Thu.Mar 15, 2018

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Recruiting Technology: How Video Can Attract Active and Passive Jobseekers

HR Daily Advisor

Is your company using video in the recruiting process? If not, you may want to consider incorporating this technology into your recruiting strategies, as we are living in a digital age that is currently faced with a competitive candidate-driven market. Talent acquisition professionals are “mining for gold” it seems when searching for top talent. Really, there are two groups that you are looking to attract when searching for qualified candidates: chombosan / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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6 Reasons to Attend the 2018 SHRM Talent Conference – #SHRMTalent

HR Bartender

I know there’s a lot of conversation right now about the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference taking place June 17-20, 2018 in Chicago. I’m excited to be attending this year. But I want to talk about a conference that happens before SHRM Annual. It’s the SHRM Talent Conference & Expo. This year’s event will be taking place April 16-18, 2018 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

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How to Ask for Constructive Feedback

Reflektive

Imagine that you were going to an optometrist and you weren’t able to tell them when the lens they applied worked best – do you think they would be able to write a prescription that would actually work well for you? During your visit to an optometrist’s office you will normally get asked, “can you see it now…. how about now,” by doing this, they are changing lenses to better understand your vision needs, but in order to do this they need to know what isn’t working.

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5 Ways Managers Can Guide the Talent Development Process

Cornerstone On Demand

When a young Marine officer becomes a company commanding officer, it is his first experience with leadership. Being responsible for the lives of more than 200 Marines in times of peace and, more importantly, during war is a heavy weight to bear. The consequences of failure are staggering. That's why a young Marine officer's most crucial task is ensuring that those under his command have the knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to succeed.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Are Your Supervisors Focused on the Right Customer?

Achievers

87% of millennials say their development in a job is essential. As a new generation of employees is promoted to their first supervisory or management role, organizations continue to fail to set them up for leadership success. One of the first lessons I learned as a new supervisor at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company was that my customers were no longer my most important priority—it was now my employees (or my internal customers).

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What kind of company culture do you have? (Take this quiz!)

Kazoo

Your organization may have programs in place when it comes to company culture — but how do they measure up? How do you know what kind of culture your company has really built? Take the Kazoo company culture quiz to find out: The data behind this company culture quiz: Kazoo surveyed thousands of employees across many industries about the employee experience.

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Why Smart Companies Hire At The End Of The Year

Hoops

The end of year is a time for gratitude and reflection before holiday celebrations give way to the New Year and forward thinking. The same holds true for many companies, which is exactly why you shouldn’t wait for the New Year to refocus your hiring efforts, especially important in today’s tight labor market.

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Welcome to the Hoops Coaches Absolutely Losing their * Conference Room.

The HR Capitalist

Capitalist Note - March Madness starts today. I'm re-running a post from a few years back on a conference room theme I think would absolutely rock. Survive and advance, people. Survive and advance. At Kinetix , we have some themed conference and breakout rooms. There's Boiler Room, Tommy Boy, Moneyball, etc. I think it's time to have a room - to be named later - which includes portraits of basketball coaches absolutely losing their *.

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Which Experiences Matter Most in Employee Engagement and Retention?

Hoops

Employees spend more time in their relationship with their employers than they do with family, friends, spouses, or children. Their experiences at work matter, especially at a time when retention risk is at its peak.

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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5 Ways AI Makes Hiring Easier

TalentCulture

It’s one thing to see AI coming our way in HR. It’s another thing to know the best ways to […]. The post 5 Ways AI Makes Hiring Easier appeared first on TalentCulture.

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What Talent Experience Means and Why It Matters

Hoops

For two decades, companies in the U.S. and around the world have been focusing on employee engagement as a means to improve talent acquisition and retention. Despite countless talent surveys and organizational research on this subject, global engagement scores have continued to remain at all-time lows. Obviously, something is not working.

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If Your Onboarding Program Means Filling Out Papers, Say Goodbye to Your New Hire

TLNT: The Business of HR

There is no time period more paramount to an employee’s career than onboarding, yet so many companies are failing at the process. With up to 30% of new hires quitting in their first six months and 22% leaving in the first 45 days, it’s clear that an effective onboarding routine is not only critical to employee productivity and success, but also for retention.

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Are Great Remote Workers Born or Made?

Workology

What makes a good remote employee? If you transplant any regular office employee to remote conditions, will he/she be as productive? Is there a certain “type” of employee who thrives when working. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Who Has the Highest Turnover Rates? Hint: It’s Not Retail

TLNT: The Business of HR

What industry sector has the highest turnover? Turns out that last year it was tech. And not all tech, but the sector where companies are perpetually scrambling to find people to hire, which means tech software.

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How to give praise – a 4 step process

HR Zone

Employees. How to give praise – a 4 step process.

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4 Ways to Manage People You Don’t Like

TLNT: The Business of HR

Sooner or later, you’re going to be put in charge of a project, team, or department where you’ll discover that you’re working with someone who “rubs you the wrong way.” Sometimes you know why. Often you don’t.

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What’s next for disability and technology in the modern workplace?

HR Zone

Change. Disability and tech in the workplace: what's next?

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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interview with a nanny for a famous psychic

Ask a Manager

Occasionally I do interviews here with people who have had particularly interesting jobs. Recently a commenter here mentioned that she used to be a nanny for a famous psychic, and I wanted to know more. She kindly agreed to be interviewed, and here’s our conversation. Note: This interview contains references to the interviewee’s spiritual beliefs, which may be different from your own.

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Gig economy and HR: how to make it work

HR Zone

People. Gig economy and HR: how to make it work.

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Hotel Front Desk Agent job description

Workable

Use this Hotel Front Desk Agent job description template when hiring employees for your hotel, bed & breakfast or resort. Similar job titles include Hotel Receptionist and Guest Relations Officer. Hotel Front Desk Agent responsibilities include: Performing all check-in and check-out tasks. Managing online and phone reservations. Informing customers about payment methods and verifying their credit card data.

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How HR can equip line managers to cope with conflict

HR Zone

Managers. How HR can help line managers handle conflict.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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do I need to give interviewers a great reason for why I’m looking to leave my current job?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m looking to leave my current position. I’ve been lucky enough to receive positive responses on informational interviews I’ve gone on and applications I’ve sent out so far, but I’m curious about how important it is to have a great “reason” to want to leave for something else. I enjoy the industry that I’m currently in, but have grown tired of my company and I’m ready to leave.

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Shared parental leave: why businesses need to do more to make it work

HR Zone

Culture. Shared parental leave: making it work.

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Finding the Formula to Fight Absenteeism

BambooHR

Absenteeism is the conference room in your building that’s always slightly too warm—one of those workplace challenges we all seem to agree is unpleasant, but also somewhat unavoidable. And it’s true: absenteeism is unavoidable. but only somewhat. By learning more about the types and causes of absenteeism and by studying the numbers behind […].

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Traditional Physician Recruitment Strategies that Still Work

Hospital Recruiting

It’s estimated that by 2025 there will be a shortage of up to 35,000 primary care physicians in the US. By 2030 the numbers jump from 40,000 to more than 100,000. With shortfalls projected to rise and few remedies in sight, the need to recruit physicians successfully has never been more critical. In an age of recruitment by algorithm, many look at hiring as an exercise in mathematics.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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How to take the grief out of grievance

HR Zone

Employees. How to take the grief out of grievance.

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‘No donuts, except on Fridays’ and 8 other crazy workplace rules

HR Morning

Every workplace has some annoying or outdated rules, but there are some office rules that are downright ridiculous. . HR Grapevine has collected nine of the strangest, strictest and most oddly specific workplace rules they could find. What were they thinking? One business didn’t let their employees use the copier without approval from a supervisor.

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Are HR Conferences Responsible for Ensuring You Connect? #UltiConnect

The Tim Sackett Project

So, this week I’m out at Ultimate Software’s annual customer conference called Ultimate Connections. They do a great job with their conference, and like their software, they’re willing to change quickly and try stuff. A couple of things happened while I was here and it got me thinking about what the true value of any conference is we attend.