Lee Burbage in the episode of WorkHuman Radio embedded at the top of this post.). Heading up the people team at The Motley Fool, one of my favorite self-appointed duties is to greet Fools (that’s what we call each other at The Motley Fool – it’s a sign of love and affection, I promise) for their first day on the job and show them around.
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EmployeeConnect
MAY 24, 2017
Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, next to physical safety, ‘belonging’ is a basic human necessity. In context of the workplace, when an employee believes in the organisation’s mission, they tend to invest in that journey as well. These employees utter statements such as: “We are putting together a new program successfully” or “We have a great relationship, and hence we get things done together quite well”.
Hppy
MAY 24, 2017
Your desk at work is an incredibly personal place. It might not seem like it, but it’s true. The average office worker spends around 5 hours 41 minutes at their desk each day, so it’s not surprising that it almost becomes an extension of their personality. With that in mind, there’s actually a great deal you can glean from a person’s desk space in terms of their personality and their working habits.
TalentCulture
MAY 24, 2017
A great work environment with happy employees is the start for creating sincere and enduring employee advocates. When people experience a wonderful culture in action and believe in the reputation of their company, they become your most effective spokespeople. Why Does it Matter? There is a lot of research out there that supports the direct correlation between employee satisfaction and its impact on customer satisfaction.
Justworks
MAY 24, 2017
Keeping employees happy does more than just make for a pleasant work environment: studies have shown that turnover has a negative impact on the bottom line, with the loss of even an eight dollar an hour employee costing between $3,500-$25,000. Providing a positive employee work experience and decreasing turnover isn’t just the nice thing to do, it could directly impact how well your business performs.
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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.
TalentCulture
MAY 24, 2017
John is an average person of the workforce. A 4-year veteran, he has worked at the same company since he moved on from the military and graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Now, with newborn twins at home, John’s priorities have changed. While he remains a professional committed to his career and his employer, he now requires more flexibility in his work schedule.
WorqIQ
MAY 24, 2017
You spent a lot of time constructing an eloquent mission statement — one full of promises and overflowing with trendy jargon. Top management applauds it, and clients appreciate it. But do your employees see it merely as rambling, meaningless verbiage? Less than 50 percent of the nation’s workers feel motivated by their employers’ core value statements.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 24, 2017
Most firms have no idea that they have a revolving door that is bleeding diversity talent, because unexplainably, they don’t measure and report diversity turnover and the cost. But what if your executives knew that diversity turnover was off the chart, especially in tech where workers, and especially women, black and Latino tech workers were more likely to quit because of unfairness or mistreatment.
The HR Capitalist
MAY 24, 2017
Facilitating some Leadership/Manager training for a great client today as part of the BOSS Leadership Training Series (hit me up if you want to know more) and heard the following gem: "Be decisive. Right or Wrong, make a decision. The road of life if paved with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision.". Love it. That's all I have time for today.
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.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 24, 2017
The Terminator had a big impact on my understanding of the future. In the Terminator franchise , machines become so artificially intelligent that Skynet ultimately takes over and attacks humans in a judgment day. While judgment day has been pushed out further during the course of the series, the sense is that it still looms just over the horizon.
Allegis Global Solutions
MAY 24, 2017
There are some common misconceptions in recruitment that simplicity and lower costs means a less comprehensive service, but this couldn't be further from the truth with SIGMA MSP.
Namely
MAY 24, 2017
In this HR for Humans story, Laurie Aquilante—a Senior Manager of Marketing at HubSpot—reflects on her first months as a working mom. For more stories at the intersection of work and life, follow @hrforhumans. You can also submit your stories to hrforhumans@namely.com. I have always put my career first. Fortunately, I found a partner in life who supports that completely.
The Chemistry Group
MAY 24, 2017
Predicting Football Performance at Reading Football Club. . “We don’t know enough about our players – we’re knocking on doors we don’t know how to open. If we’re going to work that out then we need to know more about our players from a psychological perspective” Lee Herron, Reading FC Academy Manager. Every Category 1 Academy has an abundance of in-depth statistics on their players, from physical and tactical stats to technical and even demographic data
The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.
Paychex
MAY 24, 2017
The use of social media at work often gets a bad rap. However, companies can use tools such as official social media accounts to build employer brands and leverage collaboration tools for better teambuilding.
Traitify
MAY 24, 2017
Now more than ever before, workers are changing employers and careers more frequently. Our grandparents may have stayed with the same company their entire careers, but this is no longer the case. Statistics published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor and Statistics show that in 1983, the percentage of workers between the ages of 55 and 64 who reported being with their current employer for 20 years or more was 34.8%.
DDI
MAY 24, 2017
Learn the 4 critical personal attributes that separate great CEOs from the rest.
Take It Personel-ly
MAY 24, 2017
The recruitment process isn’t quick, it isn’t cheap, and it isn’t simple. When we hire an employee, we have certain expectations and hopes that they will turn out to be a high-performing, engaged employee. We want them to be productive and surpass expectations but, unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, your employees let you … Continue reading 5 Signs It’s Time to Fire an Underperformer.
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Ask a Manager
MAY 24, 2017
A reader writes: Am I being unprofessional/unfriendly if I don’t engage in the “how are you/fine how are you/fine” interactions at my office? It feels deeply inauthentic. “Fine” is never the best answer for how I’m feeling, and it feels painful to say when in actuality I’m going through a rough time. When I ask someone how they are, I actually want to know, so hearing “fine” is also frustrating.
SnackNation
MAY 24, 2017
This Map Shows The Average Salary for Office Managers in Every State. (click to enlarge). Earlier this year, we released the 2017 State of The Office Manager Report , a first of its kind study of the office manager role – and the intrepid men and women who fill it. In the report, we learned that the officer manager role has been steadily expanding, both in scope and strategic importance.
45 Things
MAY 24, 2017
I think anyone can do well in a phone interview if they're prepared, but what happens when you get an ambush call? I know some recruiters like to do this -- call you during the dinner hour when the kids are screaming and the meatloaf in burning and the dog has just eaten a sofa cushion. You scream, a "dammit!" into the phone as you step in dog barf (the dog didn't like the cushion so much) and suddenly your career is teetering on the abyss.
Ask a Manager
MAY 24, 2017
In an interesting pairing with today’s earlier letter about responses to “how are you,” a reader writes: I have a direct report who has been with the company about five months. She is nice, smart, and easy to work with, but is not performing that well. It’s a tough job (recruiting), and I think she’s just not a good fit. She does something that drives me crazy, and I’m trying to figure out if this thing is legitimately annoying or if I perceive it that way because I’m frustrate
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.
HR Daily Advisor
MAY 24, 2017
In part one of this article , I addressed the benefits of offering paid vacation to your employees. While offering vacation isn’t required under federal law—once an employer has made the decision to offer vacation time—local state laws and court decisions can come into play. State laws addressing vacation typically fall into three categories—those that prohibit any forfeiture of vacation time; those that are silent on the subject (typically interpreted to allow forfeiture of earned time); and th
Ask a Manager
MAY 24, 2017
A reader writes: I have been at my job for a month and a half. My coworker plays music at her desk, and I find it to be very annoying. I really wish she’d use headphones, or better yet, turn off the music, but I’m not sure how to ask her to do so. A few weeks ago I told her that her music made me want to dance (I know, I know… passive aggressive) and she immediately turned it down (not off) because she said it meant that it was too loud.
Benefitfocus
MAY 24, 2017
CFOs' top business concerns point to a major opportunity for employee benefits professionals to create value for their companies.
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