October, 2013

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Should I Use Cognitive or Skills-Based Assessments for New Hires?

ExactHire

It’s no surprise that in an age where there are often many candidates applying for any given job, many hiring managers are using pre-employment assessments to review applicants. Using assessments can help a company find new employees who are the best fit for its company culture and for the position. There are several kinds to choose from; picking the right one for your needs depends a lot on the organization and the type of job being filled.

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Sample Sales Incentive Program – Short Case Study

Kazoo

Sales leaders have lots of options when when it comes to researching the perfect sales incentive program. We recently summarized the experience of a Kazoo customer who uses our employee recognition and reward software as their primary incentive plan for over 300 employees. It’s a sample of many ways in which our customers integrate Kazoo into their day-to-day employee reward initiatives.

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Protecting your reputation in the information age

Achievers

In the digital age, your reputation is everything. In seconds, you can go from nobody to hero—or villain. Consider the restaurant employee who recently faced racial discrimination from a customer at work. She chose to share the customer’s offensive comment—left on the receipt in lieu of a tip—on her Facebook page, and irrevocably changed three people’s reputations: hers, the customer’s, and her employer’s.

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The No. 1 Reason Employers Can't Find the Right Talent

45 Things

'There have been many complaints by some companies that they can’t find people to fill positions, despite a 7.3% unemployment rate. What gives? Are the unemployed a bunch of no-talent, bottom-of-the-barrel drudges who should never be given a job? Hardly. Check out Twitter or LinkedIn, and you’ll find experienced, smart, driven people looking for work.

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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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Part II “We Know More Than We Can Say: How to Use Tacit Knowledge

Conversation Matters

' . In Part I, I explained why “we know more than we can say” including, 1) how our brains store knowledge, 2) how we create knowledge 3) the values and relationships that are involved in tacit knowledge. I gave examples of situations in which knowledge workers, who understood something very deeply, were unable to clearly articulate what they knew to others, although they were themselves able to act on their deep knowledge.

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3 Tips to Engage Your Applicants During the Hiring Process

ExactHire

Any decent recruiter knows that it is critical to have an active pool from which to source candidates for jobs, but that doesn’t just mean a large number of any past job applicants. A truly good applicant pool includes applicants that are interested in future positions with your organization and have the qualifications required. Here is an overview of three tips to engage your applicants throughout the recruiting and selection process.

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10 Ways to Let Go When They Let You Go

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . One thing we don''t talk about much when people lose their jobs is the pain of that loss. We are quick to point people toward action--Network! Brand yourself!--but we shy away from helping people grieve what amounts to a death in their immediate family. . I thought about this today after a call with someone who was suddenly let go from her job. Although she''d been thinking for awhile about getting away from her employer, it was still a shock to be told that her services were no longer neede

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The “How To” Era Has Arrived

Achievers

Guest post by: Jeff Waldman. Let’s take a trip back in time to the medieval days. The date was December 16, 2011. Yes, that was the medieval period in HR. Fear not, a lot has happened since then and here is the story. I had some experiences, which turned into several observations, which evolved into ideas, which morphed into a concept, and then emerged into a launched initiative.

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Ranting Against Employee Engagement Evangelists

David Zinger

'Be Small. Do Good Work. That is Enough. Recently, I have noticed more experts referring to themselves, or having other refer to them as evangelists. Evangelist means a person and especially a preacher who tries to convince people to become Christian or someone who speaks with “great” enthusiasm. We don’t need to convert people to employee engagement.

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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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The perfect storm of HR technology

Strategic HCM

' I''ve had this article published in Computer Weekly. It''s meant for CIOs but if you''re a CHRO you may still find it interesting. It builds on Thomas Otter''s focus on the HR nexus (I''ve relabelled it the perfect storm) at HR Tech Europe last year, in the run up to this year''s conference that I''ll be chairing again. It''s always good getting published but I''m particularly pleased with getting into CW finally - about 20 years after I gave up my regular subscription, leaving the world of

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I'm Engaged! (at least I think I am)

NoExcusesHR

'It used to be called satisfaction. But that didn''t sound trendy enough. Now it''s called engagement , and it''s not only much trendier, it means a whole lot more ( ahem.not really ) than satisfaction. I know when I get home each night I like to sit back and discuss how engaged I felt all day long. I bet you do too! Labels Make Us Feel Better What is it about our work that requires we label everything?

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Is Paperless Hiring More Efficient?

ExactHire

Would paperless human resource processes be more efficient for my small- to medium-sized organization? My cut and dry answer is yes. Since we are all grown-ups, however, we know that there are rarely instances when answers are cut and dry. So, let’s explore, briefly, why my answer is yes. What do I do with all of these paper resumes? Do you remember that seminar where the instructor says, “Try to make all of your paper ‘one-touch!

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When Grieving Job Loss is Interrupted

The Bamboo Project Blog

'A few days ago I posted on the need for us to allow ourselves time and space to grieve when we lose our jobs. Reader Tony Cannata left a fantastic comment on that post about how grieving for a lost job can be interrupted. He said: I was fired last October, but because a former employer snatched me back up 2 weeks later I didn''t have a chance to grieve.

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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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[Award] There’s still time to get recognized as best-in-class!

Achievers

Here’s the best decision you’ll make all week (at least we think so). It’s your last chance to get recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™! Your outstanding achievements in driving employee engagement have not gone unnoticed this year. You have a competitive workplace and everyone should know about it. There’s still time, applications are due Friday, November 8.

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Employee Engagement is not working even though it is about working

David Zinger

'Engage: Go small, be good. Large scale programs, endless competencies, and 22 drivers of engagement are not the solution to our dis-ease with work and our chronic disengagement. Employees and organizations are weary of being cajoled and counseled to be great. We need to restore the sanity at work, the caring for what we do, and the connection we have with one another as we do good work.

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The Real Reasons You're a Terrible Leader

45 Things

'If you’re in any kind of leadership position, chances are you don’t go into work every day telling yourself, “I’m going to be the worst boss I can possibly be. Yes! Today is a new day to truly suck as a leader!” Yet, somehow, your team believes that is exactly what you must be doing. You’re one of those kinds of bosses that they gripe about at happy hour.

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When You're Not A Good Fit Anymore

NoExcusesHR

'The word "fit" is used so frequently in my world that I almost feel that I need an organizational sizing chart for our selection process. I don''t know when the word "fit" became such a requirement (or excuse) for making decisions about people''s careers, but it is clearly one of the most en vogue terms in the world of work. Good Fit It seems to me there is no greater compliment that can be bestowed on a person than to say they are a " good fit.

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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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Chantel Hatch – Client Services Associate

ExactHire

Chantel Hatch began working with the ExactHire Client Services team in 2011 as a Client Services Associate. She’s available to help ExactHire clients by offering thorough training on applicant tracking system features and ongoing product/tech support. She helps our clients take full advantage of all HireCentric ATS product features; thus, enabling them to use their software applications more efficiently.

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Is Your Comfortable Career Holding You Back?

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . This morning I ran across this post from Jen Louden who is on a 19-day roadtrip to stay, as she puts it, "life-limber.". She says: I’ve noticed that aging + the cosseted hush of business travel + marrying a very competent traveler named Bob has edged me into a zone of fear around heading out on my own. Unless every element is planned and unless I have a purpose, my mind comes up with a thousand reasons to stay put.

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Could games be the key to engagement?

Achievers

One of the most fascinating lectures I’ve seen recently is this 12-minute speech by Ali Carr-Chellman, in which she explains how the modern education system is doing a disservice to boys. Check it out: What struck me most about the video—aside from the amazing statistics—is that she doesn’t believe it’s the boys who need to change. It’s the system. And when she points out that 93 percent of elementary school teachers are women, it’s easy to see how boys don’t feel like they’re represented fairly

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The We in Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'We are all in employee engagement together. Peter Drucker on we: The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function.

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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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Analytics Tops the Agenda at HR Tech

Bersin with Deloitte

I’m still recovering from last week’s HR Tech conference –what a whirlwind of great sessions and events. Not surprisingly, analytics was one of the hottest topics at the conference (I think the only way to avoid the words “Big Data” these days is to escape to a desert island.). Just about every vendor I met had some type of analytics solution.

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Words

NoExcusesHR

'Words have power. They can inspire, encourage, lift up, and tear down. Words are weapons. They can fend off evil things, protect us from harm, and help us see through the darkness. Words create change. They can move organizations in new directions, transform worn out departments, and give individuals a new perspective on their career. Words are fuel.

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Eric Stauffer – Chief Technology Officer

ExactHire

Eric Stauffer began working with ExactHire as Chief Technology Officer in 2014 and brings a wealth of development and strategic technology management experience to the team. The post Eric Stauffer – Chief Technology Officer appeared first on ExactHire.

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Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone

The Bamboo Project Blog

'A career coaching client shared this fantastic video with me on moving out of your comfort zone. It very nicely highlights the key issues we face as we deal with taking risks. On October 30, I''ll be doing a presentation for the Women on the Edge (of Greatness) virtual conference on how to use career experiments to move out of your comfort zone and into your dreams.

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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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Ask Achievers: Best practices for inspiring your employees to stay longer

Achievers

This week, Cheryl Kerrigan shares her insights for decreasing a troubling rate of voluntary turnover in today’s tough talent market. Cheryl is the Director of Employee Success for A chievers, where she oversees the brand’s strategic HR initiatives that focus on employee engagement and performance management, including recruiting, retaining, and inspiring A -Players.

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Six Ways To Succeed At Work

TheHRBlog

Landing that “dream job” is only the beginning. Succeeding at work takes initiative and hard work. At the end of it all, showing investment and dedication to boost your job performance can lead to professional growth and a promotion. More importantly, in our current economic situation, it can help you keep your job. Here are […].

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Analytics Tops the Agenda at HR Tech

Bersin with Deloitte

I’m still recovering from last week’s HR Tech conference –what a whirlwind of great sessions and events. Not surprisingly, analytics was one of the hottest topics at the conference (I think the only way to avoid the words “Big Data” these days is to escape to a desert island.). Just about every vendor I met had some type of analytics solution.