Fri.May 11, 2018

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This CTO Has Performance Conversations After Every Sprint

Reflektive

Think about the last time you finished a project. How did you feel? What did your teammates think? Did you have a strong idea of what you did well, and what you could improve for next time? Were you able to reflect on all of this and make adjustments before moving onto the next project? One of the biggest contributors to a demotivated workforce is the fact that most employees still don’t get quality, timely feedback from their manager.

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Which HR Superhero Are You?

BambooHR

HR professionals like you are often the unsung heroes of their organizations. Some may not notice the great work you do each day to make your organization better, but we know how heroic you really are. So, consider this your official invitation to don the cape and embrace your inner HR superhero. Take the quiz […].

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So You Want to Pay Your Interns: A Guide to Paid Internships

Justworks

We’ve discussed interns quite a lot on this blog, including guidance around how to hire interns legally. We’ve also written about some of the rules on unpaid internships. Many businesses actually want to pay their interns. Of course, this can often bring up more questions. How much is the right amount to pay interns? Do I pay them a stipend or regular wages?

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Bookmark This! Anti Harassment Edition

HR Bartender

This post has been a long time in the works. I think it’s fair to say that #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have changed us – both individually and organizationally. While so much progress has happened in a short period of time, there are still many conversations that need to happen and a lot of action to be taken. At this year’s WorkHuman Conference, pioneered by Globoforce , there was an incredible panel moderated by Wharton professor Adam Grant that included journalist Ronan Farrow, actor Ashley

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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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10 Ways An Employee Experience Platform Improves Your Culture

Kazoo

Having built an award-winning employee experience platform, the team at Kazoo has a unique perspective on company cultures. In addition to partnering with companies to improve their cultures, we get to see how they answer, “ What is the employee experience? ” for themselves and observe how it affects their organizations. Recently, we took our research a step further to understand what culture looks like in organizations today and what building blocks a culture needs to reap optimal b

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How to Use Informal Learning to Empower Employees

TalentCulture

Remember that great day of in-house, instructor-led training last month? Nope, I don’t remember it either because it didn’t happen! […]. The post How to Use Informal Learning to Empower Employees appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How to Sell Wellness to C-Suite

CoreHealth Wellness Technologies

Leadership support and buy-in to workplace wellness programs is essential for program success. This blog outlines how to sell wellness to the C-Suite with a helpful presentation template to get you started. C-SUITE SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS.

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Real Change at Work Will Happen By a People’s Coalition

WorkHuman

By Dawn Burke —. Twenty years of HR Leadership experience has taught me many things. Experience has taught me when I am in the middle of a tough project, I talk out loud to my computer screen. Experience has taught me if I don’t have my 3:30 p.m. coffee, one of the zeroes on your paycheck may accidentally disappear! And on a more serious note, my experience has taught me that many employees simply aren’t happy at work.

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GUY TO GUY HUGS AT WORK: Let's Agree To Get Our #### Together.

The HR Capitalist

My best friend Tim Sackett is an expert on workplace hugging. . Tim even incorporates hugging into his speaking appearances. When you go to watch him speak, get ready for what I like to call the “Tim Sackett package”. He starts by announcing himself as the world’s leading authority on workplace hugging, shows a picture of him and his dog Scout (with Scout licking his face), then invites an audience member up to show what a warm workplace hug looks like with with a willing partner (which is usu

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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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Busting 10 Myths of Professional Coaching

Chris Heinz

It's International Coaching Week, so we thought we'd bust some common myths about professional coaching. It used to be that sports coaches were the only kind of coaches around, but a new kind of coach is permeating life and work. But that doesn't mean people understand what today's coaching is all about.

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Why You Need Marketing and Human Resources Working Together

Blu Ivy Group

For any effective employer branding strategy, it’s imperative that your Marketing and Human Resources are working together and collaborating closely. The result of any team effort is always greater than the sum of its parts, and going through an employer brand exercise is no exception. If you want your branding process to be successful, it’s critical that marketing, human resources, communications, and executive leadership are all at the table.

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50% of employees leave because of their managers: 3 things that’ll get them to stay

HR Morning

Fewer than one-third of employees in the U.S. are engaged in their work, and a recent study links that low number directly to managers. . Gallup’s latest study surveyed over 7,000 employees to examine how their managers’ behavior impacts engagement, and ultimately, whether or not workers jump ship. The study found that bad managers have a huge effect on retention and engagement.

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How Can Healthcare HR Cultivate a People-Centered Culture?

Precheck

How Can Healthcare HR Cultivate a People-Centered Culture? May. 15, 2018. Bryan-Barajas.jpg. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. A lot of organizations boast about having a people-centered culture, but how does that apply in the healthcare sector, where outcomes can literally mean life or death, and workers are under constant strain to deliver top-quality care?

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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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10 Best Benefits and Perks for Working Parents

TLNT: The Business of HR

We’re only nearing the halfway mark, but 2018 has already been a big year for employee benefits. Whether part of a strategic plan, byproduct of corporate tax breaks or a little bit of both, we have seen a number of exciting examples of companies getting serious about supporting working parents.

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IRS Releases HSA Contribution and Coverage Limits for 2019 [Infographic]

WEX Inc.

This just in: IRS has recently issued Revenue Procedure 2018-30 , which provides the 2019 cost-of-living contribution and coverage adjustments for HSAs, as required under Code Section 223(g). Some items have increased for 2019. To help explain this news update, view our visual infographic!

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Benefits Employees Appreciate Most in 2018

HR Daily Advisor

In today’s tight labor market, companies can’t afford losing top talent. With three in every four employees more likely to stay with their employer just based off their benefits package, it’s important for companies to identify which benefits matter most to their employees. In identifying what benefits your employees value most, you can retain your top talent.

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weekend free-for-all – May 12-13, 2018

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. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: Well, let’s make it my book. It is time for you to buy it! Amazon has it for $9.60, which is 40% off the list price, so the time is ripe. (But you can also buy it at independent stores as well, which is an excellent way to support them!).

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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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Company Culture and Cultural Issues

Outmatch

Diversity and inclusion is an important focus for many organizations. But at its core, D&I is about more than maintaining equal numbers of individuals from different groups. You can fill your quota, so to speak, but what are you doing at a company culture level to be a truly inclusive employer? This was the topic of conversation for our company culture experts, Oliver Staehelin and Catherine Spence , who were recently featured on Business Radio “In the Workplace” by The Whar

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Is Telecommuting a Reasonable Accommodation?

HR Daily Advisor

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently heard a claim from an in-house lawyer who sued her employer for refusing to provide the accommodation she requested as a result of pregnancy-related complications. AleksandarNakic / E+ / Getty Images. Facts. “Miriam,” an employment lawyer who worked for Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division (MLG&W) in Tennessee, experienced serious complications during her pregnancy in 2013.

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Why Not Let People Form Their Own Teams?

TLNT: The Business of HR

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” ? — ? Michael Jordan.

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"The Evil HR Lady" Is Out to Prove HR Isn't So Evil

ADP

Suzanne Lucas, who blogs under the name "Evil HR Lady," wants to help HR departments reach their full potential and let employees know HR isn't all bad.

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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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open thread – May 11-12, 2018

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. 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 don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue.

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Airline Pilot job description

Workable

Use this Airline Pilot job description template to attract and hire qualified pilots. Feel free to add, remove or modify job duties and requirements based on your needs. Airline Pilot responsibilities include: Creating a flight plan, considering aircraft performance, altitude and weather conditions. Checking the aircraft before every flight (engines, radars, navigation systems, etc).

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4 Tips To Make Sure You Get That Interview

Rezoomo

You come across your ideal job during your job search. It’s perfect! You feel a mixture of excitement and nervousness, it is the perfect opportunity. So how can you make sure that you get that interview? 4 Tips To Make Sure You Get That Interview. 1. Make sure your a fit. Do you hold all of the required skills? Do you understand all of the requirements of the role?

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Creative Assistant job description

Workable

Use this Creative Assistant job description template to attract qualified candidates for junior positions in Marketing. Creative Assistant responsibilities include: Helping design promotional material for events, like brochures and videos. Preparing content for internal use (like guidelines and glossaries). Creating customizable templates we can use for multiple purposes including presentations and business cards.

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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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How Hiring With Diversity in Mind Leads to a Smarter Team

ADP

Some benefits of diversity in the workplace seem obvious, but you may not know that it makes teams smarter.

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Customer Support Specialist job description

Workable

Post this Customer Support Specialist job description template on job boards and careers pages to attract qualified candidates. Feel free to customize job duties and requirements based on your company’s needs. Customer Support Specialist responsibilities include: Responding to customer queries in a timely and accurate way, via phone, email or chat. Identifying customer needs and helping customers use specific features.

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How to Find and Hire The Right Employees for Your Team

BambooHR

From tiny startups to international conglomerates, one of the age-old challenges in business is building a winning team. The three-fold challenge of finding, attracting, and retaining talented and productive employees has long vexed even the best of companies. No organization is exempt from the struggle to find quality employees, the difficulty of hiring the wrong […].

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