Thu.Jan 27, 2022

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Six Strategies To Build A 'Learning Mindset' And Advance Your Career

Forbes YEC Women

If you want to advance your career, it’s important that you figure out how to educate yourself, learn new skills and make yourself more marketable.

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3 Reasons to Pay Your Tipped Employees With Automated Cashless Tips

Payactiv

Today, the majority of transactions are digital. The use of credit and debit cards have allowed patrons to give tips without leaving actual cash or coins between the billfold. . While this works seamlessly for guests, it often makes it difficult for employers to have enough cash on hand to distribute it to their workers every night. This is just one of many problems with manual tip disbursement systems. .

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How to Boost Morale of Employees While Working Remotely

Hppy

The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world like never before. As we were locked up inside the four walls of our homes, the world around us felt like it was falling apart. Thankfully, the situation has gotten a lot better than before. However, normalcy is yet to be restored, especially in the business sector. As most offices shifted to remote or hybrid working models, it has become crucial to find new ways to keep the employees motivated from miles away.

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Critical Incident Stress: How to Help Employees Cope Long-Term

Pathways

A critical incident is a traumatic event in the workplace that leaves employees feeling stressed and overwhelmed. A wide range of situations can be qualified as critical incidents, ranging from a fire in the workplace to a mass shooting in the community. Some of these incidents affect only a handful of workers, and others will have a massive negative effect on almost all employees.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Customizing the Employee Experience One Gig at a Time

TLNT: The Business of HR

Your employees are emerging from the pandemic with no desire to return to their work life the way it used to be. They are looking for greater choice, more engaging work, and a better balance between work and their personal lives.

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Why employee offer letters are an important part of company culture

Rise

The employee offer letter sets the tone for your new hire’s entire journey with your company. It’s the first message they receive from you as an employee, so it’s important that it accurately reflects your company culture. Offer letters are typically sent before other pre-hiring requirements, such as background or reference checks. Employee offer letters are not an official employment contract, but rather, as Indeed describes , an offer letter “formally offers a position to a job applicant, summ

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it feels impossible to be a working mom with little kids

Ask a Manager

This post, it feels impossible to be a working mom with little kids , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: My question is rooted in an issue I think a lot of working moms with kids under five must be facing right now. I have two small children, one who is just barely two and a four-year-old.

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Does Company Culture Impact Employee Engagement? | Perceptyx

Perceptyx

Company culture and employee engagement are two of the most important concepts for leaders to understand, especially in the context of managing organizational transformation and navigating the Great Resignation. Both organizational culture and employee engagement affect a company’s ability to attract and retain talent, but this does not mean that culture and engagement are synonymous.

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shower thoughts, managing without a private office, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, shower thoughts, managing without a private office, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Saying you had an idea in the shower. I’m an engineer. We often have tricky problems to solve. Sometimes we work out the solution collaboratively at work. And sometimes, someone will have a great idea on their own, outside of a work setting.

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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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It’s time to check your security as tax season comes around

Business Management Daily

Computer security is an unfortunate fact of modern payroll administration—especially right now, when phishers and scammers know you and your staff are busy and distracted. You already know to not respond to email requests from so-called executives who need employees’ W-2 data emailed to them ASAP. This scam seems quaint by today’s standards. New scams, intent on separating employees’ personal identifying information from your server, surface with regularity.

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a medical issue means I have to keep saying no … but I don’t want to over-share

Ask a Manager

This post, a medical issue means I have to keep saying no … but I don’t want to over-share , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: How do I quickly and dispassionately explain why I can’t participate in a work project (ever!) without putting the other person in uncomfortable position of having to express sorrow for me?

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4 Signs It’s Time for a Managed Payments Solution

Immedis

I was sitting having lunch in a café recently when I overheard two people at the next table talking about the fact that their pay had been a day late. For one man, he had to borrow money from family, while the other remarked that at least he was lucky to be able to do that – she knew of someone who was going to be late on their rent payment as a result.

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updates: director is so bad that everyone is leaving, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, updates: director is so bad that everyone is leaving, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Director is so bad that everyone is leaving (#3 at the link). In the last 3 months no more people have left and we finally managed to hire on a few people to manage the overflow.

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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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HR Team: A Step-by-Step Building Guide

Primalogik

In many smaller organizations, the owner handles HR functions. Or, an employee in a position unrelated to HR handles them. That’s true for many startups and small businesses. Early on, that can make sense from a practical and financial standpoint. But as organizations scale and evolve , their need for a dedicated HR team grows. . Maybe that’s the position you find yourself in now.

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Key Elements Of Some Of The Most Innovative Mastermind Groups

Forbes Coaches Council

Offering a combination of education, brainstorming, peer support and accountability, mastermind groups are ideal environments for learning from others while sharpening both business and personal skills.

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Why is Workplace Culture Important?

EngagementMultiplier

Why is company culture important? For an answer, look no further than Peter Drucker’s famous quote, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” As Drucker implies, even the most elegant strategy will fail unless the organisation is culturally aligned and ready to carry the strategy forward in both letter and spirit. “Culture is the heartbeat of an organisation,” says Jo Long, a business culture and team engagement specialist with CultureStretch.

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What is Poly-Working?

Accurate Background

Since the pandemic began, the concept of polywork has been taking off— what does it mean, how prevalent is it or will it become? Here we look at the topic and how it may impact your organization in the new year. The term polywork has become so prevalent that there’s even a website devoted to the concept— polywork.com. What is Polywork? As the name suggests, what the term means is working for more than one employer.

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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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What are fringe benefits? What employers need to know

Insperity

Whether you’re a small business or a larger company, you want to do what you can to attract and retain top talent. Offering competitive pay is but one way to accomplish that, but there are other things you can do. For example, you can offer fringe benefits. What are fringe benefits? In common parlance, fringe benefits (a.k.a. perks or perquisites) are benefits you offer in addition to pay.

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A Playbook For Engaging Your Employees In Solving Business Problems

Forbes Coaches Council

How do employees show up at work for you? Like teenagers, employees are probably counting the days until summer vacation. Here are three things to keep in mind as you work to better engage your employees and solve business problems.

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What Should You Expect From Document Management Software?

SutiHR

Document Management System (DMS) refers to a combination of people, processes, and technology that assists a company in managing documents across its entire lifecycle. DMS makes a lot of sense for organizations, especially as digital documents and remote work become the new norm. In case you don’t know, document management refers to the processes of how you file, store, retrieve and secure your business documents.

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Great Resignation Proves Disconnect Over Values | Reveal Global

Reveal Global

Values in the workplace are more significant than ever. Employees are choosing prospective employers based on far more than salary and available roles. They want to know who this company is, their values, ethics, and how they might provide some security (in a less-than-secure world).

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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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Modern Lead Generation: Unique Ways To Connect With Prospects

Forbes Coaches Council

Of countless approaches you can take to tempt prospective customers into your sales funnel, some will be far more effective than others.

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Employers: Post Form 300A Beginning February 1

HRWatchdog

It’s that time of year again: Beginning February 1, 2022, California employers must post their Form 300A, Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (which includes COVID-19-related injuries) in a visible and easily accessible area at every worksite. The Form 300A summary must remain posted through April 30. This year, the Form 300A will summarize all job-related injuries and illnesses from 2021 that were logged on Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.

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Be Where Your Feet Are: The Case For Being Present In 2022

Forbes Coaches Council

The most difficult thing we can do as humans and leaders right now is be present, but it's also one of the most important things.

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Managing Your Employer Brand Through the Chaos

exaqueo

Managing your employer brand through chaotic times, such as these, does not have to be hopeless. We're here to remind you that "You got this.

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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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Stop Overworking To Access Your Genius: How Unquestioned Thinking Is Killing You And Your Business

Forbes Coaches Council

It’s a simple (but not easy) four-step process to stop overworking and tune in to the genius within you.

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Creative Ways to Declutter Your Space and Reduce Stress

Thrive Global

Many of us have been spending this month thinking about our goals for the year ahead. The best way to reach any well-being goal is by starting with behavior and environment changes that are realistic and sustainable. One change to our environment that can be especially beneficial is decluttering the space around us, which can help us free up mental space and move forward with our goals with a clear mind.

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Payroll Outsourcing: A Comprehensive Guide

Darwinbox

Payroll outsourcing , what is it? What are its benefits and drawbacks? Read on to get an understanding of how to choose the right vendor.

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