Sat.Mar 01, 2025 - Fri.Mar 07, 2025

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Employees care less and less about workplace relationships, new research finds

HR Brew

In a recent episode of Apple TV+s Severance (spoiler alert), the innies participated in a two-day "Outdoor Retreat and Team-Building Occurrence (ORTBO), an activity their employer, Lumon, designed in response to the disastrous Overtime Contingency at the end of the previous season. I almost had a hard time laughing at it, because its, like, so close to what Ive seen so many companies do, said Glassdoors new chief worklife expert , Adam Grant.

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COVID-19, five years later: Why HR is ‘still recovering’

HRExecutive

About a dozen years ago, Andrew Dawson was involved in an industry project called HR 2020an effort to prepare the field and its practitioners for the presumptive trends poised to reshape the profession. Focus areas included the integration of technology into HR and the functions growing capacity to influence business decisions. By 2020, both predictions certainly bore outthe latter of which exploded exponentially owing to another unforeseen influencer: the COVID-19 pandemic.

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10 Best Recruiting Database for Hiring in 2025

HR Lineup

Recruiting databases play a crucial role in modern hiring, enabling businesses to streamline their talent acquisition processes, manage candidate pipelines, and find top talent efficiently. As hiring becomes more data-driven, recruiters need access to comprehensive, AI-powered, and user-friendly databases to stay competitive. In this article, well explore the 10 best recruiting databases for hiring in 2025, highlighting their key features, benefits, and ideal use cases. 1.

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How to Get Past a Candidate’s ‘Canned’ Stories

Linkedin Talent Blog

Think about the last time you interviewed for a job. If you are like more than 90% of candidates, you probably reflected on a set of key highlights from your past, perhaps when prepping your resume. When you met with companies, you told those stories over and over. You rehearsed and refined them with every conversation. You repurposed them, emphasizing whatever skill or competency the interviewer asked about.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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DevOps in HR: Can Automation Improve Employee Onboarding and Retention?

Hppy

The 21 st -century workplace is a competitive environment both for employees and employers. HR departments now prioritize employee onboarding and retention, aiming to reach bigger and better numbers every quarter. This is where DevOps comes in to save the day. Conventional onboarding methods require extensive paperwork, manual approval procedures,and broken processes that invite inefficiency and negatively affect the employee experience.

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Leveraging HR Data to Reduce Turnover

EmployeeConnect

1. Predictive Analytics for Turnover Risk Predictive analytics uses historical data and machine learning to forecast which employees are most likely to leave. By analysing factors such as job tenure, performance metrics, engagement levels, and absenteeism, HR teams can identify at-risk employees and take preemptive action. For example, if data shows that employees in a particular department tend to leave after two years, HR can implement retention strategies like additional training, salary adju

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Cutting DEI Programs in the Workplace

Heyyy HR!

DEI programs have tracked great success because DEI programs aim to create fair environments where all individuals have equal opportunities and can bring their unique perspectives after showing that they are qualified for employment and academic opportunities. The interest and debate around DEI and DEI programs have grown, as some companies reevaluate their approaches amid varied public opinions in addition to reevaluating their DEI Programs on an annual basis.

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Big Five Personality Test: Smarter Hiring, Stronger Teams

HR Lineup

Unlike traditional hiring methods that rely heavily on resumes and interviews, the Big Five test offers deeper insights into an individual’s behavior, work style, and compatibility with company culture. By leveraging this test, businesses can make smarter hiring decisions, reduce turnover rates , and foster more cohesive, productive teams. This article explores the Big Five personality traits, their impact on hiring, and how they contribute to building stronger teams.

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How Predictive Analytics is Shaping the Future of HR

EmployeeConnect

Human Resources (HR) is no longer just about hiring, onboarding, and payroll management. The role of HR has evolved into a strategic function that directly impacts business success. One of the most significant advancements driving this transformation is predictive analytics a game-changing technology that allows HR professionals to make data-driven decisions, anticipate workforce trends, and optimise talent management.

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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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Cameo puts its money where its office is with new RTO policy

HR Brew

More companies are calling employees back into the office five days a week, but workers arent convinced full-time RTO is the right move, numerous studies suggest. Some employees would rather lose a romantic partner or get a divorce than return-to-office five days a week, one LiveCareer survey found. Other surveys show remote work ranks high on the list of benefits workers receive from a job; in some cases theyd even take a pay cut to keep it.

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Building a tech stack that drives results

Bullhorn Blog

2024 was a challenging year for the recruitment industry but growth may be on the horizon. In Bullhorns most recent GRID Industry Trends Report , nearly 70% of the 1,500+ staffing professionals we surveyed predicted that revenue will increase in 2025. That optimism especially holds for those who are investing in technology. The same report found that automating key recruitment tasks, relying on data, and leveraging AI correlates strongly with revenue growth.

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The JOHARI Window: Understanding Self-Awareness

DecisionWise

Understanding Self-Awareness Through a Time-Tested Model In the ancient Temple of Delphi, the phrase “Know thyself” was inscribed as a guiding principle for introspection and self-awareness. Despite the passage of millennia, the quest for self-knowledge remains as relevant today as it was in ancient Greece. One powerful tool that modern psychology offers to aid in this quest is the JOHARI window, a model that highlights the importance of feedback in uncovering our blind spots and en

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Key Features to Look for in an HRIS Solution

EmployeeConnect

Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) have become essential for streamlining HR processes, enhancing employee experience, and improving workforce management. With numerous HRIS solutions available, choosing the right one can be overwhelming. To help you make an informed decision, here are the key features to look for in an HRIS solution. 1. Employee Self-Service (ESS) A robust HRIS should empower employees to access and manage their information with ease.

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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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What does a (real) continuous learning culture look like?

HRExecutive

A workforce continuously learning and applying new skills is necessary for business survival today. Yet, despite years of attempts, most organizations struggle to achieve these results. Traditional learning and development approaches simply aren’t cutting it. To bridge the gap, a deeper shift is neededone that fundamentally reframes what it means to learn and how organizations facilitate L&D.

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No tax on overtime start date, when does it begin

HR Digest

The idea of no tax on overtime has brought relief among workers who clock beyond the standard 40-hour work week. It comes as a golden opportunity to keep every hard-earned penny without the federal government taking a slice. Its not here yet, but as of today, i.e. March 1, 2025, its more than just chatter. Its a plank in the House Budget 2025 backed by the current administration.

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Navigating Real Estate in Relocation: How UrbanBound and Its Mortgage Partners Ease the Process

UrbanBound HR

When it comes to relocation, home really is where the heart is. Its hard to overstate how deeply local real estate and mortgage markets affect relocating employees and candidates weighing long-distance job offers. Thats why UrbanBounds UB Home program is such a powerful tool for employers and employees. It eases and speeds the relocation processand helps employers recruit more successfullyby making it easier for employees to secure a home theyll love at a price they can afford.

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Fostering a Healthy Work Environment: Three Tips for Employers

Astron Solutions

As we enter the spring season, this month well explore how the work environment also can celebrate renewal, fresh starts, and new opportunities. In this Astronology we will focus on refreshing your workplace by creating a healthy work environment that will improve employee morale. In the next article we will discuss providing new opportunities to employees by refreshing / incorporating career paths.

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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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27 Essential Conflict Interview Questions To Ask in Recruitment

AIHR

88% of employees have witnessed or experienced low morale stemming from workplace conflict, with 53% feeling stressed and 45% reporting illness or absence as a result. These figures highlight the importance of conflict management skills at work, and conflict interview questions allow you to assess how candidates approach professional friction. This article explains how such questions and answers can help companies cultivate a conducive work environment and a more productive workforce.

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How HR can unlock Social Security Fairness Act benefits for employees

HR Digest

For decades, the nations public sector workers have borne the quiet indignity of reduced Social Security benefits. Arcane rules like the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) slashed their Social Security checks. All that changed on January 5, 2025 when the current administration signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) into law.

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How to Strike a Balance Between Innovation and Tradition: Effective Employee Engagement

Hppy

It seems as if every article discussing employee communications focuses solely on the latest digital trends. While these solutions are obviously effective, what about traditional methods? The most efficient workplaces have learned to straddle the fence in terms of both approaches. In other words, classic engagement strategies should never be completely replaced by their 21st century counterparts.

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Ultimate Guide to Organizational Charts – Structure, Tools, and Best Practices for HR & IT

OneDirectory

Organizational charts are a visual roadmap of your company, showing  who reports to whom  and how teams fit together. For HR and IT professionals, an accurate org chart is crucial for maintaining clarity, planning workforce changes, and improving communication. An org chart is a simple yet powerful diagram that outlines your company’s structure so everyone understands the reporting relationships.

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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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What Does Skill Issue Mean in the Workplace?

HR Lineup

In todays fast-paced work environment, employees often encounter various challenges that affect their performance. One term that has gained popularity, especially in online discussions, is skill issue. Originally a phrase used in gaming communities to describe a lack of ability, the term has now found its way into workplace discussions. But what does skill issue mean in a professional setting?

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Employee Value Proposition: What It Is and Examples to Inspire Your Strategy 

Great Place to Work

A good salary might get employees through the door, but it wont keep them. People stay for growth, purpose, and a workplace that genuinely values their well-being. A well-defined employee value proposition (EVP) helps organizations stand out, making them a place where people want to work and stay. Its not just about perks or pay but about the culture, values, and experiences that shape daily work life.

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Employee Engagement Strategy: How PR and Marketing Agencies Foster Workplace Success

Hppy

Employees are a company’s most important asset, regardless of every other factor. These people play a very important role in promoting an organisation’s success. Employers must go the extra mile to create a workplace environment where employees can thrive. A proper workplace environment is where an employee has the motivation to work hard for a purpose.

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Using Recognition to Weather the Storm

Engage2Excel

Although the COVID-19 pandemic created a crisis for all organizations to navigate, nowhere was this more apparent than in healthcare. Frontline healthcare workers were asked to perform heroic acts of selflessness to protect and save the lives of others. Often, they needed to do this without the necessary supplies and equipment to protect themselves.

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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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Why Employee Well-Being Is Key to Retention?

HR Management

Employee well-being is becoming a priority for organizations aiming to retain the best talent. In todays ever-changing work environment, employees are seeing more than just competitive salaries as they want their companies to support their mental, physical, and emotional health. Companies that invest in such well-being initiatives not only help foster higher engagement but also increase the productivity of their employees and create a strong work culture.

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What is Employee Satisfaction and How to Measure It?

Great Place to Work

Unlock what truly drives employee satisfaction and how to measure it effectively. Get practical strategies and the right tools like insightful surveys to create a workplace where people thrive. Employee satisfaction seems relatively straightforward employees either like their jobs or they dont. But the process of nurturing employee satisfaction and measuring your efforts is far less so.

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Medusa Ransomware Activity Continues to Increase

Symantec

Attacks using this ransomware have displayed consistent TTPs and grown steadily since 2023.

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