Wed.Sep 28, 2016

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How Should HR Deal with Cyberbullying?

Workology

Technology and an unending stream of social media messages, notifications, and alerts have invaded our personal lives more than ever before – leaving the door wide open for the bullies of yesterday to get off the playground and into the Twittersphere. It’s almost comical to hear of exes who continue to stalk one another on Instagram and we all compare our traditional 9-to-5 careers to the jet setting elite on Snapchat, but have you ever stopped to think how this can impact our work lives?

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how can I tell my team that their raises will be tiny?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I manage a team of 12 IT staff. Over the last year, we were responsible for an extremely large project working long and hard hours. The cost savings to the company was supposed to be in the millions. We sang the typical tune, as instructed by HR, to demand everyone to work more efficiently and put staff on performance plans if they only met the status quo.

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The Cost of a New Hire is $1000-$5000!?

The Tim Sackett Project

Ryan Holmes, the CEO at HootSuite, recently posted an article over at LinkedIn. Ryan is, of course, an “Influencer” for LinkedIn, because he’s a CEO and because he works for a cool brand like Hootsuite. Who cares if he knows what he’s talking about, he’s from Hootsuite, muthfucka!! He must be influential! Anywho. Ryan was actually talking about Google’s “bungee” program (see if you’re influential you talk about Google!

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employee is citing a family death two years ago as a reason not to work around any holidays

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am a new supervisor and have an issue with a current employee. This employee is an hourly graduate student who mostly works nights/weekends when our full-time employees do not. It is stressed that the position is pre-professional, meaning we treat the employee like any other professional, while giving them coaching and help looking for full-time work in the field.

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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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Is Texting the Next Big Thing in Recruiting?

Cornerstone On Demand

At first glance texting and interviewing candidates seems to go together as well as ketchup and lobster. But if you think about it just a minute, texting with job seekers has a lot of potential for human resources.

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It’s Time For HR to Be Bold with Analytics

Visier

While 77% of all organizations believe people analytics is important, only 32% feel ready or somewhat ready for analytics, according to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report. Experian — a global leader in consumer and business credit reporting and marketing services, and a Visier customer — is one organization that has successfully embraced workforce analytics.

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Closing the Skills Gap in a Human Era

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – The practices that make a workplace more human are also the ones that can position a company to successfully adapt to future change. Many companies are struggling to keep pace with emerging skills gaps. This is according to a recent interview in Harvard Business Review with Cathy Benko, Vice Chairman at Deloitte. She points to the need for companies to move away from industrial-era practices, focusing instead on more fluid and employee-driven approaches.

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The Dark Side Of Becoming An Employer Of Choice

Hppy

Becoming a great workplace, the best company to work for – these are admirable goals. It seems they have naturally evolved from the idea that it is people who build company success. These goals also seem to be in line with trending positive psychology: we aim to build engaging workplaces , ensure the right positivity ratio and cater for wellbeing.

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Leap of Faith: How one Professional Made Big Changes in her Career

Everwise

After almost nine years working in finance for the state of North Carolina, Tameka Davis wanted to work in a more dynamic, mission-driven environment — one that gave her room to grow and let her do good in her own community. “I was kind of at a standstill at my career,” she says, looking back. “There was no room for advancement and I wanted to learn more.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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It's Time To Take Employee Retention Seriously

Hoops

The prevailing attitude when discussing retention is to simply accept turnover as a fact of life. This fatalistic mindset does nothing to help improve the situation or solve the problem. In actuality, there are specific and actionable that can be done to improve employee retention rates. Think about it this way: would you ignore an issue that costs your business roughly 16 percent of an employee’s annual earnings?

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Late Filers: Is Your Premium Tax Credit In Jeopardy?

ACA Times

For those who received an advance payment for the Premium Tax Credit, yet have extended their 2015 tax return filing or don’t file at all, there’s something you should know. The IRS has recently distributed notices informing taxpayers that if they don’t file their returns, their future eligibility for an advance payment of the PTC could be in jeopardy.

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Keeping It Real: 3 Fundamentals Of An Authentic Employer Brand

TalentCulture

Pondering the recent data breach of 21.5 million Federal Employees , I’m in one of those bottom line moods, so let’s talk bottom line. For many brands, that means a genuine relationship between employer and employee, and that has everything to do with a strong, firmly rooted employer brand. One common misconception: that a good employer brand starts with pricey image consultants.

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Ceridian celebrates it’s 2nd annual #CeridianCXDay

Ceridian

By Christine Walker, Director of Customer Experience, Ceridian. Today was a typical day for me. I arrived at work, pounded my remaining coffee, and picked up the phone to dial into a virtual meeting. As Ceridian’s Director of Customer Experience, I then spent my morning reading customer survey feedback, analyzing that feedback, and working on strategies to action it.

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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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Five Reasons Why Today’s Dads Need Support, Too

TalentCulture

When we talk about addressing the challenges of balancing work and family, the conversation is often framed as a women’s issue. In response, we’ve seen enterprises make plans and implement programs designed to support working moms. These initiatives accomplish important work. Family-friendly benefits, like paid maternity leave and child care assistance, have proven valuable in terms of recruiting and retaining female talent, improving gender diversity and driving the bottom line.

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Should Employee Appreciation Be Entirely Performance-Based?

WorqIQ

One of the most frequent questions asked when I’m consulting a business is: Should you show appreciation to someone who isn't performing well? Tension exists in the world of recognition, employee engagement, and appreciation. There are differences of opinion on the relationship between an employee's performance and when, or how, you recognize them. Should you recognize an employee if they aren't doing well in all areas of performance?

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Performance Management: 5 Solutions to Challenges We All Face

BambooHR

If you can, think back to life before the internet came to the masses. Before chat rooms, Internet Explorer, Facebook, iPhones, and Google. Here in this distant memory, if somebody were to bring up the term “world wide web,” how would it be received? They’d probably get confused looks unless they were speaking to somebody with […]. The post Performance Management: 5 Solutions to Challenges We All Face appeared first on.

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4 Ways Time and Attendance Software May Help You Comply with the New Overtime Rule

Paychex

Do you have the right time and attendance software in place to conform to the new overtime rules? Read about some points you should consider when selecting software to help your business address the expansion of overtime qualifications.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

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.

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10 Reasons Why Culture Matters

TLNT: The Business of HR

Caring for your culture is not an annual event or even a monthly event. Just like sleeping and eating, caring for your culture is a daily activity that requires an investment of your time and attention. Caring involves C larity, A ccountability, R elationships and E steem. .

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Wells Fargo Is Clawing Back Executive Bonuses

Workology

Earlier this month we learned that Wells Fargo fired thousands of front line bank employees for creating over 2 million “ghost accounts” for existing customers. Today the bank announced that they would be clawing back millions of bonuses from its executive team. The “ghost account” scheme allowed Wells Fargo retail bank employees, who are considered sales people not customer service reps or financial advisors, to boost their sales figures.

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How Namely Supports Your Dream HR Technology Stack

Namely

With integration top of mind for mid-market HR Professionals, Namely is excited to announce two significant developments today: We’ve enhanced our open API and released Namely Connect. As a result, our partner ecosystem has grown from five to 30 partners in the last 12 months, allowing clients to connect a wide variety of HR applications to Namely through pre-built integrations.

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Technology Isn’t a Replacement For Humans In Recruiting

Unbridled Talent

Do you think technology is replacing the need for recruiters in the hiring process? Click the link below to check out my thinking in my latest post on CareerBuilder’s The Hiring Site blog: How to Use Tech in Your Recruitment (Without Losing that “Old School” Touch).

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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 takes credit for my work, rejected by form letter from someone I know personally, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My manager takes credit for my work. I work for a small company with only three full-time employees, so things can get quite hectic at times for my supervisor, Jane. She often gives me projects that our customers and sales reps request from her and that she is too busy to work on. To give some background, I have worked at my company for a year now, and have gotten constant praise from Jane from day one.

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Can you make flu vaccinations mandatory?

HR Morning

As fears of coming down with a new, exotic strain of the flu increase, a lot of employers are asking the question: Can we require employees to get a flu shot? Here’s the answer. . Generally, yes. Employers can make getting vaccinated for the flu mandatory. But be careful. Any mandatory flu policy has to be flexible enough to allow for two major exceptions: Some employees have to be able to opt out for medical reasons , and.

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5 Ways to Improve Employee Productivity

Paychex

Employee productivity is an important consideration for business managers, especially when Forbes reports that 89 percent of employees waste time on the job. Here are a few ideas to help you improve productivity at your business.

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The Cost Of Being Comfortable

TLNT: The Business of HR

In partnership with DisruptHR , TLNT presents some of the best Disrupt presentations from events across North America and now the world. Disrupt talks are modeled on the TEDx concept: Short, to the point talks on all things HR — talent, culture and technology.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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HR professional brand

HRNasty

Professional brand I was recently asked to sit down with a small group of HR professionals and the intent was to talk about our professional brand as an HR professional. The session was a lot of fun and turned out to me more of a round table Q&A than me just presenting. The group was very insightful. I thought […] The post HR professional brand appeared first on by HRNasty, HR gone rogue.

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7 Reasons your employees are unproductive (and you could be to blame)

cipHR

Are your employees as productive as they could be? Is the office bubbling over with creativity, interaction and innovation? Are you confident that remote workers are putting in 100% effort regardless of their location? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' or even 'I'm not sure' then, as a brand, you're probably not providing the right environment and there's improvements to be made. 1.

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It’s Your Job to Keep Company Data Safe So Talk to IT

TLNT: The Business of HR

Terminating employees is never a fun task for HR, but it’s sometimes a necessary function that must be handled properly. Ensuring the organization’s sensitive information remains secure even as internal personnel are let go is a vital part of that function and one that puts HR on the front lines of data privacy efforts. The risks posed by insider threats, such as a disgruntled former staffer with access to the network and other sensitive information, can be greatly reduced with HR’s help through

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