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HR Failed to Investigate an Incident – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

If you get a group of business professionals together, the stories begin. We all have a “I thought I had seen it all, then this happened…” story. Here’s one of those situations. I’m a newly promoted supervisor working in the prison system. I have endured two assaults from two different inmates. I have documented reports on file with the department regarding both incidents.

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How Multitasking Hurts Team Productivity And What You Can Do About It

Hppy

Every manager wants a team that can work on three or four different tasks at the same time, don’t they? An effective worker should be able to pivot from their day-to-day tasks to respond to emails or requests from clients and management or jump on an urgent task as it comes up. After all, a team that can multitask will get twice as much work done in half the time, right?

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The Employee Development Honor Roll: Adobe

Kazoo

(In this blog series, we share the stories of companies that have taken the first steps toward their employee development transformation. You can read the first post in this series, on Patagonia , here.). An employee review process that inspires people to do their best work. Adobe’s performance review process looked very similar to other organizations: Once a year, managers would assign an overall rating to each employee (high performer, strong performer, solid performer or low performer).

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Our Future

Everyday People

I never thought I’d be the type of person who reminisces as he got older. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t yearn for the past when things were better and people had a stronger work ethic, etc. Trust me, I am doing what I can to debunk the continued effort to separate, isolate and categorize generations. I think it’s short-sighted and runs contrary to what HR should emulate – the bringing together of all of our differences to make us even stronger !!

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Correct & Prevent I-9 Errors: Your 2024 Audit Toolkit

Simplify your I-9 compliance process and minimize the risk of costly fines with WorkBright’s comprehensive audit toolkit. Created in collaboration with employment law experts, this essential two-part guide will help you conduct a thorough internal audit in 2024. The first section outlines a three-step process for ensuring error-free and compliant I-9s, followed by two printable checklists to streamline your audit process.

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Please Stop Punishing Your Employees For Being Introverted

Evil HR Lady

Remember back in school when class participation made up 10 percent of your grader? For some people this was the easiest 10 percent of the semester. You know the types–the ones who loved to hear the sounds of their own voices. They commented on everything , whether or not they had something to say. For others, though, this 10 percent was the hardest part.

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Does your Small Business need help cutting costs?

Corn on the Job

How an effective return-to-work program can impact employee morale and cut workers’ compensation costs? Small business owners today are taking on many new costs from many different areas that have not been required of them in the past. Whether these costs are due to the because of the employee health insurance costs due to the affordable care act or the rising cost of commercial insurance , business owner are now forced to be wiser than ever about cutting costs.

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The 5 Types of Toxic Employees to Look Out For

TinyPulse

Peers are the number one thing that employees love about their job — according to our research — and we'll continue to harp on that fact until the sun comes up. Why? Because all it takes in the workplace is one bad apple to ruin the bunch.

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Why Your Employer Brand Needs to Extend Beyond Recruitment (and How to Get There)

HR C-Suite

Every HR professional knows that a sound employer brand is critical to recruiting for hard-to-fill jobs in competitive sectors. In fact, 75% of job seekers consider employer brand even before applying for a role. Now that applicants can scour Glassdoor reviews, trawl through company social media accounts and quickly find any negative press coverage attached […].

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U.S. Businesses Waste $687 Billion Annually on Unnecessary Admin Work, New Kronos Study Finds

Empower Software

A new global study from The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated and Coleman Parkes Research found that U.S. businesses waste $687 billion per year on unnecessary administrative work, significantly more than any other country.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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Start Incorporating Tech In Retail Or You’ll Get Left In The Dust

Take It Personel-ly

Technology and business go hand-in-hand. The reliance on the internet and networks is ever increasing. Some people thought that simple brick-and-mortars businesses, like retailers, were impervious to change. There was increased competition, but the majority of people still go out to the store when they need something right away. Only now, tech is making its … Continue reading Start Incorporating Tech In Retail Or You’ll Get Left In The Dust.

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The Ripple Effect: The multi-faceted benefits of integrated software solutions for SMEs

Ascender

Sign up for our free white paper. In the increasingly competitive world of business – one in which employee and customer experience have become significant differentiators – getting the most out of your available resources is absolutely vital. As staff are undeniably a business’s most powerful resource, we look at the tools businesses can implement to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, remove the risk of human error and generally free up their employees time to focus on business growt

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Teachers: Making The Most Of Your Professional Development

Take It Personel-ly

When you finally got that last exam result, and could call yourself a qualified teacher, I’m sure you felt a massive relief wash over you. After all that hard study, trial and error, you were finally able to launch your career and start making a real difference to the youth of the nation. I hate … Continue reading Teachers: Making The Most Of Your Professional Development.

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Is Culture Created Top Down or Bottom Up?

Cloverleaf

I was recently listening to season three of the Startup podcast which featured its founding company's CEO Alex Blumberg working with an executive coach. The entire episode focused on Alex's role in creating culture at Gimlet Media, the company responsible for the Startup podcast. This reminded me of a big question among those that study corporate culture.

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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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So You Want To Be The Next Zoella? Here’s How

Take It Personel-ly

Do you wish you had millions of readers who follow your blog, just like Zoella? The world-famous blogger has managed to build up her audience so much that she is now earning millions through a very lucrative blogging business. And professional blogging has opened up so many new career opportunities for her, such as book … Continue reading So You Want To Be The Next Zoella?

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How to Implement Workplace Automation Without Worrying Employees

ADP

Most North American employees are hopeful an increase in workplace automation will have a positive impact on their lives, but some are concerned.

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How to Implement a HR System

EmployeeConnect

‘there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success , than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. . – Niccolo Machiavelli. HR directors face increasing demands of their time-management skills, recruitment strategies and people-management abilities in today’s competitive workplace.

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The Roadmap to Successful HR Software Implementation

EmployeeConnect

‘there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success , than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. . – Niccolo Machiavelli. HR directors face increasing demands of their time-management skills, recruitment strategies and people-management abilities in today’s competitive workplace.

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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.