November, 2015

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The Ultimate Subjective Thought Leader List

marenated HR

So, thought leader is a pretty weird thing to call someone, as many have pointed out. Giving someone the permission to control your thoughts doesn’t sound like something anyone would willingly sign up for… yet, we laud these people, vendors and speakers come to Red Branch hoping to turn into a thought leader and we build lists and guides to who to approach, how to approach them and more.

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3 Reasons to Hire Sourcers AND Recruiters

Spark Hire

Many staffing agencies refuse to keep their sourcing and recruiting as two separate functions. A lot of times, this is because there is a lack of knowledge when it comes to the true function of a sourcer. There are 3 key reasons why you should consider hiring sourcers in addition to your recruiters. 1. Sourcers are Boolean Experts. Sourcers are more than just administrative support, as ERE clearly points out in the earnings comparison between recruiters and sourcers.

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Your temporary workers can probably sue you for discrimination

The Employer Handbook

Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals daintily dabbed the Cheez Whiz from their cheeseteak holes and voted provolone out of Philadelphia took up the issue of whether a company with which a staffing company places temporary workers can be sued for discrimination. In a word, yes. Well, actually, squints and rubs chin between right thumb and index finger three times it depends.

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Give Thanks

Workology

As the Thanksgiving season is upon us I think it is worthwhile to take a few minutes to reflect. For those of us in HR, our year is both drawing to a close and increasing in activity. Between open enrollments, Q1 recruitment planning with managers, end of year audits, contract discussions with staffing companies, holiday events, and more, the ability to miss the forest from the trees is very real.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Seasonal Hiring Steady for 2015 Holiday Season, but is Pay Spiraling Downward?

Compensation Today

Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger This time of year always sees an increase in hiring additional people to cover the busy holiday season, at least on a temporary basis. It can be a good time to earn a little extra cash for gifts and starting the New Year right by paying off debts. But, a recent survey indicated that while employers expect to hire a similar number of seasonal workers, the pay rates for these temporary employees may be decreasing.

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Encourage More Productivity From Your Employees

ClearCompany HRM

Despite how well employees may be performing, sometimes you just need a little bit more out of them. Although you won’t be able to squeeze every last bit of productivity out of them, you can give them a nudge in the right direction. After all, it’s less expensive to keep an employee who has been trained and onboarded than it is to source, recruit, hire and train a new employee to fill gaps when the organizational goals shift and change with new business, economic changes or seasonal spikes.

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HR from the Outside In: Learnings from Dave Ulrich, Father of Modern HR

Visier

Earlier this month we were fortunate to host an interactive HR Leadership workshop for Visier customers, led by father of modern HR and leading business consultant Dave Ulrich. In this workshop, Ulrich focused on the top questions of the group, the first of which was focused on, “What is blocking HR’s progress?” Here are some key takeaways. In December 2014 Dave Ulrich published the article Why Chief Human Resources Officers Make Great CEOs in Harvard Business Review, in which he shared the resu

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3 reasons you should let Millennials manage

Achievers

Are you hesitant to put Millennials in managerial roles because of their youth and lack of experience? This hesitancy is certainly understandable. As an experienced professional manager, you’re well aware that years in the industry provide insights that no newcomer can automatically acquire. However, it turns out that your company can still benefit from the unique skills younger staff members can bring to leadership roles.

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Competitive Partnerships Powering the Future of Business

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000010 I was at IBM Insight last week and as per usual it was an awarding experience. There is a shift going on in business and technology that I find both interesting and exciting. It is a shift that is about partnership over competition. Big name technology companies are partnering with new school app developers […].

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Employee Well-Being Impacts Your Recruiting Efforts

HR Bartender

We know that one of the most effective ways to recruit is using employee referral programs. Last year, SilkRoad reported that employee referrals in the U.S. accounted for 57% of interviews and 61% of hires. So we agree – employee referrals are important to our overall recruitment efforts. But, how does this relate to employee well-being? While we talk about how successful employee referral programs are, we don’t always talk about what makes them successful.

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Do Recent Startup Devaluations Signal Tech Market Trouble?

Intoo USA

Silicon Valley has become the mythical land of “unicorns”–the term coined to define the 100+ tech startups valued at $1 billion or more. But in the past few weeks that fantasy hit a few snags with news of devaluations of prominent tech unicorns, including social messaging app, Snapchat , and HR benefits startup, Zenefits. . As Fortune and the WSJ report, Fidelity has marked down the value of its investments in Snapchat by about 25 percent, and of Zenefits by about 48 percent.

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Career Sculpting

EDSI

Members of the program are paired with a career sculptor who acts as a coach. The purpose of the relationship is to discuss the employee’s strengths, career aspirations and areas of personal learning and development. Each relationship is different, depending on individual goals and circumstances. For Adria, we focused on a current situation with a customer that was de-energizing and found solutions based on Adria’s strengths to create a win-win for her and the customer.

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5 Steps to Avoid Talent Shortfalls Using Data-Driven Workforce Planning

Visier

In the 1950s, when all but 10 percent of open positions in companies were filled internally, “HR was a powerful function, voted the most glamorous area in business by executives,” writes management expert Peter Cappelli in this HBR piece. During the post World War II era, he explains, a huge leadership void had been created by the war. This made “What happens if the boss gets hit by a bus?

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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10% of Big Nonprofits Seek Contraception Waivers

ACA Times

One in 10 nonprofit organizations that have more than 1,000 employees have asked for an “accommodation” to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health plans include coverage for contraception. Federal rules allow religiously-affiliated nonprofits that oppose contraception on religious grounds but are not houses of worship, to have these services offered without cost-sharing by the nonprofits.

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Ask Czarina Live: The Rise of the Black Female Entrepreneur

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000000 A few month’s ago, I was searching for articles on female entrepreneurship. I needed statistics and facts around this topic. I was beyond pleasantly surprised to find this Entrepreneur article called: The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America. This article not only summarized the state of entrepreneurship for females, but it highlighted a […].

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Why Employee Recognition Matters (and 3 Easy Ideas You Can Start Using Today)

Trinet

Guest post from SnackNation People crave recognition from their peers. It’s human nature – we’re satisfied when people notice our hard work but it’s brutally frustrating when our contributions. Visit site for full story.

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How Gaming Builds a Social Culture

UpstartHR

A few weeks ago, one of my good friends was tapping away at his phone, and I asked him what he was up to. He told me that he was playing this “Clash of Clans” game online. During my college days, I played games regularly. I enjoyed it, and it was a great way to pass the time. Now that I have kids I don’t have much time for games anymore, so I started to dismiss it.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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PeopleStrategy Successfully Completes Type 2 SSAE 16/SOC 1 Audit

PeopleStrategy

Atlanta-based Human Capital Management solution provider has undergone a rigorous examination by an independent third-party to ensure that it meets attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (Atlanta, GA) November 30, 2015 – A leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of end-to-end Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions for mid-market employers, PeopleStrategy, Inc.® understands the importance of compliance with rigorous operating standards

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7 Detrimental Social Media Mistakes Recruiters Make

Workology

Human beings are prone to make mistakes in life, whether you are young or old, new or experienced, a prospect or an employer. Even though fresh graduates are likely to make mistakes in their first ever job interview, recruiters can also at times flounder in their own way. Social media has revolutionized the hiring process of newcomers from around the world.

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Update on State Medicaid Expansion Waivers

ACA Times

With recent governors’ elections in Kentucky and Louisiana refocusing attention on state Medicaid expansion decisions, the Kaiser Family Foundation has published an overview of the waivers obtained by six states, and planning now underway in other states. Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, New Hampshire and Montana are currently pursuing alternative Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act.

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Putting Together a Relocation Budget that Actually Works

UrbanBound HR

While budgeting might not be everyone's favorite topic to discuss, it's certainly one of the most important—especially for companies trying to develop and improve their relocation budget. The end of the year is a great time to take a look back on your relocation spend in the past year and make a plan for how you are going to increase, decrease, or maintain that spend in the upcoming year.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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TriNet Named One of the Bay Area’s Best and Brightest Places to Work

Trinet

On November 7, the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) awarded TriNet for being one of the Bay Area’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. The award was presented during a. Visit site for full story.

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From NerdWallet: 5 Small Business Financing Hurdles To Conquer

Justworks

NerdWallet is a source for information, insight, and consumer-driven advice about personal finance. It also connects you with experts and financial comparison tools to help you grow your small business. The more challenges your small business can overcome, the stronger it will be. The next time you’re faced with a small business financing hurdle, consider these expert solutions.

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4 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Recruit Exclusively Online

Entrepreneur

Setting up a table at a job fair creates a potential for serendipity the Internet can rarely match.

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Unequal Pay and Unequal Opportunities: New Data On the Gender Wage Gap

Workology

A new study by Payscale adds depth to the gender wage gap discussion. Forget the 78 cents on the dollar statistic; it’s 30 years out of date. They peg the current controlled wage gap at 2.7% and the uncontrolled wage gap at 25.6%. So what does that mean? To arrive at the controlled wage gap, Payscale compared wages in identical jobs: HR Manager to HR Manager.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Blab Career Clinic on Managing Your Career Like an Entrepreneur Tonight at 7 p.m. EST

The Bamboo Project Blog

Tonight is our second Blab Career Clinic in honor of Global Entrepreneurship week and our plan is to talk about how to manage your career like an entrepreneur. . One of the things I've noticed as I work with people in my 12-week entrepreneurial coaching/mastermind groups is that one of the biggest shifts we have to work on is moving from thinking like an employee into thinking like an entrepreneur. .

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Mentoring Will Fast Track Your Career Growth

TheHRBlog

According to the Greek mythological legend, Mentor, a friend and counselor to Odysseus was entrusted with the education of Odysseus’ s son, Telemachus. As a trusted senior adviser, Mentor was responsible for raising Telemachus and instructing him in the ways of the world. Today the term Mentor has come to mean a person who takes […].

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GREAT REALITIES OF MANAGEMENT: It's Not Your Fault, But It's Your Problem.

The HR Capitalist

It's one of the unwritten rules of management. It's also one of the hardest things for new managers to wrap their heads around. "It's not your fault, but it's your problem.". Let's deconstruct that a bit. New managers were often very high performing individual contributors (ICs). The great thing about being an IC is that you only have to worry about one person - and that person is you.