Tue.May 07, 2019

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Dealing with difficult employees: A 5-step plan

Insperity

As a business owner, manager or HR leader, you need to be an expert at dealing with difficult employees. A difficult employee is not just a problem between one employee and another. If one person makes life difficult for the company, discontent can fester and become a major distraction. The air of dissent affects everyone and can cause a dramatic decrease in productivity and the departure of other employees.

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Keep Your Employees Wanting to Stay

Hppy

Worker turnover is one of the biggest issues confronting any smaller business. The Wall Street Journal estimates that it is more than twice the sum of the employee’s pay to deal with each instance of turnover. Turnover lowers organization productivity, increases the work of remaining personnel and diminishes institutional knowledge. So how do you keep your employees?

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10 Great Examples of Workplace Wellness Programs

Rise

Developing a fitness or health habit can take considerable effort, with estimates ranging from 21 to 66 days of daily repetition. Considering the improvements made to the health and well-being of a workplace, and the amount of time we spend at our workplaces, it makes sense to foster workplace wellness programs. Not only does it affect the productivity output of team members, but it makes them feel good in all areas of life—including work.

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my coworker is pushing me to hire her daughter, my office is too quiet, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker is pushing me to hire her daughter. I am the hiring manager for an entry-level position. The daughter of the front desk manager applied for the position. Her resume was great, but her cover letter had two words misspelled, including in the organization name. The position requires proofreading and careful data entry.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Top 55 Global Job Boards

TalentLyft

We compiled a list of the 55 best global job boards out there. Check it out to find the most relevant job boards and job posting sites that best suit your needs. Advertise your open job positions on the best job boards in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and European countries ! Read More.

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What Recruiters Can Learn From College Sports

TalentCulture

Several years ago, I was a coach for the Loyola University Maryland women’s basketball team. We were underdogs in the NCAA Tournament, playing an acclaimed Virginia team. There were just a few seconds left in the game. We had the ball and the opportunity to advance to the next round. We huddled together as a team and drew up what was sure to be a game-winning play.

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What Happens When Your SHRM or HRCI Certification Expires

Workology

Recertifying soon? Check out our HR recertification tip sheet with resources to maintain your certification for SHRM and HRCI certifications. What Happens When You Forget to Recertify with SHRM or. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Are you measuring the Intelligence of your candidates? You should be!

The Tim Sackett Project

Hire for Smarts. Train for Skill. It doesn’t sound right, does it? The old adage is “Hire for attitude, train for skill” The reality is, we probably have done this wrong for a long time. We hire for attitude, thinking we can train the person to do what we need if they just have the right attitude. Then Timmy turns out to be dumb and we can’t train him to do anything!

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Reinvent Your Performance Reviews With These Simple Tips

Engagedly

Performance review processes and approaches differ from organization to organization. These reviews are intended to be fair and unbiased evaluation of employee performance. Performance review can be an effective tool to motivate employees and improve organizational productivity but […].

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Job crafting: 19 research-backed ways to love your job more

CultureAmp

I’ve devoted the last decade of my life to making work suck less. Along the way, I’ve realized that you don’t learn much about employee engagement and happiness by only studying burnout. If you want to learn what makes people happy, find people who love their jobs and learn what they’re doing differently (hint: it’s about job crafting).

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Positive Candidate Experience is Really Recruitment Operations Excellence

Survale HR

Most people I talk to about candidate experience largely miss the point. That’s because positive candidate experience is more about recruitment operations excellence than it is about candidate Netpromoter score. When we developed Survale’s candidate feedback and analytics platform , we came from a place of trying to make the recruitment experience a good one for candidates because we knew that happy candidates translated into better recruitment outcomes.

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Hear the Silence So Loud

NoExcusesHR

I'm taking a different look at leadership today.in a very personal way. I am grateful to have such a supportive community to share my perspectives. Thank you friends. - I am a proud member of Hyde Park United Methodist Church (an open, loving community of faith that welcomes every person ) and lifelong member of the larger United Methodist Church (UMC.

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Job Shadowing Rounds Out the Hiring Process

SHRM Resources

Some employees think they want to work in a particular job, but once they get the position, they realize it’s more than they bargained for.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Boost employee engagement with these key people skills

HR Morning

With all the talk about “employee engagement,” it’s only fair to ask, “Can I really get all the people in my organization to give their best – every day?”. The short answer is probably not “all.” But with the right amount of effort you can get “most” of them to give their best … most of the time. And that’s a lot better than where most companies are right now.

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Stressed? So Are Your Employees

SHRM

Stress is almost impossible to avoid these days. Of course, a little stress can be motivating, but too much or the wrong kind can have a major effect on employees and businesses. The World Health Organization estimates that stress costs American companies $300 billion a year in health care, sick days and lost productivity. Despite this sizable sum, many companies aren’t addressing the underlying issue of stress.

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7 Simple Tips to Make Your Diet Healthier

Take It Personel-ly

Going on a ‘diet’ is a decision that requires focus and self-discipline. Choosing the healthy path for yourself and for your body will have it pay off in the future, and you will thanks yourself for doing it. While it is common knowledge that going on a diet and making a meal plan should still […].

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4 Strong Signs Your Job Interview Went Well

HR Digest

You probably thought your last job interview was the last because you provided amazing answers to the questions asked. You also presented your skills and experiences to the interviewers in a manner that matches the need of the company. However, weeks after the interview, you haven’t heard from the company yet. So, the question now is: what are the signs your job interview went well?

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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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Switching 401(k) Companies? Avoid These 3 Costly Surprises!

ForUsAll

So you’re thinking of switching to a new 401(k) company. Perhaps your current 401(k) is expensive and you think you can get a better deal and save some money. Or maybe you’re unhappy with the service your current 401(k) provides. There are many good reasons to switch, and with the rise of next generation 401(k)s, now is a very good time to see if a switch makes sense for your business’ 401(k).

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3 Outcomes Only the Best Compensation Management Software Can Achieve

HRsoft

To design an effective compensation plan, you must manage a complex set of variables. This is further complicated by the fact that compensation has its own unique set of goals: to retain key employees, attract top talent, encourage strong performance, and maintain a balanced, fair approach to pay. It’s no wonder the role of compensation and benefits professionals is so complex.

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40 non-feature questions to ask a potential intranet vendor

ThoughtFarmer

So you think you need an intranet, but you don’t know where to begin, what your requirements are, or which questions to ask to get the right information. Or, perhaps you have been tasked with creating an intranet RFP, and you aren’t sure what to include. If you have never been involved with this process before it can be stressful. No one wants to be responsible for making a poor vendor choice!

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12 Tips To Ensure Your New Hires Start Off On The Right Foot

Forbes Coaches Council

Starting your new employees off on the right foot not only helps them be successful, but ensures they have everything they need to start helping your business succeed as well. Forbes Coaches Council leaders share their insight when it comes to creating a smooth and productive onboarding process.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Why Qualtrics – Grant Holbrook – Sales Development Representative – 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 Grant’s “Why Qualtrics” story. My “why” in life is adventure. I love traveling and broadening my horizons through everything I do. Through my adventures, I have been able to gain new perspectives and infuse my life with excitement and challenges.

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Calculate settlements with Bayzat’s free gratuity calculator

Bayzat

Calculating the end of service compensation for an employee accurately is fundamental. When an employee resigns or is terminated, the legal formalities need to be carried out properly. An employee who has completed one year or more of continuous service is legally entitled to severance pay at the end of the employment. As part of our goal to provide a world-class employee experience for all SMEs in the UAE, we have put together a quick and useful online tool which automatically calculates the gr

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14 Strategies To Help Your Startup Survive Its First Year

Forbes Coaches Council

The first year is an incredible milestone for new businesses to reach — but how can you ensure you'll get there? Forbes Couches Council experts share their best advice for successful startups and making it through those first 365 days.

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Game-Based Assessments 101

Criteria Corp

There’s a lot of buzz about game-based assessments as a way to evaluate candidates in the hiring process. Game-based assessments are so enticing because they seem too good to be true – they seek to turn something that can be stressful and tedious into something fun and engaging.

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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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5 Things We’re Looking Forward to at APA

DailyPay

The APA Congress in Long Beach, California is right around the corner and we are pumped and ready to be attending! There are many things that we are looking forward to, but we’ve tried to narrow it down to our top five — so here goes!

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To Be A More Effective Leader, Take A Page From Your Parenting Style

Forbes Coaches Council

It is absolutely true that both good leaders and good parents use good emotional intelligence to grow others and inspire them to produce the very best they are capable of.

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HR Outsourcing: Statistics, Trends, and Information for Business Owners and Brokers

Extensis

For the 4 th consecutive year, PrismHR conducted their Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) Trends Report to uncover data about HRO companies, their clients, and the industry.

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