Tue.Jul 07, 2020

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Hireology State of Hiring – June 2020 Check-In

Hireology

It’s hard to imagine that 2020 is officially halfway over. Compared to last year’s summer check-in , the economy couldn’t be more different today. In the midst of COVID-19 still consuming most of the health and economic narratives, the jobs market has been incredibly disrupted. In this Hireology State of Hiring, we take a look at the trends seen in the first half of the year, and how they will influence plans leading into 2021.

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I feel guilty about leaving the team I manage

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’ve been at my company eight years now and have seriously loved working here, working my way up to the manager of my location in that time. I am in my early 30s, and this is my first job with direct reports. Due to a variety of corporate-level decisions, my job has gotten harder to enjoy as my team has become more and more unhappy with the retail side of the company (pay, hours, staffing, etc.).

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Retool Your Healthcare Workforce Practices: Schedules, Time Tracking, Leave, Hiring, Onboarding

SwipeClock

As businesses reopen, there is both a need and an opportunity to rethink many healthcare workforce practices. Large and small, emergent and ambulatory, medical and dental organizations—every healthcare organization has changed. Some have been stretched and worn thin on the front lines. Others have been sidelined as elective procedures and appointments were postponed or canceled.

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Top 5 Kinds of Customer Service Jobs

Professional Alternatives

While it is becoming easier than ever to interact with your customers through cell phones and other electronic methods, customer service jobs are still relevant because these customer-facing positions maintain that personal touch that is necessary for a brand and its customers, regardless of how large or small they are. On that note, demands for representatives who can efficiently handle customer service jobs will continue to increase.

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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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Should Employers Rethink Their PTO Policies Under COVID-19?

Zenefits

Paid time off (PTO) has been a strong hiring, recruiting, and retention tool for employers. It’s a win for employees favoring more flexibility in their lives. But like so many aspects of everyday life that COVID-19 has impacted, PTO policies may need adjusting to meet today’s reality. More employees are quarantined, working from home, and vacationing less.

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Group Narcissism and HR Self-Love

Robin Schooling

Have you ever strolled into the office of your CFO and seen an office tchotke on their bookshelf spouting the phrase “I <heart> Accounting?” I haven’t. How many Supply Chain Managers do you see posting on LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook something along the line of “I LOVE my job!!!!” along with heart emojis? Probably very few. Yet, I’m willing to wager, there’s an HR professional in your life who you have observed: wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with “You can’t spell HERO without HR!

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HR Tech Influencer tips: Managing the new ‘blended’ workforce

HRExecutive

Back in March, when work-from-home policies became the new normal, I began planning all I would do during my free time. Without having to battle the terrible commuter traffic in the Bay Area, I figured I would have at least two extra hours each day to exercise or pursue a new hobby. Now, three months into this new world of work, I find myself working more than ever, quickly filling up those two “spare hours”—but also being more connected than ever.

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Screening for Applicants’ COVID-19 Concerns: Can You? Should You?

SHRM Resources

HR professionals know that the interviewing process can be time-consuming and costly, and there’s always the risk that a candidate will accept an offer elsewhere. But 2020 brings a new concern and potential risk—that fear of COVID-19 will cause candidates to back out of the process even after an offer has been made.

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Pregnancy and Family Planning During COVID-19

Justworks

Growing a family is a stressful experience, even without a global pandemic in the mix. Many concerns arise during pregnancy, and those concerns can only multiply during a pandemic. These concerns led Kindbody and One Medical to collaborate with Justworks on a webinar covering pregnancy and family planning during the time of COVID-19. Kindbody’s Dr. Fahimeh Sasan and One Medical’s Dr.

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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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Employee wellbeing: the great reopening and how to get ready

HR Zone

Change The ‘great reopening’: are you ready?

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5 Management Theories to Review for Your HR Certification Exams

Workology

Are you looking for digital HR Certification courses? Look no further than Workology’s Ace the HR Exam course and SHRM Certification Prep course. When you study for your SHRM-CP, PHR, SPHR and. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Top 7 Healthcare Careers With Great Growth Potential in 2020

Take It Personel-ly

Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing career fields in the U.S. It’s estimated that the American healthcare system won’t have enough nurses and doctors to treat patients by the year 2030. Healthcare careers go beyond doctors and nurses. If you’re considering a career in healthcare, take a look at these 7 healthcare careers with growth potential. 1. […].

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How start-ups can shine at HR Tech

HRExecutive

Innovation in the HR tech space has rarely been as important—and happening as rapidly—as it is now, in the wake of the global pandemic. New solutions are being created almost daily to meet the evolving needs of the workforce and to help employers address those challenges with empathy. To enable HR leaders to sort through the increasingly crowded marketplace, and to acknowledge the companies on the leading edge of HR innovation, the HR Technology Conference & Exposition ® is gearing up for it

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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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Salary Negotiations: Things Every Recruiter Should Do

Hppy

After weeks of processing CVs, screening candidates via phone interviews, and then undergoing a rigorous interviewing process, you’ve found the perfect candidate for the job role you’re recruiting for. They tick every box, and are a perfect fit for the role: now all that’s left is to negotiate a salary. This is always a tricky stage for recruiters – if your salary negotiations go wrong, you could end up starting all over again.

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EDD Announces Up to 20-Week UI Extension

HRWatchdog

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has taken action to further assist people who are unemployed due to the economic impact of COVID-19. On July 8, the EDD will complete its phased rollout of the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) extension, providing up to 13 weeks of additional unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to people who’ve run out of their traditional UI benefits.

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Lost Your Job? 16 Important Things To Keep In Mind

Forbes Coaches Council

When you lose your job, it’s critical to find your next step immediately, whether that means looking for a new job right away or taking some time off to recharge or learn new skills.

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A New Path to Employee Engagement

SHRM

I was impressed to see statistics from Quantum Workplace ("The Impact of COVID-19 on Employee Engagement") that indicated Employee Engagement is actually UP in this time of isolation; impressed and somewhat bewildered. It seems a lot of the things we originally thought irreplaceable in formulating the Employee Experience can actually be replicated.

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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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5 Signs a Potential Employer Values Diversity

Take It Personel-ly

Are you in the market for a new job? Millions are in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. You might feel desperate, but wise applicants know that working for a company that reflects their values will lead to higher long-term satisfaction and success than jumping at the first opportunity. How can you tell if a […].

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Thomas Otter Joins Immedis Board of Directors

Immedis

Thomas Otter Joins Immedis Board of Directors. Industry guru to help drive hypergrowth of Irish technology company. Immedis, the leader in global payroll and part of the successful Taxback Group, today announced the appointment of Thomas Otter to the board of directors. Thomas has extensive experience in the HCM space, is the founder of Otter Advisory, and recently served as Head of Product at SAP SuccessFactors.

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Do Behavior-Based Safety Incentive Programs Work? | CA Short Company

C. A. Short Company

When aiming to build a workplace focused on employee safety, there are often some misconceptions behind behavior-based incentives and reward programs. Some safety professionals believe that behavior-based safety incentive programs somehow take the responsibility away from management, leaving it solely on the employee, or that behavior-based programs somehow blame the employee for an unsafe work environment.

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What Does Burnout Have to Do with Compensation?

Compensation Cafe

Feeling the hot breezes of burnout waft through your organization? It's inevitable in this unsettling situation, no matter how well-balanced we make our personal work habits. We're trying to manage pressures we've never faced before in an environment we never would have dreamed of. But what does burnout have to do with the Compensation Department? Performance management and engagement are undermined by burnout -- and both are part of our portfolio.

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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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The value of a PEO in a crisis: 9 benefits

Insperity

Whether due to pandemic, natural disaster or an act of violence, a crisis can send an operationally sound business into distress with little warning. That’s why it’s important to understand the immense value of a professional employer organization (PEO) in a crisis. What’s the value of a PEO in a crisis? The COVID-19 pandemic created a very uncertain business climate.

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3 Ways You Can Extend the Work Lifecycle of Older Employees

The Tim Sackett Project

One of the biggest biases we have as leaders is ageism. If you’re 35 years old and running a department and you are looking to fill a position on your team that will be your righthand person, the last thing you’re looking for is a 55-year-old to fill that spot! That’s just me being real for a second. You and I both know that 35-year-old hiring manager is looking for a 25 – 28 year old to fill that spot.

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is my boss taking advantage of the pandemic?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work for a small company (less than 25 staff). Like many companies, they slashed everyone’s salary by 30% at the beginning of this pandemic and laid off a few people. They’ve said that hopefully get things back to normal as soon as possible, and our pays would return to normal. A couple weeks into lockdown, during our company-wide weekly meeting, our owner mentioned they were working on getting a small business loan/financial assistance due to the pandemic.

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Executive Coaches: When The Company Pays the Bills, Watch Out.

The HR Capitalist

Let's say you're a rising star with a lot of potential, but a few things to work out. Your company finds you an executive coach, makes the introduction and pays the bills. You probably need to be wary of who the coach works for. You'd be reasonable to ask that question, but also to dig into the details/expectations of when, where and how the coach would communicate on your progress to others at your company, noted issues you're working through, roadblocks and more.

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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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9 Unexpected Lessons We’ve Learned About Time Management During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Thrive Global

There’s no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic disrupted our routines — but in doing so, it’s also forced us to rethink our relationship with time in meaningful ways. As Dean Kissick writes in a recent New York Times op-ed, the opportunity lies in being able to “see time afresh — as something we really don’t have enough of, as something precious precisely because it’s ephemeral.”.

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Handling Difficulties in Expense Management with a Robust Spend Management Platform

SutiHR

Finance, supply chain, and procurement departments have to work together to tackle broader business challenges. Though each team has a unique function, spending decisions should be made quickly. Adapting and responding to changes in the business, eventually creating new business strategies, and tapping into a new and changing workforce is important.

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Why the Importance of Sleep During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Beyond Can’t Be Underestimated

Thrive Global

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic , it’s become more crucial than ever to get quality sleep. Even now, as many companies around the globe reopen for business, our days are filled with change and uncertainty, and sleep is there to comfort us. It centers us, offering an opportunity to gain a fresh perspective on life every day. Sleep clears our minds for new ways of thinking.