Tue.Jun 19, 2018

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How Remote Workers Boost Company Productivity

Hppy

With the emergence of new technologies that allow most people to work remotely from wherever they are, more and more companies are starting to let their current employees work from home, and at the same time hire freelancers that live in different countries and even different continents. Other companies are also toying with the idea of letting a few of their employees work from wherever they are as they know remote workers can actually boost the overall productivity of the company.

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3 Steps to Reskilling Retail Workers for Age of Automation

Visier

They always show up, even during World Cup games. They can work 12-hour shifts without displaying any signs of fatigue. And they never linger around the break room long after they are due back on the floor. In many ways, robots and other types of automated systems are perfect employees. But for retailers squeezed by intense competition and changing consumer habits , automation is not simply about producing an obedient workforce.

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Employee Communication: All Aboard the USS Internship Program

Employee Communications Council

For some high school and college students, summer is the time to get away from the regimens of classes, lectures and “school” life. For others, the 8-12 week period is the doorway to firsthand experiences of employee communication in real-world employment. Although some organizations offer internship programs year-round, summer is the peak season for intern endeavors.

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HR in Motion 2018: How You Can Survive in an Increasingly Competitive Environment

Owiwi

The human resources (HR) department was once viewed as a burdensome operational overhead. After all, how difficult can it be to post job advertisements, conduct an initial screening, prepare an employment contract, and act as a liaison between senior management and the workforce? C-suite executives paid little heed to the importance of having a vibrant HR department; casually dismissing it as irrelevant and unnecessary.

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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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Successful in sweatpants? Remote work has pros, cons

Business Management Daily

Job seekers are enticed by work-from-home options but well aware of the pitfalls, suggests new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. The post Successful in sweatpants? Remote work has pros, cons appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Dear ReWorker: Should I Risk Losing My Employee's Trust By Reporting Harassment to HR?

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, If an employee reports harassment to their manager, is it the responsibility of the manager to report it to HR? What should if the employee doesn't want the complaint to go to HR, and the manager doesn't want to lose the employee's trust? And, what should a manager do if the employee describes the situation, but doesn't provides the name of the alleged harasser?

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Don?t Hire a Search Firm Until You Read This!

TLNT: The Business of HR

A while ago I was invited to pitch to a group of investors on behalf of a potential client: a Series B Silicon Valley startup. Our job, as their recruiting partner, was to convey to the investor that hiring 200 employees (mostly engineers) was doable within 6 months (by Dec 2018). In short, it was an interview. The investors wanted to confirm that the startup had a scaling program in place and a sound recruitment strategy that fundamentally aligned with product and program deliverables tied to t

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4 Ways to Prevent Your Employees From Quitting

Achievers

When you hire a new employee, that person is already looking for a new job and at risk of quitting. That rather dire warning is offered by Dan Schawbel , research director at Future Workplace and one of Forbes’ “30 under 30” list. Schawbel cites a study by his company showing that one-third of American workers are at the risk of quitting and looking to change their jobs within the next six months.

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5 HR Recruiting Tips You Should Implement Now

Hppy

There are no easy answers when it comes to effective recruiting practices. The most successful methods combine awareness and authenticity to attract qualified candidates. At ViziRecruiter, we honed in on 5 top hr recruiting techniques that every organization will benefit from: Market to Hire. The best talent is not hanging out on job boards. Employed, passive candidates need to be made aware of an opportunity that is more valuable than what they currently have.

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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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DecisionWise COO Matthew Wride Named a CXO of the Year - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Utah Business Magazine named our COO, Matthew Wride, a CXO of the year! Matt does an incredible job in taking the “fluffy” out of the people side of business, by scientifically proving to organizations the link between happy and engaged employees and happy and engaged customers. Matt helps others understand that when employees are fully engaged and invested in their work, it permeates everything in the organization and the organization wins.

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How to Include Remote Workers in Wellness Programs

TalentCulture

With the gig economy hot and salaried employees craving more flexibility, much of the workforce is settling into a telecommuting […]. The post How to Include Remote Workers in Wellness Programs appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Health Coaching: An Integral Part of Workplace Wellness Strategy

CoreHealth Wellness Technologies

Why offer Health Coaching as part of your workplace wellness programs? What kind of results can be expected? Is coaching really necessary? Read this blog to find out.

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how do I handle changing my name and job because of a stalker?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: For a few years, I worked as a voice actor dubbing Japanese anime into English. A few of the shows I dubbed generated rather passionate fan followings. While that was certainly exciting for me as an actor, it also proved troublesome for my “real world” job working in academic libraries. I used my real name when I dubbed those shows (well, my nickname, which I’ve used all my life).

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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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Unconscious Bias: the Key to Effective Communication in the Workplace Between Men and Women

Inpower Coaching

In executive coaching (both women and men) I’ve often observed that two parallel stories about women and men in the workplace often coexist. First, “women and men communicate differently” is a truth that few bother to deny. Second, “men and women are treated equally in the workplace.” To me, it’s difficult for these two perspectives to both be true and yet many people, especially leaders, seem to believe them without any cognitive dissonance, unaware of the ways unconscious bias works on us all.

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#SHRM18: Lessons from The Biggest HR Event in History

UpstartHR

This year’s SHRM Annual Conference is a milestone. The team is estimating about 20,000 HR professionals, vendors, and miscellaneous other attendees have converged on Chicago for this year’s event. Attendees are here from around the world–I’ve already met delightful individuals from both Italy and India. One of the interesting things I sometimes hear from people in my industry is that SHRM isn’t the conference where the “decision makers” are.

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How to Choose the Best Background Check Service Provider?

TalentLyft

Many employers are struggling to find the background check service that will fit their hiring needs and their budget. This is why we created this guide - to help you choose your perfect background check service provider ! Read More.

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Recruitment tips: Three things you should know about hiring generation Z

HR Zone

Acquisition. Three tips for hiring gen Z.

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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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Join Us for a New Hangout Series - HR Mind Games (Episode #1 - Hiring Sales Pros)

The HR Capitalist

HR Mind Games is a quick hitting, 20-30 minute hangout hosted by me (KD), Kris Dunn, founder of FOT and the HR Capitalist and sponsored by Caliper , the leading provider of Assessments for Selection, Talent Management, and Leadership Development. In each episode of HR Mind Games , we’ll cover how general behavioral assessment geekiness/expertise helps HR and Recruiting Pros make better hires as well as maximize performance once that talent is in the door!

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Three Creative Internal Communications Ideas

Bonfyre

Adding creative internal communications ideas to your content plan can drive participation and ongoing engagement for your employees. Internal communications often get a bad rap. Employees may complain messages are boring and not worthy of their time. Compared to other messages we consume daily via social and traditional media, those complaints may be valid.

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Interview no-show email template

Workable

Here are a few reasons why you should consider sending an interview no-show email to candidates: Candidates had a personal emergency and couldn’t inform you, but feel embarrassed to contact you later. Things happen. If candidates proactively communicate with you to apologize and ask to reschedule, then that’s great. But sometimes, they might feel bad for standing you up and waver about whether they should reach out (they might even assume that you wouldn’t accept their apology).

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HR Teams Have the Power to Transform America?s Financial Health

HR Daily Advisor

The HR industry is on the front lines of America’s fight for financial health; it just doesn’t realize it yet. Millions of lower- to middle-income Americans—including hourly wage earners and Gig Economy workers, are struggling with income volatility, low savings rates, and high personal debt. HR teams and executives have a unique opportunity to make an outsized positive impact on the financial health of these employees and contractors using the tools and roles already available to them.

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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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Former Governer Jeb Bush Kicks Off #SHRM18

Workology

So, I have to admit… I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from Jeb Bush when I saw the keynotes announced for SHRM national this year. What would he say to a room full of HR people. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Fast Growth Means You Need to Pay Extra Attention to Culture

TLNT: The Business of HR

Congratulations! Whether it is a cross-border merger, explosive market growth or a new technology that is working better than you had ever hoped, you have the best problem a business can have: managing rapid growth.

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How to not sound like a jerk when giving your boss feedback

Lattice

We joined forces with Gusto to build a practical feedback guide for small businesses. Read the rest of the series and learn how to give non-jerky feedback to your coworker, boss, and client. It can be extremely intimidating to give feedback to your boss. You want to provide input so that they can improve, but the power dynamics can make an already delicate action seem loaded with potential pitfalls.

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15 Revolutionary Ways To Educate Employees On Benefits

PlanSource

How well educated are your employees on current company benefits? How are employee benefits communicated? Do you have an employee benefits communication strategy? These are all questions that your HR team should be evaluating on a regular basis. A recent survey indicates that 83.2% of employers believe that communication, employee education and engagement are integral to overall benefits delivery and 65% of organizations believe that educating employees about their benefits is a high priority.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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.

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How to not sound like a jerk when giving your coworker feedback

Lattice

We joined forces with Gusto to build a practical feedback guide for small businesses. Read the rest of the series and learn how to give non-jerky feedback to your coworker, boss, and client. At a previous job, I gave feedback to a coworker and was, to be blunt, a total jerk about it. This job had an open office plan, so any discussions were heard by everyone — to circumvent this, I sent my coworker, Hermione, an email.

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How to Master Workplace Civility #SHRM18

Workology

Civility usually is demonstrated through manners, courtesy, politeness, and a general awareness of the rights, wishes, concerns, and feelings of others. It includes the behavior that helps to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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How to Give Your Employee Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk

Lattice

We joined forces with Gusto to build a practical feedback guide for small businesses. Read the rest of the series and learn how to give non-jerky feedback to your coworker, boss, and client. It can be hard not to come across as a total softie—or a total jerk—when giving your employees feedback. Take it from Amanda Goldberg, CEO and founder of Oakland-based Planted Design , a twelve-person team that creates vertical living & preserved moss gardens.

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