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What millennials want from work: 7 research-backed truths

Workstars

A lot has been said and written about millennials over the last decade and, as you may have noted, not all of.

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Flight Risk Thinking

HR Examiner

“Used as a lens through which you can understand your organization better, flight risk analysis is a powerful tool. Like many things in the new world of intelligent tools, it’s not as useful in individual cases as it is in the aggregate.” - John Sumser. You don’t have to look very far to find a vendor who offers flight risk calculations.

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How to Bring Up Morale at Work

BackStitch

Maintaining high workplace morale is important for many different reasons, one of which is that it helps you retain your employees. If someone is satisfied with their workplace, then their morale is going to be much higher and they are going to be way more likely to continue working at the job for many years. Otherwise, you will likely see a lot of turnover in employees and a subpar performance in the work that they do.

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Government Communications, Internal & External: Event Roundup

Advanced Learning Institute

Over the past two months, ALI Conferences hosted two trainings dedicated to improving both internal and external government communications within various agencies. 5 th Annual Government Employee Engagement & Internal Communications Strategies Training. Hosted September 17 th through September 19 th , 2019 in Washington, D.C., government communicators gathered to hear from their peers at organizations including, the U.S.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Some California HR Administrators Exempt from ‘ABC Test’ for Independent Contractors

SHRM Resources

A California law that takes effect in the new year has thrown businesses and gig-economy workers into turmoil as they scramble to determine whether independent contractors must be reclassified as employees. California HR professionals who provide certain consulting services, however, were exempted from meeting the law's three-pronged test.

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Leadership: how to maintain employee engagement during a time of change

HR Zone

Employees Empowering employees in times of change.

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8 Red Flags You Should Look for a New Job Immediately

GetFive

Nobody has the perfect job and there’s bound to be a bad day or two here and there. But what if your bad days outweigh the good? Or worse, what if you can’t remember the last time you had a good day? Knowing when you should stick with a company or cut ties in pursuit of greener pastures can be difficult. Consider these searing-hot red flags as signs you should look for a new job before you get burned.

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Why Training and Development is Crucial in the Workplace

SutiHR

Training offers an opportunity to develop the skills of all employees, but many organizations find training & development expenses as a burden. Employees attending training sessions may miss their work time, which may delay the completion of projects. Despite these potential drawbacks, training & development offers both the individual and companies all together with benefits that make the cost and time a useful investment.

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How to Attract Candidates Who Will Become Long-Term Employees: Part II

Celarity

In part I of, “ How to Attract Candidates Who Will Become Long-Term Employees ,” we gave our best tips for what to share in job descriptions along with alternate ideas for finding top candidates. In this post, Celarity will share some more hiring for retention insights regarding the topics surrounding interviewing and making the hire. Let’s dive in!

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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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The Complete Onboarding Guide

Typelane

Typelane’s employee onboarding guide shares the most valuable lessons we’ve learned onboarding thousands of employees across the world. With this employee onboarding guide we want to empower you with tips on how to create an extraordinary preboarding and onboarding for your new hires. Get the book. The post The Complete Onboarding Guide appeared first on Typelane.

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More Companies Starting to Offer Virtual Support to Parents with Kids Who Vape

EX Program

Why e-cigarette use matters As you’ve probably seen by now in the news, vaping rates among teenagers are increasing at an alarming rate. From 2017 to 2018, e-cigarette use among high school students increased a whopping 78%! In 2019, 27.5% of high school students—more than 1 in 4—are vaping. E-cigarette use among middle [.]. Read More. The post More Companies Starting to Offer Virtual Support to Parents with Kids Who Vape appeared first on EX Program.

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The Real ROI On Leadership Is Impact

Forbes Coaches Council

Good or bad, leaders always leave something behind, but it's my experience as an executive coach that most leaders struggle to answer even the most basic questions about the impact they have.

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Small Business Month Webinar: Managing Employee Performance in Small Business

360HR

Webinar available for viewing. How well your team works together underpins business results. In particular, poor workplace performance can damage team morale, customer relationships and business productivity. Unless you have clear performance goals in mind for each role, you’ll struggle to understand how to manage staff performance. It’s especially common in smaller businesses to leave staff without clear performance goals.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Receiving a Performance Review

Bonusly

Going into performance reviews can be stressful. What will your manager say? Are you lagging behind your coworkers? Fortunately, if you think of feedback as a gift, performance review season is like work Christmas! Rather than worrying about being called out as an imposter , take the feedback that your manager and peers have neatly packaged for you and fully embrace the opportunity for a growing moment.

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What’s New? Cool Kick-Ass HR Stuff!

Robin Schooling

Over the last 10 years I’ve used my blog to philosophically wax and wane about all things HR. I like to think I’ve had some profound things to say when I’ve taken on a particular topic but, of course, also realize there have been many times when I was musing merely for my own enjoyment. I’ve talked, over the years, about Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy (the first one), menstruation, clueless HR and organizational practices and, in one of my most popular recent posts, the disconnect between “conferenc

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Top 10 Modern HR Tools for More Productive Workplaces

Semos Cloud

Category. All. Top 10 Modern HR Tools for More Productive Workplaces. Your role as a modern HR often makes you juggle multiple tasks and responsibilities. However, many of your tasks can be very time-consuming if you don’t have access to the right HR tools. October 21, 2019. By Guest Author. Why Modern HR Needs New Tools. Your role as a modern HR often makes you juggle multiple tasks and responsibilities.

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should I ask my employer to take down a Blue Lives Matter flag?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am a C-level employee at a multi-state company that has more than 50 but fewer than 100 employees. Recently, we started a social media campaign to show all the amazing things our coworkers do outside of the office — side businesses, hobbies, etc. One of our employees makes beautiful, wood-crafted American flags and donates them to local schools and police departments for their fundraising.

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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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Ready To Start Your Own Business? Follow These 13 Steps Before Making The Leap

Forbes Coaches Council

Before turning your passion into your full-time career, follow these steps from Forbes Coaches Council experts and set you and your idea up for success.

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Introducing Our 2020 For All™ Summit Speakers

Great Place to Work

Today’s most effective leaders harness the passion and creativity of all their people. They create employee experiences that ensure everybody can create, everybody feels connected, and everybody can contribute their best. We call this "For All Leadership.". It’s not yet the norm, but you can find it in the halls of the 100 Best Companies to Work For®.

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15 Team Management Skills To Have For Shift To Shift Success

ShiftNote

Team management skills are crucial to run efficient and profitable shifts day to day. Sadly, many managers don’t see the value in these skills and neglect to practice them. Here’s one good reason to improve your team management skills - employee turnover. Poor management also leads to poor employee health, decreased productivity, reduced morale, and a damaged company reputation.

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Improving Outcomes by Simplifying and Standardizing Processes Systemwide

Precheck

Improving Outcomes by Simplifying and Standardizing Processes Systemwide Oct. 22, 2019. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Healthcare has been trending toward standardized care, but the thought is often met with skepticism and concern regarding “cookbook medicine.” “When care standardization first started in the '90s there was a great deal of resistance,” says Dr.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Seek And You Shall Find: Three Tips For Setting Negative Interactions Straight

Forbes Coaches Council

We all have moments of communication that might lead to confusion or frustration with our colleagues, family and friends. So how do we make sure that things don't escalate?

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Why Qualtrics – Benjamin Cook – Senior Manager, Sales Operations – Provo, UT

Qualtrics HR

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Benjamin’s “Why Qualtrics” story. I want to make an impact on those around me. I always want to feel like it matters that I show up every day. Qualtrics has given me a chance to make a difference to both the company and the lives of those around me.

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The Theory of Effective Leadership: What it is and why we need it

Questback

Leaders emerge everywhere we look. In nature, a group of lions is led by an alpha male. Like every great pride of lions is led by a dominant force, every great organization is powered by effective leadership. But what exactly does effective leadership look like? And who makes the best leaders?

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California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) Threatens to Rain on the Gig Economy Parade

HR Digest

California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) that radically alters the definition of an “employee” so that companies can no longer misclassify would-be employees as independent contractors. The bill, which Governor Gavin Newson signed into law September 18, codifies on the 2018 Dynamex decision by the State Supreme Court. Officially known as Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v.

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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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Here’s why tech is giving rise to the ‘superjob’

HRExecutive

I had an interesting conversation the other day with Michael Stephan , a principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Human Capital practice. He and I spoke during an interview for an upcoming feature story I’m writing. Stephan consults regularly with some of the largest and most well-known companies in the U.S. A number of them are, not surprisingly, focused on how to prepare their workforces for the changes that automation and machine learning (aka artificial intelligence) will be bringing t

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HR Self-Help Tools & Downloads – Are They Worth It?

HR Workplace Services

As we review employee handbooks from companies across the country, we find that many of these documents were constructed from self-help tools or templates downloaded from the internet. Our advisors explain that many of them share similar issues, such as: the exclusion of state or local regulations, for example, state-specific sick leave laws. the inadvertent creation of extra administrative work. the omission of required, industry-specific verbiage (i.e.

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Start a New HR Job? How to Ensure Success in your First Month

Workology

Start a new HR job? How to ensure success in your first month. I recently started with a new company and when I paused to think about what I learned and what helped me be successful in the first. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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