Thu.May 24, 2018

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Accomplish Your Recruiting Goals: Think Like a Marketer

HR Bartender

We all know recruiting is tough right now. No need to belabor the point. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it. We need to! We should focus our attention on finding solutions that will fill our talent pipeline. Today, I want to share a new model that might provide some creative inspiration towards those solutions. And a technology product that can make implementing it easy.

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Would You Ask Your Employees To Get Microchipped?

Cornerstone On Demand

Could you ever imagine microchipping your employees? It might sound unreasonable at first, but that's exactly what a Wisconsin-based technology company, Three Square Market , has asked of its fifty plus employees. Though it's a new and somewhat controversial tactic, getting microchipped has its advantages. It's completely voluntary, and it gives employees the ability to enter the building, use office equipment, log into their computer, exchange business cards and even access their medical infor

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Should You Conduct Exit Interviews?

Reflektive

An exit interview is an invaluable tool for companies to gather insight from departing employees. However, many companies fail to take advantage of the opportunity—they either don’t conduct interviews, fail to gather useful information, or fail to analyze and act upon the information they do gather. Let’s take a closer look. The Purpose. The purpose of an exit interview is to learn….

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#Unleash18 Solve For Happiness, Change The World with Mo Gawdat

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000000 “If we get AI right it is the last frontier for humanity. Everything beyond AI will invent and create on our behalf beyond that.” ~Mo Gawdat, Former Chief Business Officer of Google X How does this statement sit with you? Right now, there is a lot of concern about artificial intelligence (AI) will impact […].

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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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Kazoo’s Commitment to Privacy, and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Kazoo

On Friday, May 25 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially takes effect. The GDPR, put forth by the European Commission in 2012 and finally agreed upon by the European Parliament and Council in December 2016, is set to replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/ec. Although many companies have already adopted privacy processes and procedures consistent with the Directive, the GDPR contains a number of new protections for EU data subjects and threatens sign

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What Happens When You Break A Promise?

Hppy

Execution is THE most critical determinant of an organization’s success, and it requires a specific culture to do it consistently well. And, since few organizations do it well, it represents the best opportunity to stand-out from others in a crowded marketplace of mediocre players. Also read: How To Avoid A Culture Of Broken Promises. Let’s face it, we are tired of promises; we hear them to the point where it is almost nauseating.

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Your Candidate Experience “Bill of Rights”

Hoops

Implement these best practices to turn your best applicants into new hires, and the rest into your employer brand advocates.

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How to Create a Company Where People Stay

TLNT: The Business of HR

Employee retention is an ongoing challenge for many organizations. Across industries, there are talent shortages at almost every job level, and employers face an increasingly competitive job market. Though candidates and current employees have many career options, there are steps you can take to create a workplace where people want to stay, grow, and thrive.

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Three ways to improve employee’s physical wellbeing

HR Zone

People. 3 ways to improve employee’s physical wellbeing.

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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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Do You Have a Culture of Stress? Here’s How to Tell

TLNT: The Business of HR

This article is excerpted from Tom’s recent book, The Stress-Reduction Pyramid: A Guide to Managing the Greatest Threat to Employee Health and Productivity.

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How real-time technology is supporting the future of employee wellbeing

HR Zone

Future. Real-time tech: the future for employee wellbeing?

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Encourage Your Employees to Go On Vacation

Workology

In 2017 20% of Americans skipped out on a summer holiday. Some of them were banking their vacation days for a later, more important holiday. But others, especially those in workplaces with flexible. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Here's a Quote To Make You Look Smart About The Relationship Between Technology and Jobs.

The HR Capitalist

"THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY ARRIVED. IT'S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED YET". --William Gibson. Capitalist Note - This one works no matter what your politics are. Use it to make the non-HR members of your leadership team look pedestrian compared to you. You're welcome. H/T to Steve Boese.

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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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Talent management: Eight golden rules to accelerate development

HR Zone

Development. Eight ways to develop talent quickly.

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How to Make Sure Your Employer Brand Strategy is World Class: Interview with Brett Minchington

Blu Ivy Group

What is one reason you feel that HR leaders should attend the North American Employer Brand Summit on June 13th? The main reason leaders should attend the North American Employer Brand Summit on June 13 th is to ensure they are across the latest global trends and developments in employer branding (such as a shift in focus towards an ‘employer branding ecosystem’ approach) and to understand what this means for their business strategy in 2019 and beyond.

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Why successful businesses embrace entrepreneurship

Sage HRMS

I’ve been lucky enough to work in businesses ranging from startups to large multinationals and have found that, regardless of the size of the company, a culture of entrepreneurship is a common factor driving success. This means that the people within the business identify with the idea of becoming their own boss, taking things into […]. The post Why successful businesses embrace entrepreneurship appeared first on Sage Advice US.

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What It Takes to Become a Best Place to Work

HR Daily Advisor

A common misconception is that an organization becomes a Best Place to Work simply because it offers health care and added benefits and has a rec room set up with ping pong or free coffee and snacks for the taking. In fact, being recognized as a Best Place to Work not only takes a lot of hard work but also takes a commitment by the organization to cultivate this kind of culture—and a realization that this type of accolade is not usually something earned overnight, or even over the course of a ye

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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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5 Things That Make Employees Hate You And How to Improve So They Won’t!

HR C-Suite

One of the biggest factors that job seekers look into as they search for a job is the boss. A work environment wouldn’t be totally good if the employees don’t like how the boss manages them and their work. At the same time, they wouldn’t be able to maximize their capabilities if the boss, in […].

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A Day in the Life of an HR Professional: Oneil Franso

Namely

What does an HR person do all day? Every HR professional knows there’s no such thing as a “typical” day at work. In our Day in the Life series, we speak with pros from a variety of cities and industries to get a snapshot of their work lives. Title: Director, Organizational Development Company: H.W. Kaufman Group Location: Farmington Hills, MI Industry: Insurance Number of Employees: 2,200 HR Team Size: 21 Years of Experience: 10 Favorite part of HR: “My favorite part is coaching leaders and help

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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: $60M+. Sydney’s SafetyCulture raises $46 million, with Australian VC investments on track for record year.

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do I need to have a better sense of humor at work?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Your blog has been invaluable to me in my career, especially in the last year since I became a manager. I’ve caught up to the learning curve of my actual job, but there’s one area I feel could use some improvement and I don’t know how to address it on my own. As I move further up the career ladder, I see how other leaders interact with each other at my institution.

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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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Why Men Don’t Take Parental Leave–Even When It’s Available

Namely

The HR conversation around the gender pay gap is not a new one. The data has long suggested that women are paid less, on average, than their male counterparts. In fact, women earn just 77.9 cents for every dollar earned by men. There are numerous theories as to what causes the wage gap, as well as ideas of how to level the proverbial playing field. One undeniable contributor to this disproportionate equation?

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What you missed at Limeade Engage 2018

Limeade

On April 17th and 18th in Savannah, GA, a community of changemakers came together at Limeade Engage to reinvent culture and transform the workplace. Highlights from the 2018 Limeade Engage conference in Savannah, Georgia. Learn more at www.limeadeengage.com. THE HIGHLIGHTS: HR leaders, attendees and guests arrived at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa for a welcome reception along the river.

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can I ask my company to pay for a cat sitter when I travel, my coworker calls me “honey bunny,” and more

Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Can I ask my company to pay for a cat sitter when I travel? I have a job which requires me to travel for work a few times a year. When I started it was more like once a year, and now it’s, say, two to four times. In my particular part of our industry, traveling is not often an essential part of the role and this wasn’t ever something that was specified one way or the other as part of the role.

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#SHRM18 Speaker Interview – Jamie Velazquez and CaMesha Reece

Acacia HR Solutions

If you have been following the SHRM blog leading up to the annual conference coming up in Chicago, you have likely read several speaker and vendor interviews from fellow bloggers. I enjoy these insights into sessions that go beyond a website description. We have one of those interviews for you today and will produce several. The post #SHRM18 Speaker Interview – Jamie Velazquez and CaMesha Reece appeared first on Acacia HR Solutions.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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updates: the website delusions of grandeur, the pushy gym trainer, and more

Ask a Manager

Here are four updates from people who had their letters answered here in the past. 1. My boss has delusions of grandeur about our website — do I have to burst his bubble? I sat down with my boss today and taking into consideration many of your reader’s comments I suggested moving primarily to Twitter while writing original content about his life experiences for the website.

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Self-directed learning: Empower your employees in 5 steps

Insperity

Are your employees less than enthusiastic about their training and development initiatives? Self-directed learning could make a difference. If your team members are just going through motions, it may be because they don’t feel a sense of ownership over their learning and career development. Self-directed learning shifts the responsibility away from the organization and to the individual.

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Mental Health Month at the Office: Fix Your Drug Testing Policies

Evil HR Lady

My great-grandmother, Ethel Reynolds Smith , died in a mental hospital. Her husband’s biography recorded her illness as follows : “These down moods were cyclical, coming and going at irregular intervals and varying in their strength and duration. In time they came with greater frequency and intensity, causing deep feelings of depression and fear that so disturbed Ethel that she was unable to perform her daily tasks.” “At other times her mind raced beyond control forcing