October, 2021

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4 ways your managers can help combat employee burnout

HRExecutive

As the Great Resignation discussion continues to unfold in the HR community, burnout has risen to one of the top reasons for employees leaving their jobs, along with low pay/long hours and lack of recognition from supervisors. While the remote work revolution has allowed employees to avoid long commutes, it has also extended the workday as technology such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other collaboration tools push the limits of the traditional workday.

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did I make a mistake by sharing my salary with a coworker?

Ask a Manager

This post, did I make a mistake by sharing my salary with a coworker? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have always believed that knowledge is power, but when it comes to salaries, is there ever a reason to keep such things quiet? For my entire career, I have stayed in the dark about what my coworkers were earning and likewise did not share my salary either.

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How Businesses Can Implement a Safe Return to Work

6Q

Freedom day has been issued and most of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions have been removed in England, leaving businesses in a position to reopen and enjoy a safe return to work. But while the regulations regarding health and safety have been removed, the risks to health and safety for employees and customers very much remain. 51% of employees are nervous about returning to the workplace, according to a study by Westfield Health, and 66% want more support from their employer in terms of their

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Transitioning to the Gig Economy: An Interview with Patti Dorsey of Bolster

Accurate Background

“I’m a recruiter at heart. I always knew I would end up in recruiting doing what I love,” Patti explained. Patti Dorsey started her career over 20 years ago. She landed her first staffing role with Robert Half International as a Staffing Manager for their Accountemps, Inc. division. Patti enjoyed a fruitful and often laborious career in the staffing and corporate world, where she managed talent acquisition and recruitment teams.

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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 Power of Sign Language to Create a More Connected and Inclusive World

Thrive Global

Like most college and university presidents, I find this fall to be an especially promising time as our schools have resumed face-to-face instruction across the country. We no longer take for granted the power of learning in the physical presence of others. While learning can be effectively achieved virtually, after the hiatus of face-to-face learning for many of us over the past 18 months, we enter this new academic year with a deeper and more profound appreciation for the physical presence of

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How Whirlpool turned the tide to find the right people

HRExecutive

A few years ago, Whirlpool had a recruiting challenge: namely, how to ease the burden on its recruiters, who must wade through 200 applications per job. For Whirlpool, the issue was even more complicated, as job candidates are or could become customers of the company, a provider of many common products typically found in an American home. So, it needed to make the application process easier, more enjoyable and more effective for candidates.

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7 employee behaviors it pays to recognize

Achievers

Recognition is essential to retaining and engaging employees, but few organizations provide enough of it. A startling 82% of employees wish they received more recognition for their efforts. Before your company can implement an impactful recognition program, it must define what behaviors it wants to recognize. Ninety-two percent of employees agree that when they’re recognized for a specific action, they’re more likely to repeat the action again.

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Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies for the "New" Work World!

Vantage Circle

Retain your best employees with these Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies and build a positive work atmosphere to promote engagement.

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Workday Goes Everywhere: Into The Flow Of Work… And More.

Josh Bersin

From its very founding Workday was designed as an integrated but proprietary system, engineered for the cloud. Workday developed a proprietary database, advanced business process framework , integrated security model , embedded real-time analytics, and a unique user interface. Well, all that has now changed. Effective today, with the introduction of Workday Everywhere , and.

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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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when the red flags are even more ominous than you know…

Ask a Manager

This post, when the red flags are even more ominous than you know… , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. In 2014, I received this letter. I get more mail than I can answer, and this one didn’t end up getting published. But read on, because there’s a twist coming. After following your cover letter and resume advice, I landed an interview for a position I would love to have.

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If You Can’t Find Good Employees, It May Not Be a Labor Shortage–It May Be You

Evil HR Lady

There is a lot of complaining about worker shortages and a lot of jokes going on–like the above, which points out the ridiculousness of the interview process. The thing is, it wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t based in reality. Many companies have ridiculous hiring processes. Perhaps yours does. Or perhaps, you’re looking for a free intern to do work.

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How to Boost Employee Engagement – 10 Awesome Tips

6Q

Organisations are constantly relying on the engagement commitment and energy of their employees to thrive and survive. To boost employee engagement, there should be careful consideration of employee leadership capabilities to create a proper engagement strategy. Employee engagement allows the employees to invest more in their work, leading to improved productivity and high-quality work.

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8 company culture examples to follow

Achievers

Company culture can make or break your organization ? particularly when the job market is competitive. Forty percent of people are considering leaving their employer this year. If employees don’t feel safe, valued, and challenged at your organization, you’re just giving them the extra nudge they need to leave. If you instead treat employees with respect, appreciate their individuality, and give them the flexibility they need, they’re much more likely to stick around.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Here Are 15 Possible Reasons You’re Not Getting Hired—and How to Fix Them

The Muse

Whether you’re not hearing anything, getting rejected after the phone screen, or making it to the last round, here’s where you might be going wrong and how to fix it.

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Top Facts about COPD and Smoking

EX Program

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and smoking are like lightning and thunder; they often go together. COPD refers to a group of diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. With COPD, less air flows through the airways and this can cause symptoms such as: Shortness of breath Wheezing or nagging cough Tightness or pain in the [.].

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our highly-paid, overworked junior staff keep leaving just as we get them fully trained

Ask a Manager

This post, our highly-paid, overworked junior staff keep leaving just as we get them fully trained , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work in an industry that is well known for long, hard hours, especially at junior levels. It’s one that has been all over the newspaper the past couple years for difficulty retaining junior professional staff and attempts to roll out more work-life balance.

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How storytelling can help organisations win the war on talent

HR Zone

Acquisition Win the talent war with compelling storytelling.

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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 Tips to Help You Stay Healthy at Work

Take It Personel-ly

With pressing deadlines, emails, work calls and a full client-load at work, it can be tricky for working professionals to prioritize and maintain a good bill of health. Personal health and wellness are multifaceted, and the demands of your job can push caring for your physical, emotional, social and spiritual health down on your list […].

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6 HR lessons from Microsoft’s CHRO

HRExecutive

Kathleen Hogan , executive vice president, human resources, and chief people officer at Microsoft, knows what it takes to be a successful HR leader: She’s helped transform Microsoft’s culture to make it one of the biggest success stories in recent history. She’s navigated a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, ensuring the company’s 175,000 employees are safe, healthy, productive and innovative.

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Hiring with a Vaccine Mandate? Be Clear About Expectations

SHRM Resources

Setting clear expectations about COVID-19 vaccine requirements at the start of the hiring process and ensuring consistent recruitment messaging are a couple of the main responsibilities talent acquisition professionals should fulfill when their employer mandates vaccines for employees.

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This One Word Is Ruining Leaders’ Ability to Be Empathic

TLNT: The Business of HR

Empathy is, in essence, seeing the world or a situation from another person’s viewpoint. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird , Atticus Finch, the moral guide, defines empathy for his daughter by saying, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” .

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Four Ways to Overcome the Frontline Labor Shortage

TalentCulture

A record 10.9 million jobs went unfilled in July. Meanwhile, 8.4 million people remained unemployed in August. If there are more jobs available in the U.S than people who need […]. The post Four Ways to Overcome the Frontline Labor Shortage appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Practical Ways to Build Trust in Your Workplace

6Q

For a company to grow exponentially, employees must have trust in their employers. The employee’s ratio is in the minority who can say they trust their managers and company. Building trust takes time and effort from the company. Here you will learn the ways to build trust in your workplace. Your company is doing everything right, but still, it is not growing as it should.

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The Importance of Pause

HR Without Ego

I’m writing this from the airport in Dallas after a wonderful weekend full of connection, friendship, and love. I was at a wedding for one of my girlfriend’s daughters. It was beautiful. The photo is our group, minus some who were unable to make it but no less dearly missed. What was even more beautiful, however — or maybe equally as beautiful was the fact that I was able to completely trust my wonderful team and unplug and be PRESENT during this time.

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Are you developing employees to succeed in hybrid, remote work?

HRExecutive

As you formulate your 2022 HR plans and budgets, have you adapted your learning and development plans and talent management strategies to properly equip your employees to succeed in hybrid and remote work structures? Advertisement If you’re like almost every other organization I speak to, then you’ve spent the past year-and-a-half in full “survival mode,” with circumstances constantly changing and challenges piling up like brown Amazon boxes in your recycling bin.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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How to Read a Job Description the Right Way—So You Can Stop Sending Resumes Into the Void

The Muse

What parts a job description contains, what to look for as you read, and how to use the job listing at every step of the application and hiring process.

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Forced career change: how to think creatively about your future

Take It Personel-ly

Unfortunately, in recent times the chance to face what is called a forced career change has increased. Quite often, unexpected events break our routine and jolt us out of our comfort zone. Furthermore, there may be fewer opportunities for those with a specific skill set in the world with changing trends and the fast development of […].

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Career Development, 2021 Style: Learning How to Learn

TalentCulture

Think back to your first day of work with your first major employer. You probably arrived early on your first day, ID card ready, and experienced a week full of […]. The post Career Development, 2021 Style: Learning How to Learn appeared first on TalentCulture.