HR Bartender

MAY 1, 2015

Finding and retaining top talent is a necessity for today’s businesses. We’ve talked about creating contingent workforce strategies and the benefits to buying, building, and borrowing talent. It’s equally important to talk about developing your recruiting team. Recruiters need to have lots of tools to help them do their job quickly and efficiently. They need solid partnerships with department managers.

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Something Different

APRIL 30, 2015

Thanks to AkkenCloud for this great infographic outlining some of the impacts of the ACA on the staffing industry. It has some great stats (I didn’t know that 95% of employers have less than 50 people), so as always check it out and be sure to follow the author on Twitter here if you like what you see. Best, Rory.

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Spark Hire

APRIL 28, 2015

Working as a recruiter is a rewarding way to connect with others, helping them to find passion and success in a new career path. However, for a rookie recruiter, the field may feel overwhelming. If you’re new to recruiting and are looking to make your mark, keep these tips in mind: Work on building your network: Success in business ultimately comes down to networking, but this is especially true for those working in recruiting.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

APRIL 29, 2015

Finding the best talent for your organization isn’t always easy, and in today’s job market, it can be downright difficult. According to Bullhorn recruiting firm’s 2015 North American Staffing and Recruiting Trends Report , 75 percent of the 1,285 agency recruiting professionals surveyed reported a “skills shortage” in the industries they recruit in.

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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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Cornerstone On Demand

APRIL 27, 2015

We have an interesting dichotomy in the world of talent—companies are crying out about talent gaps everywhere, without using their full range of resources to actually look for talent. One such resource is social media. And while not all of the hundreds of millions of social users are suitable for your roles, with a little clever searching you can find the right candidates and start to engage with them.

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Spark Hire

APRIL 27, 2015

If your staffing business is thinking of expanding to include work overseas, there are several things that you should consider before even submitting a bid or signing a contract to do international staffing or project work with another business. 1. Investigate employment laws and requirements. First and foremost, you need to look into employment laws and requirements for the country you are considering doing business in.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

APRIL 30, 2015

Introversion, neuroticism, disagreeableness — these are not the first traits you typically think of when interviewing new hires. In fact, 2014 research published in the journal Perspectives in Psychological Science shows that, of the Big Five personality traits (Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extroversion, Openness and Neuroticism), Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are the most valued by organizations.

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Cornerstone On Demand

APRIL 28, 2015

We talk a lot about the future of work, but what about the future of where we work? New workplace trends are not only changing the way we think about our careers and office cultures, they're also changing the nature of the "office" itself. Long gone are the days of cubicles, corner offices and stuffy conference rooms. Instead, office design is increasingly reflective of modern work values.

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ClearCompany HRM

APRIL 30, 2015

Job seekers essentially “shop” around for the right job. They look through job ad after job ad to find the position that sounds just right. Candidates are the customers of your recruitment department; recruiters have to fundamentally sell the role to acquire their desired talent pool… their target market. In order to build a better candidate experience, think about the candidates as customers.

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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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Spark Hire

MAY 1, 2015

As the battle for acquiring top talent continues to heat up, staffing pros are taking advantage of the readily available resources to ensure they are providing their clients with rockstar candidates who have the potential of being great employees. Among the most popular tools are video interviews. Below are several reasons why this tech has taken the staffing industry by storm and become a powerful must-use tool for staffing pros: Time-Saving Solution.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 1, 2015

Want to tap into this year’s top trend and recruit passive candidates for your business? A survey has revealed that LinkedIn is one of the best sources for passive candidates. While only 25 percent of global respondents are actively looking for a new job, a massive 45 percent are open to discussing opportunities with a recruiter. If you’re still relying on hiring active candidates to fill your roles, think again.

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Capterra

APRIL 30, 2015

Capterra has just released the results of an industry-first survey examining the impact of recruiting software and applicant tracking software on the hiring process. Though it’s become standard to use such tools among staffing firms and for internal hires, few studies have looked at the actual impact of recruiting software tools across the recruiting industry.

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ClearCompany HRM

APRIL 27, 2015

You’ve begun the venture into the mobile corporate world. Already, the organization’s website and career page are mobile-enabled, but the question is whether or not you’re ready to embark on a mobile recruitment strategy. The truth is, you’re unlikely to find any good reason not to establish a mobile strategy for your recruitment efforts.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 26, 2015

There are lots of articles about what businesses need to do in order to be successful. The articles talk about developing outstanding products, killer marketing strategies, and focusing on metrics and numbers. It’s true – all of these things are important. But you can’t do any of them without an exceptional workforce. A few weeks ago, I saw a post titled “ Engagement, Retention and Culture now the #1 Issues in Talent and HR.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

APRIL 27, 2015

The most effective and efficient hiring systems use testing software. That’s because: Test results more accurately predict success on the job than interviews, experience, schooling or references. (more…).

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Visier

APRIL 27, 2015

More than ever before, the business world needs strong HR leaders. The workforce in the developed world and China is rapidly aging. New, first-time workers are barely replacing workers who are retiring. Despite increasing automation, in the next 20 years there will be a serious shortage of skilled workforce everywhere. Due to the lack of employment growth and longer life expectancy, over the next 10 years the ratio of workers contributing to social programs compared to those receiving benefits w

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Cornerstone On Demand

APRIL 30, 2015

Government agencies today face several talent management hurdles — budget cuts mean fewer resources to tackle a growing number of demands, and federal employee satisfaction has declined for the fourth consecutive year. These challenges are compounded by the looming departure of an entire generation of government employees as Baby Boomers prepare to retire.

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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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HR Bartender

APRIL 30, 2015

I recently received a question about the United Kingdom’s Shared Parental Leave law. Simply put – what is it, how does it work, and most importantly how does it impact companies and employees. Since I do not live in the UK, I reached out to Michael Carty from XpertHR to help me understand this new piece of legislation. Michael is the editor of XpertHR’s Benchmarking data service.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

APRIL 28, 2015

One of the most underused but surprisingly effective approaches to hiring focuses on “silver medalists.” If you’re not familiar with the term in recruiting, it is revisiting past applicants who that came in second during a previous hiring effort. Now if you’re thinking that these individuals are “rejects,” you could be wrong because they may not have been hired simply because they had the bad luck of applying for a job at the very same time that a superstar candidate also did.

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UpstartHR

APRIL 27, 2015

As I looked at my wonderful wife this week and think about our upcoming anniversary (8 years in June), I wondered about the spouses of other HR professionals around the world. Me and the love of my life–Diet Dew. Oh, and Melanie is there, too. Do all of them realize how lucky they are to have married someone working in human resources? :-) With that in mind, here are seven reasons to marry an HR pro.

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All Things Workplace

APRIL 27, 2015

"Developing Others" ranks dead last on just about every organizational skill level survey with which I've been involved or have read. . It's not because people lack awareness of its importance; quite the contrary. It's because development takes time. It involves getting to know people and their capabilities at more than a surface level. To develop people, you have to follow a few fundamental steps.

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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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Something Different

APRIL 27, 2015

I know this would normally be a ‘Quote of the Week’ day, but I am mixing things up this week. ^_^ …So in HR we often do a lot of management couching. And as an HR Manager supporting a pretty demographically diverse client group, for me to credibly advise leaders on how to tackle the myriad of different people challenges they face on a daily basis it’s critical that I have both a strong working and applied knowledge personally coaching individuals and teams.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 1, 2015

Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Would you want to go back? “ I was just asked for references, so it looks good — right? ” read the text message. This young lady was in the throes of interviewing, and yes, I told her this is a good sign. However what happened next caused both of us to do some thinking.

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UpstartHR

APRIL 29, 2015

Today I have the pleasure of introducing my brother, Brandon, to the HR community. Brandon is an auditor for the federal government and has worked in the world of accounting for more than ten years. We’ve been talking about some of the needs that we have in the HR profession for being more number savvy, and that led to this interview. I hope you enjoy!

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Engage2Excel

MAY 1, 2015

We think it is important to make employees feel valued; it’s our business to help other organizations do just that. Each day we are witness to moments of great employee achievements – big and small - and see how recognition of those moments has a powerful impact.

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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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Trish McFarlane

MAY 1, 2015

We’re just a few weeks away from the biggest collection of HR professionals in the world… the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition. It’s one of those events where you’ll find HR pros in all phases of their careers, from all parts of the world, who work for every type of company under the sun. Where better to put this collection of diversity but in Las Vegas!

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Something Different

MAY 1, 2015

<www.dea2020.com> …So today I read a solid piece ( here ) from Compensation Café Founder and Editor Ann Bares. Citing research from the Harvard Business Review , Bares demonstrates that at least some of the much talked about male/female pay gap is attributable to men’s greater tendency to negotiate for higher wages when starting new roles.

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Achievers

APRIL 28, 2015

It’s easy to recognize the employees that talk the loudest or most often, but are they the only ones with something to say? What about those deep thinkers who enjoy creative time alone or in silence? Which social recognition strategies should you use to bring out the best in all of your employees, including those who don’t fight to be heard?

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