Wed.Jan 03, 2018

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360-Degree Feedback: Key Questions to Help Identify Emerging Leaders

Reflektive

Conducting a performance review is a great way to provide employees with specific feedback regarding which skill sets enhance their performance and which skill sets need further developed. The manager is limited in his or her ability to provide feedback, as they do not always work with the employee on a daily basis. SEE ALSO: 5 Key Benefits of Real-Time Performance Feedback.

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Scheduling Predictability for Hourly and On-Call Workers

nettime solutions

From San Francisco’s Retail Employees Rights Ordinances, to Oregon’s Fair Work Week Act , to the federal Schedules that Work Act proposed this past July, the push for fair scheduling continues to gain momentum at all levels. And while bills and ordinances differ, one thing they share is the desire to create new levels of autonomy and fairness for low-wage, hourly, and on-call workers.

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A New Management Mindset: 6 Keys for Greater Staffing Stability

HR Daily Advisor

Let’s survey your current staff! How many people in your organization have been there 10+ years, are deep-rooted and likely aren’t going anywhere until retirement? We’ll call these staff “trees.” And how many people haven’t been there long, and their position will likely turn over multiple times in the next few years? We’ll call these our “revolving door” roles.

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Reference Checking for Employment is Dead!

The Tim Sackett Project

I remember when I started my first job in Talent Acquisition and HR, I totally believed checking references was going to lead me to better, higher quality hires. My HR university program practically drilled into me the belief that “past performance predicts future performance.”. For all, I knew those words were delivered on tablets from Moses himself!

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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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Find the Best 2018 Applicant Tracking Software – Get FREE Custom Price Quotes

HR Morning

The recruitment process can be arduous for both employers and candidates. From sourcing candidates to tracking current applicants and ultimately hiring the ideal candidate, an ATS will reduce the time and expense of hiring new employees for both HR departments as well as recruiting and staffing agencies. There are hundreds of ATS solutions currently on the market, with different solutions for organizations of different sizes, industries and hiring models.

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8 Reasons Why Your Employee Engagement Survey Scores Are Stagnant - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

WARNING : If you’re reading this it’s possible your employee engagement survey scores are stagnant or underperforming. This post is meant to facilitate honest self-assessment. You may not relish seeing your organization in the mirror, but it’s crucial to openly acknowledge your shortcomings if you are going to meaningfully improve employee engagement within your organization.

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Implementing a Mentoring Program at Your Office: The Basics

Justworks

A mentoring program is a tried-and-true tool that you may want to consider implementing in your office. “Why,” you ask? The benefits are numerous. Among other things, professional mentoring programs can: Help to train new employees. Build leadership, interpersonal, and development skills for both senior and junior employees. Help employees connect with their coworkers, which allows them to feel more willing speak.

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Creating an Employee Experience Based on Solid Communication Principles

Lighthouse

Imagine for a moment that you’re a business leader at a midsize firm. Your company is facing stiff competition. The corporate leadership has seen drastic changes. Customers are ambivalent about the products the company sells. And the employees, well, they are struggling to keep pace with the changes and may not even know what the company’s big picture vision is, which leads to major challenges with customer service efforts.

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Servant Leadership: Real Accountability Is Investing in People’s Lives

TalentCulture

In business, accountability is often viewed as meeting quarterly goals, and other activities designed to maximize returns for stakeholders and shareholders. But there is another, deeper view of business accountability. It’s when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning and, as uncomfortable as it may be, hold yourself accountable for your behavior and how your actions impact others.

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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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How Word Choice and Tone Matters in Your Communciation

Trish McFarlane

*From the dusty archives… Today, I’m thinking about not just the words I use, but the WAY I use those words. Am I being direct? Am I passive? It all boils down to whether or not I use more denotative or connotative language. As we know, denotative language is the more literal interpretation of words. It takes the emotion out of it.

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How to replace mental health stigma and silence with support and openness

HR Zone

Culture. How to replace mental health stigma with support.

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Allegis and HiringSolved: The Real Deal Behind the Deal Sheet.

Allegis Global Solutions

Here’s the deal. As you probably know, I’ve gone corporate (in terms of employment, if not mindset). I now work for Allegis Global Solutions. AGS is one of the manifold subsidiaries – or “OpCos,” in internal parlance, of Allegis Group , which is probably the biggest company you’ve never heard of.

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10 Hot Leadership Topics for 2018

DDI

According to top HR and leadership influencers, 2018 will be a year that challenges leaders to increase the adoption—and impact—of new technologies.

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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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Forcing Managers to Interview Minority Candidates - Necessary or Pure Bureaucracy?

The HR Capitalist

Capitalist Note - If you follow sports, you may have heard that the Oakland Raiders (soon to be the Las Vegas Raiders) are set to hire Jon Gruden , current ABC/ESPN commentator, past head coach in the NFL and yes, a white guy. It's said at this writing to be a done deal, but the Raiders have to interview other candidates as required by the NFL's Rooney Rule.

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how to say “stop following me” at an event

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was wondering if you could help me with a professional problem that seems to be coming up more and more lately. I am fortunate to be fairly well-known in my field, and attend a lot of professional events. I try to meet as many new people and existing contacts as possible during these events, as part of my purpose in attending is to make the contacts I need to do my work.

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The Future of Learning is Here

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

Employee expectations regarding organizational learning mirror their experiences in how they consume content outside of work. In a study conducted by CEB of over 90K learners, 77% of employees reported they do what they need to do to learn effectively. 69% of employees regularly seek out new ways of doing their work from their co-workers and 66% of employees expect to learn just-in-time.

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18 states usher in new year with minimum wage increases

HR Morning

If your business is located in a state, city or county that just bumped up the minimum wage on January (and a lot of them are), you’ll want to make sure all of your relevant pay documents reflect the change. While there are a few narrow exceptions, the majority of businesses are required to comply with the state minimum wage regs. The list. Here are the states that are increasing the minimum wage in 2018 : Alaska: $9.84 (up from $9.80).

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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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If you want to transform corporate culture, start with HR

cipHR

Small ‘c’ conservative attitudes within HR are stifling engagement and organisational culture. It’s high time for change, argues transformation consultant Ian P Buckingham There have been at least three occasions in the last three years when I’ve found myself at loggerheads with a senior member of a client’s board over culture management. Now, it’s not uncommon to encounter differences of opinion at that level when undertaking a culture transformation programme; as a consultant, I wouldn’t be th

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Beauty Salon Manager job description

Workable

Post this Beauty Salon Manager job description template to job boards and careers page to attract qualified candidates. You can easily customize this template for positions at hair salons or spas. Beauty Salon Manager responsibilities include: Overseeing daily salon operations. Hiring and training beauticians, as needed. Organizing employees’ shifts, considering peak times and seasonality.

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is it wrong to expect employees to work on snow days?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Could you speak to snow day behavior? My staff is half on-site and half remote. We are all expected to be able to work remotely if needed, and snow days fit that bill. I’m happy to accommodate people spending time on family care and snow removal on these days. But, I also recognize that these can feel like a bonus day and that folks want to get personal things done that they weren’t able to do over the weekend.

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How Your Dealership F&I Employees Can Drive Customer Satisfaction

Hireology

F&I employees are a top driver dealership customer satisfaction, only following sales personnel, according to the 2017 Car Buyer Journey from Cox Automotive. But F&I personnel have room for improvement when it comes to providing a top-notch customer experience. According to the study, when respondents were asked to rate their satisfaction, 79% of car buyers gave the test-driving process a high rating.

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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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Will Employee Retention Be An Issue in 2018?

DailyPay

In a new study by Future Workplace and Kronos, business leaders continue to express the importance of employee retention. With low unemployment rates and high marketplace activity, the hiring landscape is competitive, to say the least.

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2018 Recruiting Checklist for Directors of Talent Acquisition

Yello

01/03/2018 // By deanna kane // Candidate experience. Is your team looking to recruit and hire top-notch employees? Is your budget tight and job requisition list a mile long? We have rounded up the top low or no-cost options to ensure the best talent looks at your company before the competition. This recruiting checklist will help you re-focus your recruitment marketing efforts, improve your company’s candidate experience and make top talent actively pursue your brand.

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employee is angry I’m using the baby name she wanted, office heat is broken, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employee is angry that I’m using the baby name she wanted. My wife is 12 weeks pregnant with our first child. We just made her pregnancy public to everyone. I have a staff of nine that I manage. One of them is upset because she heard me answer another staff member’s question about whether or not we have chosen a name.

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Should NDAs Be Banned In Sexual Harassment Cases?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Victims of sexual harassment are no longer staying silent. The recent wave of allegations against popular and public figures has shown a sea change in how the United States addresses this issue. #MeToo has given victims a voice.

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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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ESPP explained in layman’s terms (employee stock purchase plan)

HRNasty

Take responsibility for your career and your retirement Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) I just read a stat that stated that the average American household has less than $5000.00 in savings for retirement. With the start of a brand new year, I thought it might be a good time to help folks with new years resolutions and think about increasing the nest egg.

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5 Essential Steps to Take Before Updating Your Careers Page

The Muse

Is your company's career page due for a refresh—or even a total overhaul? Before you so much as swap out an image, we have a few things you should do to lay the groundwork for your revamp. Tackle these five steps, and you'll set the stage for a careers page that attracts the talent you really want.

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Building Uncommon Trust Through Everyday Action

Workology

Creating a high performance work place is a complex endeavor. As leaders, we painstakingly work to move our organizations toward lofty goals. We focus and continue to believe in what we are doing in. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.