Wed.Jul 03, 2019

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How to Give and Receive Feedback to Make the Best Impact

Bonusly

We all know how much employees value positive feedback about and recognition for their work. But the same can’t be said about constructive feedback. Why do we fear these much-needed conversations, and why don’t we give them the priority they deserve? As an HR consulting professional, I regularly mediate disagreements and coach managers on how to deliver difficult news.

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What is a total compensation statement & how does it provide value?

Genesis HR Solutions

Though your benefits package may be quite substantial, your employees may not know or understand the real value of the benefits you offer. And they may continue to remain unaware of the “hidden” benefits they are receiving even as healthcare costs rise, and you, the employer, absorb the increases. In an effort to show employees the true value of their compensation, benefits factored in, many employers are providing total compensation statements.

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How To Improve Performance By Encouraging Collaboration

Reflektive

The ability to work together towards a common goal is one of humanity’s greatest strengths, and one you can leverage to improve performance in the workplace. Teamwork statistics and collaboration research consistently prove collaboration positively impacts productivity. According to a Stanford study , people who are encouraged to collaborate stick to a given task 64 percent longer than peers who work alone, while reporting higher engagement levels, less fatigue, and higher success rates.

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Create Engaging New Employee Experiences with These 5 Onboarding Strategies

Engage2Excel

Do you remember the day you first started your job? It was probably a whirlwind of activity: signing forms, meeting colleagues, taking a tour of the building, completing orientation – and, of course, figuring out the coffee maker. You probably also remember clearly how you felt that first day – how your boss treated you, whether your team members were friendly and whether you could find all the information you needed.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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Yes, Job Seekers Want to Speak with Humans

Allegis Global Solutions

For early-stage job seekers, what’s more important: technology or the human touch? According to a recent Allegis Group Pulse survey, the answer is a bit of both, and that should serve as a lesson for employers.

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Hey, HR! Wanna Pull Your People Out of that Summer Productivity Dip?

Bob

Sublime once said it best. “ Summertime… and the living’ s easy.” Except, not for anyone who has a full-time job with deadlines and quarterly goals to meet. Luckily for us, though, the modern office has made great leaps into the future of work and so far, we’ve been able to meet new accommodations that make the Summer season easier to enjoy. As HR professionals and managers, the trick is still striking that perfect balance between optimal employee productivity and allowing them to submerge their

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Overlooked and undervalued – why ‘quiet leadership’ could be the answer to your culture problem

HR Zone

Culture. Could quiet leadership solve your culture problem?

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Why Do Workplace Goals Fail?

Engagedly

Workplace goals are more than just placeholders with numbers. Goals are something that we can work towards, something that motivates us. And tangentially, it also benefits the organization. In essence, workplace goals grant employees job satisfaction, provide them […].

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From ‘fika’ to offline time: three lessons from European countries about stress management

HR Zone

People. Managing stress: is Europe better than most?

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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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Ways to Deal With Hormone Imbalance at the Workplace

Take It Personel-ly

Business photo created by yanalya – www.freepik.com A human body’s hormones are referred to as “chemical messengers,” which, from the name itself, transmits messages or signals to the brain. These hormones are a significant part of the human body. It can affect an individual’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Not only that, but some of […].

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How To Optimize The Brain's Response To Change

Forbes Coaches Council

Without fully appreciating those invisible dynamics continuously taking place inside of our brain, we have no chance to endure or make the best out of what the change process has to offer.

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Career Paths: 4 Ways HR Can Help Employees Succeed

ADP

At the heart of career paths is the commitment of the organization to help employees succeed.

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Six Questions To Ask In The Interview To Avoid Any Surprises Your First Day On The Job

Forbes Coaches Council

Too often, when people start new jobs, they ask their new boss or manager little more than “Tell me about the job” in the interview. As a result, a new hire is walking in blind to the expectations of their new boss has.

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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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Your Pets: July 4th and the Workplace

SHRM

If you want to avoid excessive absenteeism on July 8, read this: Fireworks on July 4 terrorize animals. Every year, pets (particularly, but not only, dogs) left outside run away. Some are killed by cars. Others end up in shelters with uncertain fates. Please keep your pets inside during fireworks. Consider putting in a room with shades closed, soft music, favorite food, etc.

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Delegation 101: Grow Your Business Faster

DISC Assessments

Are you a hard worker? Do you take on anything and everything that comes your way in an effort to build your business? What if I told you to stop it? Furthermore, what if you are actually slowing your business’ growth and hindering its profitability by doing too much? In this week’s edition of Platinum Rules for Success, “The Accountability Coach” Anne Bachrach discusses the important skill of delegation.

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Getting Smart About Employee Experience (Resources)

Jason Lauritsen

Employee experience isn’t a trend or a fad or a buzzword. It is, and will continue to be, a shift in how we do the work of unlocking human potential at work. If you haven’t already embraced this shift, now is the time. The best place to start is to get educated about experience, what it means, and why it matters. Today’s post is about pointing you towards one great resource for doing just that.

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Unconventional interview tricks – helping or hindering recruitment?

HR Zone

Acquisition. Are quirky interview tricks bad for business?

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Why Qualtrics – Nick Tran – Software Engineer – Seattle, WA

Qualtrics HR

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Nick’s “Why Qualtrics” story. My name is Nick Tran. I graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering. After college, I worked as a structural engineer at an airline and the job was very customer-focused.

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Disability discrimination: why HR needs to better understand epilepsy

HR Zone

Business. Epilepsy discrimination still rife.

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How To Tell If You're Heading Toward Professional Burnout (And What To Do If You Are)

Forbes Coaches Council

Look at your being as a work-life blend, where some days, your work life has more time and energy, and other days, your personal life and self-care take priority.

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HSD Metrics® Expands ExitRight® Staff With Hiring of Tina Califano

HSD Metrics

Covington, KY / July 1, 2019 – HSD Metrics ® , a human resources technology company with over 220 national and international clients, welcomes experienced professional, Tina Califano, to its high-energy team of consultants, analysts and researchers. Califano will provide expertise in all aspects of exit interview services from marketing through set up and delivery of ExitRight turnover data.

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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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people can be really annoying with email

Ask a Manager

Email has made our jobs a lot easier — but it’s introduced some new bumps into office life as well. I recorded a piece for the BBC about how email has made work life a little trickier — including reply-all offenders and the people who send you an email and then show up at your desk a minute later asking, “Have you seen my email?”. It’s about three minutes long and you can listen here.

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You Can Love America and Not be a Racist

The Tim Sackett Project

I had a big learning recently. Might seem like a pretty obvious thing for me, but I really didn’t understand how it was shaping my thought process. Politically, right now in our country, we’re a mess. You can actually love America and being an American, and you’re not a racist. I wasn’t sure that was possible, but as we (Kris Dunn, Jessica Lee and I) were taping episodes of our podcast, This is HR , I was taken aback at how much Jessica Lee, my Millennial, female, Korean-

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Australia-based Sidekicker Raises $10 million for Job Board Marketplace Focused on Hospitality

WorkTech

Marketplaces continue to lead the specialization trend in HR tech. Sidekicker provides “vetted and screened” candidates for the Hospitality industry. Based out of Australia, this raise was led by Seek. Seek has an active corporate fund in this space. Source: Sidekicker doubles down on local growth with $10 million investment from Seek – SmartCompany.

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Six Advertising Mistakes Entrepreneurs Often Make On Facebook

Forbes Coaches Council

Despite the simplicity and cost-efficiency of Facebook advertising, many entrepreneurs fail to use it correctly.

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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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#RBMValues: Music with a Nobility for Accountability

marenated HR

By Kyle Christensen: It’s time for another RBM value! This month, channel your inner nobility while reading all about our value of Accountability. At Red Branch Media, we value our clients. That means if we’re working for you, we make the most out of your investment. Read about our fourth value below and get your free playlist here ! Don’t have Spotify?

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I accidentally hugged my interviewer, which office should I choose, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. I accidentally hugged my interviewer. I am 19 years old and I have a question about a situation that took place at an interview that I am really overthinking. I had an interview today for a retail company. She said that my resume was amazing and it was more of a chat than an interview. I think I answered the questions really well and interviewer was nodding along.

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Five Steps to Mentoring Success

Emergenetics International

I have had quite a few meaningful mentors throughout my life and have served as a mentor myself. Some of these relationships happened organically; others in a more formal fashion. Whether I was providing or receiving mentoring, however, I was struck by how much I benefitted from this experience. For organizations considering establishing or expanding […].