Fri.Aug 19, 2022

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6 Ways to Achieve Increased Productivity Without Burnout

Hppy

Employee burnout can be a genuine problem in progress and profit-driven businesses. As managers chase esteemed customers and demand more of their workers’ time and energy, many of those workers start to feel the effects of being pushed to their professional limits. . It’s easy to assume that long working hours and high-pressure environments can equate to high productivity levels, but there are easier ways to achieve the same goals.

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Developing Your (Office) Political Savvy – Positively

The People Equation

When you hear the phrase “office politics,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine: Favoritism Back-stabbing “Makes me want to run and hide” Cronyism Self-interest. It’s not a pretty list, is it? Whenever I talk with people about “office politics” their viewpoints have a negative theme associated with them. These words represent the dark side of human nature – what I call “people behaving badly” at work.

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How Mayo Clinic Selects Leaders: A Case Study

UpstartHR

“When we select leaders, what we have found is leaders may have great, innovative ideas. They may be very driven to achieve. But if they’re not inspiring people, if they’re not demonstrating those interpersonal qualities that people see them as servant leaders, we’ve noticed that people are not willing to follow them. So we really emphasize that [serving] is exactly the quality that we want to see in leaders.” Ji-Yun Kang, Leadership Assessment and Selection, Mayo C

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10 Tough Questions You Must Ask In Your Next Job Interview

HR Digest

When you’re in a job interview, the more prepared you are, the better your chances of landing that dream position. Having these 10 tough interview questions and answers will help you get ahead of the competition and show your interviewer that you’re a go-getter who won’t be satisfied with anything less than a dream job. What are the tough questions to ask in an interview?

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Electrician License Requirements

Embroker

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated there were around 650,500 employed electricians in the U.S. in May 2021. The Bureau also projects the number of employment opportunities for electricians to be about 85,000 every year as the market grows and people change their occupations or retire. . These numbers do not include self-employed workers, and about 8% of electricians are self-employed.

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it’s your Friday good news

Ask a Manager

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I’ve read your site for a few years now, and found it when I started searching up whether weird stuff my boss did in my student job was normal. Obviously it wasn’t, and from being paid below the legal minimum, to weird sexist stuff, it hasn’t been the best.

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Two Thirds of U.S. Workers Would Consider Relocating Because of Roe’s Overturn

The Muse

The Muse and Kindbody partnered on a survey of 3,000 American workers to determine how they feel about fertility and family-building benefits in the post-Roe era.

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weekend open thread – August 20-21, 2022

Ask a Manager

This post, weekend open thread – August 20-21, 2022 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: The Startup Wife , by Tahmima Anam.

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14 Ways Leaders Can Communicate Shifting Priorities Without Losing Trust

Forbes Coaches Council

Part of being a good leader is recognizing and accepting that a course correction is in order when your vision is not coming together properly.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Apple workers to be compensated over ‘bag-search’ policy; employers told to beware the ‘quiet quitters’

TLNT: The Business of HR

Apple’s $30 million ‘bag search’ lawsuit finally gets approval. Apple retail workers in California are set to receive an average pay-out of around $1,328 after a US District Court judge approved a $30 million compensation pot first set last year over its controversial ‘bag search’ policy. Apple demanded that staff have their bags searched at the end of each day to ensure goods weren’t being stolen.

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7 Ways Technology Can Drive Higher Employee Engagement | HR Cloud

HR Cloud

Leading people isn’t a piece of cake, but it becomes another battle if they lack morale. As the business world pace to leverage technology in order to get things done, business owners have also realized the impact of technology on employee engagement! Welcome to our blog and we hope you find actionable insights on how technology can power employee engagement in your organization.

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4 Steps To Bypass Your Inner Critic’s Negative Story

Thrive Global

One night I got caught in a harrowing blizzard in a remote area of the North Carolina Mountains without snow tires or four-wheel drive. I couldn’t stop or pull off the road, and my car was skidding on ice. Clutching the steering wheel, I had to drive another 30 miles straight up and around steep treacherous mountain curves. At first, I heard my Inner Critic’s reprimands, I hope you’re satisfied, dummy.

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Internal Mobility: 8 Best Practices to Boost Your Employees

CuteHR

Did you know? Nearly 60% of employees claim that switching jobs at their current employer is more difficult than finding a new one elsewhere. Employee migration within a company is referred to as internal mobility. The internal mobility plan takes this a step further by providing a framework for lateral and vertical mobility of current employees. The ability of an employee to keep up with the demands of the contemporary corporate landscape is also known as career agility.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Flip Your Perspective Instead Of Your Lid

Thrive Global

“ The lizard brain is not merely a concept. It’s real, and it’s living on the top of your spine, fighting for your survival. But, of course, survival and success are not the same thing.”—Seth Godin, entrepreneur and best-selling author. Unrealistic deadlines. Job demands. Boss breathing down you neck. When the work doldrums come—and they surely will—we tend to give them more credibility and treat them more seriously than the successes.

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So you missed the 7/31/22 deadline for restating pre-approved 401(k) plans…now what?

Benetech

The post So you missed the 7/31/22 deadline for restating pre-approved 401(k) plans…now what? first appeared on Benetech. The post So you missed the 7/31/22 deadline for restating pre-approved 401(k) plans…now what? appeared first on Benetech.

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Beyoncé And Elon Musk Sending Wrong Message To The Modern Workplace

Thrive Global

FILE – Beyonce appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP. “The lyrics to Beyoncé’s ‘Break my Soul’ miss the mark for what workers need to hear right now,” said Alex Zekoff, CEO and cofounder of Thoughtful Automation. “Telling people to ‘release ya anger, release ya mind, release ya job, release the time ’ is predicated on the idea that people have a better opportunity ahead of them, instead of

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open thread – August 19-20, 2022

Ask a Manager

This post, open thread – August 19-20, 2022 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to take your questions to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it her

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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How Lady Gaga And Mom Cynthia Germanotta Are Promoting Mental Health At Work

Thrive Global

Gen Z’s and young Millennials just might be the most wellness-conscious generations, fueling the reinvention of the post-pandemic workplace culture. But they’re also suffering from a myriad of mental health issues, many brought on by the pandemic. As this new generation enters the workforce, employers must be ready to provide adequate mental health benefits to accommodate their needs.

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Highly Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: The Need Of The Hour

Forbes Coaches Council

Emotional intelligence could be the most sought-after leadership skill of the decade.

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What Your Rising Ninth Grader Needs to Know Before High School Starts

Thrive Global

As a mom to a rising ninth grader, I want my son to know that the journey is his. As a parenting journalist for more than 10 years, I have been a witness to the societal pressures our kids have faced and continue to face. Academic achievement pressure, mental health issues, along with social media has changed our children’s worlds. Our teens’ worth, the essence of who they truly are has been marginalized by a culture that is fixed on accomplishments.

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What is a Managed IT Provider and How Can It Help HR Leaders?

Zenefits

HR teams face competing demands on their time every day. Employee engagement and development may be a top priority, but excessive admin and manual tasks tend to get in the way of more meaningful work. Technology promises to alleviate some of this workload, but without effective management, your tech stack can quickly become a burden rather than an asset.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Employee experience: where does the remit lie?

LACE Partners

‘Which team should look after employee experience? In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast Chris and Emma Leonis from LACE spoke to Tope Sadiku, Global Head of Digital Employee Experience from Kraft Heinz about just that. We discussed how the pandemic focused the minds of employee experience for her business, but also in general how EX should be viewed as a collective responsibility (spoiler alert).

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Beyond CSR: How philanthropy boosts employee engagement

HR Zone

Culture Nurture philanthropic employees and boost morale.

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Signs Of Burnout And 7 Steps To Prevention And Recovery

Thrive Global

Work burnout can be debilitating and frustrating, and it’s on the rise in the American workforce. A new Gallup-Workhuman report found that 25% of employees describe being burned out at work “very often” or “always”—meaning that, for a quarter of the workforce, energy, motivation and productivity are declining. The more severe your burnout, the more difficult it is to fulfill your professional obligations.

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Edcor Newsletter August 2022

Edcor

Edcor Newsletter August 2022. Are you leaving money on the table? For most working professionals going back to school is a tough decision because it involves rearranging your life, giving up your free time, and has financial implications too. If finances are standing in the way of fulfilling your dreams, I hope you know that the financial impact can be minimized with the help of your employer’s Tuition reimbursement benefits and partner school network discounts.

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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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Career Pathing: Creating Roads to Advancement for Your Employees

BerniePortal

In today’s workplace, employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. They want to know that their employers value them, and they want to see a forward trajectory for their careers at work. To meet this need, consider introducing career pathing into your performance management process. Read on to learn more about this strategy and how you can implement it to keep your employees engaged and your company running smoothly.

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Distress vs Eustress: Learn All About the Different Types of Stress

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is eustress? What is distress? 6 differences between eustress and distress. 6 similarities between eustress and distress. 8 examples of distress and eustress. What are the signs of eustress and distress? How to prevent distress and promote eustress. When to seek help for distress.

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Most Important Developments for 8/19

GetFive

The M.I.D. , as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, we learn that the metaverse is coming to HR and that we need to up our interviewing game, HR’s prudence and persistence can really pay off with layoffs, the tech sector embraces outplacement, and motivation got a look fr