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When Does Work Engagement Lead to Harmful Outcomes?

IO At Work

Job engagement can have both positive and negative outcomes for organizations due to employees’ feelings of ownership over their jobs.

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How Job Seekers Discover Jobs is Actually Changing

HR Examiner

“Now we are entering a new age of discovery. Yes, candidates are still discovering job sites via search engines – but Google has ‘regularized’ the job posting, punishing those that don’t follow their schema, and rewarding those that do.” – Jeff Dickey-Chasins. Over three-quarters of job seekers typically start their job search on a search engine – usually Google – or a job search engine , such as Indeed or Adzuna.

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Office in an ‘unsexy’ area? Use these 5 talent attraction strategies

Workable

New York. Los Angeles. Toronto. Vancouver. London. These “sexy” locations are where great talent wants to work – your talent attraction strategies don’t need a lot of refining. But what happens when you’re located outside the perceived perfection of high-profile cities? How do you recruit top talent when you’re based out of Cleveland, or Buffalo? Somerset?

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Workday Podcast: Don’t Take Payroll for Granted

Workday

Everyone loves payday, but the word “payroll” can cause anxiety for payroll professionals as they cope with changing regulations, higher expectations, and shifting workforce dynamics. Workday’s Mariana Santiago, vice president, payroll product management, and Stacey Harris, VP research and analytics at Sierra-Cedar, talked with me about these issues and more.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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How to Decrease Employee Turnover

Zenefits

One of the most common complaints from business owners is a lack of employee loyalty. The turnover rate is too damn high. The data suggests they’re right. A study from the Work Institute estimated that 42 million — one in four, employees — left their jobs in 2018. Yet, the same study suggests that nearly 77% of turnover could be prevented by employers.

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How To Develop Your Employees’ Leadership Strengths

15Five

Leadership isn’t about authority. Contrary to what most believe, leadership is an opportunity to serve and empower others. By creating the space for people to discover their natural talents, those at the top can help to develop leadership strengths on every level. Unfortunately, companies often fall short of actually utilizing the leadership strengths of their people because they aren’t taking the time to discern their personal talents.

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Employee Engagement & The IKEA Effect

DecisionWise

The IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias that describes a fascinating human behavior. The effect was first identified and described in the Journal of Consumer Psychology by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely in their article, The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love. The basic premise is that when a person plays a partial role in building a product, they tend to assign a disproportionally higher value to the completed product.

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Company Culture: 5 Traits of Top-Rated Workplaces

Achievers

“Build a stronger company culture” may be on your strategic goals list for the coming year, but how do you translate that vague-sounding objective into action? What does “company culture” consist of, and how can you strengthen it? Improving your employer brand is not complex, but it does entail more than adding a ping-pong table and weekly boxes of donuts.

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Supporting staff through the menopause: what employers need to know

cipHR

Talking about this life stage and educating all staff will benefit your organisation and those experiencing symptoms. We all know someone who has been through, will experience or is currently going through it – but what do you really know about the menopause, and how it affects the person experiencing it? Reproductive health is still a taboo subject in the workplace, yet the effects of the menopause can adversely affect performance.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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I ran into my new boss in the apartment of my one-night stand

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently engaged in some, um, consensual adult activity under the mutual understanding that it would be a temporary relationship at another person’s apartment. No work productivity was harmed in the making of this hookup. After a pleasant night, I walked out of a room to discover that, not only did the man I spent the night with have a roommate, that roommate had a pleasant night of their own WITH MY NEW BOSS.

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How to Overcome Technology’s Retention Problem

TalentCulture

With demand for quality tech professionals bigger than ever, it’s no surprise that the turnover rate is higher than in any other sector. The digital revolution has resulted in a scramble as businesses fight for the best talent to fill their ever-growing IT teams. It’s a great time for employees who want to get the best deal for themselves, but it’s a conundrum for employers.

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Workers are looking – and leaving – for career development

HR Morning

Prospective employees see career development as among the most important reasons to sign with —and stay with — with your organization. And, while you may think you are offering top-notch learning and development programs, they don’t think you are doing such a great job. Surveys show that workers and employers don’t agree on how well organizations are meeting employees’ development expectations.

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Conversational Recruiting: The Solution to Finding Millennial Talent?

SHRM Resources

In a candidate-driven labor market dominated by Millennials, the way companies treat applicants during the hiring process can greatly impact a job seeker's decision to accept or reject an offer. Companies can gain a competitive edge by staying in touch every step of the way, a strategy talent acquisition experts are calling "conversational recruiting.".

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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everyone got laid off except me, men who pretend to be scared of women now, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Everyone got laid off except for me. I work for a small business (3-5 employees) and I had known the company was having some financial trouble for some time. Everyone in my office got laid off except for me. I was offered a small raise to stay on, to compensate for the added responsibility. I agreed to stay on because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time — I really don’t want to see their business fail — but the l

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Need to Ramp Up Innovation? Hire a Diverse Workforce

TalentCulture

Do you need to ramp up company innovation? Need to boost ingenuity? According to research, the solution is simple: Hire a diverse workforce. In a study, researchers at North Carolina State’s Poole College of Management considered this question: Do companies that foster diversity perform better in developing innovative products and services? Based on data from the 3,000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., the answer was clear: “The short answer is that they do,” […].

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Health is Wealth even for Remote Workers: Tips to Keep Healthy While Working At Home

Take It Personel-ly

A remote worker shared that she gained as much as 40 pounds within just a year working from home. Does this sound familiar to you? Working from home may have its advantages like flexible hours and being your own boss, but one of the struggles is to keep oneself healthy. Here are some tips to help […].

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Was Your Company Trashed Online? What to Do with Workers’ Negative Reviews

SHRM Resources

Online reviews proliferate for everything from rentshares to restaurants, and corporate cultures are hardly immune: Sites like Glassdoor, Indeed and Vault give disgruntled employees a platform to expose the underbelly of their organizations' managers and practices--whether fairly or not. "Job candidates and employees are now empowered to provide instant feedback on employers, at any time, and they can rate a company's culture and management just as they rate a hotel, restaurant or.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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Innovative debt relief benefits: They can help attract, keep workers

HR Morning

Employee surveys show that financial worry is a leading cause of workplace stress in the U.S., contributing to $250 billion in stress-related lost productivity each year. Because employee debt’s the biggest contributor to those worries, more firms are looking at offering debt relief benefits alongside more traditional benefits. Debt assistance is also proving a powerful tool for attracting, hiring and retaining new workers, especially young people with heavy student loan burdens.

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Putting Health Back in Health Care Plans: What Companies Must Do Now

TalentCulture

Here’s a bit of irony: When we think of health care we don’t often think of health or wellness; we think of insurance to help us cope with illness and injury. We also think of the process of dealing with those benefits — which on many occasions will include wait times, filling out forms, juggling in-network and out-of-network providers, waiting for claims to be processed, the limitations of coverage and administrative complexity.

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7 Ways to Inspire Disengaged Employees

Take It Personel-ly

Even the best, hard-working employees need to be motivated and encouraged from time to time. Any work can become monotonous sooner or later. Your job, as an entrepreneur or a team leader, is to recognize these situations and to help employees regain their motivation. Here are some of the best, and most constructive ways of […].

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Productivity tips to get things done

Business Management Daily

How to keep up with all the demands placed upon you in a time-compressed world and maintain quality. The post Productivity tips to get things done appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Workplace Wellness Programs: Not a One Size Fits All Solution

Workology

Companies have become so very generous in their offerings of Wellness Programs within the company. It’s a great thing. There are incentives, allowable time to workout, equipment available. Heck, Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Overcoming Pitfalls: 5 Ways to Improve the Hiring Process

TalentLyft

Companies should always be critical of their existing processes so they can identify areas for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll learn five common pitfalls companies can encounter during the hiring process and strategies to overcome them. Read More.

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Capitalising on the Changing Social Media Marketing Opportunities

Take It Personel-ly

In today’s digital age, people rely on technology more than ever. Many people own multiple digital devices – including mobile phones, laptops and tablets – and spend several hours a day online. This new trend means that effective online marketing is now one of the most important ways to build a successful modern business. Social […].

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Managing emotional employees: 10 tips for keeping your cool

Insperity

Every leader dreads managing emotional employees. Whether it’s tears, anger or screaming fits, the extremes of emotion leave both the supervisor and the employee – and anyone within earshot of the outburst — feeling embarrassed and stressed. How do you stay calm and get your point across when confronted by emotional employees? How do you prepare for this scenario?

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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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Low Performer Traits and How to Address Them

Workology

As recruiting and HR leaders, we have a lot of pressure to screen and identify top talent to present to hiring managers. However, there are things we can’t see no matter how much due diligence we use. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Make Every Day Employee Appreciation Day

Engagedly

Have you told your employees you appreciate them today? Wrack your brains and think of the last time you told an employee you appreciate them and their work. I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but if […].

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Top Tips for Delivering a Mesmerising Academic Presentation

Take It Personel-ly

Trembling voice? Shortness of breath? Accelerated heartbeat? If you have experienced any of these reactions when delivering an academic presentation, you are not alone! Presenting materials to academic audiences is no joke and for many of us it can be a source of great stress. The physiological response activated by our body in conditions of […].