October, 2016

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The Value of HR Analytics: Why Every Company Should Be A Quantified Organization

Visier

Since joining Visier, I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of workforce analytics. I came to this organization because in my prior life as a researcher, my core focus was HR technology adoption and the value organizations derive from it. In fact, a consistent finding from the annual Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey (which I managed for 16 years) was that “ organizations with workforce analytics outperform.”.

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Six Seconds That Cost You Dearly….

HR Hardball

It’s one of the great statistics in recruiting…”Recruiters spend an average of six seconds reviewing a resume.” ” According to The Ladders, 4.8 of those seconds are reviewing four areas; name, current position, current employer, and dates of employment.

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How Can HR Demonstrate Value as a Business Partner

EmployeeConnect

There’s a common thought and saying that some things can’t be done alone. We all need help and most of the time we’re too shy to ask for it. Either that or we’re too arrogant and reluctant to ask. The thing is, when we do ask for help and we receive the right type of help, we usually thrive better than we expected if we were to complete the task alone. Because you’re exposed to ideas and knowledge you never would have come up with on your own.

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5 Expert Recruiter Tips That You Might Have Forgotten

Spark Hire

There’s always something new to learn in recruiting. From new technologies to the best way to assess a candidate’s qualifications, you can always gain more knowledge to help you succeed. But it’s important to remember your increasing expertise should never come at the expense of recruiting basics. With more experience, it’s natural to find ways to do things faster and with more efficiency. However, when the fundamentals begin to fall through the cracks, your recruiting efforts suffer.

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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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6 Reasons to Hire Older, Out-of-Work Workers

TalentCulture

Age discrimination? Those of us in the staffing industry see our fair share. And although this bias is covert and unspoken, it is undeniable and certainly disconcerting. HR professionals, hiring managers, and the organizations they work for need to be more creative and thoughtful in utilizing talent of all ages to synergize the workplace.

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How Visier Works: Predicting Time-to-Fill For a Job

Visier

One question every recruiter faces is: “How long will it take to fill this position?” Seasoned recruiters have had long practice in figuring out how to deflect this question by speaking of the tough hiring market, sharing insight on the current candidate pool, or turning the question back to validate just how important timeliness really is for a specific hire.

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EEOC issues 2017 enforcement plan: 6 areas it’s targeting next

HR Morning

The EEOC just issued its second-ever Strategic Enforcement Plan. This is a big deal. Here’s why. . The plan will dictate where the agency will focus its compliance enforcement efforts from 2017 through 2021. In other words, if the agency investigates or sues an employer, chances are it’ll be in one of the primary enforcement areas outlined in its new Strategic Enforcement Plan.

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Cornerstone Named One of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women

Cornerstone On Demand

We need more women in the HR technology industry. There are countless studies linking gender balance with increased performance, innovation and creativity — but currently, only 26 percent of computing jobs and five percent of leadership positions in the technology industry are held by women

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Who Cares About Compensation?

Compensation Cafe

Spoiler alert! This article doesn't have a happy ending. -. What if you worked in an organization where the Head of Human Resources didn't view the Compensation function as vitally important to the organization? I once worked in such a place. Though I wasn't in a leadership role at that point the lesson learned was telling.

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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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The EEOC has released its enforcement playbook for the next four years. Want a peek?

The Employer Handbook

You’re almost there. The only thing that can stop you now is this Calvin Harris tune that’ll get stuck in your head all day. You made it! Yesterday, the EEOC announced ( here ) updates to its existing Strategic Enforcement Plan.

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Seasonal Employment Is a Staple for Some Workers

Workology

Summer has officially ended in Canada. We’re warming up to our Pumpkin Spice lattes. We’re resurrecting last year’s plaid wardrobe. However, for some Canadians, it’s the end of our seasonal careers — or for some, the beginning of another. Seasonal employment is a staple for many workers in beautiful landscapes.

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SaaS Economics, Competitive Moats, And Interrogatory Configuration

In Full Bloom HR

[You may also enjoy my “Firing Line with Bill Kutik” episode on this.]. There’s been a lot of discussion across the enterprise IT and financial analyst community about the long term economic viability of the SaaS business model. And the enterprise IT community continues to debate the merits of the various flavors of SaaS architectural and infrastructural models.

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Holiday Hiring: How to Ramp Up Without Regrets

Outmatch

Black Friday is right around the corner—and last year, it drew crowds of over 100 million in-store shoppers, according to CNBC. Are you staffed up and ready to meet the demand? To make sure you’re on track to hiring for your best season yet, see these tips for surviving the busy shopping season. The post Holiday Hiring: How to Ramp Up Without Regrets appeared first on OutMatch. Article best practices personality fit retail seasonal hiring talent pipeline talent selection

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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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Little Management Mistakes that Make Good Employees Quit

Cornerstone On Demand

Everybody knows that the most common reason for quitting is that an employee doesn't like the boss. Lots of people take this to mean that bosses whose employees quit are horrible people who yell and scream and micro-manage everything from font size to the type of fingernail polish allowed in the office. Those bosses absolutely exist, but there are other types of bosses that are generally good bosses—even generally great bosses—that still do little things that drive good employees insane

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Selecting the Right Staff for Your Corporate Event

TalentCulture

When you’ve invested days, weeks, and even months planning a meeting, there’s nothing more disappointing than being let down by the staff on the day. It’s easily forgotten – but ensuring you have the right hosts to greet your guests, and great people to support them over the course of the day, can make a huge difference in the way your visitors experience your meticulously planned event.

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New report highlights rampant hiring bias against qualified transgender applicants

The Employer Handbook

Hold up. I need to catch my breath after last night’s episode of The Walking Dead. Don’t worry. No spoilers ahead). Last week, I blogged here about the EEOC’s new Strategic Enforcement Plan.

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[Printable] 100 Starter Phrases to Align Employee Performance & Goals

ClearCompany HRM

There are so many ways to start giving employees better feedback, but one of the best is to use starter phrases to align the employee’s role and goals immediately to set the tone of the conversation. Performance Managment

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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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Discovery Phase – the start of a successful Workforce Management (WFM) implementation

HRchitect

Written by: Erica Niesse. A successful workforce management system implementation is built on the premise that you know your organization’s requirements from a business process, procedure and policy perspective. In the beginning of a typical implementation, a Business Analyst or Implementation Consultant will work with you to gather your company’s requirements and ask questions to gain a better understanding of your organization.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Each week, with the help of HRmarketer Insight software , our researchers compile a sampling of mergers & acquisition, funding and partnership announcements from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Sign-up for our weekly What’s Hot in HR newsletter to get these weekly updates via email. M&A. Kronos Acquires Datamatics Management Services. Venbrook Raises $42M in Financing, Buys New Jersey’s Brooks Insurance Group. FUNDING.

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ICYMI: The Growing Tech Ecosystem at #LATechSummit

Cornerstone On Demand

LA continues to play host to one of the most diverse technology ecosystems in the nation, with technology embedded into every industry from entertainment to healthcare. Yesterday, the driving forces behind this flourishing ecosystem came together in Santa Monica for the fourth annual LA Tech Summit, hosted by Cornerstone, to inspire, learn and network with more than 900 other innovators and enterprisers from LA's world-changing tech community

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Why Change is an Opportunity for the Professional Services Industry

Workday

Professional services firms face intense pressure to increase profit and productivity, with new client revenue declining to the lowest level in the past nine years, according to the 2016 Professional Services Maturity Benchmark study from SPI Research. It wasn’t always this way. During the industry’s heyday in the ‘90s, it wasn’t uncommon to see big-money service contracts being staffed by workers who didn’t have the skills and qualifications best suited for the project.

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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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Three Tips for Handling the Pushback of Retraining Employees

PerformanceICreate

Image courtesy of Flickr. In a previous life, I worked in for a home care agency. When I arrived, I was the low woman on the totem pole designated as the Personnel Coordinator/Recruiter. I remember being excited to leave the previous hellhole I was in and moving on to a much more sane environment – or so I thought. During my first few weeks, there were quite a few whispers of the headquarters wanting to shut down the location I worked at.

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Entelo’s Must Follow Talent Acquisition Influencers

Entelo

Staying on top of hiring trends isn’t easy. As much as the fundamentals of the industry remain the same, the tools, best practices, industry standards and technological innovations evolve at a mind-boggling rate. If you’re a recruiter with your head down working on tough to fill roles, tracking the industry as a whole can seem impossible or a waste of time. But it’s not; it’s essential. Recruiters are competing against one another for the best talent.

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Top Hiring Process Trends to Fill a Position

Take It Personel-ly

As the market is booming, more and more companies are focusing on building good processes for employee acquisition. Hiring processes should be able to entice potential employees for a job position to be taken by the right candidate. Choosing the right person to take care of a certain position is all being taken care of … Continue reading Top Hiring Process Trends to Fill a Position.

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Linium Eliminates Employee Replacement Costs

Outmatch

Linium, a global staffing and recruiting firm, wanted to gain competitive edge by improving quality of hire for their clients. Since they began using automated reference checking in 2014, their employee replacement rate has dropped from 3% to 0%—meaning they haven’t had to replace any new hires at their client companies. See how Linium eliminated replacement costs , saved recruiting time, and earned even greater trust among clients. Download the Case Study PDF.

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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.