Sat.Aug 20, 2016 - Fri.Aug 26, 2016

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What to Do Now About the Widening Gap in Data Skills

TalentCulture

With the rise of our technology driven, increasingly mobile society, as well as the steady march forward of the Internet of Things, big data is everywhere. And when I say big — I mean big. And many people are wondering just what to do about the widening data skills gap. Here are some eye-opening stats : Big Data is big news: There has been more data created in two short years than in the entire history of the human race, and 73 percent of companies have already invested or plan to invest

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7 HR Best Practices | Key Takeaways

ClearCompany HRM

The goals of the HR team are many, but one overarching and never-ending goal of the department is to promote the engagement and performance of employees. It’s a lot of responsibility with a myriad of ways to reach desired results. Thankfully, there are some HR best practices that all HR teams can benefit from implementing regardless of their unique company culture and structure.

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5 Ways Your Company is Turning Off Promising Employees

Take It Personel-ly

High employee turnover is, as ever, a pressing concern for HR executives globally. When an employee decides to leave, the department is forced to readjust. A replacement needs to be hired and trained and there is an inevitable loss of productivity as the employee gets up to speed. On top of this, rehiring places a … Continue reading 5 Ways Your Company is Turning Off Promising Employees.

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Why You're Asking the Wrong Questions About Top Talent

Cornerstone On Demand

In Silicon Valley there has been a lot of talk recently about “10X-ers" or people who generate ten times the output for time spent. These people are like gold in the tech sector. However, most C-suite executives in more traditional industries remain locked in a 20th century mindset when it comes to evaluating talent, says Todd Warner, the founder of Like Minds Advisory, who recently published a piece in Harvard Business Review titled 3 Reasons Why Talent Management Isn't Working Anymore.

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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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The Best Recruiters Don’t Get Surprised!

The Tim Sackett Project

Talent Acquisition 101. If there is one thing I could give a new Recruiting Pro it would be this simple advice. No matter how prepared you think you are, you really only need to prepare yourself, for one thing, being surprised. You don’t really get judged on your daily stuff. Let’s face it, 99.9% of the time that goes off without a hitch. You get judged on how you handle surprises.

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40+ Data-Driven Metrics for HR to Track [Printable]

ClearCompany HRM

Within any given day, you are probably confronted with a myriad of business decisions, and even more data culled to help you make the right choice. With new software options and data collection methods at an all time high, compiling and analyzing big data is incredibly simple.

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Why HR Analytics Needs the Art of Storytelling

Cornerstone On Demand

Human resources is no longer the "fluffy" side of business. Companies are getting back in touch with the art as well as the science of HR, using analytics for data-driven insights that create real business change. Analytics can provide evidence to support decisions that were once based on instinct and experience, but when it comes to utilizing data for HR purposes, there's a lot more to it than just numbers.

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Being a Better Recruiter Isn’t About Being More Efficient, It’s About Being Different

Linkedin Talent Blog

I’m now working with a bunch of staffing professionals and corporate recruiters who (along with their employers) want to be more competitive. I suggested the best way to change is by becoming different, not by trying to be more efficient. Why is being different more important? Because it can result in improvements of 50-100% or more in 6-12 months. It’s almost impossible to be 10-20% more efficient in the same timeframe.

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About HCM

HR Bartender

It’s been a while since I’ve published one of these posts. As a quick reminder, I’ve been working on a series about HR technology: the common terms and concepts that HR pros need to know. It’s amazing the things I’ve learned. I hope you feel the same. For example, one of the terms that keeps popping up is HCM. What exactly is it? To give us some insights and a bit of a history lesson, I had the privilege of chatting with Bill Kutik.

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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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If the Characters in ‘Stranger Things’ Got Performance Reviews

Reflektive

One question we get often is how to set up your first performance review. Some companies start out with an online template, but these types of cookie-cutter reviews aren’t often beneficial to employees or valuable to human resources. A great review starts by studying your culture and creating a review that exemplifies your company values and the culture you want.

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A Day in the Life of a Futurist

Cornerstone On Demand

If you could predict what would happen 50 years down the road, how would that shape strategy, change innovation or define creative approaches at your company?

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7 Ways to Make the Shift From HR Pro to HR Leader

EmployeeConnect

While many CEOs think about their business as ‘People First’, a lot of HR professionals are still looking for their place at the executives’ table. Talking ‘human capital’ and ‘performance’ has become fashionable in the hope of creating the perfect employer formula that will make their organisation stand out.

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Who Should #HR Report To?

HR Bartender

In my career as an HR professional, I’ve had the privilege of reporting to both the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief finance officer (CFO), in addition to the executive vice president of human resources. The reason I say privilege is because I learned something from all the people I’ve reported to. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently released a report titled, “ Does Having HR Report to Finance Influence Investments in HR?

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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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And the Winner of the HighGround Scholarship is…

Kazoo

Congratulations to Jerry Chiang of UC Berkeley, who is the inaugural winner of the HighGround Scholarship! Earlier this year, we announced the HighGround scholarship to learn more about how today’s college students understand workplace culture. We asked applicants to share ideas for how companies can improve employee engagement , as well as how to sustain those that are already engaged.

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Cartoon Coffee Break: Vacation Guidelines

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. 10 Things You Should Never Put In Your InMails…Like Ever -- by Michelle Burke. 2.

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10 Elements of an Effective Onboarding Program

EmployeeConnect

Selecting the right candidate for the job is nothing without a proper onboarding program. We know well that the success of any recruitment strategy depends on a rigorous selection process. But it doesn’t stop there. Onboarding, the last step of the recruitment process, is fundamental to guarantee this success and avoid any disillusion post hire.

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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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VIDEO: Employee Satisfaction and Engagement. What’s the Difference? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Employee Satisfaction vs. Employee Engagement. What are the differences between employee satisfaction and employee engagement ? Employee satisfaction is the extent to which the employment contract is fulfilled. Employees feel satisfied when basic hygiene factors are met. These factors include pay, benefits, job training, safety, and the tools and resources to do the job.

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Fitting In: How Important is Cultural Fit?

Cornerstone On Demand

Earlier this year, Sally Fields starred in a movie called Hello, My Name is Doris as a wacky 60-something clerk working in a hip company run by millennials. Leaving aside the film's focus on Doris's unrequited crush on a younger colleague, the film provided ample evidence of the disconnect when baby boomers work among younger (read: more hip) employees.

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Why People Leave Their Jobs (and How Their Reasons Should Shape Your Organization’s Talent Strategy)

Something Different

<www.teambonding.com> Happy Monday all. . . …So I spent the weekend reading about turnover and engagement, and this HBR article had some really good insights that got me thinking about talent attraction and retention strategy – specifically how Managers/HRBPs can use human capital data to improve turnover and progression outcomes.

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Personal Goals – The Shoulds, Wants and Why

EmployeeConnect

We’ve all heard it. We’ve probably all said it. “I should exercise more”, “You should study something”, or “I should work on my communication skills”. Where do these mysterious and vague shoulds come from and how do they link to our personal goals? Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of necessary shoulds out there. For instance, you should obey the road rules and pay for your groceries at the supermarket.

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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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INTOO Candidate Care Wins Gold for Product Excellence at the 2016 Golden Bridge Awards®

Intoo USA

We are thrilled to announce that our newest product innovation– Intoo Candidate Experience –earned the highest distinction in the Best HR Technology category at the 8th Annual Golden Bridge Awards®. The Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.

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Measuring the ROI of HR Programs is Critical: Here’s How Patagonia Does It

UpstartHR

When I am teaching a class to prepare students for the PHR/SPHR exams, one of the things I repeatedly highlight is the need to tie HR practices back to business objectives. If we only see ourselves and our actions within the “bubble” of HR, then we severely limit the impact and value we can deliver to the business. One method for bringing the value to the business is by evaluating the financial cost and determining the return or value of a specific program.

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Thoughts on the Sort of Talent Discussions That Drive Employee Engagement

Something Different

…Okay, so an article published about a year ago by Ben Whitter titled “ Bye, Bye, Human Resources ” has been making the rounds on social media. The piece highlights the way that Airbnb has transformed its HR function – with the focus internally moving away from a conventional approach to HR (recruiting/talent management/labor/total rewards etc.) to focus on employee experience.

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How to Become a More Impactful Leader: One Protege’s Story

Everwise

When Scott Musch changed career paths from investment banking to corporate development, he had to change the way he operated within a team. “New York City investment banking is very results-oriented,” he says. “You have a lot of independent control.” And going from that style to a smaller company was a difficult transition at first. When he worked in the investment banking world, Musch says he regularly sought out new mentors.

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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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How to Turn Pay Secrecy Obstacles Into Pay Transparency Opportunities

ExactHire

I’ve been thinking about the impact of snap decisions a lot lately. Having just finished the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, I have a new interest in the role of the subconscious on action and performance. Gladwell presents mounds of evidence supporting the idea that instinct shouldn’t be discounted relative to more involved decision-making processes.

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The Cloak of Silence: Why Your Employees Won’t Communicate

The Aristocracy of HR

010021000010 There are all of these articles about communication and engagement. I have contributed my thoughts in some of them. They are all useful in some regard if you want to get to the bottom of your engagement and communication issues. Except, we would have to include the one nuisance variable that most leaders and […].

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How Relationship Management Impacts Strategy Execution

Something Different

<www.expersoft.com> I recently stumbled across an oldish (late 2015) but excellent executive summary of a Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) sponsored event examining the changing role of the HRBP. You can read an overview of what the event covered here (and the full executive summary here ), but one of the things that stood out to me in the overview was the following section: ^This section jumped at me because – in as much as the focus here was on HRBP knowledge

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