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Attracting Talent in a Competitive World: Strategies for HR to Win the War for Skills

HR C-Suite

In a fiercely competitive world, attracting talent demands a magnetic employer brand, strategic outreach, and a value proposition that turns the war for skills into a win for HR.

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5 Key Employee Rights During HR Investigation

LaborSoft

HR investigations can be complicated and emotional situations. As they unfold, tensions can often get high as HR investigators dissect sensitive subjects with employees. Under these stressful conditions, it is important to remember that the company has an inherent responsibility to protect employee rights in an HR investigation. Explore the implications of those rights and why upholding them is so important.

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Rethinking how employees are promoted

HR Brew

Employees arent all vibing with the idea of becoming someone elses boss. Only one-third of individual contributors in the US want to be a people manager, according to a LinkedIn survey. And, some companies are rethinking how they handle promotions, so people management isnt the only option for employees. Shopify, Google, and BP, for instance, started dual-track or two-track promotions, The Hill reported , where employees choose to advance either as a people manager or as a higher-level individua

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Ethical HR Starts Here: Data Privacy, Advocacy, and Social Work-Inspired Practices

Hppy

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Human Resources (HR) professionals find themselves navigating a complex terrain of legal requirements, evolving societal expectations, and increasingly sophisticated technologies. The very nature of HR necessitates access to vast amounts of employee data and the responsibility for making decisions that impact lives.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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Play the Scene You’re In

Evil HR Lady

One of the things I love about Improv is ridiculous physical comedy. Big hand gestures, ridiculous yoga poses, and eye rolling are designed to be seen by the last row of the audience. It’s amazing. Not every scene lends itself to the dramatic or melodramatic. And that means, when I’m in a scene that isn’t well suited to big gestures, I rein it in.

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5 Essential Strategies for Decision Making in Leadership

Partners in Leadership

Effective decision making in leadership is crucial for guiding organizations through challenges and achieving strategic goals. Leaders who make informed, timely decisions can build trust within their teams and drive operational success. This article will explore key skills essential for decision making in leadership, steps to making effective decisions, involving team members, and real-life examples […] The post 5 Essential Strategies for Decision Making in Leadership appeared first on Cul

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The Manager’s Role in Addressing Workplace Toxicity

Emergenetics International

Welcome to the final post in our workplace toxicity series! As weve shared, culture is an essential driver of business success and one of the top factors contributing to an organizations capacity to attract and retain exceptional talent. This week, Ill explore the role managers play in elevating positivity and productivity within their companies. If you missed our previous blogs in this series, be sure to take a look at our posts for executives here and HR here.

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4 Smart Ways to Use AI to Build Civility at Work

Civility Partners

Use AI to build civility. SHRM reports that 66% of U.S. employees have experienced or witnessed incivility at work. And those moments of disrespect dont stay isolated. They ripple. Research from Christine Porath at Georgetown University shows that incivility is contagious , dragging down performance, stifling creativity, and eroding collaboration. Meanwhile, HR teams are stretched thinner than ever.

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Criminal Background Check Best Practices

HR Counselor's Corner

By Christina Santillo, SHRM-CP, Senior Human Resources Consultant Conducting criminal background checks is an essential part of the pre-employment process, and knowing how to properly conduct them is just as important. Here are some best practices to ensure your background checks are effective, compliant, and fair. Understand the Legal Landscape FCRA Compliance: If you run your background checks through a third-party provider, the process must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Gig work is taking over the labor market—and creating challenges for HR

HR Brew

When our ancestors dreamed of the future, complete with flying cars and robot maids, did they also imagine a shift from traditional employment? Either way, alternative forms of employment are booming, even as workers primary jobs. And its creating big challenges for HR teams. The rise of gig work Understanding the current scope of gig work istricky.

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Setting Up Your New Receptionist for Success: Phone Etiquette and Essential Front Desk Skills

Professional Alternatives

A receptionist is often the first voice a customer or client hears when contacting your business. Their tone, professionalism, and ability to handle phone calls efficiently directly influence the impression your company leaves. It is crucial to prepare your new receptionist with the right phone etiquette and receptionist skills to ensure their success and their ability to maintain your organizations reputation that you’ve worked to establish.

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A global recruitment market snapshot: What lies ahead in 2025

Bullhorn Blog

Its no secret that the global recruitment market has been navigating turbulent waters. While 2024 marked a year of headwinds for staffing and recruitment firms, early signs of stabilization are beginning to surface, even in the U.S. That said, recovery remains uneven and fragile across regions, sectors, and staffing models. A look at some of the largest global recruitment agencies earnings reports shows a market still grappling with economic uncertainty, delayed hiring decisions, and a cautious

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The First Aid Kit for Healthcare Communication Success

Staffbase

First aid kit overview: A new approach to healthcare communication In healthcare, effective communication is often the difference between calm and chaos. When your workforce feels informed and connected, patient care thrives but when communication fails, confusion, errors, and burnout take hold. Just as a first aid kit is essential in emergencies, your organization needs the right communication tools to ensure clarity, confidence, and control.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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What “No robo bosses” could mean for employee data and privacy security

HR Brew

A California Democrat last month introduced the No Robo Bosses Act , SB7, to the statehouses upper chamber requiring human oversight of automated decision-making systems (ADS) in the workplace. The move comes as state and local governments and businesses alike grapple with a federal vacuum on AI legislation amid uncertainty in Washington. The move in the Golden State, sponsored by state Sen.

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Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Know the Differences and Similarities

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I mentioned in a previous article that I went to an artificial intelligence (AI) conference recently. One of the things that I found interesting was the conversation about AI and automation. While they are related, theyre definitely not the same. Automation is setting up a technology that follows a defined order. For example, if I say ABC, then the technology will do XYZ.

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Microsoft Launches People Skills In Copilot, Altering The HR Tech Market

Josh Bersin

Today Microsoft announced a wide range of Copilot features , many focused on Agents (research agent and analyst agent, agent development and management tools, and personal productivity features). But one feature set that is significant to HR is Microsoft’s newskills infrastructure : a skills-inference agent (and a skills management agent) that lets companies identify.

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The First Aid Kit for Healthcare Communication Success

Staffbase

First aid kit overview: A new approach to healthcare communication In healthcare, effective communication is often the difference between calm and chaos. When your workforce feels informed and connected, patient care thrives but when communication fails, confusion, errors, and burnout take hold. Just as a first aid kit is essential in emergencies, your organization needs the right communication tools to ensure clarity, confidence, and control.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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More companies want office workers in shared workspaces instead of at dedicated desks

HR Brew

Say goodbye to dedicated desks and hello to collaborative workspaces. More companies are ditching individual desks and embracing shared spaces, as 62% of employers are aiming for a ratio of 1.5 employees per desk, and the amount of individual workspaces has already decreased from 51% in 2021 to 40% in 2024, according to data from the commercial real estate company CBRE.

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Essential Staffing Software Features: 24 Questions to Ask

COATS Staffing Software

Investing in the right staffing software is a pivotal decision that can revolutionize your agency’s performance. But with countless features and promises, how do you know what’s truly essential? Reviewing and comparing essential staffing software features can be a daunting challenge, especially when searching for a comprehensive platform to manage your operations from front to back.

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How Strategic HR Benefits Your Business and Your Employees

15Five

Strategic HR is about so much more than managing paperwork or running processes. Its about empowering your HR team to drive real impact using people data to shape business objectives and weaving HR initiatives directly into the fabric of company goals. When your HR strategy aligns with broader business priorities, you create stronger, more resilient organizations.

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From Attic to Innovation: Jason Maxwell’s HR Leadership Journey

MP Wired For HR

From Attic to Innovation: Jason Maxwells HR Leadership Journey April 22nd, 2025 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn From a Lowell Attic to Leading HR Innovation Nationwide In 2004, Jason Maxwell launched MP from the attic of a home in Lowell, Massachusetts. Not exactly the classic garage startup storybut the mission was just as bold.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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HR leaders think soft skills are more important than ever—just don’t call them ‘soft’

HR Brew

HR pros seem to have hard feelings about soft skills. Soft skills are generally understood to encompass non-technical, interpersonal job skills, including communication, critical thinking, and collaboration competencies. HR leaders say these capabilities are more important than ever as technological changes like AI or remote work reshape how jobs are performed.

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Making tech a unifier—not a divider—for an age-diverse workforce

HRExecutive

Employee perceptions around the use of tech at work are quickly evolving, with many anticipating a consumer-grade experience in the workplace. Yet, the workforce is increasingly age-diverse, comprised of employees with varying technology experience and expectations. Experts say employers need to design their tech strategies with different generations and communities in mind.

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HR Analytics and Data Privacy: Balancing HR Data Needs with Employee Interests

HR Digest

HR Analytics has revolutionized the capabilities of the workplaces that have adopted these explorative systems, but some considerations have gone unexplored. Specifically, were talking about the relationship between HR analytics and data privacy. The link between HR data collection and privacy ethics is one that is often ignored, but the security concerns around HR tools must be addressed before we embrace the technology with open arms.

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Learn & Grow: The Learning Management System for Employee Engagement and Retention

MP Wired For HR

Learn & Grow: The Learning Management System for Employee Engagement and Retention April 24th, 2025 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn Employee disengagement, poor retention, and compliance headaches arent just HR problemstheyre business risks. And if youre still relying on outdated or manual training tools, you’re falling behind.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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Small businesses struggle to hire and retain workers. These tactics can help.

HR Brew

Despite generating more than half of US job creation in the last decade, many small businesses struggled to hire and retain top talent in the turbulent, pandemic-era labor market. Even as overall hiring and quit rates slowed in 2024, their challenges havent let up. Nearly one-third of small businesses that tried to hire last year werent able to find employees who were a good fit, Gustos latest State of Small Business survey found.

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A global recruitment market snapshot: What lies ahead in 2025

Bullhorn Blog

Its no secret that the global recruitment market has been navigating turbulent waters. While 2024 marked a year of headwinds for staffing and recruitment firms, early signs of stabilization are beginning to surface, even in the U.S. That said, recovery remains uneven and fragile across regions, sectors, and staffing models. A look at some of the largest global recruitment agencies earnings reports shows a market still grappling with economic uncertainty, delayed hiring decisions, and a cautious

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AI in Performance Management: 11 Practical Applications To Guide You

AIHR

AI is revolutionizing performance management by making it more effective, objective, and actionable. Through automation and real-time feedback, AI can make performance management a truly valuable tool for growth. This is especially important for employees, who are 57% less likely than leaders to view performance management as successful. AI, however, can improve employee engagement initiatives through more efficient performance management programs.