The People Equation

JULY 27, 2015

I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s Emerging Workforce Study. All opinions are mine. What are the top skills that the employee of the future needs? A recent study commissioned by Spherion and conducted by Harris Poll aimed to find out. Given that big data is making its way into all elements of the workplace, it may not surprise you to discover that the survey identified skill sets tha

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The HR Capitalist

JULY 30, 2015

Your company wants the best candidates, right? You interview, you interview again, hell - maybe you even have an assessment platform to help you find Mr or Ms Right. One thing we're all probably missing - are we trying to make sure that a certain percentage of our hires are animals when it comes to work ethic? Check out the video embedded below from Gary Vaynerchuk, who discusses what he calls "The Shortest Road to Success".

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Humanity

JULY 23, 2015

Labor costs generally account for the greatest percentage of money that’s being spent in order to run your business. That’s why managing labor costs is important when it comes to optimizing these costs and make sure that you are running a tight ship. This is especially true for small business, where money is usually fairly tight and cutting costs is not only desirable, but often a priority.

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Insperity

JULY 27, 2015

In a recent survey, more than half of the employers reported that they can’t find qualified candidates for their open positions, according to CareerBuilder. And, of those employers, 35 percent said the challenge stemmed from having job requirements that were above entry-level and increasingly complex. Why not use an internship program to help bridge the skills gap?

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Cornerstone On Demand

JULY 29, 2015

When do people reading your company's content make a conscious decision to apply for one of your jobs? As an HR professional, you may not be thinking about your content in the same way your marketing team thinks about a PR hit, but you should. Content—whether it's on your blog, your career page or on social media—is often the first point of contact for a curious candidate.

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ClearCompany HRM

JULY 30, 2015

In the workplace, employees are surrounded by things that kill their productivity. Whether it’s surfing the web, constantly updated email, or loud coworkers, there are several ways employees can get bogged down in their office and lose focus. If you want to up productivity without stretching an already thin hiring budget, we have six perfect tips for getting employee performance back up to speed.

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Visier

JULY 29, 2015

Frontline employees for companies conducting a substantial amount of work with Facebook are probably “liking” a recent announcement made by the social networking powerhouse. In May, Facebook announced a new set of standards for vendors and contractors with respect to employee pay and benefits. This includes a $15/hour minimum wage, sick time, vacation, a $4,000 new child benefit for new parents who don’t receive paid parental leave, among other things.

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ExactHire

JULY 29, 2015

As summer comes to an end and everyone’s schedule gets hectic with school, fall activities and new work projects, finding ways to simplify and focus at work are a must! There are countless tips out there for enhancing your employee onboarding process (think employee retention), but here is a quick “cheat sheet” to make sure you’re doing the big things–and a few little things–that make the process easy and effective.

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Insperity

JULY 27, 2015

In a recent survey, more than half of the employers reported that they can’t find qualified candidates for their open positions, according to CareerBuilder. And, of those employers, 35 percent said the challenge stemmed from having job requirements that were above entry-level and increasingly complex. Why not use an internship program to help bridge the skills gap?

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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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Cornerstone On Demand

JULY 28, 2015

You've got a decent commute and a penchant for podcasts. Hence the morning dilemma: Do you download an industry favorite (hello, Bill Kutik ) or seek out the next pop-culture hit like “Serial”? We vouch for a happy medium. While HR podcasts provide meaningful insights, even the most passionate pro needs a break from talent management buzzwords.

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HR Bartender

JULY 28, 2015

I got this question via Twitter a while ago and it’s stuck with me. It’s a tough question but one I’m asked a lot in my training sessions. Why does an employee have to fight for his/her good performance to be recognized but bad ones are over emphasized? I get it. An employee feels like their good work is never recognized. And to add insult to injury, they feel the mediocre or poor performance of others isn’t noticed at all.

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ClearCompany HRM

JULY 28, 2015

Companies are made of people, and people don’t always get along. Studies show that 60 to 80% of all difficulties at a company arise from the strained relationships employees encounter with each other on a regular basis. Even the low end, 60%, is a ridiculously high number when you think about what it means: if a company could get all of its employees to get along, they could cut out most of their problems.

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nettime solutions

JULY 27, 2015

Figuring out how to structure your paid time off policy has been a long-standing dilemma for employers. Determining how many sick days, vacation time, and what holidays to allocate off, can be overwhelming. HR Managers have to dissect every aspect of the company in an effort to appropriately develop a quality benefits package. In the same instance HR Managers have to consider what the best interest of the employer is as well ensure that they set the company’s policy up correctly so the org

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Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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15Five

JULY 23, 2015

What matters most to your employees? That was the question we posed last year in this blog post based on The Society for Human Resource Management’s 2012 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report. We were shocked to learn that topping the list of factors contributing to job satisfaction were (1) communication between employees and senior management, and (2) relationships with immediate supervisors.

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Something Different

JULY 31, 2015

<www.fluentu.com> …To the client group I have supported for the past 2 years. It’s a day of mixed emotions for me. I feel very sad to say goodbye to many of the people whose faces and voices I have so grown so fond of seeing. But I am also happy about the big things we have been able to accomplish together, and that this end signals perhaps our biggest accomplishment yet.

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ACA Times

JULY 30, 2015

New reporting requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act are posing challenges to large and small companies, and most employers have made little progress on deciding on or implementing a solution. That’s the conclusion of a survey of 480 employees in 36 industries across the United States. Only 10% of the employers said they have a solution in place to collect the data needed to file the required forms with the IRS early next year, and 16% said they have not begun to figure out what they s

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Trinet

JULY 30, 2015

Guest post by Richard Lee, Director of Digital Marketing and Analytics with Honey Growth can be very positive for many companies. Growth pays for team outings, free snacks, in-office massages and. Visit site for full story.

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Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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PeopleStrategy

JULY 28, 2015

It’s true. On June 29, 2015, the Trade Preferences Extension Act became law and, unbeknownst to many, the act included a provision to amend Internal Revenue Code sections 6721 and 6722 to increase the per-employee penalties on applicable large employers for failing to properly file ACA information returns or provide payee statements. The increased penalties will apply to Forms W-2 and the 1099-series as well as ACA-required employer shared responsibility and minimum essential coverage reporting

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nettime solutions

JULY 31, 2015

As a business owner, you are constantly jumping over hurdles and putting out fires. It is engrained in you to proactive, and when you can’t you seize the day and take action on the obstacles that lay within your path. Whether it’s surging forward on developing a new product or service or adjusting the current options and offers you have now, every day is full of opportunities.

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UpstartHR

JULY 27, 2015

Last week I took a vacation with my family to enjoy the lovely beaches of south Alabama. I was able to squeeze in a little reading, and here are the fruits of that labor. Today we have book review on Leadership in the Crucible of Work: Discovering the Interior Life of an Authentic Leader by Sandy Shugart, PhD ( Amazon ). The book was interesting, and I read it like I mentioned in my previous post on reading for leaders.

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Something Different

JULY 30, 2015

Check out this great infographic (below) from G&A Partners outlining a visual overview of the DOL’s proposed overtime rule changes. This is the best summary of the changes I’ve seen so far, so I wanted to share. As always, if you like this weeks’ infographic then follow its author in Twitter here. Happy Thursday, Rory.

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ACA Times

JULY 29, 2015

California’s Affordable Care Act exchange, known as Covered California , has negotiated an average 4% increase in premiums for the 1.3 million residents of the state who buy individual insurance through the marketplace. The modest increase is in sharp contrast to other states, where insurance companies have asked regulators for premium hikes of 20% to 40%.

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Trinet

JULY 27, 2015

This post is part of TriNet’s ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here to stay and any business owner with at least one. Visit site for full story.

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Achievers

JULY 29, 2015

This article originally appeared on the Blackhawk Engagement Solutions blog. . Although finding the right rewards and building upon the right tools can be a challenge to implementing a new incentive program, the toughest aspect for any organization is silencing naysayers and getting buy-in from management. To help with your efforts to build momentum for your incentive efforts, we’ve compiled a list of 23 employee motivation statistics that you can use to sell your supervisors and coworkers on th

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nettime solutions

JULY 30, 2015

Keeping employees engaged with the company and their own personal work projects is a challenge. Maintaining employee engagement while you yourself as a manager are traveling is a different beast altogether. The reality is it’s a double-edged sword and there are multiple perceptions of what is actually occurring. On one hand you get to travel and create awareness about your business product or service, but on the other you have a team of employees waiting on you for direction.

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Justworks

JULY 31, 2015

Smart hiring practices are a keystone to your company’s performance, whether you're hiring your first employee or bringing on your 100th. As a small business, the potential impact of a new employee, both negative and positive, are compounded in your comparatively smaller-group dynamics. Feeling a bit bewildered by the process? Follow these 8 simple steps for hiring as a small business.

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Something Different

JULY 29, 2015

<rxmdmarketingsolutions.com> This video was timely for me because I’m currently in the midst of a new benefits plan roll-out. Ergo, check out this great video from WorldatWork featuring Paul Barton, author of Maximizing Internal Communication as he discusses the importance of connecting with employees when communicating benefits. Best, Rory.

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ACA Times

JULY 28, 2015

An increasing amount of medical care is being delivered by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other non-physician providers, making care more widely available and helping hold down costs, according to a study by USA Today. Analyzing data compiled by Medicare, the newspaper found that the number of nurse practitioners receiving payments from the program rose by 15% in 2013 compared to the previous year, and by 11% for physician assistants.

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