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3 Ways to Stay On Top of #HR Compliance – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I know human resources compliance issues aren’t the sexiest thing to talk about but, they’re a necessary part of HR. In fact, compliance is a part of any business. Even if a compliance issue decreases, we need to know details so we can stop devoting resources to it. And chances are all compliance won’t be eliminated. The sooner we realize that the goal isn’t to make compliance go away – it’s to learn the best way to manage it – the better off we will be.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. The Job Interview Will Soon Be Dead. Here's What the Top Companies Are Replacing It With -- by Marcel Schwantes. 2.

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Calling All Students: 3rd Annual WorkHuman Fellowship Essay Contest

WorkHuman

Submit your essay and win a trip to WorkHuman in Phoenix in May! Do you know an undergraduate or graduate student with a passion for building a more inclusive, human workplace? Are you a student who would love to learn from thought leaders like Susan Cain and Adam Grant at WorkHuman 2017? We are thrilled to announce the third annual WorkHuman Fellowship Essay Contest.

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Moral Hazard and the ACA: The Late Nobel Economist Kenneth Arrow’s Legacy Lives On

ACA Times

By John Dante. Kenneth J. Arrow was known for, among other things, laying the intellectual foundation that eventually gave rise to the Affordable Care Act. Born in 1921 in New York City, the son of Romanian Jewish immigrants, Arrow made groundbreaking contributions in economics and the social sciences and is arguably the father of modern political science.

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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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Best Techniques To Reduce Employee Turnover In 2017

TalentCulture

High employee turnover is generally considered bad for any organization. This can lead to low- quality performance and unmet goals in the workplace. As there is no certainty that all company roles will be filled daily, businesses are compelled to hire and train new employees constantly. A common downside of employee turnover is high costs. It’s more costly to lose workers and hire new ones than retain older employees, according to Chron.com.

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Boomerang Employees: An Untapped Talent Source?

TalentCulture

Former employees already know your business and can produce results from the get-go. Everything old is new again. Retro fashions have come back and are in style. Old rock bands are reuniting (again) for a tour. And companies are rehiring old employees. Yes, the phenomenon of boomerang employees is real and more common than ever. According to a recent survey, 76 percent of HR professionals said they are more willing to hire a boomerang employee now than in the past.

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Video + Working From Home Sounds Great - Until Your Spouse Crawls Through the Background.

The HR Capitalist

Working from home. It used to be great and still is for many of us, but there's a canary in the coal mine that's emerging that could take the joy out of your sweats/PJs/hat game. That thing? It's called video meetings. And it's increasingly required for the simplest of calls you need to take. The trend is positive. When you're working remote, you can take phone calls and be pretty absent, especially on conference calls when your full attention isn't required.

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The Journey of a Blogger

Laurie Ruettimann

My blog has been baptized by fire and water. It began with a passion for understanding myself and has since become a passion for helping people better understand themselves and the role of work in their lives. It’s a fire that often overwhelms me, but I don’t run from the flames. I sit down at the computer and write my innermost thoughts to gain clarity through the heat and the haze.

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15 Ways to Work Happier with Help from Science [Infographic]

WorqIQ

We spend a large part of our adult lives at work. Many of us, however, aren’t happy about it. We wake up in the morning and force ourselves to go somewhere we don’t really want to be, and spend the day mumbling, “This job sucks!” There has to be a way to work happier, right? Read More» The post 15 Ways to Work Happier with Help from Science [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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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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5 steps to support mental wellbeing in the workplace

HR Zone

People. 5 ways organisations can support mental health.

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Advice for Millennials Managing a Multigenerational Team

TLNT: The Business of HR

Much has been written about millennial workers — what they want and how management can provide it , but what about millennial leaders? How will millennials manage a multigenerational staff ?

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How to find Engineers with Boolean search strings

Workable

When hiring Engineers, use Boolean search logic in Google to find resumes and profiles. Our search string examples provide a basis to build your own commands. Modify them to hire for various types of engineers. Building search strings to find Engineers. Create a generic search string around terms like: -job -jobs -sample -examples, to exclude irrelevant results.

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How You Deploy Talent Is More Important Than How Much You Have

TLNT: The Business of HR

Recognize This! – Research shows talent deployment matters more than the raw amount of talent. One effective strategy is to encourage talent networks through social recognition.

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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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Personality interview questions

Workable

During your hiring process, ask Personality interview questions to test candidates’ soft skills, including teamwork, flexibility and creativity. These sample Personality interview questions will help you identify potential hires who’ll fit in your company culture. Why ask personality interview questions. Soft skills are not obvious on paper. Knowledge and experience are important in the hiring process, but screening for the right personality traits helps you ensure potential hires perform well u

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Jobs Surge In February, Gaining 235,000

TLNT: The Business of HR

Employers continued to add nonfarm jobs at a rapid pace in February, increasing payrolls by 235,000 during the month, blowing past predictions of a more modest increase.

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How to find Developers with Boolean search strings

Workable

When sourcing developers on Google, use Boolean logic to find resumes and profiles. Our search strings examples provide a basis to build your own Boolean search commands. Modify them to recruit developers who can code in various coding languages and have been involved with projects similar to your company’s. Generic search string to find developers.

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Leadership Effectiveness is Your #1 Priority

Ceridian

By Lisa Sterling, Chief People Officer, Ceridian. When you have the honor of being in a leadership position within an organization, the importance of selecting the right people and empowering them cannot be understated. By delegating to the right people and knowing you can trust them to do what they are tasked with – and follow through with it – you are freed up to focus more time and attention on other critical areas of the organization.

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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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Are Employee Training Courses Really Worth the Investment?

Take It Personel-ly

Employee training courses can cost your company a good deal of money up front. This cash could be used for advertising or for putting a better product together. But, the benefits of employee training courses for career development are vast. They provide innovative methods for employees to work with new strategies and products. They also … Continue reading Are Employee Training Courses Really Worth the Investment?

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Top 10 Ways to Improve Employee Efficiency

Zenefits

As daylight savings approaches, it’s a good time to think about different ways you can, well, save time. These days, employees are spending more and more time at the office–certainly exceeding the typical 40-hour work week. However, increasing hours worked does not necessarily translate to increased efficiency. So, how can leaders and managers improve employee productivity while still saving time?

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How Important Is Fit?

Blend Me Inc

How Important Is Fit? Jennifer Cameron. Fri, 03/10/2017 - 09:56. . Tina Fey once said, “Being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.” This is Management Rule #1. When you hire the right people who fit the culture of the company and their skills and knowledge fit the requirements necessary to perform the job, you should be able to get out of their way and let them work their magic.

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Getting Big Recognition for Your Small Company

BambooHR

There’s been a lot of talk in the HR world about employee reward and recognition, with topics discussing how, when, and why you should recognize your employees. But employees aren’t the only ones accomplishing big things. Chances are, your organization as a whole has some noteworthy achievements too. When your organization gets recognized, your employees […].

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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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Why Performance Reviews are Dead (And What to Do Instead)

SnackNation

Why Performance Reviews are Dead (And What to Do Instead). They tend to sneak up on you like a thief in the night. If you’re consistently doing a good job, they probably seem like a giant waste of time. If your performance has slipped in a few areas, they probably feel like being sent to the principal’s office. Either way, chances are your boss dreads them just as much as you do.

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When Working From Home Goes Hilariously Wrong

Evil HR Lady

Political Scientist Robert E. Kelly was live, on the air, from his home, when his kids decided to see what dad was up too. What ensued is this hilarious clip with poor Dr. Kelly trying to talk about the very serious impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. First, the older daughter comes in, then the baby, and finally, a frantic mother trying to get the kids out.

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A personal story of reaching breaking at work

HR Zone

Culture. A personal story of reaching breaking at work.

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Mastering Tough FMLA Issues: Effectively Managing FMLA Investigations by the DOL

HR Daily Advisor

This article series addresses some of the most confusing real world problems surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the last installment , we focused on employees who do not have job restoration rights once they return from leave. In this article, we’ll focus on managing U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigations surrounding FMLA leave and interference claims.

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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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Innovative Ways To Use Higher Education Diversity Programs

Careerminds

Want to find an industry that’s making progress in creating a more diverse workforce? Take a look at higher education diversity programs and check out the results. The importance and benefits of diversity in the workforce is not a new fact. Racially diverse teams outperform non-diverse ones by 35%. Gender-diverse companies are 15% more likely to earn above-average revenue.

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Friday Five: Why Does Silicon Valley Hate HR?

Workology

Are we still talking about Uber? Yup, we’re still talking about Uber. And we will be for some time, since allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic culture at the tech company have set of a veritable avalanche of revelations there and elsewhere in the Valley. The only question is whether or not they’ll come […].

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SHRM Study shows that we are inching towards a better work-life balance.

The Employer Handbook

So, I’m diligently preparing and honing my delivery fart for my FMLA/ADA presentation this Tuesday at SHRM’s 2017 Employment Law and Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, when, what do I see? It’s a new SHRM study on “employer practices, policies, programs and benefits that address personal and family needs of employees.” Seems topical with all these rumblings of paid leave coming from the White House.

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