Wed.May 17, 2017

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Staffing Companies - 4 tips for success: What are the benefits to suppliers of being in a MSP program?

Allegis Global Solutions

There are many benefits to being a supplier in a MSP program, and these are unlocked by successfully fostering a strong working relationship with the MSP provider.

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What is the gig economy and why is it such a buzz word?

Limeade

A study from Intuit predicts that by 2020, 40 percent of U.S. workers will be independent contractors. Everything from digitization to millennials craving flexibility and work-life balance contributes to this fast-growing sector of the economy. In short, it’s a big deal. However, new research from the American Staffing Association found that 75 percent of U.S. adults have never even heard of the term “gig economy” and 29 percent don’t know how to define the term.

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‘Divided America’ is a myth – @Jobvite 2017 Job Seeker Nation

The Tim Sackett Project

Jobvite does an annual study called Job Seeker Nation where they go out and survey over 2,000 Americans. The data is fascinating from an employee and candidate perspective. This year’s study found that 80% of Americans believe the country is divided, but when you dig into the detail of their responses, you find that’s not really true! Sure, at a high level you have Dems and Repubs.

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Why You Should Rarely Fight an Unemployment Claim

Cornerstone On Demand

Business owners, especially small business owners, are constantly concerned about keeping costs down—and rightfully so. But there are some scenarios in which culture and costs clash—and employee departures is one such area. If you have too many unemployment claims, your cost as a business goes up. As a result, many businesses go to great lengths to ensure that employees do not win their unemployment claims.

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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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Three Steps to Finding Success Through Clarity

The Aristocracy of HR

010011000010I’ve been having a lot of conversations with friends, family and colleagues about where I am currently and where all my efforts are headed. Young adults everywhere are charged with deciding at the ripe age of 17 what they want to do with their lives. In my case, it was expressed in choose a college […].

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Steps You Need to Take Now to Build a Feedback Culture

ATD Human Capital

A dramatic shift in the job market has led many companies to turn to feedback to improve employee retention rates. Unlike in the past, employees are feeling less tied to company loyalty and freer to take on new opportunities. Millennials in particular are notorious for their job-hopping tendencies, with most being expected to stick with each job for less than three years.

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Upcoming webinar - Employee Tracking: Overtime Issues in the Future Workspace

nettime solutions

In today’s technology-focused environment, traditional workspaces are changing as workers are taking advantage of the ability to work remotely. Join nettime solutions and Bloomberg for this webinar on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 12-1PM ET. When: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET. While employers must be flexible, they must also ensure that they manage payroll issues as they lose the ability to track their employees’ time in-person, particularly to ensure the impact of new and evolving

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4 Essential Trends at HCI’s 2017 Performance Management Innovation Conference

Reflektive

The theme at Human Capital Institute’s conference on performance management innovation this year is “feed forward, not feedback.” In an early poll of attendees, most said they were currently looking to transform their performance management, with about 20 percent saying they already use an agile performance management process. With these changes come challenges: how do you train managers to give better feedback, what technology will prompt managers and employees to have these c

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Google Announces New Jobs Search, Google For Jobs

TLNT: The Business of HR

Google is weeks away from launching a job search that will give jobseekers unusual control over how to filter the results to best meet their needs.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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The Art of Recycling Retirees and Potential Retirees

ATD Human Capital

This post is the first of a two-part series about the retirement of Baby Boomers and its impact on organizations’ return on investment and productivity. “The idea of living a longer life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting older doesn’t appeal to anyone.” —Andy Rooney. Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) began retiring in 2011 and will continue into 2030, if not beyond.

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Automation: Are We Empowering Human Interaction Or Displacing It?

TalentCulture

The sales and marketing technology along with the social networking/selling technologies represent a huge amount of the changes that are driving sales and marketing. They relieve us of many of the tasks that used to take lots of time, enabling us to focus that time on engaging customers and colleagues. They help us in better understanding our customers, markets, and what’s happening, so that we can engage customers with more relevant insights on more timely bases.

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3 Reasons Your Coaching Strategy Isn’t Working

TLNT: The Business of HR

Coaching strategies that aren’t personalized to individual employees will likely fail. So coaching must be flexible, with every employee having the opportunity to advance their skills and knowledge.

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Be the Change: Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility

TalentCulture

I’m sure you’ve heard all about the millennial generation. Those 20- to 36-year-olds, pampered throughout their lives by their baby-boomer parents, have grown up to be self-absorbed, entitled narcissists, right? Actually, this isn’t an accurate picture of millennials—and since they now represent the largest share of the American workforce , that’s good to know.

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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What Can Companies Do to Help Create an Inclusive Culture?

HR Daily Advisor

Deloitte has announced new research that identifies keys to driving a highly diverse and inclusive corporate culture, which in turn drives better business outcomes. Summarized in a WhatWorks ® brief , the findings appear in “High-Impact Diversity and Inclusion: Maturity Model and Top Findings,” research from Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP.

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The Annual Review Is Useless. Here’s How to Kill It

TLNT: The Business of HR

By now, it’s hard to imagine there’s an HR professional who doesn’t know the annual performance review is under attack. Some of the largest companies — and plenty of others — have abandoned them in favor of regular and timely feedback.

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How to Foster Talent through a Growth Mindset and Grit

Bonusly

Although individuals may have different starting points in sports, medicine, or most any other pursuit, talent has a lot more to do with persistence and adaptability. Failing to account for that in an organizational setting can be hugely problematic. When organizations focus on inherent talent, employees become pressured to hide their deficiencies and mistakes, leading to worse products and services.

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The Unexpected Benefit the Gig Economy has on your Business

Ceridian

By Nick Venturella. According to the annual report, Freelancing in America 2016 , from Upwork and the Freelancers Union, 13.5 million people took gigs outside of their primary full-time job responsibilities last year. In other words, 25% of traditionally employed full-time U.S. workers were moonlighting as independent contractors in 2016. Overall, freelancers contributed an estimated $1 trillion in earnings to our economy.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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HR Was Reckless with My Salary Information

Evil HR Lady

HR sent me a letter of congratulations for my promotion along with my new salary and job description in an intra-office envelope. The kind that is “closed” by a flimsy little string and re-used again and again. Are you getting the picture? Intraoffice. Addressed to me. That’s it. The letter was not in a sealed envelope nor was it marked “personal and confidential” In short, ANYBODY could open it, read it, place back in the envelope and placed on my desk.

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The Silent Struggle: Mental Health and Employee Well-Being [Infographic]

WorqIQ

Many people feel uncomfortable admitting they struggle with managing emotions or living with mental health issues. Therefore, a lack of understanding of these common disorders causes them to feel unsure of how to talk about their feelings in a sensitive, productive way. Mental Health America’s 2017 survey found one in five adults has a mental health condition.

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HR Carnival: Politics and Work

Workology

Workology is proud to host the May edition of the Carnival of HR. Our topic is the ever contentious – politics. Find posts on how political trends are impacting the workplace, be it in. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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How to Discover Job Candidates' Communication Styles

Traitify

The most sacred cow in human resources is dead or dying, according to some experts. " Job Interviews Are Useless, " claims scholar Cass Sunstein in a Bloomberg article. Author Richard Nisbett told readers of The Guardian why " Why Job Interviews Are Pointless. " The same point has been made by experts writing for The New York Times and others.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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my manager told us we were going to be laid off — but she was wrong

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: The division I work in has four people, plus my manager. Three months ago, my manager called us into a meeting. She told us the company would be going through some changes and restructuring due to financial issues and that layoffs were coming in the spring. She said she had found out this information accidentally and no one knew she had found out.

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How Club Fit empowers and engages its staff

Ceridian

It was 1973 when Club Fit first opened its doors in Westchester County, NY. Today, our club locations offer health and fitness facilities and programming to enhance quality of life and physical well-being for more than 14,000 members and guests. Club Fit provides a place to work out and unwind. It’s a place to play your favorite sports and a place to take charge of your health and well-being.

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Humility in the Workplace and The Humble CEO

Mercer

Humility in the workplace is a trait found in successful CEOs and managers. Learn how ongoing development and training is essential to cultivating this sought after quality. The post Humility in the Workplace and The Humble CEO appeared first on Mercer PeoplePro Blog.

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The Unexpected Benefit the Gig Economy has on your Business

Ceridian

According to the annual report, Freelancing in America 2016 , from Upwork and the Freelancers Union, 13.5 million people took gigs outside of their primary full-time job responsibilities last year. In other words, 25% of traditionally employed full-time U.S. workers were moonlighting as independent contractors in 2016. Overall, freelancers contributed an estimated $1 trillion in earnings to our economy.

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2024 HR Calendar of Important Dates

64% of HR managers lack the time and resources to meet HR compliance challenges and 50% of HR professionals lack confidence in their ability to keep up with ever-changing rules and regulations ( UpCounsel ). This free calendar from Paycor can help.

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The Walmart Effect: Can Raising Salaries Increase Productivity?

Compensation Today

By Lauren Pelley , Workopolis. It’s a winning combination every company wants: Productive staff and happy customers. Could higher salaries be the ticket to both? That could be what happened at Walmart, an American powerhouse that found itself floundering in recent years before making a sweeping change to how it pays its employees. As the New York Times reported , the company’s revenue fell for the first time in its nearly half-century run as a public company in 2015, and sales fell for five stra

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That other major overtime bill HR needs to watch out for

HR Morning

Employers in the private section world are one step closer to being able to pay workers comp time in lieu of time-and-a-half for overtime hours worked. The House just passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate. The bill would allow employers to offer up to 160 hours of comp time instead of overtime pay.

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Plan Your Journey (and How to Avoid a Mid-Life Crisis)

Talent Anarchy

Would you set out on a 1,000-mile journey without first deciding where you were going? If you’re like most people, you would do a lot of planning before you traveled the first mile. You’d know where you were going, where you’d stay when you got there, how you’d travel, and what you’d need for the journey. A long journey requires planning if you expect it to take you in the direction you desire.

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