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Defining today’s IT staffing challenge

Manatal

As technology advances and more organizations digitize, employment opportunities have proliferated in parallel. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , IT jobs for professionals who work as software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers for example are expected to increase by 22% in the 2020s – a much faster rate than all other occupations combined.

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Interview Coaching: You Can Help Candidates Do Better

Zenefits

The time and resources you invest in sourcing, recruiting and scheduling candidates are the first step to maintaining staffing levels. On average, Glassdoor found the cost to hire a new employee is about $4,000. However, that can vary based on salary range. That number doesn’t factor in what it costs businesses in lost production and customer care. Business leaders know they have to use every tool available to increase the chances of a successful hire for every position they post.

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Let’s talk about mental health in the workplace and what HR can do

Bob

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about mental and behavioral health issues and reduce the stigma surrounding the subject. Mental health is all-encompassing and affects how we think, feel, handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. The pandemic has placed extra attention on employee mental health. The heightened feelings of anxiety and depression among the workforce have forced companies to address the inadequacies in their approach to employee wellbeing.

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Why Everyone Should Aim to Develop a High-Performance Culture

6Q

Employees and companies alike aim to improve their skills for both personal and organisational growth. Read on to understand the value of a high-performance culture in the workplace. Company culture refers to an organisation’s behaviours, personalities, and values. Either by deliberate design or natural development, culture affects how your company functions and develops.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Leading with a people-first strategy: understanding principles, policies, and priorities

Bob

Building a business based on people-first principles requires a foundational shift at every level of leadership—from the very understanding of what leadership is to the HR strategies that guide decisions large and small. As companies continue to wrestle with the Great Resignation and changes within the world of work, understanding how to implement impactful people-first strategies is vital to attracting, retaining, and nurturing the best people for your business.

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Giving Negative Performance Reviews

Engagedly

“Caroline, you have failed to meet the deadlines way too many times this quarter, We expect more dedication from you this quarter.” How many of us are ready to face negative reviews about our work like this? Not all employees are usually open to negative performance review. Sometimes, it is demotivating to listen to negative performance reviews and employees also tend to get defensive at times.

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Viewpoint: Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Sue Their Employers

SHRM Resources

Many employment lawsuits could be prevented if employers focused on certain aspects of their workplace environment and recognized employee warning signs.

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9 Certifications That Look Good on Resumes

Best Of HR

What is one certification that looks good on a resume? . To help you know which certifications to put on your resume, we asked CEOs and HR managers this question for their best recommendations. From project management certification to certificate in first aid, there are several recommended certifications that may make your resume stand out to your advantage.

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4 Key Steps To Achieve Digital Acceleration For Professional Services Organizations

Replicon

Today’s world is rapidly moving into a technological era, and seemingly at an increasing pace. It has become imperative for professional services organizations to jump on the digital transformation bandwagon or get left behind. Digital transformation.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Gender Pay Gap Narrows Down Women to Men Wage Ratio in 2022

HR Digest

With the exception of sexual harassment in the workplace , gender pay gap remains one of the most debtable topics when it comes to men and women at work. It’s pretty unfortunate that women who hold full time-time jobs still earn 79 cents for every dollar that men with full-time jobs earn ( U.S. Census Burea u). This gap widens as we traverse race and ethnicity – African-American and Latina women earn 64 cents and 56 cents respectively, for every dollar that white, non-Hispanic men earn.

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14 Strategic Ways To Scale Down When Business Grows Too Quickly

Forbes Coaches Council

Every business owner wants to see their business grow, but it can be difficult to meet consumer demand if it starts growing too fast.

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Return to The Office: How to Optimize Your Recruitment for Post Pandemic

TalentLyft

In the past two years, there has been a lot of talk about whether we will ever entirely return to the office or if the work dynamic has changed forever due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many believed that we and the workplace have changed forever and that employees will never return to the office in a form known to us before the pandemic. Afterward, we saw the fast rise of the "hybrid work environment," and suddenly, everyone talked about this new term as if it had been among us for ages.

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One Note

Everyday People

This past Friday, my wife and I were fortunate to take in the season finale of the phenomenal Cincinnati Pops Orchestra !! Not only was it the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed conductor, John Morris Russell, but a favorite group of mine was a featured guest – Over the Rhine. If you’re ever in Cincinnati, I highly recommend seeing the Pops perform while enjoying the majesty of Music Hall.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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How To Get Hired On The First Try

New to HR

A recent Indeed survey revealed that 93% of SMBS (small and midsized businesses) believe that their companies will continue to grow and there will be. The post How To Get Hired On The First Try appeared first on New To HR.

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A Complete Guide to Performance Management Cycle

Engagedly

Unlike the modern organizational culture, we consider performance management to be a forward-looking solution that is based on retrospection. With an evolving work culture, the need for continuous feedback is now felt across offices and technology has brought forward such tools which are highly advanced and need based. Now managers can anticipate problems based on the performance cycle , and initiate course corrections to bring the action plan back on track.

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10 ways workplaces will change in 2022

Manatal

Business is constantly changing and if you want to remain an industry leader, you need to be aware of the changes taking place and keep adapting, or else you’ll be left far behind the competition, and soon, it might be too late to fix it. But those changes don’t cover only industry advancements, which mainly involve implementing new technologies. It’s the changes in workplaces in general that many companies forget about, only focusing on those changes related directly to their industry, ultimate

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5 Mistakes Leaders Make When Resolving Employee Conflicts

Zenefits

Have you ever worked at a place where everyone worked hard, agreed with each other, and had identical communication styles? Yeah, we haven’t either. The reason is that these types of workplaces simply do not exist. Human beings have different personalities, values, aspirations, habits, pet peeves, and opinions, which means workplace conflict is inevitable.

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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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Top 10 Tech Recruiting Challenges in 2022

Manatal

No matter how you look at it, business in the global technology industry is booming. According to CompTIA , the direct economic impact of the industry is equivalent to 10.5% of U.S. economic value – over USD $2.0 trillion. The industry also contributes an estimated 4.8 additional jobs. Compared to other industries, it is one of the fastest-growing and does not appear to be slowing down.

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Recruiting the Best Talent: Fresh Strategies to Implement in 2022

Zenefits

Talent comes in many forms and looks different in every person. Sometimes, talent is obvious but hard to put a finger on or place. That is pretty exciting, honestly. Getting to watch someone grow into their strengths and find success is one of the joys of working with talented people. An important function of your job as an HR professional is being able to find and recruit talented people.

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Leadership Failures That Drive Good Employees Away

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Dr. Dharius Daniels, a former professor at Princeton University, emotional intelligence expert and author of Relational Intelligence: The People Skills You Need for the Life of Purpose You Want, understands some of the reasons behind the Great Resignation, and they start with leadership.

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How to Implement a 4-Day Workweek

Zenefits

There are plenty of pros and cons to consider when deciding whether or not pivoting to a 4-day workweek is right for your company. The rise of flexible work arrangements and work from home situations now characterizes the modern workplace. So it’s no surprise that workers and businesses big and small are questioning whether or not working Monday through Friday each week is really necessary.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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What Globalization Taught Leaders—And What They Need To Learn Now

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The mindset needed to lead global organizations has guided leadership development for decades. But now a new leap is called for, and it is more than an individual mindset.

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Why You Should Consider Imperfect Candidates

Zenefits

Every hiring manager wants to find the absolute best candidate that they can for an open position at their company. But is the best way to do that by finding someone who meets as many of the job’s requirements as possible? The answer is actually no. If you want to find the best new hires for your company, you should be strongly considering “imperfect” candidates.

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Do You Dare To Un-Lead?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Céline Schillinger’s book, “Dare to Un-Lead: The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World,” advocates for liberty, equality, and fraternity. Is the French motto destined for corporate cultures?

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How AI Navigates the Candidate-Driven Market

Manatal

Artificial Intelligence is becoming a more prevalent part of our lives. From movie recommendations on entertainment platforms to self-driving cars, many people are now starting to wonder if there’s anything machines can’t do or won’t be able to do at some point in the future. The advancements are visible in any area of life, including business. This expands towards the recruitment industry.

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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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The 3 Secrets Of Successful Brainstorming Sessions: Location, Location, Location

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The decisions on where to hold corporate brainstorming sessions can help increase the chances of success or failure of the meetings. Here's why.

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Close the Skills Gap with These 4 Tips from Top Talent Leaders

Linkedin Talent Blog

The future of work will require an evolving set of skills, skills, and more skills. That was a key takeaway from Forward , the annual LinkedIn Talent Solutions live event that brought together talent leaders from around the globe to discuss what lies ahead for work. “ Skills is one of the buzziest terms in HR today,” said best-selling author Angela Duckworth , who moderated a panel on skills and internal mobility.

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What To Do When You Feel Stuck At Work

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Do you constantly think about how you feel stuck at work? If you’re ready to get out of your professional rut, these strategies will help.

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