Thu.Mar 29, 2018

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GDPR In The Workplace And How To Implement It

Hppy

As one of the world’s largest social media sites faces backlash from sharing private consumer information with an analytics site, it should be no surprise that regulatory agencies are taking extensive steps to keep companies from invading the privacy of customers and others who visit their websites. In particular, the 28 nations of the European Union have banded together to create new data regulations to keep its citizens safe from invasive advertising.

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Change Management Must-Haves: 15 Ways to Start Your New HR Program on the Right Foot

Kazoo

In today’s highly competitive business environment, a company’s employees are its most powerful asset. But plagued by a talent shortage that stretches across nearly all industries, HR leaders have been tasked with revamping retention strategies for the modern workforce. To do this, many companies have placed a high priority on improving the employee experience.

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5 Tips for Handling Tricky Religious Accommodations

HR Daily Advisor

When an employee’s religious beliefs conflict with a workplace policy, you need to consider whether a reasonable accommodation can be made without creating an undue hardship. Many times, religious accommodations present challenging issues for supervisors and HR professionals, but these five tips can help ease the struggle. altmodern / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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3 Ways Franchisors Can Help Franchisees Hire Quality Employees

Hireology

For any franchise brand to grow and thrive, franchisees across locations need to provide a top-notch customer experience and maintain profitability. And to achieve both these goals, your franchise locations need great employees who are committed to your brand’s success. Many franchise brands have dozens – or even hundreds – of locations, so there’s no way you can get involved in every hiring decision.

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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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What It’s Like to Manage HR at a Casino

Namely

We’ve heard all the HR stereotypes –from principal’s office to the fun police. But what happens when you drop an HR professional in a cubicle-free workplace, like a casino? To find out, we spoke with Robin Schooling, VP of Human Resources at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge , about the ins and outs of HR in the hospitality business. How did you get your start in HR?

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3 Ways to Improve Your Recruiting Strategy in 2018

Cornerstone On Demand

The "war for talent" has been grabbing headlines for over twenty years, after McKinsey's Steve Hankin coined the term in 1997 and wrote a book with the same name. Back then, the phrase referred to growing competition to attract and retain employees as Baby Boomers left the workforce. The war for talent still rages on in 2018, but now applies to companies struggling to fill open positions with candidates qualified-enough to fill skill gaps created by emerging technologies.

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7 Fun Ways to Host Team Meetings

Achievers

Team meetings are renowned for being boring and, to many employees, a waste of time. In fact, one survey shows that over 75% of meeting participants are annoyed by meetings they deem unnecessary, and many more will agree they find them boring, even if it’s just from time to time. So, as a meeting host in your business, it’s up to you to spice things up and bring a spark that will keep everybody engaged.

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WorkHuman is Here!

WorkHuman

We’re so excited to be in the vibrant city of Austin for our fourth year of WorkHuman ­– and it’s going to be the best one yet. Each year, the incredibly unique WorkHuman community continues to grow, inspire, and innovate. Leaders, thinkers, and HR professionals across all walks of life come together to harness the transformative power of people for the next generation of HR.

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3 Ways to Steer the Right Creative Talent Toward Your Business

Entrepreneur

Showcase what your company has to offer when it comes to a creative career, and build a culture that values original employee contributions. Otherwise, your in-house creative team will be a short-lived experiment.

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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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Change Management Must-Haves: 15 Ways to Start Your New HR Program on the Right Foot

Kazoo

In today’s highly competitive business environment, a company’s employees are its most powerful asset. But plagued by a talent shortage that stretches across nearly all industries, HR leaders have been tasked with revamping retention strategies for the modern workforce. To do this, many companies have placed a high priority on improving the employee experience.

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Why Are We So at Good Finding the Next LeBron but Not the Next Einstein?

Entrepreneur

Professional sports searches the world for stars. We are hit-or-miss about every other sort of talent.

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How Retail Hiring Will Change in the Next 5 Years

TalentCulture

The shopping experience has changed a lot over the past 10 years. But the experience of applying for a retail […]. The post How Retail Hiring Will Change in the Next 5 Years appeared first on TalentCulture.

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What Exactly Is Employee Engagement?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Have you ever wondered why there were so many definitions of employee engagement? Organizations around the globe are striving to build a culture of engagement, yet the various definitions often cloud their efforts. Rewards and recognition, learning and development, health and fitness, perks and benefits are all categories that commonly use employee engagement to describe their initiatives.

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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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How to use diversity to create 'good friction’

HR Zone

Business. How to use diversity to create 'good friction’.

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what are the strangest things you’ve ever seen on a resume?

Ask a Manager

I want to hear about the weirdest things you’ve seen on resumes. To kick us off, some highlights from past commenters: “The person whose description included only their entire astrological profile. I mean, sun sign, moon sign, rising sign, and midheaven sign. AND NOTHING ELSE.” “I received a resume for an IT Help Desk Technician position who put his current employer as ‘Confidential’ and description of accomplishments ‘Unable to disclose.'” “

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Me Too, For All and the Great Road to Equality in the Workplace

Great Place to Work

Reflections from the 2018 Great Place to Work For All Summit . By Lisa Ihnken. It’s been over a week since I attended my favorite annual gathering of global business innovators, and I’m still feeling energized by thought provoking ideas on how to make a positive impact on people in the workplace. This year at the Great Place to Work® For All™ 2018 Summit in San Francisco, in conjunction with their latest book release, Great Place to Work shared its exciting new mission to build a better world b

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5 Reasons I’m Looking Forward to #WorkHuman

Jason Lauritsen

Next week, I am headed out to speak at and attend the WorkHuman conference in Austin, TX. While I am always excited when given the opportunity to speak, I’m really looking forward to this event for a few reasons. I’m debuting some new content. The session I’m doing next week is called “Making Performance Management Human-Friendly.” It’s inspired by the ideas in my new book.

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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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What’s a Mentor and Why Don’t More People Mentor?

TLNT: The Business of HR

The March (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable dipped its toes into a more personal side of professional development to discuss the topic of mentoring. There are countless recommendations about mentoring and encouragement to either have a mentor, be a mentor yourself, or encourage others to get a mentor.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes: Modern Leadership Lessons

HR C-Suite

As the story goes, two con men -- fabric weavers, promise a prideful emperor a fabulous new suit of clothes. They said the clothes will be invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. However, in reality, they made no clothes at all, leading everyone to believe the clothes are invisible to them. When […].

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What distinguishes good gamification from bad?

HR Zone

Acquisition. What distinguishes good gamification from bad?

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TrueAbility Educates Attendees on the Importance of Low-Latency Assessments at the Performance Testing Council’s 40th Summit

TrueAbility

Co-founder and CEO, Frederick “Suizo” Mendler delivered an eye-opening presentation on the importance of low-latency performance-based assessments (PBA) at the Performance Testing Council’s 40 th Summit held in San Antonio, Texas February 21-22, 2018. The presentation titled, “Overcoming Common Obstacles for Computer-based PBA for Financial and Stats Industries,” referenced key statistical findings based on a global study TrueAbility conducted on PBA and network latency that found organizations

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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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Housekeeping Supervisor job description

Workable

Use this Housekeeping Supervisor job description template to attract and hire qualified employees for your hotel or resort. You can easily customize this template for other business types, like universities and office buildings. Housekeeping Supervisor responsibilities include: Training housekeepers on cleaning and maintenance tasks. Overseeing staff performance on a daily basis.

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10 Reasons to Build Your Career in.Nashville

Namely

At Namely, Our mission is to help companies build better workplaces. Where you choose to work has a tremendous impact on your life. In our 10 Reasons series , we take a look at what it’s like to work in major cities across the US. Nashville, AKA “Music City,’ has long been a popular destination to live and work (hot chicken, anyone?). But in recent years, Nashville’s growth has skyrocketed.

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For All and the Great Road to Equality in the Workplace

Great Place to Work

Reflections from the 2018 Great Place to Work For All Summit. By Lisa Ihnken. “Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” -Verna Meyers. It’s been over a week since I attended my favorite annual gathering of global business innovators, and I’m still feeling energized by thought provoking ideas on how to make a positive impact on people in the workplace.

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The Benefit Of Always Asking For What You Want

Forbes YEC Women

Sometimes the answer is no and remains no. But you might be surprised to learn how often taking a chance and asking for things that matter will work in your favor.

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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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Women of Chemistry – Questions With Ikram Basi

The Chemistry Group

What is your role at Chemistry and what does that entail? I am a Client Support Specialist, this means that I look after our company’s support channel, liaise with our incredible tech team and make sure that our clients are happy with our tools’ functionality! How did you celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day? I celebrated with my mother as she is my biggest role models!

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6th Circuit: Highly Paid Workers Sometimes are Entitled to Overtime Under FLSA

HR Daily Advisor

The 6th Circuit—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently ruled that two welding inspectors who earned more than $100,000 a year may have been entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Facts. In 2013 and 2014, “Angus” and “Norm” worked as welding inspectors for Gulf Interstate Field Services. Both employees received an offer letter stating they would earn $337 per day in addition to a weekly computer stipend.

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my boss found out I’m living with my parents, required to shave a beard, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. I’m embarrassed that my boss found out I’m living with my parents. I’m 26 years old and moved back in with my parents three months ago as a combination of getting renovicted (where a landlord evicts a tenant under the, sometimes false, reason of conducting renovation) and wanting to save up a downpayment to purchase my own place.