Fri.Dec 03, 2021

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The Jury’s Still out on AI-Driven Hiring

Criteria Corp

In the hiring and HR space, the use of artificial intelligence when screening applicants remains polarizing. That’s because at it’s core, AI can only be as smart and bias-free as the people who implement it. On one hand, AI is an incredibly powerful tool when used responsibly, transparently, and ethically. But on the other hand, AI can be leveraged in incredibly harmful ways – especially when it comes to hiring.

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How to minimize the impact of global crises on your employee and customer experience

Qualtrics HR

Recent global crises have caused significant labor shortages – and the impact is leading businesses to reevaluate how to attract the right talent and protect their customer experiences from the fallout. Read our analysis and tips on balancing labor shortage with great CX. As we move towards the 2021 holidays and the new year, ongoing labor shortages are becoming an ever-more glaring issue.

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The C Sheet December 3: Boomerang Employees, Stay Interviews, and Disproportionate Feedback

Visier

1. Boomerang Employees. In a tough labor market, there are many strategies companies can try to hire talent. An emerging strategy is to hire boomerang employees—those who left on good terms—in hopes that they would be willing to rejoin since they’re already familiar with the company. Boomerang Employees Could Be The Key To Attracting Qualified Candidates In A Hot Job Market (Forbes) . 2.

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5 Tips to Avoid Getting Understaffed During the Holidays

Zenefits

As you drive through your town or city, you’ve probably noticed an increase in “Help Wanted” signs. Or perhaps more businesses are advertising high sign-on bonuses to new employees. It seems that no matter where you go businesses are suffering from a lack of staff and many have even closed their doors as a result of not having enough employees.

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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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What’s Really Causing the Great Resignation?

Visier

Much has been written about the “Resignation Wave” that started eroding the shores of the labor force in late spring of 2021. Visier even predicted it. Employees wanted more, wanted better, and after a protracted period of “sitting tight,” stagnating through months of stress and chaos, they were ready to make changes happen for themselves. If they couldn’t be in control of a havoc-wreaking virus taking over life as they know it, at least they could take control of their work life.

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3 CHROs share their greatest lessons of 2021

HRExecutive

At the beginning of 2021, many HR leaders likely were looking forward to the pandemic winding down and the new world of work starting to get underway. However, as the year comes to a close and employers everywhere are on edge with news of a new COVID-19 variant, the start of a new normal continues to remain elusive. So, what lessons have HR leaders taken from this year of uncertainty?

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Four smart ways to boost employee morale this winter

HR Zone

Employees How can HR boost employee morale this winter?

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Here’s how Deloitte thinks EX, retention will change in 2022

HRExecutive

The coming year will bring a new focus on employee experience, technologies that add to that experience and the need to tear down the silos that contain disparate systems and their valuable yet underused data, predicts John Brownridge, digital workplace leader at Deloitte Consulting. Further, organizations’ reliance on Zoom, MS Teams and other video meeting platforms will have to ramp up to enhance collaboration.

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How the Affordable Care Act (ACA) varies by state

PeopleKeep

Since its inception in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. It expanded Medicaid eligibility, created federal and state Marketplaces, prevented insurance companies from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions, and required plans to cover a list of essential health benefits.

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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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Thoughtful Ways To Honor The Passing Of A Lower-Level Employee

Forbes Coaches Council

There are considerate ways for company leaders to not only demonstrate sensitivity toward the needs of the family and peers of an employee who has died, but also a deep and abiding appreciation for all of their people.

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Debunking myths about OSHA’s vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

While the fate of the federal government’s OSHA mandate remains in question as it sits in the 6th Circuit Court, employers are left wondering what to do next. Separately, OSHA has asked the 6th Circuit to dissolve the 5th Circuit’s permanent stay, so employers can begin their compliance efforts. It should be noted that OSHA filed its motion before the latest Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported.

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Stop Screening Candidates’ Social Media Yourself!

Accurate Background

The proliferation of social media sites these days may seem like an easy-to-access goldmine of information about potential job candidates. An applicant looks good on paper, but what might you learn by browsing their online activity? It’s easy enough to do and a quick search of LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok could turn up a wide range of information from photos to messages and more.

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4 reasons why every organization needs HCM software

Zoho People

As an HR professional, you'll be expected to wear multiple hats at work. Sometimes, you'll have to track employee attendance and approve/reject employee time off. Other times, you'll have to recruit and onboard employees , or conduct performance reviews and employee training programs. And in the meantime, you'll also have to field daily requests and questions from employees in a prompt manner.

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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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Ask Madison: Budgeting for a Meaningful Employee Rewards and Recognition Program in Mid-Enterprise Companies

Madison

Do your research and ensure you are spending on what will be meaningful to employees. As a mid-enterprise company, you can affordably budget for a robust R&R program. Spend smartly and efficiently in a way that the program could pay for itself in savings on retaining your workforce. Did you ever give someone a gift that you thought was just right for them, only to see a look of confusion or a faint, polite smile because the gift really didn’t suit them at all?

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How to Establish Your 2022 PTO Policy With BerniePortal

BerniePortal

As the year comes to an end, questions from employees around unused PTO are typically just beginning. When it comes to establishing a company PTO policy , there are a lot of factors to consider—from deciding between an accrual or lump sum strategy, to determining who will manage time off requests. Here are some BerniePortal tips for managing PTO days as the year ends and a new year approaches.

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Gamification in HR: 5 Examples and 6 Benefits

Semos Cloud

Category. All, Best Practices. Gamification in HR: 5 Examples and 6 Benefits. Gamification is a great way to engage employees. Find out how HRs use it to reduce absenteeism and turnover. December 3, 2021. By Sara Ana Cemazar. Just like any other organizational department, HR has been profoundly affected by the technological changes and digital transformation.

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weekend open thread – December 4-5, 2021

Ask a Manager

This post, weekend open thread – December 4-5, 2021 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Ella Minnow Pea , by Mark Dunn. An island’s totalitarian government bans the use of more and more letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial to the town’s names

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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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Leverage a CRM Platform and Create a Seamless Business

SutiHR

From learning about fresh leads to getting involved with them and finally closing a deal, your sales team performs a plethora of daily activities. It includes manual and tedious task of sending emails, following up with prospects, and updating records. An automated customer relationship management platform (CRM) takes away all these time-consuming activities and runs them for you.

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Didn’t Get That Promotion? Here Are Smart Next Steps To Take

Forbes Coaches Council

While being passed over for a promotion can feel demoralizing and demotivating, how you react to the blow will determine how well you recover from it.

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Accountability in Leadership

Betterworks

Accountability in leadership is vital to business success, but many leadership teams acknowledge that they have a lot of room to grow in this area. Global research led by leadership accountability expert Vince Molinaro found that 72% of business leaders and HR professionals agree that accountability is critical for business success. But only 31% are […].

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open thread – December 3-4, 2021

Ask a Manager

This post, open thread – December 3-4, 2021 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it here, as it may be in m

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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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Gender Roles And Stereotypes Detract From Health And Well-Being

Forbes Coaches Council

Calling attention to gender only takes away from job credibility and individual achievements and draws attention to the gender divide.

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Top Campus Recruitment Strategies to Employ While Recruiting

HR Shelf

When the summer is in full swing and the fall semester is looming around the corner, it is the best time to make quality Campus Recruitment Strategies to help accelerate the hiring process. It helps in acquiring the best candidates from the talent pool in a short time. Campus recruitment is an ideal way of hiring young talent with age-new skills, that can take up the required entry-level positions in the organization.

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Reduce Stress: The Science Behind Transcendental Meditation

Thrive Global

Stressed? Anxious? You are far from alone. Over 40 million people, or 18% of the population, suffer from anxiety disorders in the United States. It’s so common today it seems hard to find to find someone who isn’t stressed! Sadly, this trend is only accelerating. While I can’t provide a simple cause for your stress, I do have a simple solution. Backed by science, transcendental meditation has been proven by decades of countless studies to lower stress levels and anxiety, while also promoting cal

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5 incredible merits of customer self-service for businesses

Take It Personel-ly

“Customer service shouldn’t just be a department, it should be the entire company” – Tony Hsieh It is a well-established fact that customer service is one of the most crucial pillars of business success. The mathematics of customer service being paramount for any business is quite simple. When you offer extraordinary service to your […].

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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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Build Your Leadership Superpowers With Learning Agility

Forbes Coaches Council

The good news is with a little attention and intention, you can increase your aptitude for learning agility.

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Stephanie Frias Joins i4cp's Board of Directors (i4cp login required)

i4cp

CHRO of Lyra Health to add experience and insight as the research firm continues its significant growth Seattle, WA, December 3, 2021 : The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)—the leading authority on next practices in human capital and one of the nation's fastest-growing private companies according to Inc. Magazine—announced today that Stephanie Frias has joined the company's board of directors.

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updates: the muting, the pregnancy announcement, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, updates: the muting, the pregnancy announcement, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Shouldn’t we mute ourselves during group calls?