Workology
MAY 26, 2016
Check out our SHRM16 VIP Party Guide by clicking here. We get you the parties and must attend SHRM events first. . Snapchat is the fastest growing and most popular social network right now, and it is absolutely something that human resources professionals need to be considering. The highest percentage of Snapchat users is h among adults who are 18-24, with 25-34 years not too far behind with an adoption rate of 26%.
ClearCompany HRM
MAY 26, 2016
5 Best Questions for Screening Candidates. Screening candidates will never go out of style, but doing it via the phone or in-person… will. With video interviewing, a series of predetermined questions can be asked of each applicant to help make better decisions of who to invite to the next round. If you’ve already adopted video interviewing into your candidate screening process, congrats!
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The Aristocracy of HR
MAY 26, 2016
010000000010 There are still companies who are tardy to the social media party. It’s not a bad thing. Businesses have either thought social media was going to exit as a one-hit wonder or they were laying-in-wait until it became absolutely apparent that they needed to jump in. What fascinates me is that the companies who […].
HR Bartender
MAY 26, 2016
Next month is the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Besides being a great educational event, it’s a huge networking opportunity. On the education side, there will definitely be the latest info on the U.S. Department of Labor’s new ruling about the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA.
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Visier
MAY 26, 2016
There is a lot we can learn from the financial services industry. Constantly changing regulatory and remuneration policies , as well as post-recession restoration pressures, are making it difficult to attract and retain key people in the financial services industry (FSI). In fact, 72% of banking and capital markets CEOs and 70% of insurance CEOs see the limited availability of key skills as a threat to growth.
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RecognizeThis!
MAY 26, 2016
By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Figuring out the right culture means balancing high-level goals alongside assumptions about how best to achieve those goals. One of the few remaining areas of competitive advantage available to businesses is unleashing the potential of human performance at work. More often than not, doing so requires establishing a strong culture that reinforces employees’ collective ability to improve themselves and do their best work.
WorkHuman
MAY 26, 2016
People at Google love data. They measure everything. A few years back, they launched a research initiative called Project Oxygen, in order to measure and improve key management behaviors at Google. This initiative is highlighted in a 2013 Harvard Business Review piece by David A. Garvin, professor at Harvard Business School. Garvin writes, “Compared with leadership, managing remains understudied and undertaught—largely because it’s so difficult to describe, precisely and concretely, what manager
ACA Times
MAY 26, 2016
This tax year, employers may notice an uptick in documents mailed, due largely to the Affordable Care Act. From tax forms to other notices, much of this paperwork is difficult to decipher, since for many organizations this is the first time they’re reporting on health care coverage for their employees. One notice in particular may come from the Health Insurance Marketplace disclosing that an employee has obtained health insurance from the Marketplace but also received an advanced premium subsidy
EmployeeConnect
MAY 26, 2016
The Latest News on Employee Recruitment. Believe it or not but there are over 166,000 open job vacancies in Australia right now! That made us think that you might be on the lookout for the best talent for your business and we know that the hiring process can be tricky. This summary of the HR week covers the pieces of recent news that will help you do better with your recruitment process.
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PeopleStrategy
MAY 26, 2016
In the words of our CEO, Randy Cooper, “We live in a rapidly changing, technology-enabled world. This world is ‘always on.’ Frankly, we’re always on. We’re always on our laptops – our smartphones – our tablets. There’s never a time in this day and age that we’re not connected.”. Virtually every aspect of our personal lives can be managed on a smartphone, or even a watch!
EmployeeConnect
MAY 26, 2016
The Latest News on Employee Recruitment. Believe it or not but there are over 166,000 open job vacancies in Australia right now! That made us think that you might be on the lookout for the best talent for your business and we know that the hiring process can be tricky. This summary of the HR week covers the pieces of recent news that will help you do better with your recruitment process.
Reflektive
MAY 26, 2016
The objective of a manager providing constructive feedback is to improve an employee’s performance. This is something both employee and manager are aligned on — over time, a manager wants to work with a better and better employee, and an employee wants career growth and personal development. Yet, we don’t like giving negative feedback and we don’t like receiving it.
Justworks
MAY 26, 2016
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor officially defined the new income threshold for exempt and non-exempt employees. Employers take note: these changes will affect wages or hours worked for approximately 13 million Americans, and perhaps some of your own employees.
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Energage
MAY 26, 2016
Workplace Culture Insights that Drive Success at CDI. At Community Development Institute (CDI), the employees push each other to give their best. So don’t be surprised if you visit their Denver headquarters and find them engaged in a fierce plank challenge. Employees recently gathered in a conference space to watch a handful of coworkers down on their yoga mats testing their core strength by seeing who could hold a pose the longest.
WorqIQ
MAY 26, 2016
Improved employee satisfaction and retention, enhanced promotion rates for people from underrepresented employee groups, practical knowledge transfer to future leaders: these are just a few of the benefits a mentorship programme can bring to a company – and key reasons why about 70% of Fortune 500 companies have formalised mentoring schemes in place.
Total Employee Recognition
MAY 26, 2016
We have big news. Today, we are proud to announce that R. Scott Russell will be joining our team in the role of Enterprise Engagement Analyst. In his role , Scott will work with our clients to build metric driven engagement , recognition and safety programs while also working to build new programs and diversified partnerships. “Given his wealth of experience in an array of industries, I know Scott will make an excellent addition to the company.
Outmatch
MAY 26, 2016
It’s About Who You Hire This Summer, Not How Many When it comes to hiring, the restaurant industry continues to outpace many other industries. According to the National Restaurant Association’s chief economist Bruce Grindy, job growth is projected to outpace the overall economy in 2016. And if we see a repeat of last year’s numbers, restaurants will hire more than 500,000 people for summer employment alone.
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TalentCulture
MAY 26, 2016
The business economy is strong and companies are experiencing rapid growth as a result. That often means expansion into new regions and the need to develop a current workforce to fit those needs, as well as the need to recruit additional talent. These things are made more challenging by the fact that competition for skills today is at its highest. And that’s where technology in general, and mobility in particular, comes in.
Paychex
MAY 26, 2016
A recent Administrator’s Interpretation from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division suggests employers may be considered a joint employer in a variety of business models.
Criteria Corp
MAY 26, 2016
Emotional intelligence is a hot topic in HR lately and, at face value, it seems like an attribute that every great employee should have. But how do you define and measure emotional intelligence well enough to seek it out in your job candidates? The answer is not so simple. Much of the ambiguity stems from competing definitions of what emotional intelligence is in the first place.
Paycor
MAY 26, 2016
Supplemental wages, or payments made in addition to an employee’s ordinary wages, are in a league of their own when it comes to taxes and government regulations. They are subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes, separate state-specific withholding practices and state labor department requirements, increasing the complexity of compliance. Due to increased Department of Labor crackdowns on wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, there has never been a more urgent time to
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Take It Personel-ly
MAY 26, 2016
What’s the difference between ‘real reality’ and ‘virtual reality’? Well, these days, not an awful lot, especially in the world of business. Many businesses are finding that they can just do away with the world of buildings, offices, and even post boxes. And this is having tremendous results for start-ups. Companies that start on a […].
Ask a Manager
MAY 26, 2016
A reader writes: I was recently nominated by a senior work colleague and selected by a local organization’s committee to receive an award for making a positive impact in my community along with approximately 15 other community leaders. While I’m touched to have been nominated and selected, in order to receive this award, I have to pay $100 for my ticket to their annual fundraiser.
Workology
MAY 26, 2016
What’s the line between workplace metrics, good communication and surveillance? Odo, a new product from online survey platform Qualtrics, raises this debate once again. Reported on by Cale Guthrie Weissman at Fast Company yesterday , the program’s features include internal chat, task assignment, metrics and “access to birds-eye cameras looking over the office’s entire open floor plan.” As workplace metrics become more detailed, ubiquitous and paired with wearables a
TalentCulture
MAY 26, 2016
Are you considering a significant change of direction, career-wise? Would you prefer NOT to be associated with your current employer or company when meeting new people? Well then, you may want your business card to reflect this with a very small investment in a custom Networking Cards. (Don’t worry. This isn’t a sales pitch. Just some real good career advice!
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Compensation Cafe
MAY 26, 2016
If you don't know the meaning of the contract theory and economics term, " information asymmetry ," what would you do? What I did and what everyone who has a smart phone or computer would do, Google it. And that brings us to the heart of the matter when it comes to the issue of pay transparency. In an era of almost limitless information access, pay may be one of the few remaining examples of rigid information asymmetry.
Paychex
MAY 26, 2016
New York City recently amended the Earned Sick Time Act to provide clearer guidance to employers on its paid sick time rules.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 26, 2016
Mary considers herself to be a good manager. Whenever one of her employee’s is struggling with an assignment she swoops in to help them put things into order and give pointers. Her company is now introducing a new 360-degree performance management system based on continuous feedback and, as a manager, she’s been encouraged to lead the transition by asking for feedback from her team first.
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