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4 Layoff Management Tips

Pollack Peacebuilding

Layoffs are something no manager or other business leader wants to do. It is an uncomfortable process that can have devastating or traumatic consequences for those laid off. If you need layoff management assistance, you are not alone. Review a few tips to make this unfortunate process a little easier on everyone. Free Consultation for Team Training.

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How To Take Action With Your Company’s Hiring Process

HR Management

Every business, big or small, has to go through the hiring process at one point or another. This can be disturbing, especially when you don’t know where to start. Here is an outline detailing the steps you need to take to successfully hire new employees for your company! Want to Hire Top Talent? Follow These Proven Strategies for Selecting and Growing Your Team.

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How Did Main Street Restaurants Fare in October?

Homebase

For months, conflicting macroeconomic data were used to support both sides of the question about whether we are in a recession. The good: Jobless claims remain low by historical standards. Wages continue to rise , but so is inflation. GDP for Q3 was positive after two quarterly declines. Consumer continue to spend (for now). The bad: Consumer confidence ebbed in October.

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Soul Hacker

NoExcusesHR

I have a network of close friends who also happen to be in senior executive roles across the country. And they are dealing with a lot. A lot of stress. A lot of big decisions. A lot of isolation. Did you know executive life can be incredibly isolating? Think about it…if you are the CHRO you don’t have a peer colleague, really. Sure there are other executives, but they don’t see the world the way you do, nor do they have to manage the pressure the CHRO has to deal with.

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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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Masking Your Feelings at Work and the Toll it Takes

Pathways

Medically Reviewed by. Patti van Eys, Ph.D. Jack-o-lanterns, costumes, candy, masks–everything Halloween is here in all of its ghostly, witchy and pumpkin-spicy glory! It’s a time of spooky celebrations and way too many sweets, but the masks we put on once a year come off when trick-or-treating ends. For some, the masks are worn 24/7, 365 days a year…and it takes its toll.

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employee wants more praise but he’s not doing a good job, nosy coworker, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, employee wants more praise but he’s not doing a good job, nosy coworker, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employee wants more praise but he’s not doing a good job. I have a fairly new (six months) direct report who is not performing up to expectations but is still making progress and I am hopeful will ultimately be able to be successful in the role.

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Quiet Quitting: How to Reengage Employees in a Post-Pandemic World

Cisive

The “quiet quitting” phenomenon suggests that employees are doing the bare minimum and even shirking work commitments. The reality is more nuanced: Employees are reevaluating their priorities in the wake of COVID-19. They’re disengaged at work and unwilling to sacrifice personal interests, families or self-care. Quiet quitting is also the latest buzzword that attempts to explain today’s workforce, especially the younger generations.

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Need An HR Benefits Upgrade? Here Are 16 Perks That Can Help Employees Prosper

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s Jennifer Reimert, SVP of the Workhuman Consulting Practice, offers her expert insight in this Forbes Council article that suggests new HR benefits companies should offer to help their people prosper. The post Need An HR Benefits Upgrade? Here Are 16 Perks That Can Help Employees Prosper appeared first on Workhuman.

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have you ever had a spooky experience at work?

Ask a Manager

This post, have you ever had a spooky experience at work? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Did you ever work somewhere haunted? Feel the ghost of your predecessor marooned in your office? Encounter an evil spirit lurking in the copier? It’s Halloween, so let’s hear all your stories about spooky experiences at work. Share in the comment section!

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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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Affirmative Action Hangs in Doubt

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on Oct. 31 that will test the future of affirmative action in higher education, the available pipeline of recent graduates, and diversity programs in the workplace. Conservative justices raised doubts about the need for affirmative action 20 years after the court set a precedent to allow colleges to consider race as one of many factors in admissions.

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I work next to a haunted house, and other tales of Halloween

Ask a Manager

This post, I work next to a haunted house, and other tales of Halloween , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Here’s a round-up of Halloween posts from the past. I can’t escape Halloween Town. my company wants me to work Halloween and I’m a Halloween fanatic (and the update ). I live where I work, and now there’s a haunted house next to me. our office may be haunted — how do I keep it from distracting from our work?

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Medical Staff Services: 3 Key Trends for 2023

Precheck

Medical Staff Services: 3 Key Trends for 2023 Oct. 31, 2022. Dionne Austin Director of Healthcare Solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced how and where the medical staff services industry operated and how credentialing professionals perform their work. As we look to 2023, as well as National Medical Staff Service Awareness Week from Nov. 6 to 12, medical staff services face unresolved issues related to how healthcare employers handle remote work arrangements, telemedicine implementation,

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How Burnout Undermines Mission Readiness And What To Do About It

BetterUp

“Suck it up and keep moving”. We don’t talk much about burnout in agency leaders. No doubt about it, in the Federal government there is an overwhelming sense of commitment to service and the mission — at all costs.

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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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2022 Year-End Payroll Checklist [Including Downloadable Checklist]

Proliant

As we end the year and people across the country get ready for the holidays, payroll and HR professionals are preparing for a stressful time. Year-end refers to the completion of the fiscal year. It’s a time for “closing the books,” reviewing transactions, verifying payroll data, and so much more. At Proliant, we’re all too familiar with the chaos that ensues as the leaves drop and the temperature cools.

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How Burnout Undermines Mission Readiness And What To Do About It

BetterUp

“Suck it up and keep moving”. We don’t talk much about burnout in agency leaders. No doubt about it, in the Federal government there is an overwhelming sense of commitment to service and the mission — at all costs.

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22 Top Companies Hiring in November

The Muse

See who’s hiring this month and what roles they’re trying to fill.

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11 Legitimate Ways To Offer Employees More Flexibility

Forbes Coaches Council

When organizations imply they allow employees to work when and where they like when they don’t actually have systems in place to facilitate that level of flexibility, using such bait-and-switch tactics is known as “flexwashing.”.

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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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Employers: Be Prepared, Not Scared, This Halloween

HRWatchdog

It’s Halloween, and people are planning to celebrate at pre-pandemic levels, according to the National Retail Federation. As employees return to the office, Halloween-related issues, like Halloween costumes, parties and decorations, may start to reappear after a few years of COVID-19-impacted Halloweens. Dressing up at work can be both entertaining and a workplace morale booster, but it can also be a major source of trouble.

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15 Key Things To Do At Least One Year Before Leaving A Job To Start A Business

Forbes Coaches Council

Smart aspiring entrepreneurs take their time planning an exit from their day job before making the leap—sometimes as much as two or three years.

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Reentering the Workforce: 5 Tips You Should Know

BetterUp

Jump to section. Common challenges when reentering the workforce. 5 tips for your reentry to the workforce. Don’t be afraid — be bold.

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Employee Engaging Tech Ideas: A Blog Discussing Ways to Engage Employees Through Technology

HR Cloud

In an ever-changing, dynamic tech space applying innovative ideas in the workplace can go a long way to boost employee engagement. Discover how you can do it. It's no longer a dream to have inventions and automated processes to help engage employees - people are actually doing it! There are many new, innovative ways to incorporate technology with the employee experience and employee satisfaction.

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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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3 Key Factors to Adopting Powerful Benefits

Prism HR

Guest Blog: Pendella Technologies. The challenging PEO marketplace has companies scrambling to stay ahead of their competitors. Part of the struggle is finding new employee benefits that will increase client satisfaction while taking minimal effort to implement. According to LIMRA , 76% of employers think their employees will expect a wider variety of benefits options in the future.

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Social media matters, even if you’re B2B

Sonic Boom

Social media matters, even if you’re B2B. Way back in the 2010s, algorithms didn’t exist. Social media marketing was a new way to get piles of traffic and eyeballs to your website. Feeds weren’t curated to control what you saw; it was a free-for-all essentially, and companies benefitted from it. Today, there are many platforms, stronger algorithms, and competition for even a second of a user’s attention.

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Everything You Need to Know Before Offering a Sign-on Bonus

Patriot Software

You’re struggling to find good, quality candidates to fill an open position. Or, you’ve found the perfect candidate and want to sweeten the job offer. What do you do? In either case, you may consider offering a sign-on bonus. But before you advertise a $500, $1,000, or $5,000 (you get the picture) sign-on bonus, you […] READ MORE.

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Pre-Tax Benefits Don’t Have to be Scary

Benefit Resource Inc.

It’s that time of year again! The leaves are changing color, the air is getting cooler, and ghosts, goblins, and witches are getting ready to come out and play. But, there’s one thing that doesn’t have to be scary this Halloween —your pre-tax benefits! Commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts, dependent care, and health savings accounts are just a few of the great employee benefits available to help you save money and reduce stress.

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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 Design A Strategic Thinking Boot Camp To Improve Employee Engagement

Forbes Coaches Council

A strategic thinking boot camp is what it sounds like: A very challenging, highly engaging, hands-on burst of a training program.

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The Ultimate Guide to Remote Workforce Management

Betterworks

Remote and hybrid work isn’t going away anytime soon, and forward-thinking business leaders recognize they need a new approach to effective remote workforce management. HR professionals play a crucial role in helping managers unlock better communication, productivity, and business results within their teams. Even as offices reopen and occupancy rates trend upward, remote work has […].

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Virtual Onboarding: 6 Steps to Engaging New Team Members

BetterUp

The world of work is more virtual than ever before.