PeopleStrategy
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Empathy: It’s absolutely essential to fostering positive relationships – inside and outside of the workplace. Understanding the reasons why employees are dissatisfied or disengaged is key to creating a productive and motivated workforce and retaining top talent. Once managers and HR professionals realize the frustrations that their employees feel, they can strive to eliminate them, creating a win-win for everyone.
HR Daily Advisor
DECEMBER 14, 2017
As 2017 comes to a close and the talent landscape continues to evolve, Randstad US released its expert analysis on hiring and workplace trends for the next year. With employment increasing by an average of 167,000 jobs per month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market remains competitive, and employers will need new strategies to attract top talent and meet business demands. “Technology has significantly impacted business models in nearly every sector,” said Al
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Advos
DECEMBER 14, 2017
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: $50M+. Joblift, a Berlin, Germany-based Job Search Platform, Raises €10M in Series A Funding.
HR Bartender
DECEMBER 14, 2017
I want to share with you this high-level thought. I don’t know that I have all of the answers here, but I think as business professionals, there might come a time when we’re asked to weigh in on the concept. I was at a conference earlier this year where there were several conversations about organizational vision, mission, and values. That totally makes sense because it aligns with what organizations are thinking about.
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Cornerstone On Demand
DECEMBER 14, 2017
This article was originally published under Jeff Miller's column “The Science of Workplace Motivation" on Inc.com. While the holidays seem to start earlier and earlier every year, the rush of late November and December can't be denied. Next week will kick off the biggest holiday shopping season to date. Americans are expected to spend $682 billion , a 4 percent increase from last year, and retailers are preparing for the demand by hiring hundreds of thousands of seasonal employees.
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Cornerstone On Demand
DECEMBER 14, 2017
This article was originally published under Jeff Miller's column “The Science of Workplace Motivation" on Inc.com. While the holidays seem to start earlier and earlier every year, the rush of late November and December can't be denied. Next week will kick off the biggest holiday shopping season to date. Americans are expected to spend $682 billion , a 4 percent increase from last year, and retailers are preparing for the demand by recruiting hundreds of thousands of seasonal employees.
COATS Staffing Software
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The goal of a staffing agency is to find qualified people to work for clients who are willing to pay for the service. While this sounds simple, we all know it can be a significant challenge. The logistics of managing such an operation is daunting, but just like diners to a restaurant, or drivers to a car dealership, ultimately there has to be an awareness that your business exists by both sides of the labor market.
Kazoo
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Does your company use an employee experience platform? In 2017, Forbes embraced the employee experience as the future of work. Entrepreneur implored organizations to shift focus to it. Kazoo’s research fully defined and quantified it. This increased awareness of the employee experience is potentially great news for organizations’ employees and bottom lines alike, but the simple truth is that without an employee experience platform in their technology stack, HR professionals are in da
COATS Staffing Software
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The goal of a staffing agency is to find qualified people to work for clients who are willing to pay for the service. While this sounds simple, we all know it can be a significant challenge. The logistics of managing such an operation is daunting, but just like diners to a restaurant, or drivers to a car dealership, ultimately there has to be an awareness that your business exists by both sides of the labor market.
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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.
TalentCulture
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Transparency within an organization has always been of huge importance, but thanks to a radical restructuring of the work environment, due in large part to the emergence and subsequent dominance of tech companies, the nature of the modern workplace has been transformed. Companies where employees praise the high levels of trust and transparency in their workplace are most likely to have highest performers.
COATS Staffing Software
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The goal of a staffing agency is to find qualified people to work for clients who are willing to pay for the service. While this sounds simple, we all know it can be a significant challenge. The logistics of managing such an operation is daunting, but just like diners to a restaurant, or drivers to a car dealership, ultimately there has to be an awareness that your business exists by both sides of the labor market.
TalentCulture
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Art Barter, who founded the Servant Leadership Institute and is the CEO of Datron World Communications, began his journey when he wanted to infuse Datron with servant leadership principles but couldn’t find adequate materials. Today, everyone at Datron gets trained on servant leadership principles. During this #WorkTrends, we discussed the core of servant leadership and how it is all about motives.
Engagedly
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Not many organizations realize the importance of making their new employees feel welcome, but this has a strong impact on how productive the employee is going to be in future. We’ve all been at that place where we […].
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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.
TalentLyft
DECEMBER 14, 2017
How to recruit on Facebook is one of the most common questions asked by recruiters who want to get into social recruiting. The simplest answer is: Do it like it’s 2018! Meaning, use all the features, newest trends and best practices. Here is my step-by-step guide and best examples of new trends in Facebook recruiting. Read More.
Engagedly
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Not many organizations realize the importance of making their new employees feel welcome, but this has a strong impact on how productive the employee is going to be in future. We’ve all been at that place where we […].
HR Zone
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Development. Neurodiversity can help companies thrive.
Staffbase
DECEMBER 14, 2017
At the start of 2017, we talked about how internal communications is a field that requires constant rethinking. With that thought in mind, we've gone back to the drawing board and come up with 18 new ideas for making improvements in this crucial area. 18 is no small number, so, in the interest of speeding things up (see point #11), let's get down to business.
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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?
TLNT: The Business of HR
DECEMBER 14, 2017
It should be obvious to anyone that when you’re happy, you’re more likely to do a better job at work. Clearly, some managers don’t care; we’ve all worked for such people. It’s equally obvious you don’t have to be happy to be productive. Aside from those of us who work best under pressure, many of us have learned to put our heads down, ignore our discontent, and just push until we finish the work on time.
David Zinger
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The absolute best book I have ever read and studied on burnout is 35 years old this year. Christina Maslach, an exceptional psychologist, wrote Burnout – The Cost of Caring. Below is a picture of my book with a well worn cover and a lot of underlining and notes on the inside. It personally helped me when I burnt out as a youth care worker 35 years ago and, 35 years later, helped me this year when I was feeling cynical , exhausted , and lacking self-efficacy in my work on employee engagemen
TLNT: The Business of HR
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Disengaged, unmotivated, or unhappy employees are a huge problem for the United States. Gallup’s 2017 report State of the American Workplace calculated that actively disengaged workers cost the nation $483 billion to $605 billion each year in lost productivity each year.
NoExcusesHR
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Regardless of the size of the organization. Let's agree they are all complex. Right? Many Parts People. Problems. Wins.but. My eyes only see a fraction of the whole. What part am I not seeing? Which employee am I missing? What issue is just beyond my line of sight? Who is struggling that I can help, but I just don't notice them? How About You Am I inflexible and carved so deeply in stone that I'm missing.well. everything around me?
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.
Insperity
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Attending a professional conference should be much more than a chance for your employees to polish their golf game or get out of the office for a few days. This is an opportunity for them to find out how your company fits into the larger industry, gain insights into your competitors and pick the brains of some of the business world’s best and brightest.
Steve Boese
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Big news on the corporate M&A front announced this morning with the news that Disney has reached an agreement to acquire substantial portions of the Fox media empire (including Twentieth Century Fox film and TV studios, a bunch of cable and international TV businesses), for approximately $52.4B in Disney stock. While most of the coverage I read and heard this morning focused on the business and content strategy implications of the deal (basically these assets strengthen and augment Disney's
Bonfyre
DECEMBER 14, 2017
If your engagement strategy doesn’t work to build professional relationships among your employees, odds are it won’t be very effective. According to SHRM, relationships with coworkers are the top driver of employee engagement , with 77% of survey respondents listing these connections as a priority. With a workforce that now spans five generations with vastly different upbringings, you need a nuanced, multi-pronged approach to build professional relationships between colleagues.
TLNT: The Business of HR
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The current revelations about how women have been treated – a spectrum of transgressions ranging from insensitive behavior to alleged sexual contact with minors – have unleashed what could become a reckoning in all sectors. Movie studios, media companies and the halls of government are, after all, workplaces, and the Harvey Weinstein disclosures have unexpectedly opened up a deluge, despite — or perhaps because of — having a sitting U.S. president who has been accused of, and has even bragged ab
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.
Ask a Manager
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Here are updates from four people whose letters were answered here this year. 1. The bird-phobic employee who pushed another employee in his effort to get away from a bird in the parking lot, seriously injuring her (first update is here ). Liz is still at her new job and has not attempted contact, legal or financial comp. with Jack or the company we work for either herself or through a lawyer or anyone else.
The Employer Handbook
DECEMBER 14, 2017
I’m used to it by now. Maybe it’s a conversation at a networking event or a question from the audience at an HR session. You know what I’m talking about. That hypothetical legal question (with three follows ups) that someone asks for a friend (while everyone else rolls their eyes). Look. It’s cool. I get it. No hard feelings.
HR C-Suite
DECEMBER 14, 2017
All new employees undergo orientation and training before the start of their tenure. They need to go through these processes to know more about the company and understand their particular duties and responsibilities. New employees also have to be familiar with all important workplace rules and regulations. Unfortunately, most of the time, a staff’s learning […].
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