April, 2012

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How to Use Applicant Tracking Software to Source Internship Candidates

ExactHire

It’s that time of the year…the grass is green, the birds are chirping, and many new faces are popping up as potential employees (and perhaps as new LinkedIn followers) for your organization as students dive full throttle into the internship search process. Let’s say you are pretty satisfied with the questions asked on your employment application, and it helps you capture appropriate, job-relevant information from experienced job seekers and recent college graduates.

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New Research: BigData in HR as Huge Opportunity.

Josh Bersin

The topics of BigData in HR is white hot. This week we launched our BigData in HR research study, which describes precisely how world-class organizations build high performing talent analytics. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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5 tips to plan the ultimate company retreat

Achievers

It’s easy for employees to get lost in their daily routines and lose sight of what their contributions are attributed to on a larger scale. Take a proactive approach to reinforce your organization’s alignment by planning a retreat geared toward employee engagement. A retreat goes beyond the traditional meeting, as it offers a fresh space to debrief and realign your employees with the organization’s core values.

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Lose the Fear and Get to Work

NoExcusesHR

'This is another post in the #NoFearHR project Mike VanDervort and I have kicked off. Mike , I like the way you''re moving this conversation.and you''re absolutely right. If HR still isn''t on board with social media it''s their fault. The proverbial train has left the station. Now onto putting social to work in business. As you mentioned, we are integrating social media into everything we do here , and it is much more than a facebook page.

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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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Network Like It's 1959

45 Things

In fashion, what's old is often new again. If you doubt it, just look at the styles coming out this spring: 1950s-style dresses for women and streamlined suits for men just like the characters in Mad Men. You may also want to heed another fashion from that era: in-person networking. You're not likely to see anyone on Mad Men use online social networking to forge a relationship although they do put the "social" in networking with their lunch meetings and after-hour soirees.

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NorthgateArinso Coins “BPaaS” to Position Its Solutions

Bersin with Deloitte

I know you will forgive me a literary allusion, as I was struck by a thought in NorthgateArinso’s well-organized analyst briefing in Boston last week. The allusion is to Pirandello’s play “Six Characters in Search of an Author” – a play in which the characters are seeking a playwright to create a theme to bind […].

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Why you should love your Virtual Workforce

Josh Bersin

Today’s workforce has changed tremendously. It’s younger, more specialized, looking for better work… and it’s virtual. By the year 2014, 47% of US workers will be under the. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Reaping the benefits of rewards and recognition

Achievers

Try and recall the first time you were rewarded for outstanding behavior or achieving a goal. Whether it was taking first place at a soccer tournament or earning good grades, this satisfied feeling caused a proud beaming sensation and you couldn’t help but smile. From that moment, you were addicted to reaping the benefits of rewards and recognition.

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Socially Unacceptable

NoExcusesHR

'Social media is a powerful tool. It is changing how we communicate with each other ; it is changing how business gets done; and it is changing how repressed nations become free. In the final analysis social media is a force that can not, and should not be stopped. However, with so much freedom and access comes a great degree of responsibility. "Personal" Business Blending social tools in our ever connecting world is common practice.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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The Employee Engagement Revolution

David Zinger

Work is now revolving around employee engagement and recognition. The engagement revolution. I believe we are witnessing and participating in the advent of a revolution in work and how we organize for work. This is not so much a revolution that is started by a few people but rather new movements within work. We don’t so much start this revolution as acknowledge it, support it, participate in it, and move to a stronger way of connecting to each other, work, and our organizations.

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Being Honest With Yourself and Starting from Where You Are

The Bamboo Project Blog

A post from Chris Brogan has me thinking this morning: . Jacqueline brought me iced coffee a few weeks ago, and I commented that it tasted especially delicious. She said, “I used two sugars instead of one or none, the way you usually say you like it.” As is often the case with me, I ended up thinking about a bit more than how many sugars I take in my coffee.

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Bersin with Deloitte

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn't make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was "Building Business Agility" – and throughout the conference more than 450 HR and L&D executives attended sessions on how to build global programs, drive employee engagement, create continuous learning programs, […].

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What the Splunk IPO Says about BigData in HR

Josh Bersin

BigData is Big News. Splunk, a company that uses BigData technology to analyze huge amounts of customer and transaction data, just went public with a valuation at 28X revenue ($3.2 billion). This. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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How to enhance employee engagement with team bonding

Achievers

The key to business success is employee engagement : engaged employees produce results because when they are in a thriving environment, they are motivated to achieve. Employee engagement is a strategic and collaborative initiative, but will be less effective without a cohesive bond between team members. Team bonding is essential to cultivate culture throughout a workforce.

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First World Problems

NoExcusesHR

'"No free Wi-Fi here?" "I was stuck in traffic, but at least I had satellite radio." "What do you mean my smart phone froze up?" "The grocery store was really busy.what a hassle." "We''re meeting in the new state-of-the-art building on campus." "I wish we could find some good people for these jobs." Wait A Minute I think I may be losing touch. No, I''m not wandering around the office hearing voices.

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Employee Engagement: The Answer Could be the Problem

David Zinger

I was just following recent tweets about employee engagement. This was just too good, I had to take a screen shot. Read the tweets and see if you can spot the engagement challenge. Bella may be disengaged but she is also poetic and perhaps the class was the problem not the solution.

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Myth of Work-Life Balance

TheHRBlog

Work- Life Balance is one of the most debated topic in today’s world. Some believe that this is not being looked at holistically and may not be doable. Jack Welch, former GE CEO says that -“There’s no such thing as Work- Life Balance. There are work- life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” […].

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Invigorating Talent Pools: LinkedIn Talent Pipeline Ups The Ante For Candidate Management

Bersin with Deloitte

A decade ago, recruiters talked about creating talent pools: databases of people who had applied for positions within a company that were then archived and – in theory – there to be mined at a later date when positions for which the job seekers were qualified became available. It didn’t work. Why? Recruiters never looked […].

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Josh Bersin

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was “Building Business Agility” – and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Out with the old performance review, in with recognition

Achievers

Dear A Advisor, I’m a new manager and I’m expected to do performance reviews with my team. Performance reviews seem so outdated — I don’t think something that resembles a report card helps with employee engagement. I would love to give my team feedback on their accomplishments and all the ways that we can improve our team. Is there a way that I can do this that’s more meaningful and engaging for my team?

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I'm Dropping My Gloves

NoExcusesHR

'I don''t speak for HR, and neither should you. Since when am I responsible for ALL of HR? - the b ashing - defending the profession - whining that we''re not at the table; or we don''t deserve to be there - it''s all noise, noise, noise Last I checked I’m responsible for my HR team, not the slacker down the highway who still lives in the stone age and is so risk averse they don''t get any respect (nor do they deserve it.

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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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Stop Asking the Wrong Questions

The Bamboo Project Blog

To me, the most energizing questions are those that involve people's values, hopes and ideals--questions that relate to something that's larger than them where they can connect and contribute. People don't have a lot of energy around questions that are about removing pain.". --Verna Allee. A lot of the work I do with people ends up being around removing pain.

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How To Delegate Effectively?

TheHRBlog

The biggest limiting factor which hinders growth of successful young managers to middle management is their inability to delegate effectively. There are only so many working hours in a day and you can do only so much all alone. It’s time that you used the power of cloud computing by leveraging the resources available in your […].

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How to Develop Your Charisma

45 Things

People known for their charisma must have been born with it — because if charisma could be learned everyone would have it, right? Olivia Fox Cabane says charisma can be learned, but many people don't understand how to go about it. They make attempts that fall flat or use strategies that make them seem fake, annoying and arrogant. "You can be born with a predisposition for charisma," she says.

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Employee Engagement and Anthropology: A Dialogue with Jasmine Gartner

David Zinger

An Engaging Dialogue on Anthropology and Employee Engagement. It was my pleasure to share a dialogue with Jasmine Gartner on employee engagement. Here are a few of the snippets that stand out in my mind: dozens of drivers, which can be really confusing because if every employer has to start thinking about dozens of drivers they’ll never get their work done, let alone engage people.

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to

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Top 3 reasons why you need a “Culture Chief”

Achievers

Do you know someone who is social and liked and respected by everyone? Does this person have contagious energy? Is this person motivating and inspiring? If so, this person would make a great candidate for a “culture chief” at your office. I recently read a great article in Inc. magazine about a company who hired a “Culture Chief.” This person’s primary focus is to be a cultural ambassador for the company and build and maintain an employee-centric culture.

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Replica

NoExcusesHR

'I love the idea of role models. People to look up to, admire, emulate. Many of us have them whether we realize it or not: family members , athletes , world leaders , those that stood up for humanity in the face of tyranny.my list could go on and on. It occurred to me that now that I''ve hit a certain point in my life both personally and professionally, I may be in the line of sight for someone as their role model.

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Career Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Talent.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.