Something Different
APRIL 16, 2015
'See below an infographic from Spark Hire (a provider of online video interviewing solutions) sharing 6 tips for using video interviews to enhance staffing success. As always, if you like this infographic follow Spark Hire on Twitter here. And please share your thoughts in the comments section below. Best, Rory.
Spark Hire
APRIL 15, 2015
'When I managed a recruiting team, I learned early on that I had more success when hiring new college grads versus seasoned recruiters. This is not to say that I never hired seasoned recruiters or that they never worked out when hired. There were a couple of experienced recruiters that I hired who fit into our culture well and easily transitioned into our specific industry.
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Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud
APRIL 13, 2015
'By Romain Maillart. Wh en your tempo is set by the inflow of projects, it’s all about how your people perform. Project-driven organizations operate very differently from traditional organizations. Traditional businesses rely on a continuous stream of activity—think retail or utilities companies, whose leaders typically define global annual objectives that cascade down through the organization to align focus and drive company performance.
TLNT: The Business of HR
APRIL 14, 2015
'In a world of 100,000 (more or less) job boards, there’s one for practically every occupation, industry, and personal interest. The few big players — Indeed , CareerBuilder , SnagAJob , SimplyHired among them — count their monthly visitors in the millions and their dollars in the double-digit millions. The majority of commercial career sites, though, gross less than a million annually and have far fewer visitors in a year.
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Cornerstone On Demand
APRIL 17, 2015
'In 2011, a group of online gamers collectively solved a problem in three short weeks that had puzzled scientists for decades: They found the structure of an enzyme that helps AIDS-like viruses reproduce. This communal discovery has become a go-to example that illustrates the benefits of gamification, a trend in which game mechanics are applied to non-game situations to encourage users to behave in a certain, desired way.
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HR Bartender
APRIL 17, 2015
'(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Forbes recently named Kronos one of America’s Best Employers , and as one of America’s top 25 places to work in IT, Internet, software and services. Enjoy the post!). We’ve been talking for a while about the growing challenges in finding the best talent.
TLNT: The Business of HR
APRIL 13, 2015
'Pretty much everyone who wants to work and everyone you would want to hire is now employed — especially the best of the best, the candidates you should aim for first. But, you need to realize these are busy, working people, so, once you get their attention, you have to make it extremely easy for them to get into your hiring system or they flat out won’t bother.
Cornerstone On Demand
APRIL 13, 2015
'Stanford professor Robert Sutton famously coined the “ no a **e rule " in his 2007 book by the same name. The rule, in effect, asked business leaders to question whether the office jerk's behavior should be tolerated, no matter how valuable his or her contributions. (Sutton wasn't subtle about his answer to the question.). But others argue it's possible that dysfunctional leaders might just be the cost of doing business—and, in some situations, may actually be benef
UpstartHR
APRIL 15, 2015
'A while back I was reading a story about a CEO being asked to return to his company after stepping down from the role years before. As usual, I started tying the thoughts back to HR and how that sort of “boomerang” employee, at any level of the company, might approach the decision to return. For instance, what would change? What would stay the same?
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HR Bartender
APRIL 16, 2015
'In the book “The Cobler of Preston,” Christopher Bullock wrote the famous line, “’Tis impossible to be sure of anything but death and taxes.” As sure as we are about paying our taxes, one thing we’re often unsure about is getting tax relief. That’s why I wanted to share some information about a tax credit opportunity I learned about. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is not a new program.
TLNT: The Business of HR
APRIL 13, 2015
'I’ve been speaking a few local SHRM events and some corporate events, and I’m always amazed to hear about all of the “enemies” that HR has ! You have employees, and hiring managers, and the EEOC, and employment attorneys, and staffing firms, and insurance firms, and HR software providers – I mean, if I hadn’t been in HR, I would think that everyone is against HR!
Cornerstone On Demand
APRIL 15, 2015
'Last year, San Francisco-based real estate startup 42Floors made headlines with an innovative new policy to attract young talent: Paid vacation for new employees before their first day on the job. This "pre-cation" perk began as a one-off incentive for a burned-out candidate. "Every other company he was talking to was asking, 'How soon can you start?
UpstartHR
APRIL 13, 2015
'In case you weren’t aware, March 31 st 2015 was cast as Vacation Commitment Day, brought to you by the Take Back Your Time nonprofit. The organization is devoted to helping workers across America focus on taking more of the vacation that they have available, because we are notorious for accruing, but not using, our leave. This sounds like a great idea, but the timing is interesting.
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Something Different
APRIL 14, 2015
'<chieforganizer.org> 1. I was originally going to title this “Preparing for FLSA White-Collar Overtime Pay Exemptions”, but that would have gotten way fewer views. …the DOL’s rumored changes to the FLSA act come to past. 1. As background, several months back the DOL signaled that they were looking to modernize OT pay rules, specifically emphasizing the need to update the salary threshold to reflect present day wages.
nettime solutions
APRIL 16, 2015
'In honor of National High Five Day , we''d like to give a virtual "high five" to time and attendance software users. The elated high five is a winning gesture. It originated on the sports field and is now implanted in the workplace, where every employee who uses an automated time and attendance system in the cloud is a champion. Clock in/out in under 2 seconds at the web kiosk (high five!).
WorkHuman
APRIL 13, 2015
'We all have limited time. I mean, there are only so many hours in a week. And there are a LOT of things out there to read and see and attend. We’re all in the same boat. We have to pick and choose. But how can we know which sessions and talks are worth our time and will get our minds and hearts racing—and which talks are going to be a snoozefest that leave us wanting our wasted time back?
All Things Workplace
APRIL 14, 2015
'You and I come up with some pretty wonderful ideas, which--for some strange reason--aren''t immediately embraced by those around us. So what''s our natural response? It''s usually to start making statements in defense of our position, which then leads to "I''m going to win!". Not a good posture. . . Ask Questions. When you keep announcing the righteousness of your position, the problem defines you.
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Something Different
APRIL 17, 2015
'<www.prestige-inc.com> …So lately, much of my age cohort seems to be unusually amenable to exploring new career opportunities. Fun fact: Within the past three months I’ve been asked for more letters of referral and/or headhunter recommendations than I’d been asked for over the entirety of the prior eighteen. To this point, a peer recently reached out to me asking to discuss the timing of career moves.
Spark Hire
APRIL 15, 2015
'While working on this project, I realized all companies take different (very different) approaches to their company culture video. Some prefer to have the videos feel more like employment promotions, where they are encouraging people to apply and straight up telling them why by including things like insurance and dental information or vacation policy.
Intoo USA
APRIL 14, 2015
In a recent Intoo-sponsored ERE webinar, Nicole Dessain—independent talent expert and consultant at talent.imperative inc. —led a talk on the Top 10 Talent Trends of 2014. After presenting all ten trends, which you can view by downloading the slides here , Dessain polled webinar participants, revealing the top two trends HR pros believed would make the most impact in the coming year: #1.
ATD Human Capital
APRIL 16, 2015
'To be proactive about increasing employee engagement, organizational leaders must become the driving force—making engagement a business and strategic imperative. In order to maximize their efforts on employee engagement, successful businesses will need to evolve from an organization-centric to a people-centric mentality. Click here to read full version.
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.
Something Different
APRIL 13, 2015
'…and some in storm.” – Willa Cather. Public Domain. For this week’s quote we can thank American author Willa Cather. It’s timely for me because – after a lifetime spent cultivating a temperament that lends itself to calm as a default place no matter the circumstances, I am finding that it can be good to weather an occasional storm. …So I was a very nervous child, but over time I’ve found myself progressively less rattled by my surroundings.
Engage2Excel
APRIL 13, 2015
'How well do you know the generations in your workforce? Each generation brings with it unique traits and characteristics, and the same can be true for what motivates and engages them. Find out what drives this all-star workforce lineup! Traditionalists. Baby Boomers. Generation X. Millennials. Generation Z.
Intoo USA
APRIL 14, 2015
Protecting one’s employer brand is more important than ever as social media and review sites have become the online employee bullhorn to rave and rant about workplace practices. Layoffs in particular have been observed to incite instant employee reaction on sites like Twitter, and companies have become more vigilant in defending their reputation and finding more preventative ways, such as providing career and transition assistance to affected employees , to get ahead of a bad review.
The People Equation
APRIL 16, 2015
'If you’re looking to advance in your career, securing a sponsor—an influential senior-level leader in your organization—is a smart move. Women, in particular, benefit from having a sponsor because according to this report from advocacy group Catalyst, women are often perceived negatively when they use assertive career-building approaches. “There is no ‘silver bullet’ for attracting the attention of a high-level sponsor” states the report.
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.
Something Different
APRIL 15, 2015
'<crosslandteam.com-> …So over the past few days I’ve read two great articles on feedback. The first one (from Tim Sackett here ) talks about how watered down feedback is an epidemic problem in corporate America. From the piece: Here are the types of “critical” feedback people can handle: “You’re doing a good job, would love it if you could get that big project off the ground.
Trish McFarlane
APRIL 14, 2015
'It’s been a whirlwind of a week as I am in New Orleans for the first time. I must admit, that it is surprisingly “homey” for me as it is very similar to St. Louis in terms of history, French background, good food, and Mardi Gras. I made time to stroll the streets of the French Quarter when I arrived and was struck by the architecture, sounds, and mostly good smells of the experience.
Intoo USA
APRIL 14, 2015
“While the worst effects of the Great Recession are over for most Americans, the brutal realities of diminished living standards endure for the 3 million American workers who remain jobless years after they were laid off.” — Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. On the heels of positive news that the unemployment rate dipped below 6 percent for the first time since 2008 , a recent study revealed the often overlooked, lasting impact the Gr
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