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How to Create Learning Paths that Align with Company Goals

HR Bartender

A learning path is a sequence of activities that allows a person to build knowledge or skill. For instance, an employee who wants to become more proficient in project management might have a learning path that includes: proposal writing, budgeting, scheduling, critical evaluation, and project management. The idea being that each topic builds upon the previous and makes the employee better at project management.

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3 Lessons on Employee Motivation from My Days as a School Teacher

Cornerstone On Demand

This article was originally published under Jeff Miller’s column “The Science of Workplace Motivation” on Inc.com. Twenty-five years ago, I stepped into my first classroom in South Central Los Angeles. The school was known as one of the worst schools in Los Angeles Unified School District at the time, but I was up for the challenge—eager and ready to make a positive impact on my middle school students.

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6 Techniques: Improve The Way Your Employees Communicate

Achievers

When your team works in the same building, it’s easy to get to know one another. Since you see each other every day, you’ll likely develop a deeper than surface level relationship based on proximity alone. You might come to know how your colleagues take their coffee, and maybe even buddy up with them when the company heads out on a retreat or outing.

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Ellevate’s Summit for Women in Business Goes Beyond Talk, to Action

Justworks

Women in business are having a moment. That’s according to Tina Pettigrew, Director of Communications at Ellevate Network, a global women’s network that is hosting its first summit after 20 years of connecting ambitious women leaders and entrepreneurs. “The timing is right, and there’s a need for it,” said Tina in an interview with Justworks. The statistics back this up.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Gratitude: The Power of (Not too) Positive Thinking

CONCERN: EAP

It’s no secret that an optimistic outlook, fueled by a healthy dose of gratitude, can directly contribute to happiness and success. But—according to studies focused on two types of optimism, realistic and idealistic—there may be a catch. These studies demonstrate that realistic optimists are generally healthier and more successful in work and life than their idealistic counterparts.

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6 Ways to Prevent Employee Turnover in Your Small Business

Hppy

A small business does need to run smoothly and efficiently in order to be successful. One thing that can undermine the operation of a small business is employee turnover. When an employee abruptly quits, the work that employee is responsible for performing ends up not being done. Time and money are lost this way. And then comes the additional costs of having to train a replacement.

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Gratitude: The Power of (Not too) Positive Thinking

CONCERN: EAP

It’s no secret that an optimistic outlook, fueled by a healthy dose of gratitude, can directly contribute to happiness and success. But—according to studies focused on two types of optimism, realistic and idealistic—there may be a catch. These studies demonstrate that realistic optimists are generally healthier and more successful in work and life than their idealistic counterparts.

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4 Simple and Powerful Ways to Build Your Team’s Confidence and Rule The World

TalentCulture

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

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Why Stay Interviews Are The New Exit Interviews

Namely

As an HR professional, you probably know that communication is one of your most powerful tools. From an employee’s first day, it’s your job to facilitate an environment in which he or she can thrive. When employees do choose to leave the company, exit interviews often shed light on what went wrong. But why wait until employees are already out the door to ask those questions?

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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#WorkTrends Recap: Smooth, Efficient Recruiting for SMB

TalentCulture

For small and medium businesses, there are two objectives in terms of recruiting and hiring that can be powerfully answered by Cloud-based systems. Given that there are so many options out there, companies need to focus their objectives on packages that meet specific critical needs. This week on #WorkTrends, host Meghan M. Biro and her special guests Guillaume Vingtier, Go To Market lead for WorkConnect by SAP and Jeff Rosenberg , Co-Founder and Partner at WideOpen , a customer strategy consult

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Unlimited PTO - More For the Employer or the Employee?

The HR Capitalist

Check out a recent post I did at my other site - Fistful of Talent - on the optics of unlimited PTO - what it means for companies over employees and more. Here's a taste: In my darkest moments, I’m a bit of a skeptic. And I think unlimited PTO might just be a scam to not pay out accrued vacation and sick time. With me? Against me? As with most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

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How Background Checks May Help Employers

Paychex

Pre-employment, post-offer screening may help an employer to avoid potential bad hires, and is considered a best practice. What do you need to know as a business leader about employee screening?

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Internal Mobility Programs Benefit Both the Company and the Employee

TLNT: The Business of HR

Internal mobility is one of the trickiest issues to navigate. More specifically, how can employees tactfully discuss the possibility of changing departments with a manager; and how can managers properly address the employee’s interest in making that change?

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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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4 ways to create fair work schedules that your employees will appreciate

Insperity

Hashing out weekly schedules and time-off policies for your workforce probably isn’t at the top of your favorite-things-to-do list. But as a business leader, it’s definitely something that should be a top priority to help ensure a smooth-running business and minimize employee complaints and attrition. It is important for you and your workforce to communicate with each other.

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Should You Attend #Compference17? Here’s What Your Peers Are Saying

Compensation Today

PayScale’s annual event, Compference – the modern compensation event for comp professionals, HR professionals and business leaders, will be here before you know it. Our two-day conference is October 3rd and 4th, and this year it’s in Austin, Texas! Unsure if you should attend? How ‘bout some feedback from your peers on last year’s Compference?

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5 Crucial Strategies to Improve Employee Productivity

HR C-Suite

Your employees are the powerhouse of your company, and the growth of your business depends on their skills, effort, and commitment. Think of your employees as the cogs and gears of a big machine that’s your company. For every cog that’s working in its optimum condition, the machine performs at its best. But, are your […].

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Getting beyond "one-and-done" in performance management

HR Zone

Future. Beyond "one-and-done" in performance management.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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WeSpire Employee Spotlight: Hannah Byron

WeSpire

Any great organization requires purpose driven people working together to fulfill that organization’s mission and vision. At WeSpire we are extremely fortunate to have a number of amazing teammates, all working to bring purpose to employees at companies large and small around the world. Each month we like to shine the spotlight on one member of the WeSpire team, giving you a peek into the remarkable workforce behind our award winning employee engagement platform.

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How Eyecarrot improved their employee experience with Collage

Collage

Eyecarrot is a Canadian startup on a unique mission. They’re using mobile platforms and user-friendly tech to advance human vision performance. When it came to their fast-growing team, the company knew they’d need the same technology to ensure smooth scaling and a great employee experience. We spoke with founder Adam Cigielski to find out how Collage’s cloud-based HR helped Eyecarrot bring their tech values and employee experience back into focus. _.

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Learn a new word: Positive Predictive Value

Steve Boese

Predictive analytics and the application of algorithms to help make 'people' decisions in organizations has been a subject of development and discussion for several years now. The most common applications of predictive tech in HR have been to assess and rank candidates for a given job opening, to estimate an individual employee's flight risk, and to attempt to identify those employees with high potential or are likely to become high performers.

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Hiring New Grads? Don't Let Student Loan Debt Kill Their Potential!

Benefitfocus

It’s graduation season for the Class of 2017. And that means hiring season for you. But your employees are burdened by student loan debt more than ever. Here are ways to help these newcomers mitigate some of the negative financial impacts from their college education.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Take Our Survey on Project Management, Give Me a Purpose in Life

Laurie Ruettimann

There are two types of people in this world: project managers and task managers. • • •. I’m a project manager. Everything I do — from making coffee to launching a company to fixing my marriage — is a giant endeavor of some sort. I have a plan, I understand the steps, and I get s**t done. Not all projects are successful, and I don’t log most of my work into project management software.

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how long should I wait for a job candidate to respond when I’m scheduling interviews?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am in charge of our department’s intern program. It’s highly competitive and seen as fairly prestigious in our field, as paid entry-level positions are very rare. I initially sent out emails to six candidates to let them know that we would like to schedule interviews with them. Two of the six took over five days to respond to the request for interview.

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Are Hybrid Offices the Future of Work Design?

HR Daily Advisor

Yesterday’s Advisor probed the fast rise of the “hybrid office” trend, as more companies—with an eye toward greater innovation and productivity—shift their focus away from “open” floor plans in favor of a mix of work areas that better meet employee needs. Today we’ll outline several tips for leaders to consider as the movement gains speed. The bottom line: It’s a tall order.

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Don’t Miss These #SHRM17 Conference Sessions

Workology

Its time to get excited because we are just days away from this year’s national SHRM conference– I’m furiously planning my sessions that I’ll be attending at upcoming #SHRM17! Its been tough to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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How Technology Can Create Company Culture with Employee Buy-in

Bonfyre

This article originally appeared in HR Tech Outlook. Who should drive company culture? Traditionally, HR professionals have been viewed as stewards of company culture, prescribing initiatives and perks to lift the spirits of employees. In this framework, culture is dictated from the top down. Employees are told what’s good for them, and have few channels to communicate back whether they actually benefit from what they’re receiving.

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Second interview confirmation email

Workable

After you’ve invited candidates to a second interview , send an interview confirmation email to clarify details like: Date and time of the interview. Estimated duration. Name(s) and job title(s) of the interviewer(s). Format and topic of the interview (e.g. candidates will complete a test or discuss their assignment ). You can also use this email to remind candidates what they need to bring with them (e.g. their resume or portfolio.).

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Low-Code vs. No-Code: How Do You Choose?

Quickbase

There’s a lot of conflicting definitions of low-code and no-code out there. We’ll help you understand the differences so you can choose the best platform for your business.

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