May, 2018

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Why Company Leaders Should Focus On Boosting Workplace Happiness

15Five

Humankind has long struggled to find the secret to living a happy life, but what about workplace happiness? Have you ever wondered how your employees feel at work ? Perhaps you’ve tried to create a fun and satisfying environment, with activities like foosball and ping pong or by offering free lunches and snacks. But if you haven’t found success, it may be because those perks focus more on downtime, rather than creating a productive work environment.

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Study: 90% of employees who take regular lunch breaks are more productive

HR Morning

Hard-working employees who skip lunch breaks can benefit employers in the meantime, but could come back to haunt them in the long run. . While it’s common for many employees to work through lunch, a recent study by Tork highlights the importance of employees taking lunch breaks away from their desks. When workers quickly shovel food down, all while not taking their eyes off their work, it’s only a matter of time until the burnout sets in.

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Why Ranking Employees Against Each Other Doesn’t Work

Reflektive

Feedback and evaluation are key to organizational success. We must know how we’re performing at our jobs in order to continuously improve and keep our organization moving forward. At one point, we all used benchmarks: From childhood through higher education, we had clear grades presented to us multiple times a year to let us know exactly where we stood in comparison to a mandated rubric.

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my coworker has started faking a British accent

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: So this question is … more just truly bizarre than anything. But recently, a coworker of mine has decided she is now British and has been regularly slipping into a thick British accent — very Madonna-esque. On one hand, I guess live your life. On the other hand, OH MY GOD, WHAT? It’s truly impossible not to notice and has been gradually noticed by hordes of people within the office at this point, yet nobody really knows how to even begin processing this new informati

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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The Hidden Art of Becoming a Samurai Listener

HR Daily Advisor

We tend to treat the ability to listen well as a soft skill, or something with which you are born or otherwise mysteriously acquire. But it can be the crux trait for advancing your career. If you put the art of communication in business settings into the context of reading an opponent in the martial arts, you’ll recognize how listening effectively gives you an ability to sense opportunity and distinguish it from danger.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. What Amazon’s Board Was Getting Wrong About Diversity and Hiring — by Stefanie K.

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Should You Offer Summer Fridays to Your Employees?

Justworks

Summer Fridays are a relatively small gesture that can make a tremendous impact on employee happiness. What exactly is a Summer Friday? Well, it depends. Offering summer hours is a business policy where companies give paid time off, typically on Fridays that occur between Memorial Day and Labor Day, in addition to employees' regularly allotted paid time off.

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The True Value of HR Technology

Reflektive

When considering any new technology, you need to be certain that the benefits outweigh the costs. Especially when you need to show the C-suite that a new system will add serious value to the business. Human resources technology can include payroll, performance management , talent acquisition, people analytics, and more. Let’s dig in and see why the benefits of HR technology are worth the investment.

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Designing an Impactful Employee Learning Experience

Everwise

Organizations of all sizes are seeing a greater need for learning and development (L&D). According to the 2017 Training Industry Report , spending on training climbed nearly 33% to $90.6 billion in the U.S. last year. And with good reason, L&D programs help support critical business objectives, from top-line growth to ongoing employee development.

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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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Why Internal Communications is the Center of Any Successful Organization

Hppy

Employees are the center of every organization’s success, but zoom in a little closer and you will see the unsung heroes, the employee communicators that keep the circle intact. Real Talk: Internal communications is the most valuable position in a company. Why? Well, let’s look at how information and experiences travel through an organization. For a company to grow its circle of influence, it must start at the core, and at that core are your employees.

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Candidate Experience: It Includes Job Interviews

HR Bartender

You guys know that we’re experiencing a candidate-driven job market. This means that the conversations we’ve been having about employment branding, realistic job previews, and the candidate experience are significant to our future recruitment efforts. As much as we might be tempted to label the term “candidate experience” a buzzword, we have to resist the urge.

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Is Your Health at Risk From Your Work Culture?

Trish McFarlane

In a time when well-being discussions are on the lips of a growing number of business leaders, there are also more mentions of the negative impact of the faster pace of the workplace on employees. I addressed part of this when I wrote about avoiding burnout at work , and today I’m thinking about a different impact that comes from the unrealistic expectations of many organizations’ executives.

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Listen: How to Redirect Emotional Waste in the Workplace

WorkHuman

By Sarah Payne —. Is workplace drama an inevitable part of doing business? Cy Wakeman, WorkHuman 2018 speaker and president and founder of Reality-Based Leadership , argues there’s a better way. Cy started her career as a marriage and family therapist. She took what she learned about human behavior and psychology and now helps organizations improve the way they manage and motivate their people.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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How to Bridge the Growth Divide for More Business and Employee Success

Reflektive

The Reflektive and Wakefield Research webinar on May 8th about the Growth Divide study and insights was a hit with 96% of attendees scoring it a 4 or 5. We appreciate this feedback and suggest you tune into the webinar, now on demand. The webinar covers a new study and trend we’re calling the Growth Divide. In your business environment, there are many opportunities to bridge the Growth Divide gap to support innovation, go-to-market, and customer experiences and success.

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There Is Now A Job For Everyone Who Wants One: What Does This Mean?

Josh Bersin

Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that there are now as many job openings as their are unemployed Americans (6.6 million). In many ways this is an amazing feat, one which would seem. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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What Role Does Mentoring Play In Employee Well-Being?

Hppy

Our well-being is something that we most often overlook. We allow our environment to dictate what our day is going to look like and how we are going to feel. How we feel can change as our environment changes. How we manage that is something that we do have control over. This morning, for example, we were dealing with some turmoil in a work environment that could have exploded into something far worse.

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About GDPR

HR Bartender

No matter where you are, you’ve probably seen some mention of the General Data Protection Regulation (aka GDPR). The aim of the GDPR is to protect all European Union (EU) citizens from privacy and data breaches in an increasingly data-driven world. It’s an extension of a 1995 law from a time when, I think we’d all agree, technology was vastly different.

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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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Employee relationships in the workplace policy

Workable

Customize this workplace romance policy based on your company’s attitude toward employee dating. Add or delete parts to communicate applicable rules regarding romantic relationships in the workplace and preserve harmony and fairness among all employees. The post Employee relationships in the workplace policy appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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9 Employee Value Proposition Examples When Creating Your EVP

Workology

At its heart, an employee value proposition (EVP) is the unique set of benefits an employee receives in return for the skills, capabilities and experience they bring to a company. An EVP is about defining the essence of your company—how it is unique and what it stands for. An EVP describes the mix of characteristics, […] Source.

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8 Twitter Accounts That All HR Leaders Should Be Following

Reflektive

Twitter is a wonderful resource for HR professionals, but it can also be a challenging environment to navigate. From hashtags, to accounts, to lists, to moments, there are so many different ways to keep up with trending news that it can be difficult to figure out who to follow. Here are eight accounts that we think all HR leaders should be following to get a well rounded glimpse of what’s happening in the world of human resources.

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Unemployment Rate Drops To 3.9% – Hottest War For Talent We’ve Seen in 50 Years

Josh Bersin

Today the US unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%. I cannot overstate how important this is as we consider recruitment, training, and HR strategies. The work we do in recruiting, employment. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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How (not) to Engage Millennials

Hppy

The young prince had grown weary of the jester – his jokes fell flat, his singing was out of tune and his attempts at acrobatics were dismal. “Perhaps you’d be funnier without your head,” admonished the monarch, “I can easily find a replacement for you.”. The same challenge as the jester befalls HR managers – how do we engage millennials?

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Accomplish Your Recruiting Goals: Think Like a Marketer

HR Bartender

We all know recruiting is tough right now. No need to belabor the point. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it. We need to! We should focus our attention on finding solutions that will fill our talent pipeline. Today, I want to share a new model that might provide some creative inspiration towards those solutions. And a technology product that can make implementing it easy.

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60 Benefits of a Recruitment Software

TalentLyft

Recruitment Software is designed to automate, streamline and fasten the recruitment. But how exactly can a Recruitment Software improve your whole recruiting process? Here is the list of 60 benefits of a Recruitment Software. Read More.

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Which HR Superhero Are You?

BambooHR

HR professionals like you are often the unsung heroes of their organizations. Some may not notice the great work you do each day to make your organization better, but we know how heroic you really are. So, consider this your official invitation to don the cape and embrace your inner HR superhero. Take the quiz […].

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eBook: Global Workforce Management: Unpacking the Risks and Challenges

This eBook examines the complexities of global workforce management, including country specific labor and payroll regulations, and the risks and consequences of non-compliance.

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Be careful! These books can change your career: People Analytics and HR-Tech reading list

Littal Shemer

Be careful! These books can change your career: People Analytics and HR-Tech reading list. Let’s face it. There are too many professional books one can read in a lifespan. This list of People Analytics books is not exceptional. I won’t be able to complete reading all of it, though I do have these books on my Kindle, ready for browsing. I find here inspiration, blended with practical guidance, validation for my practices, mixed with new ideas and innovative tools, but most of all, an “open

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How to Use Informal Learning to Empower Employees

TalentCulture

Remember that great day of in-house, instructor-led training last month? Nope, I don’t remember it either because it didn’t happen! […]. The post How to Use Informal Learning to Empower Employees appeared first on TalentCulture.

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5 Challenges to Office Moving and What You Can Do About It

Hppy

Is it time to move already? It seems only yesterday that a group of co-founders sat in this room and officially began the journey to financial freedom. With all those difficulties, smiles and frowns, it is finally time to move. For the most part, it is good news – moving to a new place to accommodate business expansion is what every business startup dreams of.

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