July, 2020

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The Nature Of 1-on-1s Are Changing For The Better

15Five

Although the pandemic has triggered massive shifts in our day-to-day lives and even our long-term view, it isn’t without silver linings. At a high level, organizations are embracing flexibility like never before; employees are trading long commutes for higher levels of productivity; but more specifically, managers and employees are revamping their weekly 1-on-1s.

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How Connection Drives Employee Engagement

DecisionWise

With the recent shift of many employees working remoting, connection seems to be universally craved now more than ever before. Connection is, in fact, a basic human need, residing on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs just above physical safety. And yet, research shows that 40% of employees feel isolated at work, leading to lower employee engagement. Connection in the workplace is the feeling of being part of a community engaged in something bigger than any one person.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself If You’re Thinking of Making a Career Change During COVID-19

The Muse

It’s a confusing time. How can you be sure you really want to change careers during a global pandemic? Ask yourself these questions first.

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‘Windowed Work’ Improves Productivity, Satisfaction

SHRM Resources

?Of all the significant workplace components being transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the traditional 9-to-5 workday will likely experience the most change.For many employees, flexible schedules have become common during the health crisis, and new research from global staffing firm Robert Half suggests workers are happy about it.

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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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How US Court Closures During COVID-19 Are Impacting Background Checks

Cisive

COVID-19 has forced many state, county and federal courthouses to temporarily close, operate remotely, and oftentimes with a limited number of on-site employees. Additionally, laboratories that provide drug screening may not be available for in-person visits and candidates may be reluctant to visit a lab due to risk of exposure. So what does this mean for companies that need fast and reliable background checks in order to screen candidates?

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Awareness: The Key to Healthy Teams

Achievers

This covers the value of awareness and is the first of a four-part blog series on mental well-being. In the midst of a heated senior management meeting yesterday on budget cuts, I noticed I was becoming agitated and frustrated at the resistance to budget cuts being expressed in the meeting. As CEO of the organization, I have a response due to the board of directors.

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Easy Workplace Diversity Strategies that Boost Team Inclusion

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

The notion that you need to hire those with diverse backgrounds is only the beginning. Profits don’t instantly skyrocket, and outsiders won’t be fawning over your employer brand just because you engaged diverse talent and convinced them to come aboard. You need to nurture the culture around your diversity priorities for good — and this goes far beyond signing those onboarding documents.

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Talent Marketplace Platforms Explode Into View

Josh Bersin

Over the last five years companies have been working to improve internal talent mobility. Not only does it save money on recruiting, it enables compaines to find internal expertise which is often hidden in the organization. And it creates a strong sense of engagement and belonging in the workforce. Why is this such a big. Read more» The post Talent Marketplace Platforms Explode Into View appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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here’s a bunch of help finding a new job

Ask a Manager

Since lots of people are job-searching right now, here’s a round-up of some of the most key job-searching advice on this site. Resumes and Cover Letters. The first thing to know is, if you’re not getting interviews, you probably need to fix your resume and cover letter. If you’re thinking your materials are fine, know this: Very frequently, people who are struggling to get interviews tell me they’re confident that their resume and cover letter aren’t the problem sin

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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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15 Jobs You Can Do From Home—or Anywhere You Choose

The Muse

These jobs give you the flexibility you need to work from home, whether you’re a parent or caregiver, have a disability or chronic illness, or just want to make your own schedule.

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Admin Jobs Projected to Stay Remote After COVID-19

SHRM Resources

Clerical and administrative office workers—a group previously not often included in telework arrangements—will likely keep working from home after the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, according to new research.

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Boese: Tech tips to give wellbeing the attention it deserves

HRExecutive

A few months ago, I set out to articulate the most pressing short- and long-term challenges facing HR and business leaders from the coronavirus pandemic: business agility, wellbeing and leadership. Today, considerable uncertainty, stress, anxiety and even “pandemic fatigue” remain as the crisis continues to weigh on employees, HR professionals, leaders—heck, everyone.

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Virtual Onboarding: The New Reality

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Virtual onboarding is a new reality for most companies. Now that working remotely is much more common, technology plays a more crucial role than ever.

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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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SAP To Spin-Off Qualtrics. Yes, The Experience Market Is That Hot

Josh Bersin

This week SAP , which is now worth nearly $200B, decided to spin off its $8 Billion acquisition of Qualtrics , which happened less than two years ago. Why? Here’s what’s going on. First, under SAP’s ownership, Qualtrics has been growing like a rocket. Today SAP sales teams all over the world sell and embed. Read more» The post SAP To Spin-Off Qualtrics.

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my coworker told me to stop flirting with a student employee

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am part of the HR department at my workplace, and we hired “Andre” a few months ago as a part of our student group. He’s only 18, but he’s been a hard worker and always takes initiative around the office. I was part of Andre’s interview panel, so I’ve always been in contact with him and friendly with him since we brought him on board.

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My Job Search During COVID-19: Keep Dreaming

TalentCulture

Hey, all. 2019 graduates. Recent 2020 graduates. Early-hires. Young professionals. Those who have been laid off. Those in furlough. Those on unemployment. I know it feels like everyone is looking for a full-time job (or any job right now). As a recent graduate from SUNY New Paltz, who majored in journalism and minored in Spanish […]. The post My Job Search During COVID-19: Keep Dreaming appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Group Narcissism and HR Self-Love

Robin Schooling

Have you ever strolled into the office of your CFO and seen an office tchotke on their bookshelf spouting the phrase “I <heart> Accounting?” I haven’t. How many Supply Chain Managers do you see posting on LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook something along the line of “I LOVE my job!!!!” along with heart emojis? Probably very few. Yet, I’m willing to wager, there’s an HR professional in your life who you have observed: wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with “You can’t spell HERO without HR!

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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8 traits HR leaders need to succeed today

HRExecutive

As employers and HR leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter alongside their more conventional challenges like recruitment and engagement, experts are advising that it is more important than ever that they remain agile. Josh Bersin. Even before this year’s unprecedented workplace upheaval, analyst and HRE columnist Josh Bersin was working to identify the commonalities between high-performing businesses and high-performing HR business partners.

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3 Ways You Can Extend the Work Lifecycle of Older Employees

SHRM

One of the biggest biases we have as leaders is ageism. If you’re 35 years old and running a department and you are looking to fill a position on your team that will be your righthand person, the last thing you’re looking for is a 55-year-old to fill that spot! That’s just me being real for a second. You and I both know that a 35-year-old hiring manager is looking for a 25 – 28 year old to fill that spot.

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ServiceNow: The Workflow Workhorse

Josh Bersin

One of the hottest tech companies in the world is ServiceNow. The company’s Q2 earnings were a barnbuster (30% YTY growth, 40 deals over $1M, and now running at a $4B annual subscription runrate – at a 97% renewal rate). The stock is now trading at 23 times sales (more than twice the multiple. Read more» The post ServiceNow: The Workflow Workhorse appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Nearly 5 Million Jobs Gained in June; Unemployment Rate Drops Again

SHRM Resources

The U.S. economy showed positive job gains for the second straight month in June, adding 4.8 million jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to an approximate 12 percent (after being adjusted for a misclassification error) from an adjusted 16.4 percent in May, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A significant rebound was reported in industries such as leisure and hospitality and retail, sectors that once experienced the greatest jo.

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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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Impact of Employee Engagement on Productivity & Quality

Engagedly

It is evident that the workforce from most organizations is operating remotely now, owing to the pandemic. Management in most organizations are working towards designing and implementing new policies and procedures that will help employees with the switch. But is it really enough to keep your employees going? . Even though situations are getting better, this sudden wave of not being social has its own downsides.

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Employee wellbeing: Four ways to create a psychologically safe culture

HR Zone

Culture Four ways to promote psychological safety at work.

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Bersin: Communication is more important than ever. Here’s how to handle it

HRExecutive

Employees need a lot right now—and one of the most urgent things is information. What are the changes to our sick-leave policy? When should I anticipate coming back to the workplace? Will we still receive performance bonuses? Among all of the imperatives we face in the COVID pandemic, communication is the most important of all. In the Josh Bersin Academy’s Big Reset initiative, nearly all participating HR leaders recounted how they have ramped up the frequency, transparency and types of communic

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Increasing the Level of Productivity and Engagement For Your Team

Workology

TravelTech for HR. How to increase the level of productivity and engagement for your team without leaving the workplace. One of the new HR-trend is an online-team-building. This is a virtual tour in. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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3 Ways Structural Racism Could Be Hurting You at Work—and How to Navigate Them

The Muse

As people of color, ending structural racism should not be our burden to bear. But we still need to recognize it and take action to survive professionally.

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Some Companies Are Making Virtual Internships Work During COVID-19

SHRM Resources

Not surprisingly, most college students are missing out on traditional internships this year due to COVID-19. About 22 percent of employers said they were canceling internships entirely, with another 19 percent undecided as of May 1, according to the latest polling from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Employer responses showed that most (83 percent) modified their summer internship programs—instead of eliminating them—by making them virtual, shortening them or both.

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10 Things You Don’t Need on Your Resume

SHRM

A job search can be an arduous task with many steps. Typically, the first step is to create a resume that convinces the recruiter to consider you for an open position. Think of your resume as a spokesperson or a promotional tool—it is important to create a resume that makes a great first impression to a potential employer. If a recruiter or hiring manager requests to meet you, it means that your resume has done its job of marketing you as a suitable candidate.