August, 2015

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3 Ways to Make Exit Interviews More Effective

Cornerstone On Demand

Exit interviews are a double-edged sword: Your company desperately wants information from departing employees about how to improve, but employees have little motivation to provide complete, honest reasons for their departure. You can promise up one side and down the other that you'll keep individual answers confidential, but the person is unlikely to believe that his former manager won't find out if he says, “I'm leaving because my manager is a jerk.

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Job Interviews Shape the Candidate Experience

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by HireRight. They deliver global background checks, drug testing and employment verification services to help companies hire the right candidate. Their annual Employment Screening Benchmarking Report provides valuable information about screening programs, practices and trends. Enjoy the post!). According to the latest information from the U.S.

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Workplace 2025: Five Forces, Six New Roles and a Challenge to HR

Visier

In September 2013, top HR leaders undertook a voluntary and collective effort to envision the HR profession in 2025. They conducted interviews, focus groups, reviews of published findings and drew upon their significant personal experience through CHREATE (The global Consortium to Reimagine HR, Employment Alternatives, Talent, and the Enterprise). Their findings included five forces shaping the future of work and organizations, and six necessary roles.

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How (and why) to Stop Micromanagement

ClearCompany HRM

No one likes an overbearing manager. They’re too imposing at work, too obsessed with perfection and making sure nothing goes wrong, and you can tell they’re only in the job for themselves. Somehow, it’s possible for them to be watching your every move and tweaking your work while never being around when you need them. Overbearing managers are the worst kind , but even worse than that is that managers themselves often don’t know how imposing they’re being.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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External Success through Internal Wellness

Trinet

“How are you?” It is a question that is commonly answered with “fine,” sometimes even “great.” Although the question, on the surface, is not very probing or invasive, it is sometimes more accurately. Visit site for full story.

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People Analytics 101 with Josh Bersin

Cornerstone On Demand

Analytics is the new buzzword in talent management, but that doesn't mean it's the new reality. For all of the business insights HR data promises to provide—predicting performance, boosting engagement, improving succession—there are as many questions about how to implement a data program in the first place. While three in four companies believe using people analytics is important, only 8 percent think their organization is “strong" in the area—with no improve

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SHRM Certification: Why Should #HR Pros Pay Attention

HR Bartender

Competency is defined as an ability or skill. Every profession has competencies. And we want competencies; they are the things that make us successful. You could say that jobs are made up of tasks (the actual things we do) and competencies (the skills we need to do them). A couple of years ago, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) created a competency model for human resources pros.

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Do Workations Increase Employee Absenteeism?

Visier

It’s peak vacation season. The next time you find yourself sitting in the airport or maybe lounging by the hotel pool, take a look around at the people who are glued to their smartphones and iPads. While kids may be connecting with friends, checking Facebook or reading the latest Buzzfeed post, the furrowed brows and frantic typing of adults may point to an ongoing connection to the office.

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Is Your Succession Planning Program About to Go Up In Flames?

ClearCompany HRM

Owning or being an important part of business is about the little things. At first, the big decisions will take up most of your time: what is our business going to be? How will we lead our employees going forward? However, what separates good leaders from bad is how they deal with the decisions employees may not know they make, like their succession planning program.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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4 Reasons Why Cloud-Based Recruitment Software is the Best Way to Hire

Trinet

Guest post by Saxons Group. The next generation in recruitment software promises to make life easier for human resources staff and professional recruiters, while also presenting a distinct advantage. Visit site for full story.

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The New Recruiting Metric: First Year Retention

UpstartHR

As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for discussing how it is actually performing. Recruiting, in some ways, is actually easier to measure because it is very similar to sales: you either have results or you don’t. Today I want to talk about first year retention, a measure that I believe is going to continue to grow as a recruiting metric, even though many companies wouldn’t c

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Why LinkedIn Tapped Its Interns to Disrupt HR

Cornerstone On Demand

When people think of HR, "sexy" probably isn't the first adjective that comes to mind (except for me, of course). While the industry involves some fascinating, trending topics—like the gig economy , office perks and making work meaningful —most people tie HR to compliance over creativity. But one company may have found a solution to reinvigorating the reputation of HR.

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Every #HR Pro Should Own a Marketing Textbook

HR Bartender

There. I said it. The parallels between marketing and human resources are endless. As HR pros, we could really gain some creative inspiration from the principles of marketing. In fact, we’ve talked about learning from marketing before. You can click here , here and here to check those posts out. For instance, we can apply one of the most fundamental marketing models to our role in human resources.

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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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Five Essential Fixes for Amateur Talent Management Tactics

Visier

Take this quiz to find out if impulsive managers are holding you back. That fly-by-the seat-of-your-pants approach to talent issues. It can leave you chanting “ Inner Peace, Inner Peace ” as you deal with the fallout. Whether it’s a hiring or promotion decision misstep, things can get sticky when managers either overstep their bounds or remain too complacent.

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How to Prep Your Candidates For Their First Video Interview

ClearCompany HRM

More than ever, candidates want to use the technology they’re surrounded by to better their lives, and the hiring process is no exception. Around 51% of best-in-class companies use video -enabled applications. This suggests interviewing with video will be an inevitable advancement in recruitment technology. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your candidates are familiar with this facet of corporate technology just yet.

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7 Characteristics of an Awesome Office

Trinet

Guest post by the Association of Workplace Engagement Times are changing fast. What people yearned for, expected and cared about 10 years ago is so different than today. Employee engagement, culture, Visit site for full story.

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Demystifying Talent Development and Employee Retention

EDSI

Written by Jennifer Giannosa - Senior Consultant with EDSI Consulting jgiannosa@edsisolutions.com& & What do top HR execs, consultants and specialists say are the biggest challenges in retaining and motivating their talent heading into 2015?& “Keeping critical employees engaged and challenged while competing with progressive employers and dealing with steadily shrinking HR budgets.

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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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Why You Need a New Strategy for Retaining Female Talent

Cornerstone On Demand

There are big changes coming to American companies. While many business leaders look to the economy for trends and forecasts — closely following any promising signs as we recover from the 2008 crisis — there's another change brewing right under their noses. And it doesn't take knowledge of the stock market to understand. The change is a massive shift in workplace demographics.

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Quick Shots for #HR and #Business Pros – Conference Travel Edition

HR Bartender

Mr. Bartender and I just returned from our annual strategy session. Every year we take a little time off during the summer to plan for the next twelve months. We talk about our company, ITM Group , the blog and goals. While many organizations use Q3 and Q4 for budgets, strategies and plans, we’ve found that the summer is best from a scheduling perspective.

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Firing Employees Who Are Unproductive

UpstartHR

Awhile back I received an email from a reader about how to let an employee go who is not performing adequately. It surprised me because I don’t know that I’ve ever actually written on the topic specifically before. I want to talk about some of the dos and don’ts, but first, a story. The Time Thief A few years ago a manager called me to see if I could look into an employee’s time card.

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5 Tips to Make Text Messaging an Effective Recruitment Channel

ClearCompany HRM

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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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Six Strategies for Recruiting Top-Notch Employees

Trinet

Guest post by ApplicantStack Your employees are the single most important investment you’ll make in your business. Smart, engaged employees can help your company grow by proactively tackling. Visit site for full story.

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A Few Thoughts on Parental Leave Policies

Something Different

<www.vivicorecruitment.co.uk> …So a few days ago I read a Netflix announcement wherein the Company announced it was providing up to 12 months of paid maternity and paternity leave to employees working in its streaming business. The decision by Netflix here has launched a great deal of discussion about 1. There are dozens of articles about this topic out there, but I have linked to some of the best ones throughout this post. paid parental leave. 1 Today I’m setting aside the

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How Crowdsourcing Can Solve Your Toughest Talent Gaps

Cornerstone On Demand

Talent management has traditionally focused on three main categories—short-term, mid-term and long-term needs—with the goal of ensuring a ready and solid supply of talent to meet any organizational need. Thanks to new technologies like applicant tracking systems and predictive analytics , today's companies are able to build and evaluate this supply more efficiently and effectively than ever before.

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Give Your Interns an Experience They’ll Never Forget

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. This year, Kronos had its largest ever internship program with more than 80 interns in various departments. Since 2010, more than 30 former interns have been hired by the company. Enjoy the post!). Interns are a great source for new hires.

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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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Can Employees Volunteer to Work for Free?

UpstartHR

Recently someone asked me about allowing employees to volunteer for free instead of being paid. I wanted to answer that more fully here because it might be something you have run into or might be considering in your own business. For starters, here’s the DOL ruling on that. Let’s break it down and look at two broad categories: for-profit and non-profit organizations.

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Why Employers Are Wrong About What Employees Want

ClearCompany HRM

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Midsize Business Owners – EEO-1 Compliance is a MUST! Here’s Why

Trinet

This article is the second in a three-part series on the EEO-1 Report and EEOC Compliance The EEO-1 Report is serious business for companies who are required to file by the Equal Employment. Visit site for full story.