Tue.Apr 09, 2019

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Why Managing Employees Effectively Includes 1-on-1 Performance Feedback

15Five

“Am I a good manager?”. If you’re like us, you’ve probably asked yourself this question on more than one occasion. The age old mystery of what makes a good manager has sparked many theories over the years, some useful and some ( really ) not. While anecdotes are nice, what we look for is hard evidence. So, we did some digging…. When it comes to employee performance feedback, less is not always more.

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How to Launch a Successful Employee Engagement Survey

Quantum Workplace

Organizational leaders can leverage employee engagement surveys to better the workplace and create an environment where employees thrive. These surveys are not the only key to the employee experience puzzle, though. There is a lot that goes into launching a successful engagement survey , beginning with crafting a thoughtful vision and truly preparing the organization for the survey and the changes to come based off its results.

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9 Questions to Help Your Team Create Vision

The People Equation

Think back to the last project you led. How did you begin? Were you successful getting people on board, or was it more like herding cats challenging than you’d planned? No matter what you’re leading, getting people to line up behind a vision is the first order of business when you take on a new leadership role. Satirist and author of Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift once said, “Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.” Because “vision” is an imagined future state, it is inde

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5 Key Talent Acquisition Strategies for Hiring Better Talent Than Your Competitors

EDSI

You’re standing in an art gallery filled with paintings. What draws your eye toward a particular canvas? It might be the vibrant colors or the naturistic scene … but something makes it stand out, right? Believe it or not, it’s similar for talent acquisition – you must find your own unique way to stand out if you want to be noticed by the best job candidates.

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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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Lessons from California: 5 Tips on Data Security & Protection

Justworks

Given the many data breaches dominating the news over the past several years — think Yahoo, OPM, Anthem, Equifax, even Facebook — data privacy regulations have gained increased relevance and importance. Authorities are attempting to ensure that companies to whom people entrust their data are handling it properly. Consumer Data Privacy Protections To date, California has been the most proactive state in terms of legislation that protects people’s data.

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3 Ways to Master the Spring Hiring Season

TalentCulture

As the snow is melting, you might be turning your mind toward warm-weather staples like baseball, barbecues and hiring season. Yes, hiring season. As a human resources professional, you have probably noticed that it is easier to fill open positions in May, June and July. Smart Recruiters conducted a survey of 100,000 employees at 700 companies and found that these three months come with the highest number of job applicants.

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No Thank-You Note? No Job

SHRM Resources

After a media executive tweeted that she would never hire someone who failed to send a thank-you note after an interview, Twitter exploded with outraged comments and a heated debate over whether such notes are necessary, or even advisable, in this day and age.

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Two in Three Hotel Websites Leak Guest Booking Details and Allow Access to Personal Data

Symantec

Hospitality services’ websites may leak your booking details, allowing others to view your personal data or even cancel your reservation.

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Text Recruiting Is the Future

SHRM Resources

Jared Bazzell, CDW's talent acquisition manager, told attendees at the 2019 Society for Human Resource Management Talent Conference & Exposition that recruiters get better and faster responses by texting candidates than they do by calling or e-mailing. "And in a tightened labor market, time-to-fill is higher, so speed to market is everything.".

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Sometimes Threat Hunting Isn’t Enough

Symantec

Proactively searching for threats is critical, but organizations trying to stop advanced threats need to understand that threat hunting is only one piece of the protection profile

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How to Keep Your New Hires Engaged

Take It Personel-ly

Setting the tone for new hires and providing them with the resources they need is what will prepare them for success. However, if you want to keep them engaged, it’s going to take more than just throwing them into training and hoping they do well with the process you’ve created. You’re going to need to […].

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6 Tips for Effective Employee Referral Programs

SHRM Resources

Employee referral programs can be an effective way to hire talented people, and they can also be invaluable in the current talent acquisition environment, in which open jobs outnumber qualified candidates. At the 2019 Society for Human Resource Management Talent Conference & Exposition, Aubrey Wiete, talent management consultant for Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and Jenna Filipkowski, Ph.D., director of research at Human Capital Institute, offered tips for improving employee referral programs.

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How to Amplify a Teenage TED Talker

DDI

With expert coaching, a teenager was able to wow her audience with a personal, passionate TED Talk on the importance of organ donation.

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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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Engaging Employees from Inside Bad HR Processes

Jason Lauritsen

When I speak to people about treating work as a relationship with employees rather than a contract, there’s a question I am commonly asked. It typically sounds something like this: “How do you make work feel like a relationship when you are trapped inside a bureacratic organization with archaic processes?” This question is a great one because it describes the challenge (or more accurately PAIN) of so many managers and HR pros out there.

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Keeping up to date on 6 critical HR activities

HR Morning

How can you find the information you need to be sure you’re compliant with changes in relevant laws and regulations? The best way is to identify at least one reliable source of information for each of the six primary “buckets” of HR: Hiring, Discipline, Termination, Recordkeeping and Retention, Administering Policies and Procedures and Legal Updates.

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Bouncing Back Isn't Always Enough

Forbes Coaches Council

While bouncing back certainly addresses the ability to recover quickly from setbacks, it doesn't address an equally important competency that can be essential for truly resilient and successful leaders: the ability to learn and develop from past experiences.

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20 online review stats to know in 2019

Qualtrics HR

In 2019, you can’t afford to ignore online reviews. From restaurants to computer software, consumers flock to online review sites like Yelp, Google Maps, and TripAdvisor to give them advice. In fact, online reviews influence the purchase decisions for 93% of consumers. Online reviews create social proof, increase consumer trust, and they give you a direct line to consumers.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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How to Build Trust with Employees and Colleagues

6Q

We spend a third of our days at work on average. This work environment can either enhance or diminish employee morale and productivity in your company. Learning how to build trust with employees can improve productivity, engagement, and confidence. Trust in any organisation works on three levels: at a company level in terms of culture , at a team level in regard to the relationships among the members, and at an interpersonal level between two people.

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Ask Addi P.: How to Best Champion Mental Health in the Workplace

ADP

Ask Addi P. shares feedback regarding her thoughts on mental health in the workplace and investing in mental health programs.

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New Jersey Becomes First State to Require Transit Benefits

Namely

Your New Jersey commute just got a little more bearable. With a law recently signed by Governor Phil Murphy, the Garden State becomes the first to require employers to offer pre-tax transportation benefits. Before being signed by the governor on March 1, Senate Bill 1567 was overwhelmingly supported by both houses of the state legislature.

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When It Comes To Your Social Media Efforts, What You Put In Is What You Get Out

Forbes Coaches Council

As attention spans dwindle and algorithms change, creating high-performing branded content is a challenge. But it’ll be an uphill battle for those that don’t try to look the part.

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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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How To Prevent Rater Bias From Damaging Performance Reviews

Engagedly

Bias exists in everyday life. It’s a very common human failing and no one is immune to it. Bias is essentially preconceived notions are informed by not always accurate information. In some cases, bias serves to further enforce […].

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Lessons Learned from Leonardo’s Resume

The SHRM Blog

Roughly 650 years after he sent it, Leonardo da Vinci’s letter to the Duke of Milan asking for a job is still very well known. In celebration of his upcoming April 15th birthday, it is worth looking at his approach to finding a new gig. All of us go through the angst of looking for a new job throughout our careers. We wonder whether we should write a resume that is focused on the exact job we want - on our deep specific experience, or one that covers the breadth of.

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Lessons Learned from Leonardo’s Resume

SHRM

Roughly 650 years after he sent it, Leonardo da Vinci’s letter to the Duke of Milan asking for a job is still very well known. In celebration of his upcoming April 15th birthday, it is worth looking at his approach to finding a new gig. All of us go through the angst of looking for a new job throughout our careers. We wonder whether we should write a resume that is focused on the exact job we want - on our deep specific experience, or one that covers the breadth of.

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6 Ways To Reduce The Cost Of Recruitment

New to HR

You may have begun your business alone, but there comes a time where every venture needs some additional help. Without a few extra pairs of hands to tackle the workload, you’ll struggle to fulfill your commitments and goals, which could. The post 6 Ways To Reduce The Cost Of Recruitment appeared first on New To HR.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Incentive Promotions: From Green Stamps to Greenbacks

Workstride

Incentive promotion budgets are important parts of sales plans and in the 21st century, sales budgets amount to about an $800 billion per year investment. For reference, U.S. companies only spend about a third of this on advertising. Incentives are used as a vehicle to align direct/indirect sales rep behavior with that of the organization. Promotions should ideally be designed so that salespeople maximize their rewards, while the company maximizes their profits.

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Expedia Group

Stories Incorporated HR

Reading Time: 3 minutes. In 2018, Expedia, Inc. rebranded to Expedia Group, Inc. to more accurately represent the collection of brands that make up the organization. They wanted to communicate specific elements of their culture—especially through the Expedia Group kununu page—to attract the right candidates. What we did. Stories Inc. interviewed Expedia team members to uncover stories that accurately depicted the employee experience.

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Is Your Startup Making These Rookie Hiring Mistakes?

Manatal

Statistics show that only one out of ten startups succeed. But while chances to survive are slim, startups are booming more than ever. That’s probably because entrepreneurship means you have more freedom and creative control in building your business. Running a startup often involves insufficient financial support and tough decisions, and recruiting is no exception.