Sat.Aug 09, 2014 - Fri.Aug 15, 2014

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5 Common PEO Myths Debunked

Insperity

There was once a moment, in a much calmer time, when you framed a dollar bill from your first business transaction and hung it proudly on your office wall. It was a simple moment, but an important one – it signified your arrival. That was a different era. Since then, you buzzed ahead (literally, there was a lot of coffee involved) and grew your business against all odds – doubling, tripling, quadrupling your staff.

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Turnaround Time vs. Time to Hire

Aurico

'Seventy-one percent of the US labor force is currently on the job market. So says a new survey of today’s job seekers 1. Even more important, thirty-five percent of the labor force will change jobs at least every five years. In other words, workers are more willing to ‘wander’, even if they’re currently employed. What does this mean for the staffing industry?

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Leadership Improv: Effective Behaviors for Employee Engagement

ATD Human Capital

'As we develop our current and emerging leaders, it''s critical to introduce the ideas of flexibility, thinking on your feet, collaboration, and acceptance. Author Karen Hough introduces such principles that allow improvisers to be brilliant in the moment. Click here to read full version.

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The Hiring Process: Are We There Yet?

ExactHire

The hiring process can be difficult for both the applicant and employer. Just as an anxious child awaits the end of a long road trip, both parties are asking, “Are we there yet?” Invest Time in Saving Time Streamline Your Hiring Process Wasting time is expensive. And if your company spends too much time and effort hiring, you’re wasting money–especially if you end up hiring the wrong person.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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33% of change initiatives fail… Do you know what it takes to lead in times of change?

Newmeasures

'Research by John Kotter in 1996 found that only one in three change programs succeed. Since then, many other researchers have confirmed this statistic. The reasons for failed change are many. People are naturally inclined to defend the status quo, employees don’t understand what is in it for them, change is managed haphazardly, and perhaps most importantly, leaders fail to embrace and role model the change.

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Purposeful Discomfort: How Leaders Encourage Growth Through Discomfort

ATD Human Capital

'Your job as a leader is to make people uncomfortable. Pursuing ambitious goals, confronting significant challenges, and moving into uncharted territories require people to embrace discomfort. Click here to read full version.

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Adversity and Strengths

NoExcusesHR

'"Look at adversity as an opportunity to discover your strengths because there are opportunities galore out there. Thomas Edison said it well - If you did all the things in life you were truly capable of, you would astound yourself." - Nadja Piatka Look around you today.your task list.your emails.your team members.your busy calendar. Is it all adversity in your eyes?

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Talent Magnetism: Talent Acquisition & Retention Reimagined

Bersin with Deloitte

Refresh, renew, restart, rethink – REIMAGINE. I’m excited to announce that the Bersin by Deloitte Hire Innovation blog is now the Talent Magnetism blog! With a little more than a year under my belt in this role, I thought it was time for a refresh. More importantly, I want to use this blog to write […].

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The New Role of HR: From Partner to Anticipator

DDI

'HR is reinventing itself once again—from reactor to partner, and now to anticipator. See what we found in our latest research, Global Leadership Forecast 2014|2015.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Leadership Improv: Effective Behaviors for Employee Engagement

ATD Human Capital

'As we develop our current and emerging leaders, it''s critical to introduce the ideas of flexibility, thinking on your feet, collaboration, and acceptance. Author Karen Hough introduces such principles that allow improvisers to be brilliant in the moment. Click here to read full version.

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Faster Than A Bullet

NoExcusesHR

'For most of 2013 I used a certain phrase almost daily: "just keeping it real." I like that phrase a lot. Looking back I realize I used it intentionally, and publicly, as a tool to let others know that I was going to address issues that seem to be happening right in front of me, but that for some reason others chose to ignore. Outcomes Aren''t Everything So much of the work I''m responsible for, and maybe for you too, is based on outcomes.

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In Chinese: Crisis Does NOT Mean Danger and Opportunity

Workplace Psychology

JFK was wrong. On pinyin.info, a website about the Chinese language, Victor H. Mair, a professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, firmly corrects an American linguistic blunder that interprets the word “crisis” in Chinese as meaning both “danger” and “opportunity.”. “The explication of the Chinese word for crisis as made up of two components signifying danger and opportunity is due partly to wishful thinking, but mainly to a fundamental misunderstanding about

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Top 5 Video Communications Myths Debunked

GuideSpark

'The Power of Video Communications. For as many companies who have embraced video as part of their employee communication strategy, you may still wonder if it’s the right fit for your company. We understand. New tools, especially new technology, might be out of your organization’s comfort zone. Video isn’t new, though. What is new is the technology, ease, and speed to deliver and consume it.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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The Huge Disconnect

ATD Human Capital

'If we could do a better job of measuring a manager’s ability to hire, develop, and engage talented people, we could do a better job of accountability. And if we start holding managers accountable, we are more likely to get the talent results we want. Click here to read full version.

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"The Leftovers" and HR

True Faith HR

'I''m 100% in on HBO''s "The Leftovers." The basic premise is that three years ago, 2% of the world''s population simply vanished without a trace. Three years later, there are no answers for what happened, and much of society is still coping and grieving over the loss of friends and loved ones. A hierarchy of sorts develops (as well as a hidden backlash) based on the number of people one lost.

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How I Met Your Mother

Dave's Weekly Thought

Dear Sam - Happy Birthday Buddy! I cannot believe you are 9 years old. You know by now that you were born one year to the day that your Mother and I got married. I just wanted to let you know how very proud we are of you and how important your contributions to this world continue to be. I am so very happy that you are my son! I'm hoping years from now you can look back on the things I write in this blog and share the credit for all the wonderful things we have achieved together.

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How to Establish Trust in a Virtual Workplace

45 Things

'Research shows that our conscious brains can handle about 40 bits of information a second. While that may sound like quite a bit, consider the fact that our unconscious minds can handle 11 million bits of information per second  and 10 million bits of that can be visual data. In a new book, Power Cues, author Nick Morgan explains this means, for example, that if you suddenly get a powerful gut feeling that the person sitting across from you is concealing an important feeling or piec

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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Understanding What’s Next in Talent: The Disruptive Nature of the People Cloud Future

ATD Human Capital

The People Cloud is becoming transpacial, creating a whole new landscape and definition for collaboration beyond traditional social media. How can your organization leverage the disruptive effects of the People Cloud (collective empowerment, hacking, and dreamscaping) for opportunity development within your organization? Click here to read full version.

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In 100 Words: Excellence by Pablo Casals

QAspire

'Pablo Casals was a great Spanish cellist and conductor who is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time. He believed that music has the power to save the world. When he was 93, he was asked why he continued to practice the cello three hours everyday. Pablos response to this question, in my view, is the hallmark of excellence. He said, Because I think I am making progress and improving..

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5 Ways to Keep Your Best Candidates from Losing Interest

Insperity

As applicants continue to apply to your job postings, you may feel a sense of accomplishment with your recruiting strategy. However, you may soon become overwhelmed with the number of incoming resumes, leaving you scrambling to keep up with your inbox. What if there was a better way to organize your recruiting process that would enable you to capitalize on the talent that’s coming your way?

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Being Philip

Dave's Weekly Thought

The paper on my doorstep speaks of war, sports accolades.and death. I see a name that initiates memoriam to a person who has left a piece of themselves with me. They are immortalized by films, record albums , photo albums or years of blog posts. Many people have diaries that are locked up in dusty drawers, others have opened their journals to armies of strangers.

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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Growing Talent Management Firms: Financial Health

ATD Human Capital

'The current financial success and health of a business is the most important criterion for purchasers in the talent management industry. Click here to read full version.

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Goal Alignment: Job One for Managers

Workboard

8 Tactics to Prevent Career and Goal Gaps Between Managers and Team Members. For team members, achievement is the fastest path to advancement. Alignment and accountability are the team leader's job. Commit now to transparency, accountability and achievement as fundamentals in your management model and sustain them in practice. Recalibrate with team members to make sure goals are well understood, close gaps in execution or expectations, and give course-correcting or rewarding feedback where neede

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Asure Channel Partners

Asure Software

By Craig Seager Channel Director for EMEA/APAC @asurecraig The Ever-Changing Global Enterprise Is Ripe for Asure Software Solutions A recent report by IDC listed Alignment, Agility and Analytics as three of the key corporate challenges in 2014. These challenges and the current market trends of mobilization, globalization and technology are at the forefront of our … Continue reading "Asure Channel Partners".

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33% of change initiatives fail… Do you know what it takes to lead in times of change?

Newmeasures

Research by John Kotter in 1996 found that only one in three change programs succeed. Since then, many other researchers have confirmed this statistic. The reasons for failed change are many. People are naturally inclined to defend the status quo, employees don’t understand what is in it for them, change is managed haphazardly, and perhaps most importantly, leaders fail to embrace and role model the change.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

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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Growing Talent Management Firms: Financial Health

ATD Human Capital

'The current financial success and health of a business is the most important criterion for purchasers in the talent management industry. Click here to read full version.

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Ban the Box Update Reminder

Aurico

'This month two ban the box legislations will go into effect, Baltimore, Maryland; and San Francisco, California. Both were passed earlier this year. San Francisco also requires that the e mployer must provide the applicant with a written notice before making any inquiry into the applicant’s criminal history and display a poster in the workplace developed by the City’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE).

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Asure Channel Partners

Asure Software

'By Craig Seager. Channel Director for EMEA/APAC. @asurecraig. The Ever-Changing Global Enterprise Is Ripe for Asure Software Solutions. A recent report by IDC listed Alignment, Agility and Analytics as three of the key corporate challenges in 2014. These challenges and the current market trends of mobilization, globalization and technology are at the forefront of our thinking when developing solutions.