Tue.Apr 11, 2017

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Three Keys to a Team of High Performers

Talmetrix

You’ve probably got a couple of rockstar employees who come to mind when you think of “high performers,” but what if all of your employees were working at the top of their game? What could you achieve if all of your employees were high performers? What if you could build a culture at your organization that attracted and retained the talent you desired?

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HR’s Role in Helping Organizations Accept Feedback

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad , a global leader in Talent Activation. Be sure to check out their 2017 State of Talent report , which provides an in-depth analysis of the issues that matter most to human resources.). Feedback is about performance. The reason people give feedback is to either ask someone to improve their performance or to tell them “keep doing what you’re doing”.

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3 Steps to Build Purpose into Your Work Culture

ClearCompany HRM

Your company exists for a reason: The founders saw a problem in the world and they came up with a profitable solution. For employees at the top levels of the company, this may be obvious; they probably know exactly what their job is working to solve. Employees who are farther down the line may not be so lucky. In fact, an alarming 61% of employees don’t even know what their company’s mission statement is.

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4 Common Failures of Online Job Applications—and How to Fix Them

Cornerstone On Demand

Recruitment of top talent and skilled workers these days is undoubtedly getting harder. Recruiters and managers blame it on the quality of the labor pool—and many job applicants so lack the necessary skills. But that's only one aspect of a complex problem: the real enemy might be your online job application. A recent study found that companies with 45 or more fields to complete on an application lose a whopping 88.7 percent of potential candidates who abandon the process before completion.

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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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Perspectives is just around the corner

SumTotal

With that in mind, we thought we’d give you a hint of what to expect. Kyle Lagunas, Research Manager with Emerging Trends, Talent Acquisition & Staffing is one of those presenting. To get people in the right frame of mind, we sent him a couple of questions, almost a teaser if you will, of what he will discuss in greater detail on Wednesday. Here’s what he had to say-.

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How Moments of Truth Impact Trust and The Employee Experience - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

How moments of truth impact trust and the employee experience is what both employers and employees deserve to understand. Every relationship comes with a Contract and every Contract gets blitzed by Moments of Truth (MOT). Pay Attention to Your Contracts. The Contract is a perceived set of promises that establishes the terms of that relationship. Some Contracts are explicit, such as a written statement of work–you do this, I give you that; or the Contract you sign when your daughter breaks her th

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The Art & Science of Meaningful Company Values

EmployeeConnect

Many managers and organisations today neglect the fact that company values are important. Company values are important for both individuals and companies. Individually, they help with governing lives, ensuring that we grow and develop in our future with what we want to experience. From an organisational perspective, it’s what builds the company culture, supports the company vision and reflects what it is that your company values as important the most.

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Employee Experience in the Digital Era

Kazoo

Employee Experience in the Digital Era. Allie Idleman. We recently attended the 2017 Human Capital Forum: Employee Experience in the Digital Era hosted by Argyle Executive Forum in San Francisco. This event brought together industry leaders to discuss how HR is evolving in the modern business environment. They discussed ways to accommodate the needs of multicultural, multigenerational workers, both onsite and remote.

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Why We Need A Culture Of “Weird”

Hppy

“The best” describes a culture of individuals who conform to rules and expectations more closely than others. They spell more accurately; answer history questions more correctly and score the highest mark on linear algebra exams. “The best” do a masterful job of performing their task to comply with the norms expected. They “colour inside the lines” perfectly.

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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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Organizational Change: Success Stories To Learn From

Everwise

Sometimes even the most successful companies need to go through organizational change in order to continue their success. But it’s rarely an easy process and. 70% of transformation programs fail. There are many reasons why a company may decide to undergo major organizational changes. Below are a few examples: New technology – Technology is constantly evolving and oftentimes your company must evolve with it – whether internally or externally.

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Employee Experience in the Digital Era

Kazoo

Employee Experience in the Digital Era. Allie Idleman. We recently attended the 2017 Human Capital Forum: Employee Experience in the Digital Era hosted by Argyle Executive Forum in San Francisco. This event brought together industry leaders to discuss how HR is evolving in the modern business environment. They discussed ways to accommodate the needs of multicultural, multigenerational workers, both onsite and remote.

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Staying Engaged During Corporate Change (Part 2)

Achievers

By: Courtney Clark. Change is practically a given in today’s competitive work environment. But how is an individual employee supposed to thrive in an environment of constant uncertainty? To successfully navigate this near-constant change, research suggests that it’s critical to stay engaged. In the first post of this 3-part series (click here if you missed it), I shared strategies from my book The Successful Struggle , that help you stay engaged and in tune with the purpose of corporate change.

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Teen Dreams VS Workforce Realities

TalentCulture

Astronaut. Teacher. Ballerina. Doctor. Singer. Few people say “I want to grow up and work in an office,” yet 15 percent of Americans have office/administrative jobs (the largest of 22 segments of the U.S. labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics). The question is–how much disparity exists between the jobs we dream of and the jobs we’ll most likely get?

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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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McKinsey Report: Managing Others and Influence Safe From Next Wave of AI/Automation.

The HR Capitalist

McKinsey has a pretty good report out about where machines/AI can replace humans, and where they can't. I'd encourage all in the talent space to take a look - here's the link. What you learn from the report is that AI and other forms of automation aren't new related to their ability to destroy jobs and cause dramatic restructuring of workforces as we know them.

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What Will You Say When They Ask Why They Should Work For You?

TLNT: The Business of HR

I do not care who you are, where you went to school, which union represents you, how smart you are, or how smart you think you are — executive, doctor, nurse — you are not entitled to work in a hospital.

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Performance Consulting Tips: ACT Your Way to Strategic Client Partnerships

ATD Human Capital

Have you ever observed someone who was clearly an expert in their field yet was unsuccessful in influencing others to support a specific plan or strategy? Expertise, by itself, is insufficient to achieving results in organizations. In addition to professional competence, demonstrating the art of partnering with leaders and clients is pivotal to our success as performance consultants.

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Worker Bee Or Engaged Partner?: How Management Sees Employees

TLNT: The Business of HR

How do you view employees? We rarely talk about this in public forums or meetings, but we have no problem giving people our opinion in the hallway!! We wanted to stem the tide of side conversations at the March HR Roundtable (of Cincinnati) and took on the topi c “Employee relations, and how to do it well.

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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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Teen Dreams VS Workforce Realities

TalentCulture

Astronaut. Teacher. Ballerina. Doctor. Singer. Few people say “I want to grow up and work in an office,” yet 15 percent of Americans have office/administrative jobs (the largest of 22 segments of the U.S. labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics). The question is–how much disparity exists between the jobs we dream of and the jobs we’ll most likely get?

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How the Best Healthcare Workplaces are Supporting Employees in Challenging Times

Great Place to Work

If you’re a leader at a health care organization, you’ll do everything in your power to ensure it stays well-equipped to care for patients. But what about employees? Why not apply that commitment to delivering the highest level of care to your own staff as well? For many, the answers might be resources. For others, it might come down to the challenges of the industry – with regulatory uncertainty, new technology, rising operating costs and more.

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European Court Clarifies Legality of Banning Islamic Headscarves in the Workplace

TLNT: The Business of HR

On March 14 the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued a significant ruling clarifying when an employer may prohibit employees from wearing visible signs of their religious beliefs in the workplace.

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HR Must Be a Catalyst for Change

Workology

Mahatma Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” As our worlds and the people in it adjust, organizations must, too. HR professionals are in a great position to be a catalyst for change in our workplaces. Right now, our world is becoming increasingly fluid, as Cecile Alper-Leroux mentions in her […] Source.

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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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Why Hiring for Behaviors Helps with Culture Fit

Culture University

What do you look for when hiring new leaders or team members for your organization? Do you look at skills or at attitude, or both? Should you be looking at something else? In this short episode of my Culture Leadership Charge video series—this one crafted exclusively for Culture University—I shed light on the challenges with […]. The post Why Hiring for Behaviors Helps with Culture Fit appeared first on Culture University.

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How to hang on to your ideal candidates

Ceridian

Paul Sandusky – VP of Talent Acquisition, Ceridian. In today’s highly competitive, mobilized and ‘Uberized’ workforce landscape, there are many shifts taking place that require HR leaders to adjust their approach to talent acquisition and management. And while organizations face a handful of challenges and changes, one thing is for certain: Modern recruitment is largely candidate-driven.

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How Recent Grads Help Workday Build a Student-Centric System

Workday

The Workday Student team just got back from the AACRAO annual conference in Minneapolis, MN, and we’re still glowing from the great conversations we had with friends, customers, prospects, and partners. We enjoyed demonstrating the power of Workday Student at our booth and hope some of you got the chance to catch our Student Experience panel where we discussed how the product was built.

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Dave Ulrich: "50% of who we can become is nurture and can be changed through learning."

HR Zone

Future. Interview: Dave Ulrich, Ross School of Business.

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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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“Would Be Nice” – Negotiation’s Strongest Bargaining Chip

Women of HR

When we show up at the negotiation table, whether for an interview, arbitration, mediation, transition, deal, even quite frankly for a first date, we are taught to come armed with our “Must Haves” and “Deal Breakers.” We are never instructed to come prepared with our “Would Be Nices.” These are the areas, concepts and items for which we might be willing to settle.

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Robots Taking Your Job? Not If You’re an HR Manager.

BambooHR

Oh, the irony. According to a McKinsey report on job automation potential, the role of HR manager is among the least automatable in business, at just 14%. That means only 14% of what an HR manager does could be performed entirely by a computer, and that’s great news for your job security. It’s also […]. The post Robots Taking Your Job? Not If You’re an HR Manager. appeared first on.

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McDonald’s New Application Method Will Make Your Teen Want to Apply

Evil HR Lady

Who wants jobs as a fast food restaurant ? Teenagers and young adults, of course. Where do you find teenagers ? Well, if my teen is any indication, on Snapchat. The vast majority of Snapchat’s 158 million users are between the ages of 13-34, with the largest group of those being 18-24. Just the age range for people looking for entry-level jobs, which is what most McDonald’s jobs are.