Fri.Nov 10, 2017

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Pet Insurance as a Benefit – Why Your Company Should Consider It

TalentCulture

Fortune Magazine has called pet insurance the “hottest employee benefit” and one survey forecasts that nearly 60% of companies will offer pet insurance by 2018 (Willis Towers Watson 2016). The large growth we’ve seen at Pets Best supports this. The number of companies offering our pet insurance as a voluntary benefit in 2017 has increased over 134% since 2013.

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Office Space Is an Employee Engagement Issue [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I know a lot of people toss everything into the “employee disengagement” pile. This causes disengagement. Or that causes disengagement. Reality is, the drivers of employee engagement (or disengagement) are the things that drive work and productivity. A foosball table, while it’s fun and cool, probably doesn’t drive work. Therefore, it’s not a driver of employee engagement.

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The Recruiter Nation Live Hangout Series – With Jobvite and Fistful of Talent!

The Tim Sackett Project

Our first hangout is at 1 pm ET on Tuesday, November 14 th . Google for Jobs/ROI of Recruitment Marketing Spend! What You Need to Know to Look Smart!! REGISTER FOR THE HANGOUT BY CLICKING THIS LINK!!! If you’re a client or follower of Jobvite, you know the Recruiter Nation Live series. It started with the Recruiter Nation Live Conference in San Francisco last June and continued with the Recruiter Nation Live Roadshow that brought real recruiter talk to 9 cities in North America over th

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5 Suggestions for Staffing Your Business During the Holiday Busy Season

ADP

Keeping your business staffed and running effectively during the holiday season is far from simple. Here are 5 tips for small business holiday planning.

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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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InnovateWorkTO on AM640 Toronto Radio

Kazoo

Nov 5, 2017 | InnovateWorkTO is an HR and Leadership networking event founded by our WorkTango co-founder Rob Catalano. It brings together hundreds of exciting Canadian HR leaders and innovators that are making waves at every stage of the employee lifecycle. The 4th InnovateWorkTO event was held on November 7, 2017 at MaRS – and a few days before the event it was highlighted on Toronto’s very popular news radio station AM640.

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InnovateWorkTO on AM640 Toronto Radio

Kazoo

Nov 5, 2017 | InnovateWorkTO is an HR and Leadership networking event founded by our WorkTango co-founder Rob Catalano. It brings together hundreds of exciting Canadian HR leaders and innovators that are making waves at every stage of the employee lifecycle. The 4th InnovateWorkTO event was held on November 7, 2017 at MaRS – and a few days before the event it was highlighted on Toronto’s very popular news radio station AM640.

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3 Factors for Improving Employee Engagement

TLNT: The Business of HR

People often ask me how a chemical engineer wound up in talent. The short answer is, like many people, I naturally gravitated towards human resources and talent development roles in the companies I’ve worked for because I wanted to make work a better place. But the more detailed answer is rooted in the surprising similarities between these two fields.

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COMPETITION IS NOT A DIRTY WORD: You Want Employees Who Want to Stick It to the Other Guy/Gal.

The HR Capitalist

Yesterday I pinged you about the change in corporate values at Uber. They have always had a Viking culture, and that works when you're trying to conquer new land/metro areas vs. groups that don't want to be conquered. Hell, that might even be necessary. . Uber is making the right pivot and is probably two years late. Once the majority of the conquering is done, the Viking culture doesn't work so well. .

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Anti-bullying week 2017: stopping the timer on workplace bullying

HR Zone

Culture. Stop the timer on workplace bullying today.

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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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4 Ways to Start Recognizing Employees

Bonfyre

An edited version of this article was originally published on Training Magazine under the title “ 4 Ways to Create an Intrinsically Motivated Workforce.”. Recognizing employees doesn’t always have to be a formal, stringent process. We recently had two people at our company organize a surprise baby shower for another team member. They took the initiative to communicate (secretly) with colleagues, collect money from those who wanted to contribute, order food and purchase gifts.

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Employment reference check questions

Workable

Use these sample employment reference check questions during your hiring process to gather information on your candidates’ past job performance from former employers and colleagues. Why you should conduct a reference check. Candidates present themselves positively on their resumes and during interviews. Reference checks can give you more objective information about their performance.

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Veteran Employment Is Up. Here's How To Hire and Keep The Best

Goodhire

Editor's Note: As we honor those who have served our country and their families on Veteran's Day, we want to re-share a popular post on the benefits of hiring veterans and how to keep top talent.

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Veterans and the construction industry: A perfect match

Sage HRMS

In February 2014, several major construction associations and more than 100 building firms pledged to add 100,000 veterans to the construction workforce over five years. Now, nearly four years later that commitment remains as strong as ever. “Veterans are a top priority for our member firms,” says Brian Turmail, senior executive director of public affairs […].

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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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Becoming a balanced leader – getting more yin for your yang

HR Zone

Future. Balanced leadership: getting yin for your yang.

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C.A. Short Company Announces Acquisition of Eagle Recognition

Total Employee Recognition

Today, I am excited to announce that C.A. Short Company has acquired an amazing organization from Tucker, GA -- Eagle Recognition. Eagle Recognition has aggressively invested in its Engagement Portal technology and has ownership in The Engagement Agency, a formal thought leadership organization for the engagement and recognition Industry.

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Social Technology for Better Workforce Engagement

SutiHR

Workforce engagement has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years as businesses struggle to find, motivate, and retain the best talent in a competitive job market. Likewise, there is a lot of focus on social media and its impact on HR recruitment and management challenges. The social platform enables employees to connect. The post Social Technology for Better Workforce Engagement appeared first on SutiHR.

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"People analytics teams must balance partnerships with technology vendors and with HRBPs."

HR Zone

Business. Nicky Clement, VP HR, Unilever on people analytics.

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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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Closing interview questions

Workable

Looking for questions to close interviews with candidates? These sample closing interview questions will help you end job interviews on a positive note and make better hiring decisions. How to close interviews with candidates. Job interviews help you evaluate candidates’ skills and describe your open roles. But, before walking candidates out, make sure you: Clarify and resolve issues you might haven’t previously discussed (e.g. salary requirements).

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The 1-Word Question About Leadership Training That Often Goes Unanswered

DDI

Before focusing on how leadership training should be delivered, it’s critical to determine what the training needs to accomplish.

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Preparing a New Generation for Safe and Productive Business Travel

HR Daily Advisor

Millennials are taking the corporate world by storm. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics , they will constitute one third of the labor force by 2024, meaning that more and more younger employees will be travelling for business. While Millennials are traveling for pleasure more than previous generations, some may not yet be accustomed to business travel as they are in the early stages of their careers.

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Three Strategies to Support Work-Life Blending

Ceridian

It’s inevitable: the boundaries of work and life often blur, and will only continue to do so as technology becomes more a part of our daily lives. It used to be that employers dictated one-size-fits-all policies for workplace and culture. But in today’s world of work, employees are pushing employers to think above and beyond, and driving cultural transformation.

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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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New York City Enacts Salary History Ban Law

Sterling Check

Since 2016, eight states and cities have passed salary history ban legislation. Some of these laws have gone into effect, while others will be enacted over the next few years. The laws intend to eliminate the “pay gap,” suggesting that a previous salary history could lead to gender-based wage discrimination. Each state or municipality has unique provisions to their salary history banning laws.

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Digital understanding: "This is not optional. We need to own it.”

HR Zone

Change. Digital understanding: "We need to own it.”.

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6 Ways to Train Your Employees on a Budget

HR Daily Advisor

One of the keys to succeeding in business is having employees who are good at their jobs. Many businesses, especially smaller ones, may regard employee training as a needless expense or waste of valuable time. But employees with limited skills are less productive, while limits to their job potential make them less engaged and less motivated. Low job satisfaction leads to lowered productivity and high turnover rates.

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update: my boss wants to be my work mom

Ask a Manager

Remember the letter-writer in July whose boss was pressuring her to share personal information about her life ? Here’s the update. I know how much everyone loves updates, so I thought I’d send you mine. First, I just have to say that antidepressants are AMAZING. I had no idea! I started them in August and they have made a huge difference.

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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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Quickbase Named a Leader in Forrester’s New Wave: Low-Code Platforms for Business Developers

Quickbase

Not only was Quick Base named a Leader ahead of 12 other vendors, but it was the only vendor that received differentiated (highest) ratings in 8 assessment criteria in this analyst report.

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open thread – November 10-11, 2017

Ask a Manager

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue.

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EEOC Soon to Issue New Sexual Harassment Guidelines

TLNT: The Business of HR

And here I thought we’d be able to make it to the weekend without another above-the-fold allegation of sexual harassment.