April, 2025

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Rethinking how employees are promoted

HR Brew

Employees arent all vibing with the idea of becoming someone elses boss. Only one-third of individual contributors in the US want to be a people manager, according to a LinkedIn survey. And, some companies are rethinking how they handle promotions, so people management isnt the only option for employees. Shopify, Google, and BP, for instance, started dual-track or two-track promotions, The Hill reported , where employees choose to advance either as a people manager or as a higher-level individua

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How data and strong HR values can help leaders buckle up for what’s ahead

HRExecutive

In my years of experience, Ive never known an HR department that has won a popularity contest, no matter how good its work. Then again, most of us didnt get into HR in hopes of being the cool kid. However, now it feels like the core concepts guiding our HR work are being attacked. Heres where Im coming from: We just spent two or so long years responding to and dealing with the many workforce issues that arose during COVID.

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Data Unbound: Breaking Down HR Silos for Smarter Insights

Hire Road

Data Unbound: Breaking Down HR Silos for Smarter Insights The modern workplace thrives on information. Yet, despite todays wealth of HR data insights, many organizations continue to struggle with fragmented systems, incomplete profiles, and scattered analytics. These fragmented sources, commonly referred to as data silos, undermine both efficiency and strategic decision-making.

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Recruit Those That Can Start Work Immediately – With “Start Next Week Hiring”

Dr. John Sullivan

I’ve been called the father of speed hiring, perhaps because my first article on it appeared nearly 25 years ago. And today, I’m outlining a version of speed hiring that I call “Start Next Week Hiring” (or SNWH). This program’s primary goal is to first make a hiring decision within seven days, but then only hire candidates who can literally start work immediately.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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An SMB’s Guide to Improving the Employee Experience

Extensis

Quick look:The employee experience includes every interaction a worker has, from the hiring process to their last dayand a businesss success relies on it. When staff feel empowered, organizations can achieve increased productivity, reduced turnover, higher profits, and more. Below, explore what defines the employee experience, the advantages it brings to both teams and employers, and how partnering with a professional employer organization (PEO) can improve it.

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From Attic to Innovation: Jason Maxwell’s HR Leadership Journey

MP Wired For HR

From Attic to Innovation: Jason Maxwells HR Leadership Journey April 22nd, 2025 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn From a Lowell Attic to Leading HR Innovation Nationwide In 2004, Jason Maxwell launched MP from the attic of a home in Lowell, Massachusetts. Not exactly the classic garage startup storybut the mission was just as bold.

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Why HR should pay closer attention to the cost of leadership burnout

HR Brew

Is your workforce burned out? Some 36% of US workers are burned out, and 33% feel more burned out now than they did this time last year, according to a recent report from staffing firm Robert Half. And employee burnout can be pretty costly: Burned out individual contributors can cost US companies an average $3,999 per hourly worker and $4,257 per salaried worker, a recent American Journal of Preventive Medicine study found.

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Ethical HR Starts Here: Data Privacy, Advocacy, and Social Work-Inspired Practices

Hppy

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Human Resources (HR) professionals find themselves navigating a complex terrain of legal requirements, evolving societal expectations, and increasingly sophisticated technologies. The very nature of HR necessitates access to vast amounts of employee data and the responsibility for making decisions that impact lives.

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Attracting Talent in a Competitive World: Strategies for HR to Win the War for Skills

HR C-Suite

In a fiercely competitive world, attracting talent demands a magnetic employer brand, strategic outreach, and a value proposition that turns the war for skills into a win for HR.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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‘It’s time for HR to go on offense’ about these 3 AI-related tensions

HRExecutive

As new tech continues to influence workplace strategiesand generate plenty of AI-related tensionhuman capital issues have risen to the “top of the C-suite and business agenda,” according to Kyle Forrest, future of HR leader at Deloitte Consulting. This elevation presents what Forrest describes as an “opportunity to turn tension into triumph.” Forrest says this shift can’t wait.

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The Future of HR Software in Australia: Trends & Innovations

EmployeeConnect

As technology continues to advance, so does the way businesses manage their human resources. In Australia, HR software is evolving rapidly, and businesses are increasingly turning to cutting-edge solutions to streamline their processes, ensure compliance, and improve employee experience. In 2025 and beyond, several trends and innovations are set to shape the future of HR technology.

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HR Tech Awards 2025 Winners Announced

Lighthouse

In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. These tools available to organizations right now can help them hire, develop, and retain their people, and the platforms and systems are amazing in their ability to support intelligent decisions, personalized actions, and more. According to nearly 10 years of gathering data in the market, we estimate that 5,000+ technology providers exist across the entire landscape of HR, talent, learning, and

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Gig work is taking over the labor market—and creating challenges for HR

HR Brew

When our ancestors dreamed of the future, complete with flying cars and robot maids, did they also imagine a shift from traditional employment? Either way, alternative forms of employment are booming, even as workers primary jobs. And its creating big challenges for HR teams. The rise of gig work Understanding the current scope of gig work istricky.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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Optimizing Workforce Scheduling for Your Clients

SwipeClock

As a financial services provider, PEO, or payroll provider, your clients rely on you to help them manage their workforce efficiently while controlling labor costs. One often-overlooked area that significantly impacts both productivity and financial performance is employee scheduling. By offering scheduling functionality alongside your core services, you can provide even greater value to your clients, helping them streamline operations and improve workforce management.

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Conquering change management for recruitment agencies

Bullhorn Blog

Theres no way around it: change can be scary. In a recruitment environment where growth is hard to come by, it can be daunting to branch out and implement new technology, diversify into a new business line, or make an acquisition. At the same time, change is inevitable in recruitment. Todays staffing landscape looks different than it did even in 2024 , and firms embracing change are poised to reap the benefits.

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What is HR’s new role when ‘AI usage is now a baseline expectation’?

HRExecutive

More than half of workers and leaders are worried about the growing overlap between tasks performed by humans and technology, according to new data from Deloitte. Meanwhile, some business leaders are starting to draw a line in the sand about how to perform tasks, putting AI-based tools at the top of the list. The CEO of Shopify, a leading Canadian-based multinational e-commerce platform, has stated that the organization won’t hire new employees if an AI tool can do the job.

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HR Software and the Future of Workforce Forecasting

EmployeeConnect

As businesses strive to remain competitive in an unpredictable market, one thing has become clear: the organisations that can anticipate change and adapt quickly are the ones best positioned to succeed. Workforce forecasting, once a reactive exercise based largely on historical data and guesswork, has become a strategic necessity for future-focused companies.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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Turnover Takedown: How Analytics Can Save Your Team

Hire Road

Turnover Takedown: How Analytics Can Save Your Team Employee turnover can feel like the silent alarm that no one hears until its too late. It not only drives up recruiting costs but also hinders productivity, disrupts team chemistry, hurts company culture, and strains institutional knowledge. Although turnover may seem inevitable, modern organizations are discovering that data-driven team management can help them retain top talent more effectively.

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HR teams are grappling with the human-to-AI continuum

HR Brew

As new AI tools become more sophisticated and as technologists better tune them to the needs of their organizations, HR and business leaders are grappling with new considerations about who or what is doing that work. AI tools can already tackle really simple tasks well, and they are getting more complex, according to Bryan Ackermann, head of AI strategy and transformation at Korn Ferry.

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Understanding, Managing Leaves of Absence Seminar

HRWatchdog

For the third consecutive year, employees leave of absence requests continue to increase, according to AbsenceSofts 2025 State of Leave and Accommodations Report , with injury and illness recovery (57 percent), managing mental health challenges (47 percent) and caring for an aging parent (37 percent) being the top reasons employees ask for leave. And California has numerous leave laws that frequently change, requiring employers to stay on top of the latest updates.

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Addressing Employee Tardiness: Recognizing the Issue and Finding Effective Solutions

Professional Alternatives

Punctuality is a cornerstone of a productive workplace. Yet, employee tardiness is an all-too-common challenge that can significantly impact operations, morale, and profitability. For any business to run efficiently, it is crucial it is for employers to address lateness before it becomes a persistent problem. Below, we outline how tardiness negatively affects your business and provide actionable strategies to correct the issue before termination becomes necessary.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Minimizing turnover risk for today’s workforce: 4 key priorities

HRExecutive

Imagine 40 of your employees sitting in a room. What would it take to convince 10 of them to leave for another employer? Not much, weve found in new research on voluntary turnover. APQC surveyed over 600 workers from various industries, organizational sizes and job roles to identify the things they value most about their employee experience and whether they are receiving those things in their current role.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using HR Software for Growing Businesses

EmployeeConnect

As a business begins to scale, managing people becomes increasingly complex. What once worked for a small team of 10 may quickly unravel as your workforce expands to 30, 50, or even 100 employees. Manual HR processes, scattered spreadsheets, and paper-based records become inefficient, error-prone, and time-consuming. This is where HR software steps in as a crucial growth enabler.

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A global recruitment market snapshot: What lies ahead in 2025

Bullhorn Blog

Its no secret that the global recruitment market has been navigating turbulent waters. While 2024 marked a year of headwinds for staffing and recruitment firms, early signs of stabilization are beginning to surface, even in the U.S. That said, recovery remains uneven and fragile across regions, sectors, and staffing models. A look at some of the largest global recruitment agencies earnings reports shows a market still grappling with economic uncertainty, delayed hiring decisions, and a cautious

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What “No robo bosses” could mean for employee data and privacy security

HR Brew

A California Democrat last month introduced the No Robo Bosses Act , SB7, to the statehouses upper chamber requiring human oversight of automated decision-making systems (ADS) in the workplace. The move comes as state and local governments and businesses alike grapple with a federal vacuum on AI legislation amid uncertainty in Washington. The move in the Golden State, sponsored by state Sen.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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10 Best Healthcare HR Software Solutions in 2025

HR Lineup

The healthcare industry presents unique challenges for HR professionals, from managing complex regulatory requirements to scheduling staff efficiently and ensuring seamless payroll and benefits administration. A well-integrated HR software solution can help healthcare organizations navigate these challenges by streamlining recruitment, compliance tracking, and workforce management.

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Setting Up Your New Receptionist for Success: Phone Etiquette and Essential Front Desk Skills

Professional Alternatives

A receptionist is often the first voice a customer or client hears when contacting your business. Their tone, professionalism, and ability to handle phone calls efficiently directly influence the impression your company leaves. It is crucial to prepare your new receptionist with the right phone etiquette and receptionist skills to ensure their success and their ability to maintain your organizations reputation that you’ve worked to establish.

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The AI effect. Is it enhancing or eroding critical thinking skills?

HRExecutive

LinkedIns recent Skills on the Rise report highlights a growing demand for skills such as adaptability, communication and critical thinkingwith AI literacy topping the list. However, as AI tools become more integrated into the workplace, some experts worry that these technologies may hinder critical thinking. Earlier this year, Microsoft researchers surveyed 319 knowledge workers who use gen AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot weekly to understand how these tools affect critical thinking.