Fri.Mar 20, 2020

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7 Employee Listening Strategies for a World Turned Upside Down by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

DecisionWise

Our clients are worried. Their employees are worried. Our friends, families, and neighbors are worried. It’s frightening, and it’s tough. In fact, I just noticed that “Coronavirus” is now a recognized word in my spell-check dictionary. Will life ever be normal again? Of course, things will improve, and a good slogan to follow comes from some English WWII propaganda.

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6 Tips on How to Master a Video Interview

Celarity

Do you have a video interview on your agenda this week? Companies are now leaning on technology to fill their hiring and recruiting needs. Video interviewing allows recruiters and hiring managers to complete interviews faster than traditional methods, ultimately speeding up the hiring process. So, how does a person ace a virtual meeting? Here are a few helpful tips to ensure you have a successful video interview!

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Coronavirus Impact: How is the recruitment industry responding?

Skillate

In the recruitment industry, there is a famous adage - "You can tell a lot about a candidate by his handshake." However, if you are a recruiter of the present times, chances are, you have now resorted to our very Indian 'Namaste' at best, and an elbow bump at worst (seriously, why?) All this because of the flu called 'Corona.' Originated in China, this novel disease is causing havoc across countries and their economies.

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Your Company’s Full-Remote for Coronavirus: What To Do Next

Kazoo

To combat coronavirus and flatten the curve, companies have made the transition to full-remote — in some cases, before they were fully prepared. . Now, it’s time to pick up the pieces. Last week, we sent our customers a one-pager by superstar Kazoo Implementation Manager Christina Brennan about how to manage the early impact of COVID-19. Now, we want to share the next steps with you.

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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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What You Need to Know: ACA Rule of Parity, COVID-19 Pandemic and Temporary Layoffs

ACA Times

4 minute read: The Coronavirus (Covid-19) is putting a strain on all aspects of life in the United States right now. For businesses, they are struggling with closures, decreased demand, work from home policies, furloughs, reduced hours, temporary layoffs and more. While it may not be at the forefront of employers’ minds as they gear up to meet the 1095-C electronic filing deadline of March 31, 2020, one challenge that they should be aware of is how the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the resulting furlou

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How Do I Make Remote Work More Enjoyable? Consider One-Degree Shifts

Achievers

In studying workplace culture and analyzing trends for the future, I’ve learned that there are two things that people hate: change, . and the way things are. . That puts us in a tough spot, doesn’t it? . Similar to rush-hour gridlock, many people would agree that standing still is not human nature. Even though we tend to prefer momentum, the current environment has seen accelerated change at unprecedented speed which for many, can be just as distressing as rush-hour traffic, in the rain, with an

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Sirenum Announces Community Volunteer Management Solution to Help with COVID-19 Pandemic

Sirenum

London-headquartered industry leader in dynamic workforce management releases emergency community volunteer management application to allow local councils, houses of worship, and other organizations to streamline assistance to the isolated, needy, or ill. Sirenum, the leading provider of cloud-based workforce management to the temporary staffing industry, is proud to announce the availability of SirenumGo, a community [.].

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Let the benefits renewal process begin

PeopleStrategy

With the unanticipated challenges facing HR professionals today, starting the employee benefits renewal process is probably not at the top of the to do list. But the reality is, deciding what benefits you will offer employees for the 2021 plan year is perhaps more critical than ever. So even though Open Enrollment is still a couple … Let the benefits renewal process begin Read More » The post Let the benefits renewal process begin appeared first on PeopleStrategy.

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COVID-19: An Update From Our President, Chad Lane

Allegis Global Solutions

The past few weeks have brought unprecedented change to the world around us, prompting companies to act quickly to take care of their people first, then figure out how to operate in a rapidly changing work environment. And things are indeed changing every day. Uncertainty abounds. But one thing is certain: As a talent leader, AGS is in a position to lead through uncertainty.

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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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The Role of HR In Researching, Avoiding & Resolving Conflicts at Work

Hppy

Human Resource Management is essential for the proper functioning of any business that employs large numbers of people. Even though it is hard to overestimate the importance of HR within the organization, most people don’t even understand what the role of the HR is and how important these specialists are when it comes to conflict resolution in the workplace.

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How to Begin the Layoff Communication: Delivering the News & Mitigating the Risks

Intoo USA

Sometimes letting people go is the only way to move your business forward. Still, no matter how much thought goes into the decision to conduct a layoff, and no matter how right of a move it is, the termination conversation is never an easy one. These situations are not comfortable, and tensions can quickly escalate. After all, job loss is one of the top five stressful situations people endure.

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#COVID-19: The Truth About Video Calls and Your Career.

The HR Capitalist

Time for some tough love. If you're a white collar worker and you've been moved to WFH (work from home), odds are your team/company is experimenting with video meetings/calls to keep you connected with your team. They providers are many - Zoom, Go To Meeting, WebEx, Skype, Microsoft Teams, etc. The provider really doesn't matter. Here's a piece of advice on team video calls from your friend, aka KD : Don't get comfortable.

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How to Begin the Layoff Communication: Delivering the News & Mitigating the Risks

Intoo USA

Sometimes letting people go is the only way to move your business forward. Still, no matter how much thought goes into the decision to conduct a layoff, and no matter how right of a move it is, the termination conversation is never an easy one. These situations are not comfortable, and tensions can quickly escalate. After all, job loss is one of the top five stressful situations people endure.

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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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DHS Relaxes Form I-9 Review Requirements

SHRM Resources

?The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will defer the requirements for employers to review Form I-9 documents in-person with new employees. The change applies to employers and workplaces that are operating completely remotely."Employers with employees taking physical proximity precautions due to COVID-19 will not be required to review the employee's identity and employment authorization documents in the employee's physical presence," DHS said.

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#WorkTrends: The Power of Business Readiness

TalentCulture

Meghan M. Biro sat down with Tim Minahan, the Executive Vice President of Business Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Citrix, for a frank discussion about being ready for anything in your business — including COVID-19. Meghan and our team at TalentCulture have been talking about crisis management and business continuity quite a lot — in another time we might even say business readiness is trending.

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What Your Employees Need From You Right Now

Jason Lauritsen

For the amount of talk and training and coaching we’ve deployed over the years about change, you’d think we would be better equipped when big changes show up. Maybe nothing would have prepared us for the collective gut punch that we are all experiencing right now. I know that I certainly got knocked off balance by this thing. It’s hard to find your balance when things are shifting so quickly and dramatically all around us.

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How to lead through uncertainty in a virtual world

HR Zone

Change Leading through uncertainty.

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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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Top 5 Recruitment Trends for 2020

RChilli

Hiring managers and recruiters have already seen the first quarter of 2020. They are continuously looking for strategies to find the perfect candidate and remain competitive in the market.

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Use of Smart Drugs at Work on the Rise

HR Digest

Ever noticed a colleague suddenly become of the top performers in the office with excellent focus and concentration and production targets? The answer to this may be performance-enhancing drugs! Taking drugs to enhance performance and be best at work is nothing new. Famous leaders throughout history, like JFK to Hitler, took amphetamines to handle their grueling schedules.

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Right Now Won't Last Forever

SHRM

We are concluding day three of mandated social distancing here in Northern California but it seems like it's been three months. Its been made apparent that this new style of existence may last for three months. thus feeling as though we've been in the bunker for 90 years (don't check my math on that). Our staff in the incubator exists of a sixth-grader and an eighth-grader (adapting to virtual learning), my wife, my dog, my mother-in-law and I. so if you are alone and feeling lonely in this

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How to Help During Covid-19

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #51. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. It’s been a surreal week up here in the Northeast of the United States. No sports. No school. No museums or libraries to distract the kids with no school. Work is happening for some remotely. Work is still in person for others, but it is eerily slow and quiet. What’s getting louder however is the dramatic pain this pandemic is inflicting on many people, particularly economically.

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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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3 Keys to Culture Continuity in the Workplace during COVID-19

Terryberry

by Brad Sytsma. With everything that’s happening right now, it can feel like the world is changing by the hour. More than ever, employees are going to be looking to corporate leadership for hope, reassurance, and as much as possible, stability. How to Maintain Your Workplace Community. New challenges arise with the push to let employees work remotely from home and socially distance themselves, especially employees that don’t regularly or often work from home.

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Jason Averbook: Navigating the NOW of Work

HRExecutive

It seems silly now to talk about the “future of work.” There’s only one thing to talk about: the “ now of work.”. Not so long ago, we were setting strategic priorities and planning roadmaps for 2020. Making New Year’s resolutions, buying technology, embarking on program rollouts, cherry-picking from the future of work what we might have the time, bandwidth and budget to address today.

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How To Apply For A Coronavirus Small Business Loan

Prism HR

As small businesses continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the federal government will offer low-interest disaster loans of up to 2 million dollars. Here’s how to apply for a Coronavirus small business loan, as well as links providing more detail on the government’s emergency disaster loan process related to COVID-19.

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Navigating COVID-19: Information & Actionable Next Steps for Employers

WEX Inc.

The subject of much concern over the past few months has heavily revolved around COVID-19, otherwise known as the new coronavirus. And by now, it's likely that matters related to or as a result of COVID-19 are at or near (or even exclusively) the top of your agenda. As an employer, HR leader or benefits administrator, you know that the decisions and actions you take in tough times mean the most to employees.

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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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Why Companies Should Hire Introverts

HRIS Payroll Software

Many people believe that extroverts make better employees. Extroverts are outgoing and often display more outward signs of leadership than introverts, leading their employers to believe that they have more drive to succeed. However, introverts also bring a lot to the table that extroverts don’t. Hiring all extroverts may mean that companies miss out on a lot of excellent employees and the special skills that they can bring to the table.

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Try These Smart Tips to Stay Connected to the People You Don’t See Every Day

Thrive Global

The spread of coronavirus is changing the way we work and live, and in this new normal , tapping into our fundamental need for connection is more important than ever. Whether you’re working remotely or separated from family or loved ones, everyone is still adjusting — and maintaining a sense of connection can feel especially challenging. We asked our Thrive community to share the little ways they’re staying connected to those they no longer see on a day-to-day basis.

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What’s Recruitment Marketing? 16 Tips to Get Top Talent to Notice You

Imaginasium

Hey there, hiring manager. We see you. You have NO SMALL job. Business is good and your employer wants new people. Nay, your employer NEEDS new people. Lack of quality talent is a top CEO concern these days, and it’s a leading factor constraining company growth. You hear that? Talent shortage is the number one reason your company can’t grow. No pressure.