Wed.Apr 10, 2019

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3 internal communications examples for the modern workplace

Jostle

There isn’t really a formula for effective internal communications. You might try following some best practices , but even the most seasoned communications professional is prone to mistakes which could reverberate across their organization. Holding the attention of your people, even if it’s just to notify them about the company picnic, is more of an art form than a science.

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The Business Case For Belonging

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Belonging involves developing a deeper connection with others by sharing your authentic self and receiving acceptance in return. Creating space for employees to feel truly valued for their cultural differences will help to enable belonging, and that has some significant business advantages.

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How to Save Your Company from Unhealthy Turnover and Optimize Retention

Bonusly

High turnover is a major concern for many organizations. In 2018, over 40 million people quit their jobs in the US compared to just 30 million in 2014. But how do you know if your turnover really is an issue? And if it is, how do you focus your efforts to improve? Let’s take an analytical approach to retention. Identify the symptoms. Diagnose the disease.

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What the Union of ONA and People Analytics Means

Visier

Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) isn’t a new science. It’s been around for over 30 years; the practice “ measures and graphs patterns of collaboration by examining the strength, frequency, and nature of interactions between people in those networks.” By that definition alone, ONA seems better left to only the most expert of data scientists, but advances in technology have made it easier and more accessible.

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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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26 Staff Appreciation Ideas and Recognition Ideas that Won’t Break the Bank

Kazoo

As any successful business owner will tell you, employees are the lifeblood of a company. When they’re disgruntled or apathetic, they clog the arteries of your operations. But keep your employees happy and engaged, and they’ll help your business flow smoothly. The good news: The heart of employee engagement is easy and inexpensive to roll out, yet impacts revenue, retention, and absenteeism in droves.

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Equal Pay Day 2019: How You Can Help

Kazoo

The gender pay gap has garnered a lot of discussion in the past few years due to the shocking statistics behind it and the recent monumental women’s movements such as #MeToo. That’s why the National Committee on Pay Equity , a coalition of women’s and civil rights organizations, created Equal Pay Day in 1996 to bring awareness to the issue in the U.S.

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11 employee wellness programs that work

CultureAmp

You’ve heard of employee wellness programs. Your company may even have one. These programs focus on the physical health of your employees by offering gym memberships, smoking cessation incentives, better snack choices, and other ways to get your team healthier.

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Equal Pay Day 2019: How You Can Help

Kazoo

The gender pay gap has garnered a lot of discussion in the past few years due to the shocking statistics behind it and the recent monumental women’s movements such as #MeToo. Women are still heavily disadvantaged in the workplace despite strides to close the gap. And it gets worse with time. The disproportion between experience and pay increases for most women as they move further in their careers.

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Team Collaboration and the Tools to Help

Cloverleaf

With more collaborative company cultures, and more technology to help get the job done - the way we collaborate on teams is changing. While many people still have hesitancies surrounding the sometimes ineffectiveness and risk of teamwork, a HBR article explains the only way to combat this hesitancy is by “gaining firsthand experience with one or more collaborative projects.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

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.

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Career Confessions of Gen Z: 3 Tips for Starting a New Job — The Intern Addition

The Tim Sackett Project

STOP, COLLABORATE, AND LISTEN. While these may be the words to an iconic and catchy song — you’re welcome if it’s now stuck in your head — they are also words of wisdom for a college student or new grad about to start an internship or entry-level job. So, let’s take a piece out of Vanilla Ice’s lyrical genius and apply it to some real life advice.

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The 3 Step Process to Set Up a 401(k) for Small Business

ForUsAll

Starting a Small Business 401(k) is Easier Than You Think. So, you’re thinking of setting up a 401(k) for your small business. On behalf of everyone here at ForUsAll, congratulations! The 401(k) is an awesome benefit that can do some great things for your business and your employees, so starting one is a big step forward. If you’ve spent any time looking into this process however, you’ll likely have realized that it’s not exactly clear how to start a 401(k) for your small business.

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Symantec Partners with Google Cloud to Improve Zero Trust Cloud Access

Symantec

With enterprises migrating to the cloud, the traditional network-based perimeter model might not be sufficient for some workloads.

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Six Best Practices Recruiting Leaders Can Learn from Customer Service

Survale HR

Feedback-driven, best practices recruiting programs are relatively new, yet the potential for transformational change is huge. Born out of the quest for friction-free candidate experience, early tactics for feedback-driven recruiting have revolved around point in time surveys aimed at understanding candidate satisfaction to deliver a better candidate experience.

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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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Employee Benefits to Fit All Types of Lifestyles

Benefitfocus

Find out what you can't afford to overlook to when it comes to designing a competitive and compelling employee benefits package for every stage of life.

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A Free Vacation?! Everything You Need to Know to Travel for Free

Take It Personel-ly

There’s only one thing better than to travel: it’s to travel for free! If you have a travel rewards credit card, then you might already be sitting on a vacation you didn’t know you had. Many credit cards will award you points whenever you make a purchase, and they can add up. Hello Italy! How […].

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Yes, You Still Have Smokers in Your Workplace

EX Program

Now that smoking is no longer the employee health issue it once was, companies can turn their attention to other wellness program strategies, right? Unfortunately not. Because smoking in the workplace today isn’t always obvious, that’s led some employers to believe this type of addiction isn’t a big issue anymore. Out of sight, out of [.]. Read More.

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The Benefits Of Corporate Charity Partnerships On Your Employer Brand

Blu Ivy Group

One of the hottest topics in the business world these days is focusing on purpose as a key business driver. Purpose allows an organization to make company values public and to differentiate itself to both customers and employees. It’s an increasingly important part of the Employer Brand as more and more workers seek employment that is meaningful to them and in line with their own values.

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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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Kronos Named Great Place to Work for Women and a Best Multinational Workplace

Empower Software

Kronos Incorporated today announced two global employer of choice distinctions from Great Place to Work® after being named a Best Workplace for Women in Canada for the fifth consecutive year and a Best Multinational Workplace in Asia for the second year.

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Why Qualtrics – Meaghan Kavanaugh – Sales Recruiter – Dallas, TX

Qualtrics HR

In everything I do, I hope to make a positive impact on people. Whether that’s my family, friends, coworkers, or even total strangers. Really, that’s what Qualtrics is all about too. Our company mission is literally “bettering the human experience.” We only get one life – why not make it the best it can be? What attracted you to Qualtrics in the first place?

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I’m about to fire an employee — and we just hired her husband

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: One of my staff is about to be fired for grossly inadequate performance. I’m confident that we’re on safe legal ground with the firing, and her performance issues have been documented and addressed with no improvement. However, the complication is that we have just hired her husband to work within the same team. (I’m aware that hiring couples isn’t ideal even when nobody is getting fired.

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Business Management: The Benefits of Streamlining Software

Take It Personel-ly

While the business landscape can be challenging no matter the industry, there are plenty of benefits of being a start-up company in today’s marketplace. For example, an entrepreneur has a lot of different references to go on and can study the success and failure of many other different companies – using that as groundwork to […].

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Just landed: Ultimate Guide to I-9 Compliance

If you’re seeking guidance in the complicated world of I-9, you’re in the right place! As a pioneer in virtual onboarding tech, WorkBright has been simplifying the I-9 process since 2014 when they launched Smart I-9, a digital form built for speed, accuracy, and compliance. Ten years later, they’ve heard just about every I-9 question imaginable, so their team of experts has developed this comprehensive FAQ to distill years of experience into a practical and accessible guide to all things I-9.

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What Roles do Engagement, Feedback, and Employee Experience Play in Retaining Talent?

Extensis

Failing to address employee concerns around engagement, culture, and their overall experience will eventually increase the chances of staff seeking new opportunities that better meet their expectations.

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Top 10 Reasons to Implement a Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Program

Cisive

Stories about America’s opioid drug epidemic, the growing popularity of marijuana use and binging alcohol consumption have been dominating the headlines. Drug use by the American workforce remains at its highest rate in more than a decade. Both employers and employees have a responsibility to contribute to a productive, confident, comfortable and safe workplace.

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Top Cyber Security Posts Still Lack C-Level Cred

Symantec

Despite the rise of CISOs and CSOs, top security execs still lack the autonomy and clout given to their C-suite counterparts

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I manage someone who’s upset that his employees don’t give him praise and validation

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m an executive. One of my direct reports (a manager) is frustrated that his team doesn’t acknowledge his input/skills/expertise. It’s as though he wants his team to give him positive feedback and validation. My feeling is that it’s very unlikely to happen. Even great managers wouldn’t hear their team say “thanks for the great job you do managing me.”.

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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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5 Steps to Take When You Don't Know What Your Boss Wants

45 Things

Some people believe a micromanaging boss is the worst thing ever, but I'd have to say that a boss who doesn't communicate what he or she wants is also pretty bad. This is the boss who can't exactly tell you what he wants. Half the time you don't really know what he's talking about and when he says, "So, everything OK?" you want to respond: "No! Everything is not OK!

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10 Process Improvement Questions Business Leaders Should Ask

Quickbase

Process improvement is more than knowing there’s a better way. 10 important questions business leaders must ask before taking action.

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The Ultimate Weekly Safety Topic Calendar

Ving!

Planning is the key to success. I learned this while listening to a Podcast by Rachel Hollis. It has been one of the most valuable pieces of information I have learned this year. If you want to have a successful day, week, month, year you have to plan.