Fri.Jul 31, 2020

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How to Encourage Employees to Focus More on Recognition

Engage2Excel

There are many things the current pandemic has affected, especially when it comes to how companies use their recognition and reward programs. While recognition in its purest form is essential, rewarding employees in many organizations has been reduced as companies are tightening the reigns on spending. People have asked for guidance on how to communicate to their teams the need to prioritize no or low-cost recognition options versus the use of rewards given the financial reality, so there is no

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The impact of inconsistent branding on budgets and ROI

Papirfly

In today’s highly competitive landscape, the impact of inconsistent branding for an organisation can hardly be overstated. To stand apart from competitors in the ongoing battle to capture the imagination and loyalty of your audience, clear, distinct and steady branding is vital in building that strong emotional connection.

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5 Tasks Your Business Should Outsource

Take It Personel-ly

Every element of your business’ operations is essential. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to do it all. You can outsource some of the cumbersome tasks and focus on essential tasks. You will free up a lot of time and resources by doing so. You will also get professional services for a fraction of […].

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The Shortcomings of Employee Experience Initiatives

Professional Alternatives

With the ongoing impact of the COVID19 pandemic, employers have had to create or enhance employee experience initiatives to keep their employees motivated. After long periods of growth and low unemployment, many organizations find themselves in a really different world. Still, even as businesses are forced to cut down some jobs and dramatically tighten their belts, smart managers have to keep their eyes trained on the horizon and prepare for the fact that recessions eventually end.

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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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Employee Misclassification Laws Add Headache to Employer ACA Compliance

ACA Times

3 minute read: In the past year three states have implemented laws that broaden the definition of “employee” and include penalties or additional liability exposure for employers who misclassify their workers: California, New Jersey, and Virginia. California and New Jersey have both adopted the ABC Test for determining whether a worker is an employee.

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Ep 237 – Long-Term Work From Home Strategies with Dave Landa

Workology

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of people who have worked remotely because of concern about the coronavirus has risen by 46 percentage points according to the latest Gallup poll. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Why virtual training is here ‘forevermore’

HRExecutive

While the coronavirus pandemic picked up steam in the United States early this spring and the world of work went virtual , face-to-face interactions quickly started looking antiquated. Training company ELI, however, noticed that many clients were initially hesitant to shift their scheduled learning and development sessions to a virtual setting, opting instead to cancel and await the return to the workplace.

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How to turn a career crisis into the best thing that’s ever happened to you

HR Zone

Change Career SOS.

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15 Funny Job Descriptions

Ongig

If you are looking for a laugh, there are loads of funny job descriptions on the internet. We found 15 funny job postings (past and present) that will give you a giggle. Let’s have a look at the list. Funny Job Descriptions. The job descriptions on this list are funny because have all sorts of themes. These funny job postings: have unrealistic requirements. have funny uses of words. are overall outlandish. expect perfection. are just plain funny.

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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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5 Ways to Uncover Your Strengths—and Why They’re Worth Knowing

SHRM

When figuring out your ideal career path and searching for a job, you need all the advantages you can get, starting with the strengths you already possess. I call these your “strengths and superpowers,” and they’re the key to finding a job where you’ll thrive. After all, if you’re good with people but bad with numbers, you’ll likely be miserable working a job in accounting.

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How to Answer “What Are Your Hobbies?” in an Interview (It’s Not a Trick Question!)

The Muse

We have advice on how to choose a hobby and what to include in your answer, plus two sample responses.

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California Labor Commissioner Files First Lawsuit Enforcing AB 5

HRWatchdog

Earlier this month, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office filed its first lawsuit to enforce AB 5 , which requires employers to use the “ABC” test to determine if workers in California are employees or independent contractors. In the lawsuit, a gig-economy car wash company in Southern California is being sued for misclassifying at least 100 workers as independent contractors. .

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Ways to Prevent Conflict in the Workplace: Avoid Making Assumptions

Pollack Peacebuilding

Humans of all kinds, whether on the clock or not, have a tendency to treat assumptions or hypotheses as empirical fact when we either don’t have the information we need to make sense of something, or when we have the information but it still doesn’t make sense in relation to our emotions or needs. While making assumptions to fill in the gap of knowledge is natural, confusing assumptions for the facts is one of the major sparks for conflict between people.

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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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[VIDEO] COVID-19: A New Talent Landscape

Aberdeen HCM Essentials

Market-shifting forces are making the world less predictable since the outbreak of COVID-19 — in response, Zach Chertok, Aberdeen’s analyst covering Human Capital Management (HCM), and Kim Pope, COO at WilsonHCG , recently video-conferenced to discuss what has changed in the landscape for talent. Together, they looked at reasons to be optimistic moving forward, customer trends around recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), overarching challenges to recruitment and talent, and general insights abo

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Gallup Reports Historic Drop in Employee Engagement Following Record Rise

C. A. Short Company

COVID-19 has forced our companies to adapt to changing work environments and try to continue to boost employee engagement while working remote. In early May, Gallup reported that employee engagement in the U.S. had accelerated to a new high. Only one month later, Gallup tracking has found the most significant drop recorded since the start of tracking in 2000.

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COVID-19: 7 Steps to Develop a Workplace Safety Plan | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Employers and HR teams are tasked with keeping their teams safe, regardless of the circumstances. A pandemic is no different. As offices around the country continue to reopen during the coronavirus crisis, find out how to create a CDC-recommended safety plan for your workplace.

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NILG 2020 Virtual Conference Webinar Series Wrap Up – Week of July 27

Berkshire Associates

Berkshire’s consultants are attending the NILG 2020 Virtual Conference Webinar Series , which is a series of complementary webinars in July and August.

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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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it’s your Friday good news

Ask a Manager

It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. 1. I just wanted to share a little good news and thank you for your blog. I’ve been reading Ask A Manager religiously since I was in college and I’m now almost 10 years into my career. As a new grad with a Philosophy degree, I got a job doing office admin and loved helping with the bookkeeping.

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People analytics: How to use HR data to drive business results

Qualtrics HR

People analytics deliver actionable insights to improve the way your organization does business – and the impact HR has on the bottom line. Today’s CHROs make data-driven decisions that have a ripple impact on the entire organization. This new generation of HR professionals understands the key categories of organizational data, how people analytics fits within the overall operational data strategy, and most importantly, the workplace strategies that actively influence the overall performance of

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#Aspirations – Sharing UK Long Service Award Recipients Moments of Joy

Terryberry

TerryberryReward , the dedicated UK and European branch of our business have over 30 years experience in providing bespoke Long Service Awards programs for companies including Ford, Tesco, M&S, AstraZeneca, XPO Logistics, to name just a few. Experts in working with clients to formulate engaging and joyful employee recognition experiences which help ensure career milestones are celebrated the correct way.

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Tips for Creating a Safe Workspace During COVID

HSD Metrics

Start of Floodlight Tag: Please do not remove Activity name of this tag: HSD Retargeting URL of the webpage where the tag is expected to be placed: [link] This tag must be placed between the and tags, as close as possible to the opening tag. Creation Date: 12/10/2019 --> Before the pandemic, many employers were struggling to find ways to engage employees.

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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Top 3 Reasons To Get Your Clothes Dry Cleaned

Take It Personel-ly

If you’re getting tired of doing laundry all the time or your old washer and dryer simply aren’t doing the trick anymore, you may have considered getting your clothes professionally dry cleaned instead. Constantly putting clothes through the wash can be damaging to them, not to mention time-consuming and frustrating for you. Whether your local […].

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How To Tap Into Your Authentic Leadership

Forbes Coaches Council

Authentic leadership leads to positive outcomes for individuals, teams and organizations.

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HRExaminer v10.83

HR Examiner

We Don’t Know If We Can Eliminate Bias From Tech. HRExaminer v10.83 for July 31, 2020. “The ‘can technology solve bias’ question is an important part of a larger conversation. Interestingly, it may be that the outcomes delivered by intelligent tools are less important than the questions that they raise,” writes John Sumser. We Don’t Know If We Can Eliminate Bias From Tech.

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Relevant Or Redundant: What Kind Of Leader Are You?

Forbes Coaches Council

Leading your organization into an uncertain future is always going to be challenging, but these tips can help you stay relevant.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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Pandemic Job Searching with @LRuettimann and @CamSackett

The Tim Sackett Project

I’ve been exceptionally fortunate in my career to find friends and mentors willing to give me their time and resources to help me succeed. One of those people who help support me when I first started writing is Laurie Ruettimann. I tease her a lot and frequently call her HR’s Big Sister because she helps so many people! When you write, speak, have a successful podcast like she does you tend to get a lot of people reaching out for advice and Laurie finds time to help out so many folks

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weekend open thread – August 1-2, 2020

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. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: America for Beginners , by Leah Franqui. A widow leaves India to tour America and find out what happened to her estranged son. I loved it. * I make a commission if you use that Amazon link.

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Creativity Unleashed: The Fast Track to Keeping Your People Inspired!

Thrive Global

What do you think of when you think of an artist? Odds are that, at least for a moment, the old media construct of an emotionally-tortured or financially-destitute individual flashed in your mind. Someone who, in a substance-induced mania, splashes paints on a canvas or frantically plays chords on a guitar sprang to mind. After envisioning that whirlwind of creativity, you may have imagined the artist sinking in an ever-deepening spiral of dark depression that will inevitably end in tragedy.