Thu.Oct 19, 2017

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. *This week’s Fundings: $100M+. AI Recruiting Company Mya Systems Announces $18M Series B Funding, Introduces Industry’s First AI-Based Technology to Automate Sourcing and First Multi-Lingual Support.

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A New Employee Benefit: Social Justice PTO

HR Bartender

At this year’s WorkHuman Conference , pioneered by Globoforce, I learned about a new employee benefit called social justice PTO. We’re familiar with the concept of PTO (paid time off). Instead of employees having vacation days, sick days, etc., they have one bank of time to use as they choose. Social justice PTO is paid time off but for social issues, like protests or marches.

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3 Rules for Building Stakeholder Trust in Your HR Data

Visier

For years, many companies have relied largely on intuition and easily-captured metrics when it comes to People Analytics. But in the face of rapidly-evolving ideas, methods, and tools in this space, many people have been challenged to consider their trust in data and the science that it is—ideally—based on. Even when these new data-gathering technologies have been relentlessly tested and their insights supported , HR data can still be met with some degree of skepticism.

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A Top Strategy For CEOs To Create Intentionally Positive Organizations

15Five

Most of us go to bed thinking about the work that didn’t get done and the tasks that are still on the list instead of recognizing what went well and how we moved the needle forward , even if only a little. That makes sense, since humans are wired to focus on the negative. This is evolution’s way of keeping us alive. For CEO’s and leaders running organizations, it’s important to acknowledge this natural negative lean.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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3 Rules for Building Stakeholder Trust in Your HR Data

Visier

For years, many companies have relied largely on intuition and easily-captured metrics when it comes to People Analytics. But in the face of rapidly-evolving ideas, methods, and tools in this space, many people have been challenged to consider their trust in data and the science that it is—ideally—based on. Even when these new data-gathering technologies have been relentlessly tested and their insights supported , HR data can still be met with some degree of skepticism.

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The Best Companies Have A Culture Of “Yes”

Hppy

YES invites opportunity; NO closes the door on it. YES creates value; NO destroys it. YES is human. NO is mechanical. The leader who wants to build their business looks for ways to exchange mutual value with others; to find opportunities to respond to what others desire. To serve others in a way that will create long term relationships that prosper both the organization and the individual.

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J.P. Morgan Chase Introducing Real-Time Feedback for Employees

Reflektive

The workplace of the future isn’t a hierarchy — it’s a network. In fact, at many companies, the change has already taken place. Peers have a better sense of what each employee is contributing, and some employees may report to multiple managers, depending on the project. That’s one reason formal performance reviews are being phased out.

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Part-Time vs Full-Time Employees: What Are the Qualifying Hours?

Justworks

If you’re researching the question about what constitutes full-time and part-time hours, you’ve likely run into different definitions in different places, and employers are generally able to develop their own definitions. And with conflicting definitions floating around, it makes it hard to know what’s correct and what’s not. So, what really makes for a full-time and part-time employee in the United States?

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The Balance of Meeting Business Needs with Employee Expectations

ATD Human Capital

As we move into the last quarter of 2017, it continues to be an exciting—yet challenging—time for human capital leaders. By now, it should be clear that the old way of working just doesn’t cut it for your employees. They want more—more feedback, more learning opportunities, more touch-points with their managers, more recognition for what they do, and more connection to what their organization is doing.

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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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IRS To Enforce Individual Mandate for 2017 Tax Returns

ACA Times

In yet another sign that the IRS will be enforcing the Affordable Care Act, the IRS’s ACA Information Center for Taxpaying Professionals is providing updated guidance that it will require taxpayers to provide an indication of whether they had healthcare coverage in 2017, as required by the ACA, when electronically filing 2017 tax returns. The IRS also said that paper returns that do not contain the ACA information may be suspended until the IRS receives additional information.

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The Truth About Employee Engagement Measurement Practices - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

There is a lot of speculation about the frequency and methods used by companies to measure employee engagement. In our comprehensive 2017 State of Engagement Survey, we gathered feedback from over 150 organizations to discover the truth about how employee engagement is actually measured. We dug down into the details to determine the frequency and consistency of surveying, survey methods, participation rates, and the average level of employee engagement.

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How to Achieve a People Centric Performance Management Process

TalentCulture

In an illuminating TEDTalk “The way we think about work is broken”, Barry Schwartz encourages us to think about whether it’s human nature that creates institutions or institutions which can shape human nature. In traditional factory lines, work was based simply on the exchange of labor for money. However, money doesn’t have to be the only thing that drives people to get up and go to work every morning.

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7 HR Podcasts to Download Right Now

Namely

The rise of self-taught HR practitioners has brought about a wealth of resources for HR professionals at any career stage. From newsletters to online communities , there’s no shortage of opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the field. As podcasts become increasingly popular, HR professionals have yet another channel to access thought leadership around people management, leadership, and business.

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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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#WorkTrends Recap: Creating the HR Function of the Future

TalentCulture

Kevin Grossman, President of The Talent Board and the CandE Awards, and I became acquainted when Twitter was in its infancy and soon after we co-hosted a little podcast together called, #TChat. Over the years we have seen many changes, most currently in the evolution of human resources technology, which is what we talked about today. Human resources technology has evolved and become better suited to help organizations recruit and retain the employees that are a good fit while making the employee

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Tap into the Wisdom of your Peers

Everwise

When we’re facing a problem we don’t know how to solve, we often want an expert to step in and guide us. The impulse is natural; most of us want advice when we’re doing something new. But when it comes to work, most of us fall into the trap of equating expertise with s eniority or title. What I’ve learned from running EverwiseWomen, a year-long leadership development program for emerging women leaders, is how much we can gain from peers and colleagues at our level – if we know the right way to t

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12 HR Halloween Costumes You Will Love

BambooHR

Halloween is right around the corner, but there’s still time to put together a clever, HR-related costume to wear to work. We’ve rounded up 12 Halloween costumes that are not only HR appropriate, but perfect for any HR pro: 1. Firefighter. You probably put out fires pretty regularly anyway. A firefighter seems like a natural […]. The post 12 HR Halloween Costumes You Will Love appeared first on.

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Confessions of a Reluctant Feminist: My Role In Perpetuating Workplace Discrimination

Inpower Coaching

The lack of workforce diversity affects virtually every business. We need to figure out how to fight the kind of workplace discrimination that creates cultural uniformity in our businesses for two reasons. First, it’s the right thing to do; when more of our workplaces become safe havens for diverse people and cultures, our broader society will benefit.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Is Anonymous Feedback From Employees OK?

The HR Capitalist

Who here is tired of seeing disgruntled employees rip your company on Glassdoor? Wow.almost everyone. I can't say I'm surprised. Anonymous feedback is rapidly being recognized for what it is. The newspaper industry entered the digital industry with the thought that readers commenting on articles online would unlock a form of community unlike any other.

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How to source and recruit software developers on GitHub

Workable

To find talented developers who are a great fit for your company, you need to be thoughtful about your sourcing efforts. Referral networks and LinkedIn remain effective ways to connect with strong tech candidates, but top programmers already get a ton of outreach from sourcers and referral bonus-seeking friends. You want to build meaningful relationships within the technical community instead of blasting out generic emails.

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What does a mindful organisation look like?

HR Zone

Culture. What does a mindful organisation look like?

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Anti-discrimination policy

Workable

This anti-discrimination policy template is ready to be tailored to your company’s needs and can be a starting point for setting up your employment policies. The post Anti-discrimination policy appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Dynamic working: Flexibility for the next generation of worker

HR Zone

Future. Dynamic working for the next generation of worker.

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Final Twitter Analysis of #ERE17

Advos

The city of Minneapolis is full of wonderful, caring, polite people. It must be because they are so close to Canada. The Recruiters of the world are at last standing up and being noticed. With the skill talent pool shrinking these professionals are part of every companies’ strategy to success. Never in a show have I hugged so many people. If they were not my friends before the show, they are now after I met them they like family.

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Engage in Monthly Health Plan Monitoring to Improve Engagement, Costs

Evil HR Lady

When you change your health plan, make sure to engage in health plan monitoring so you learn what works and what doesn’t. That way, if need be, you can change for the following year. Why start in November instead of January? Because most health plans run January to January, your employees will sign up at the end of the year. Here’s a calendar of things to look for every month so you’re on top of your health care plans at all times: November.

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Judgment Day

NoExcusesHR

"If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take tings personally, or to judge people unfairly." - Elizabeth Thornton Persistent "Problems" I work with people approximately.100% of the time.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Halloween Costume

HRNasty

Inappropriate Halloween Costume Not just Halloween costumes, but Inappropriate Halloween Costume is today’s topic du jour. It is the middle of October and some of us are thinking about costumes for the company Halloween costume contest. Remember, it is a Halloween costume contest. It is not an Inappropriate Halloween costume contest. In HR we don’t […] The post Halloween Costume appeared first on HRNasty.

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Why Elevate Virtual is a Must-Attend Conference for HR Professionals

BambooHR

Being an HR professional has always been a challenge, but recent changes in areas like technology and demographics are only making things harder. These days, employees are more difficult than ever to engage and retain, and despite the convenience of internet job boards, finding top talent remains a considerable challenge. HR professionals also continue to […].

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10 Creative Ideas for Your Office Thanksgiving Celebration

Zenefits

Turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie… everyone knows the key ingredients to a perfect Thanksgiving dinner. But what about the ingredients for the perfect office Thanksgiving celebration? This year, you don’t need to provide your employees a full-blown feast. Instead, focus on the reasons for the holiday: showing your appreciation, and encouraging them to give back to the community.