March, 2022

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HR Career Path: Everything You Need to Know

Analytics in HR

Whether you’re just starting out in HR or have had years of experience under your belt, planning out your HR career path plays an essential role in helping you achieve your personal and professional goals. You have many possibilities to grow and shape your career based on your competencies and interests. By mapping out your HR career path, you will be able to determine the direction in which you want to progress in the future based on your HR career goals and capabilities.

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the axe thrower, the carpet glue, and other astounding first impressions made by new employees

Ask a Manager

This post, the axe thrower, the carpet glue, and other astounding first impressions made by new employees , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Last week I asked about the most astounding first impression you’ve seen made by a new coworker. Here are some of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The axe. We had a guy apply for a staff job.

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How to recruit employees for small businesses — 8 key tips

Business Management Daily

Running a small business isn’t easy. On top of having to compete with large corporations for customers, small business owners also have to compete for employees. Small businesses often don’t have the budgets that larger corporations or well-funded startups have, so they may not be able to offer the highest salaries or allocate as large of a budget to recruiting efforts.

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

Stratus

With so many businesses struggling to keep up with a transient labor market, many industries are looking for ways to meet staffing shortages. Could teens be the solution? While there are pros and cons to every situation, here are several advantages and disadvantages from the employer’s side. Advantages of Hiring Teens: Employer Perspective. Lower wages.

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Prevent Toxic Work Culture and Protect Your Peoples’ Physical and Mental Health

The U.S. Surgeon General's warning about the role of the workplace on mental and physical health states that employers have an opportunity to turn workplaces into “engines of mental health and wellbeing”. Discover what it takes to foster workplace wellbeing and how to prevent a “toxic work culture”.

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3 Things Managers Must Do Now To Increase Engagement & Beat the Great Resignation

Great Place to Work

“Companies with bad managers can’t exist anymore.” Great Place to Work experts share the key moves for managers to make in 2022. Few people have more insights on the challenges of managers in this moment than Marcus Erb and Julian Lute. Marcus is Great Place to Work®’s vice president of data science & innovation, a job that allows him to sift through our unmatched data set of +10 million employee surveys to discover the true needs of managers and front-line employees.

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The Benefits of Stay Interviews for Employee Retention

ClearCompany HRM

The labor market is in a challenging stage for companies that want to hire new employees. The U.S. has added jobs steadily since the beginning of the pandemic — including 678,000 in February — but employers are still having trouble finding the right workers for the job. Not to mention, 44% of workers say they’re looking for a new job this year. 44% of workers are looking for a new job this year, which means you need new ways to #retain them.

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Webinar: Employee Experience Trends for 2022

DecisionWise

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Time: 1:00pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific. Presenters: Charles Rogel, VP of Consulting, Decisionwise; David Long, COO, DecisionWise; Cost: Free. Join us as we review our 2021 global employee survey benchmarks and discuss the major trends and changes impacting the employee experience. DecisionWise COO, David Long, and VP of Consulting Services, Charles Rogel, will summarize the major topics of 2021 and provide predictions on what to expect and plan for in 2022 as it

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Employee involvement: The value of increased employee participation

Achievers

The groups you claim membership in shape your life. Families, classes, sports leagues, and, of course, employers are just a few examples. When you consider the groups you enjoyed most, what made them that way? Chances are that, among other factors, they made you feel heard and accepted. You knew your involvement and voice actually mattered. In the workplace, this feeling of employee involvement is critical to building an engaged team.

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How Manager Effectiveness Impacts Performance, For Better or For Worse

15Five

To quote everyone from Damocles to Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. It’s a truism for a reason, but it’s more relevant to managers than most. An employee’s relationship with their manager defines their workplace experience. Within companies, managers have been found to account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units.

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Driving Change and Increased Productivity: HR Digital Transformation

Speaker: Jason T. Collett, SHRM-SCP - HR Strategist and International Speaker

Eliminating those everyday mundane tasks is the key to driving productivity. The first step is to review your HR operating model and determine how technology can ease this process. Making this transition will not only affect HR but will bring an overall sense of success to your organization through the new ability to streamline workflows, by leveraging popular tools like automation, and increasing data accuracy.

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Want to see me get a performance review LIVE for the first time in 6+ years?

UpstartHR

Recently I had the pleasure of joining Troy Vermillion on Eight Hour Grind , a show that looks at work trends. The topic? Performance management. . After sharing with Troy some of the best ideas from our research, he sprung a surprise on me: my very own performance review! If you click to watch the video below, it will auto-jump to the time where the performance review begins.

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HR Technology Market Disrupted: Employee Experience Is Now The Core

Josh Bersin

For decades companies have embraced HR technology by starting at the “core.” This “core” was always considered the payroll system, HRMS (employee system of record), and foundational infrastructure, often called HCM. Companies select these Core Systems first, spend millions to tens of millions of dollars to implement them, and then they “lay other tools on.

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Talent Acquisition vs. Talent Management | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

Human resources departments handle it all when it comes to managing a company’s workforce. They find, interview, and hire candidates, facilitate onboarding and performance management, and develop employee engagement strategies. HR arranges employee training sessions and professional development opportunities and conducts headcount forecasting and succession planning.

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the plum liquor, the free lunches, and other times people used their power for good

Ask a Manager

This post, the plum liquor, the free lunches, and other times people used their power for good , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Last week I asked about times you’ve seen people misuse their power for good. Here are some of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The over-orderer. In one of my first professional jobs, where I was paid barely over minimum wage, any time my boss ordered in lunch for a client, he would “accidentally” over-order (who knew the client would

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The 26th Annual HR Systems Survey

The 26th Annual HR Systems Survey, conducted by Sapient Insights Group, is now open for participation through July 1, 2023. Your voice is the future of HR technology! This survey is valuable for anyone supporting their organization's HR systems and practices, interested in sharing their vendor experiences, and giving back to the HR community. All responses are confidential and only used in aggregate results.

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Empathetic leadership: Importance and development

Achievers

When working towards a major goal at work, whether trying to bring in a big project on time or make the perfect sales pitch to a client, it helps to know leadership has your back, from your manager on up. Empathetic leaders understand what you’re trying to achieve and the difficulties you’ll have to overcome on the way. They provide team members with the psychological safety needed to reach for the stars, knowing that if they can’t quite make it this time, they have the support needed to make an

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Why you need the Pygmalion effect in your workplace

Workable

Mindvalley is a learning experience company that has courses on personal growth, wellbeing, productivity, and spirituality. Their CEO, Vishen Lakhiani, used the Pygmalion effect in the workplace to build the company from scratch and now it has more than 200 employees in 40 countries around the world. Not only that, but the company: Achieved a 45% year-over-year growth.

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Build Them Up: Onboarding in the Era of Modern Work Webinar

Workology

Have you been struggling to hire talent? Once you’ve got them in and they’ve accepted the offer, how do you ensure they stick around and get the training and support they need in order to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Cornerstone Acquires EdCast: Corporate Learning Market Disrupted

Josh Bersin

Today Cornerstone made a big announcement: the acquisition of EdCast , one of the leaders and pioneers in Learning Experience Platforms. While this may not be a huge deal financially, it will have a huge impact on the corporate learning market, setting off reverberations for years to come. Background On The Space. Cornerstone is a. Read more» The post Cornerstone Acquires EdCast: Corporate Learning Market Disrupted appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Employer Guide: End of I-9 Virtual Review

Attention employers! If you virtually inspected I-9 work authorization documents during the COVID pandemic, you are required to physically inspect those documents before August 30th, 2023! WorkBright has consolidated all the information you need to properly manage this unprecedented scenario in an end of I-9 Virtual Review guide. They've got you covered on: Understanding whether this applies to your organization Deadlines for virtual review and physical inspections Overview of the reconciliation

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9 Benefits of Employee Retention | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

The recruitment landscape has been through a lot in the past few years. We’ve seen rapid employment shifts throughout the pandemic and we’re in the thick of the resulting Great Resignation. According to one survey, 25% of workers are at a moderate to high risk of leaving their jobs in 2022. There are many benefits to focusing on #EmployeeRetention, like saving money and increasing productivity.

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community member asks to hear from male employees instead of me, saying “that’s above my pay grade,” and more

Ask a Manager

This post, community member asks to hear from male employees instead of me, saying “that’s above my pay grade,” and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Community member cuts me off and asks to hear from male employees instead. I and other colleagues at my workplace (local government) have been meeting informally with members of the public about a project in my community that I am the project mana

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The dangers of building a warm & friendly culture

TLNT: The Business of HR

Whenever I ask HR leaders to describe their ideal company culture, the sorts of responses I tend to hear back are ones we’re all extremely familiar with – things like wanting organisations “ where everyone feels personally valued” ; or “ people truly enjoy their colleagues” ; or “ lots of friendships”; “open doors”; “no hierarchy” and “ everyone’s part of the same team.”.

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Caregiver Fatigue: Causes, Symptoms, and Ways to Cope

BetterUp

Jump to section. Who are the caregivers? Caregiving is as honorable as it is challenging. Do I need support? A checklist. What causes burnout and caregiver fatigue? 6 ways to prevent and manage burnout. Where to turn for help.

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The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing HR Operations: How to Select Your New HR Software

Speaker: Patrick Sayers, President of Newcastle Research

Are you tired of struggling with outdated HR software? Are you interested in unlocking your organization’s productivity potential? It’s no secret that with tech-dependent remote work on the rise, it's more important than ever to successfully implement an HR platform that can provide actionable insights to help you hit all your key workforce KPIs. But with so much variation, how can you find the most optimal HR software platform for your team?

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13 Strategies to Eliminate Workplace Isolation

SHRM

According to SHRM Research , about 28% of workers felt lonely/isolated while at work after a colleague departed. What is one strategy for employers to eliminate employee workplace isolation? To help HR leaders tackle office place isolation, we asked workplace coaches and HR managers this question for their best insights. From practicing intentional gratitude to reestablishing a sense of structure, here are 13 strategies that can help you eliminate employee isolation in the workspace regardless

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Beat Burnout by Investing in HR Technology and Automation (i4cp login required)

i4cp

A recent Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) study on HR Capability and Design asked this question of senior-ranking HR leaders representing 122 large organizations (those with more than 1,000 employees): "What are the most significant barriers to your HR function's ability to deliver on the organization's strategic imperatives/objectives?

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What is a Talent Management System? | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

Your HR team uses lots of software solutions to manage the administrative parts of human resources, like payroll, health insurance, timesheets, vacation time, and other benefits. Often, you use other systems still to conduct people management tasks related to employee engagement and performance. Then you use more systems —sometimes manual systems — to recognize employees and plan for the future.

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my older male colleague gives me condescending, unsolicited advice

Ask a Manager

This post, my older male colleague gives me condescending, unsolicited advice , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I occasionally work with an older gentleman (different organizations, collaborative projects), “Bob,” who gives a lot of unsolicited advice. It’s funny because he’s … a bit prickly? And his advice is always about building relationships.

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Report: Insights on Global Fertility at Work

Fertility is not only a global healthcare concern, but also an important workplace issue. To better understand how fertility impacts the workplace, Carrot Fertility surveyed 5,000 people across the U.S., UK, Canada, India, and Mexico. Carrot asked questions to get a sense of how people around the world feel about fertility topics at work and how they want to be supported in their fertility and family-forming journeys.