May, 2015

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5 Microlessons from HR Innovators at Cornerstone Convergence 2015

Cornerstone On Demand

After three days' worth of talent management trends and takeaways at Convergence 2015, our brains are brimming with fresh ideas about the new world of work. Now the question is: With so much to consider, where do you start? Major forces of transformation like mobile technology, collaborative learning and Big Data are changing the workplace, and transforming HR as we know it. Here, five lightbulb moments from the conference we should all take to heart.

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A Day in the Life of a Recruiter

UpstartHR

This is the second in a series of posts on a day in the life of an HR pro. Today we’re turning our sights to the recruiters out there. Below I have profiled several readers who recruit for a variety of industries and companies. If you missed it, the first edition focused on the work of a human resources manager. Read on below to learn about what recruiters do all day, including some funny comments, in-depth descriptions, and other helpful details.

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4 Ways to Teach Your Candidates Better Interviewing Skills

Spark Hire

As a recruiter, it is important that we provide not only value to our clients, but to our candidates as well. One way that we can provide value to our candidates is by guiding them through the interview process and providing them with tips that will help them to interview successfully. There are 4 key ways you can help your candidates to develop better interviewing skills: 1. Provide insight on the hiring manager ’s background and interview style.

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Survey: Hiring Managers Doing More Candidate Trolling on Social Media

TLNT: The Business of HR

By Eric B. Meyer. I read different surveys about social media and hiring and the numbers vary greatly. For every survey that indicates that employers are not using social media to vet candidates, you get the one I read last night from CareerBuilder.com , which reports that “52 percent of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates, up significantly from 43 percent last year and 39 percent in 2013.”.

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HR Playbook: How Paycor Helps You Manage Compliance Risk

There are few certainties in life. Death. Taxes. Changing compliance laws. Keeping up is a full-time job many companies can’t staff. That’s why finding the right HR provider is critical. Learn how Paycor helps you stay ahead. Download the guide today!

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Top 5 Ways to Multitask with a Cloud-Based Time and Attendance System

nettime solutions

If you use an advanced, cloud-based time and attendance software platform –– with integration to your HR software and payroll software –– here are the top 5 ways to multitask and make the most out of your day: Generate schedules quickly and efficiently. A visual scheduler makes it easy to create schedules and allow for breaks and meals in compliance with labor management. Ensure sufficient staffing of workforce.

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William Tincup: 7 Steps to Define Your Personal Brand

Cornerstone On Demand

HR leaders spend a lot of time thinking about how to support and enrich other people's careers. But it's also important to turn the lens on ourselves, making sure we're fully present and fulfilled at work. To wit, we asked William Tincup, principal analyst at Key Interval Research , for his advice on polishing up your personal brand: Would you hire yourself? Don't answer just yet. Just for a moment, think of yourself as a product. What are your features, benefits and attributes?

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The 7 Best LinkedIn Groups for Recruiters

Capterra

Most recruiters and hiring professionals treat LinkedIn like it’s an old rotary phone: a sturdy tool to connect with the people you need, but not much else. If, instead, you treated the professional social network like a smartphone: as both a tool (to make calls) and a resource (to find information online), it can be so much more valuable.

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4 Ways to Develop Strong Relationships with Your Candidates and Clients

Spark Hire

In the recruiting business, it is important not only to provide top talent to our clients, but also to build strong relationships with clients and candidates. When we have built those solid relationships, we have the greater chance of understanding what both our clients and candidates need throughout the interviewing and hiring process. Having this information allows us to provide enormous value to all parties by ensuring the right placement is made.

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5 Ways You Can Proactively Work to Improve Your Employee Retention

TLNT: The Business of HR

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 2.8 million people quit their jobs in March 2015 , putting it back to pre-recession levels. This is expected to accelerate as employees grow more confident in the economy amid a rising number of job openings. That’s why employee retention should really worry companies, from a talent drain perspective and from a competitive standpoint. more…).

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Reworked CONNECT - Empowering the Modern Workforce | May 10-12, 2023, Austin, TX

Speaker: Kristine Dery, Professor of Work, Technology and Innovation, and Academic Research Affiliate at MIT-CISR; Dion Hinchliffe, Chief Technology Officer at Constellation Research

Reworked CONNECT is a must-attend conference for HR professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving world of work. See the latest trends, technologies, and strategies powering today's most successful workplaces. Secure your conference pass today!

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Top 5 Ways to Multitask with a Cloud-Based Time and Attendance System

nettime solutions

If you use an advanced, cloud-based time and attendance software platform –– with integration to your HR software and payroll software –– here are the top 5 ways to multitask and make the most out of your day: Generate schedules quickly and efficiently. A visual scheduler makes it easy to create schedules and allow for breaks and meals in compliance with labor management. Ensure sufficient staffing of workforce.

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The Common Denominator between Graduation & Implementation: The Unknown

HRchitect

Written by: Elizabeth Capece. This time of year is full of excitement. School is ending and summer is right around the corner. For some, an even more exciting milestone is occurring; graduation. Although graduation is a very exciting time, it can also come with A LOT of unknowns. This can also be said after the purchase of a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system. The inevitable step after graduation is to get a job and work. The inevitable step after purchasing a software is implementation.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Star Employees From Walking Away

Cornerstone On Demand

When you have a great team, the last thing you want to do is see them go on their way. We talk a lot about recruiting great talent, but when it comes down to it, your recruiting efforts are worthless if your company is a revolving door. You need to retain your top talent in order to make your business grow. Below are five key ways to create an engaging workplace that allows your star employees to thrive. Encourage internal movement.

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HR Software. Will Technology Swallow Up HR?

HR Cloud

Is software about to eat HR? The question, raised in a LinkedIn forum , was in reference to to Marc Andreesen’s iconic comment, “Software is eating the world.”Andreessen Andreessen said that not only are more and more businesses being run on software but entire industries are being disrupted by software. So what about human resources? Is software, and all the “disruption” it brings, about to swallow up HR? Is software about to swallow up HR? HRCloud Click To Tweet. Software Won’t Devour HR.

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Secrets to the Switch: Choosing the Best HR Software in 2023

Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Join Patrick Sayers, president of Newcastle Research, to learn the biggest mistakes to avoid when switching your HR software and gain insights into the most important things companies consider on the path to a successful HR technology strategy.

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2 Reasons Why Your Recruiters Need to be Active on LinkedIn

Spark Hire

Regardless of what industry or type of recruiting your staffing agency is involved in, every single one of your recruiters needs to be on LinkedIn. For two key reasons, being on LinkedIn can help your recruiters and your business to be more successful. . Top talent is not on the boards. If your main source for finding talent is a job board, then you are way behind the times and you will likely only come across marginal talent in your searches.

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What Do You Do When Job Candidates Ask About the Background Check?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Most job candidates will have many questions for an employer throughout the hiring process — including questions about the employment background check. Do you have the answers? Ultimately, knowing these answers benefits you, your company, and the candidates. Being transparent throughout the hiring process as a whole, and especially during the background screening process greatly affects your candidate experience. more…).

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3-Steps for Hiring Managers with Emotional Intelligence

ClearCompany HRM

As more studies reveal the benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace, companies are beginning to take notice, and the myth of IQ leading the way is coming undone. For example, 58% of job performance is based on a person’s EQ, and 70% of the time, those with mid-level IQ outperform those with the highest IQs. Hiring Workplace Cultural Fit

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That Dirty Four Letter Word – DATA!

HRchitect

Written by: Erik Frokjer. So you’ve purchased that new HRIS system. Then the questions is, “What can you do to help your internal and vendor implementation teams be efficient and successful”? Let’s take a look at data and the impacts a four letter word can have on your system(s).

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Creating Benefits Flexibility Your Employees Will Value

Speaker: Alex Anderson - Total Rewards Strategist at Lockton Companies | Leo Tokar - President, People Solutions and Partner at Lockton Companies

Join two total rewards experts, Alex Anderson and Leo Tokar, for an in depth discussion on how your organization can implement transparent and flexible benefits and compensation plans.

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Why Freddie Mac is Recruiting Employees with Autism

Cornerstone On Demand

Today, it's widely cited that one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. But less discussed in the media is what happens when these children grow up. A report published in April found that young adults with autism had significantly lower employment rates than people with other disabilities.

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Using Collective Sensemaking to Put Caring Back in Health Care

Conversation Matters

I’ve had the opportunity to work with healthcare clients for over ten years and I want to tell you about a healthcare initiative I’ve been a part of, that is the best example of collective sensemaking I’ve seen. More importantly, I truly believe it is capable of transforming healthcare as we know it – making it both more humane and more effective. It‘s called “Collaborative Care” and it is about involving the whole medical team, including the patient and the families in care decisions.

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The Increasing Popularity of Video Interviews for Staffing Pros

Spark Hire

As the battle for acquiring top talent continues to heat up, staffing pros are taking advantage of the readily available resources to ensure they are providing their clients with rockstar candidates who have the potential of being great employees. Among the most popular tools are video interviews. Below are several reasons why this tech has taken the staffing industry by storm and become a powerful must-use tool for staffing pros: Time-Saving Solution.

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Follow the Leader: How Successful Companies Attract Talent

TLNT: The Business of HR

Wouldn’t it be great to know what successful recruiters – companies that are finding it easier to find the talent they’re looking for – are doing that may be different from companies that are struggling? Earlier this year, we surveyed more than 450 HR professionals from around the globe as part of our 2015 McQuaig Global Recruitment Survey , with that exact question in mind (among others).

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Onboarding Retrospective - A Different Path to Better Onboarding Experiences

Speaker: Carrie Missele - Practice Lead, Learning and Development at Inspirant Group

In this webinar, Carrie Missele will walk you through the process of developing an effective onboarding program that leads to a happy a happy new hire!

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What to Do if You Can’t Manage Talent… But Have to

ClearCompany HRM

Not everyone can be a manager. It’s why only 1 in 10 people possess high talent to manage , and why companies don’t choose the right person for management jobs 82% of the time. Very few have the ability to lead teams, engage them, and handle the stressful workloads of working between employees and corporate. But if you’re not the lucky 1 in 10 who can manage talent effectively, what do you do? Talent Management Talent Management System Leadership & Development

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The Demand for Skills Is Rising … But So Are Demands for Raises

HR Daily Advisor

In yesterday’s Advisor , we discussed the issue of pay transparency; today, how raises are now becoming very much in demand (whether or not your employees are comparing notes on salary)—and what it means for employers. If your managers are not already fielding requests from employees for raises and promotions, they soon may be, according to a recent Accountemps survey.

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8 College Majors That Didn't Exist 5 Years Ago

Cornerstone On Demand

English, Biology, History. These college majors of yore are taking a backseat to a new wave of highly specific—and timely—areas of study. As the work landscape changes, the educational landscape has to adapt as well. Just in time for graduation (which will likely bring a flood of resumes to recruiters' inboxes), here are a few majors that probably didn't exist when you were in college—and why they're relevant to the growing workforce: 1. Robotics Engineering.

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7 Things You Might Not Know About HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Today marks the 7 th anniversary of HR Bartender. Just in case you’re curious, here’s a link to my first post. Many thanks to you for being a part of the discussion. Your comments and shares are a very valuable part of the conversation. As I was looking at the analytics for the blog, it occurred to me that many of the things we talk about as human resources professionals can be seen in the numbers.

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What You Really Need to Know to Build an Effective Global Hiring Strategy

Speaker: Carrie Corbin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Hope Leigh Marketing Group

Join Carrie Corbin, Global Workplace Executive, Strategist, and Consultant, for this discussion on some of the most common questions around building a global hiring and attraction strategy.