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Working Remotely: Ideal Work Environment Or Threat To Culture And Employee Productivity?

15Five

The traditional office landscape is changing and has been for quite some time, but the degree to which it should be shifting is subject to debate. Many employees consider their local coffee shop to be the ideal work environment, while traditional company leaders consider remote work to be a threat to their ability to manage employees. Perhaps Gallup CEO Jim Clifton said it best in the 2017 State of the American Workforce Report : “The very practice of management no longer works.”.

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Google Can Predict Whether You?ll Get Hired After 4 Interviews. Here?s How

Analytics in HR

Thanks to Google, the days of excessive interviews are over. Finding the right candidate for the job can be a challenge. Sometimes, it can feel as though you are looking for a needle in a haystack — and inevitably, the decision needs to be made quickly. When the interviewing process drags on, work is left incomplete, other employees are stressed and overextended, hiring managers are impatient, and top talent is flying off “the shelf.” But, this is not a decision that you wa

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People Who Create Find New Ways To Thrive. People Who Manage Process Top Out. That's Life.

The HR Capitalist

To say that I was a little late watching " The Wolf of Wall Street " is an understatement. Released in 2013, I didn't see it until last week and then suffered through a 4-hour FX version that had 5 minute commercial breaks. Thankfully, it was DVR time. I was underwhelmed by the movie. I get it- Jordan Belfort is a pathological criminal who we're supposed to go back and forth between hating and admiring - " Look!

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Recognizing Mental Health Issues in the Workplace

Workstride

Mental health is something many, many people struggle with. This is not a problem only in America, but most of the world. Every year, studies show more and more people being diagnosed with mental health issues. Unfortunately, most people hide their mental health problems or don’t even realize they should seek help since it has been such a taboo topic for so long.

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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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Organizational Talent Pools: 4 Steps to Developing Employees

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is an excerpt from my new book, “ The Recruiter’s Handbook: A Complete Guide for Sourcing, Selecting, and Engaging the Best Talent “ (SHRM, 2018) SHRM members can order a discounted copy at the SHRMStore. Or I’ll be signing books next week at the SHRM Annual Conference in Chicago. Stop by and say hello!). With unemployment rates hitting record lows, there’s lots of talk about developing internal talent.

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Buffalo temp agency accused of just about every kind of bias

Business Management Daily

If the complaint is correct, Staffing Solutions of WNY in Buffalo has managed to violate just about every law the EEOC enforces. The post Buffalo temp agency accused of just about every kind of bias appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Gauging the Financial Impact of the Gig Economy on Your Organization

ADP

It's important to consider the financial impact of the gig economy on your business before you make any staffing decisions.

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ICYMI: Why Working With Your Hands Is Key to Creativity in the Workplace

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest HR trends and stories. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular articles every month in our " In Case You Missed It " series. Keep reading for May's top stories! Why Working With Your Hands Is Key to Creativity in the Workplace Van Lai-DuMone, CEO and founder of WorksmART shares how how companies can infuse creativity and play into their workplace culture.

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Is Performance Management Broken? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reflektive

Extensive research in the past few years has focused on improving and gauging success of traditional performance management methods. But even with upgrades like 360 reviews and calibration, performance management falls short of accurately measuring performance due to persistent bias. Even worse, it fails to improve performance. Most often, the painful, time-consuming process is counterproductive, as it demotivates the workforce.

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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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What the Best Managers Do Differently — And How Employers Can Support Them

15Five

It’s often said that employees don’t leave companies; they leave bad bosses. But put a great manager at the head of a team, and the opposite happens. (To see what I mean, consider the case of Christian and Netflix mentioned here.). If you read our earlier discussions on managing your managers and evaluating their performance , you know how 15Five feels about the need for effective people management.

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Minimum Wage Increases Are Coming July 1: Is Your Company Prepared?

Trinet

Several states and municipalities are increasing their minimum wage rates for non-exempt employees as of July 1, 2018. While it may seem like a no-brainer that some of your employees’ wages will need to be increased to meet these new requirements, there are other considerations that your company will want to address.

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36: How to Run an HR Department of One

UpstartHR

If you’ve ever worked for a company where you were on the solo HR practitioner, you know the realities of trying to get it all done with limited resources. In today’s episode Ben shares insights from half a dozen HR leaders about how to succeed as a small HR team or even as a “team of one.” . From finding the right resources to support your learning needs to creating relationships that enable you to scale up your expertise, there are a wide variety of hacks, strategies, a

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Ways To Become A More Effective Leader

Hppy

Effective leadership is an integral facet of any successful company. In order to become an effective leader, there are many factors you need to consider. First, it is always helpful for anyone in a leadership position to assess their overall strengths and weaknesses, as well as their threats and opportunities. This will help you to become more self-aware, overall.

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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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To Spark Real Employee Engagement, Choose Your HR Tech Wisely

TalentCulture

On June 28, Paycom and I are collaborating on a webinar about engagement that everyone needs to attend. Why? Because […]. The post To Spark Real Employee Engagement, Choose Your HR Tech Wisely appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Offering Employee Benefits in a Multigenerational Workplace

Justworks

No two workplaces are exactly the same, especially in growing businesses. As you add more employees to your team, it’s likely that you’ll find yourself with a staff of people from different backgrounds — and different age groups. Employing workers from a range of generations can help build a strong team. Everyone brings different experience and strengths to the table, and colleagues have the opportunity to learn from one another, mentor each other, and grow in new ways.

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How to Build a Performance Management Program that Works

Namely

The field of human resources is changing. In our HR Redefined series, we give innovators a medium to share personal reflections, professional advice, and best practice guidance. The following is a recap of a panel discussion at Namely’s HR Redefined 2018. For a full recap of the conference, click here. Among all the challenges HR professionals face, few are more important than measuring and addressing employee performance.

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4 Essential Employer Branding Trends to Know

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

Written by: Pete Jaradeh, Product Marketing Manager. If you’re looking to succeed and stand out in 2018, employer branding cannot be optional. Year after year, the job market continues to shift towards becoming more candidate driven rather than company driven, meaning you don’t choose the talent; the talent chooses you. If you’re wondering how your organization stacks up, or if you’re simply scratching your head questioning where to start, take a look at our list of must-

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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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Top 7 Tips for LinkedIn Native Video

Workology

Have you noticed the lights, camera, and action now on the LinkedIn home feed? The LinkedIn native video capability was introduced in August 2017 and history was made! Talk about driving engagement. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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: $90M+. Homebase Launches Homebase Hiring for Hourly Workers with $20M in Series B Funding.

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See How We Rank on Capterra's Applicant Tracking System Cost Comparison Report

The Applicant Manager

Making investments to improve your business is an important decision. We get it - you have to be sure that the expenditure is cost-effective and proves a clear ROI. The same concept applies to improving your hiring process with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - you want to pick the right one so that you get the best value for your dollar. But after a few hours of research, you may have found that nailing down exact costs of ATS software is a tough task.

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What Happens When Employees Sabotage a New Hire?

HR Daily Advisor

You’ve searched everywhere and you finally have the perfect candidate. They have even accepted your job offer. All you have left to do is onboard that candidate. She’s highly qualified and very personable. It should be a smooth transition. What could go wrong? Workplace Behavior. The new hire could be in for some challenges you may not have anticipated.

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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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We Embrace the Concept of Diversity Until Confronted by the Reality of It

DDI

When faced with differences, big or small, rather than embracing diversity we often react in ways that don’t match our intent.

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How an SVP, Father, and PTA Member Complete 22 Hours of Learning in a Month

Degreed

For many learning teams, getting engagement in technology is tough. We hear things like, “not another system,” and “I don’t have time.” So how can we overcome those common challenges? Leading by example can help. Meet Justin Finkelstein, a Senior Vice President of Data Analytics. Not only does he prefer audio so he can walk and learn at the same time, he is a power-user of Degreed.

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Employee Evaluation for Hospitals ? Challenges and Solutions for Healthcare Professionals Evaluation

AssessTEAM Performance Management

“Talented employees stay because they are: paid well, appreciated, listened to, promoted, involved in decisions, mentored and challenged,” Anonymous. Healthcare is a service industry, and it thrives on happy clients. For this reason, the hospital employees are expected to perform at their best to ensure that all clients — in this case, patients – receive the level of care that they deserve.

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Employees Looking for a New Job Want to Be Caught

TLNT: The Business of HR

Employee engagement levels continue to remain dismally low across the globe , and a surprisingly high number of us are looking for new jobs.

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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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?Redefine Live? Competition Helps Solve HR Challenges

Namely

Have an HR challenge? As the old saying goes, two heads are better than one. At this year’s Redefine Live competition, over 60 HR professionals came together to “hack” ten challenges that HR departments face every day. Hackathon participants brought a wealth of knowledge from all different industries, roles, expertise, and even countries. Redefine Live was a core component of Namely’s annual conference, HR Redefined , which doubled in size this year to host over 300 attendees.

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5 Reasons a Mentor in the Workplace Will Change Your Life

Tandem HR

“Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.” – Lailah Gifty Akita. Mentor in the Workplace. In its simplest definition, a mentor is an experienced and trusted adviser. You may have had a mentor in college or as a young child but if there’s one place everyone should have a mentor, it’s in the workplace. If you’ve ever doubted the importance of a mentor in your life, consider the following before declining a colleague’s wisdom and guidance.

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DISC and Leadership: Succeeding in Your Style

Extended DISC

How you lead is closely tied to your behavioral style(s). Successful leadership comes in all styles; each has strengths and each has areas of development. There is no one best style for a leader; every one of us can further develop our skills as a leader.

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