Sat.May 13, 2017 - Fri.May 19, 2017

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Why You Can’t Waste Time During High Volume Recruiting

Spark Hire

It’s that time of year again: high volume recruiting is underway. You’ve been tasked with undertaking the sourcing and placement of a large volume of candidates. Finding top talent for your clients is always something you strive to do as timely as possible. However, any delays in the hiring process are exponentially more detrimental during high volume recruiting. .

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What is the gig economy and why is it such a buzz word?

Limeade

A study from Intuit predicts that by 2020, 40 percent of U.S. workers will be independent contractors. Everything from digitization to millennials craving flexibility and work-life balance contributes to this fast-growing sector of the economy. In short, it’s a big deal. However, new research from the American Staffing Association found that 75 percent of U.S. adults have never even heard of the term “gig economy” and 29 percent don’t know how to define the term.

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How to Reduce Individual Stress Levels at Work

HR Bartender

During this year’s BetterWorks Goal Summit , closing keynote speaker Srikumar Rao , author of the book, “ Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful – No Matter What ”, shared with us his views on stress and goals. I must admit, it was a great way to wrap up our day. I don’t know about anyone else…but I love going to conferences for the learning and ideas.

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3 Reasons Office Perks Are the New Normal

Cornerstone On Demand

It's no secret that Millennials—the founders of social media and the first generation of employees raised on technology—have different aspirations and desires than their Baby Boomer parents. And there's no better place to witness these changing desires than to take a look at the evolution of office perks. Simply put, the modern workforce demands more from employers.

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

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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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4 Things College Grads Want in an Employer

ClearCompany HRM

We’ve heard all the stereotypes. Millennials don’t stick around in their positions for more than three years, Millennials are slackers and they hold a sense of entitlement. Despite all these common negative stereotypes, there are many common positive competencies and characteristics college grads are known for. One main theme is that Millennials are confident in what they stand for and how they want to use their skills to improve purpose-driven organizations.

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Human Resources Is the Architect of Work

HR Bartender

Whenever people ask me what I do and I say “human resources”, their first response is … oh, you hire people. Which is true, HR often has responsibility for talent acquisition. But it’s certainly not the sum and substance of the role. So, when I try to explain what HR does , it becomes this long list of things – benefits, compensation, safety, employee relations, etc. etc.

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Why You Should Rarely Fight an Unemployment Claim

Cornerstone On Demand

Business owners, especially small business owners, are constantly concerned about keeping costs down—and rightfully so. But there are some scenarios in which culture and costs clash—and employee departures is one such area. If you have too many unemployment claims, your cost as a business goes up. As a result, many businesses go to great lengths to ensure that employees do not win their unemployment claims.

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From Intern to Employee: The Right Moves to Make

ClearCompany HRM

Getting an internship is one of the best things a student can do to jump-start their professional career. While a paid internship is always preferable, even unpaid internships offer valuable on-site job experience that just can’t be obtained through college. In fact, 61.4% of students in a 2014 study had previous internship experience before they were offered a job.

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What’s the Difference Between Human Resources and Organization Development? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

What’s the Difference Between Human Resources and Organization Development? Being part of a consulting firm that focuses on people analytics and organization development, I am often asked to explain the precise differences between human resources (HR) and organization development (OD). Both functions deal with people, right? So, many naturally assume they do the same thing.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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What Do Employees Want – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

The title of today’s post is a question I hear all the time. “What do our employees want?”. The first answer that comes to mind is “If you don’t know, ask them.” But I do realize that’s easier said than done. It’s hard to survey employees. Organizations could be apprehensive to ask a direct question for fear of what employees might say. The last thing anyone wants to do is ask, “What would make you happier working here?

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Cartoon Coffee Break: Workplace Benefits

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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10 Employee Recognition Ideas to Maximise Employee Engagement

EmployeeConnect

It’s a tried and tested theory that recognising your employees is a pathway towards maximising employee engagement. This engagement can form between you and your employee or your employee with the company overall. When you recognise your employees for their efforts, contributions and time, they feel acknowledged and significant to your organisation.

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Three Steps to Finding Success Through Clarity

The Aristocracy of HR

010011000010I’ve been having a lot of conversations with friends, family and colleagues about where I am currently and where all my efforts are headed. Young adults everywhere are charged with deciding at the ripe age of 17 what they want to do with their lives. In my case, it was expressed in choose a college […].

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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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SuccessFactors by SAP: Growth And Innovation Continues

Josh Bersin

Harvard Business Review research shows that 70-90% of corporate acquisitions fail [1], often driven by an unclear strategy, lack of culture alignment, or poor execution on business integration. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Want Tech Workers to Stick Around Longer? Think 30 Years -- Not Three.

Entrepreneur

Turnover can have a huge impact on your bottom line. But, there are meaningful steps you can take to ensure your people will want to stay with your organization for years to come.

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The Psychology of Procrastination and How to Stop It

EmployeeConnect

Everyone procrastinates occasionally, but in today’s fast-moving business environment, procrastination can generate serious consequences. Regardless of whether you manage, supervise or work as a team member, procrastination can affect other people’s performances and compromise their efficiency and ability to do their jobs. What Is Procrastination? People have always put off certain tasks due to a degree of difficulty, inertia, undesirability or because other tasks are more appealing.

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10 Tips for Boosting Retention and Performance in Healthcare

WorkHuman

Anyone who has worked in healthcare, or has family and friends in the field, knows that it takes a special kind of person to thrive in a healthcare setting. Healthcare workers are driven by a genuine desire to care for people. They’re often in high-pressure situations, working long shifts during weekends and holidays. So it’s no surprise that turnover is one of the biggest issues facing healthcare organizations today.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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5 Elements of a Healthy Performance Review Process

Achievers

Before you start defining the elements of a healthy performance review process, it’s worth investigating how or where your process went wrong. Historically, performance reviews were created with the best of intentions and remained unchanged for centuries. The idea that people are motivated by knowing where they stand within an organization gave birth to the “ rank and yank ” method of ranking employees into top, average, and poor performing tiers (and eliminating those at the bottom).

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Why You Should Have A Mentoring Culture In Your Company

Hppy

Imagine working in an organization where the culture was one where every day was a day of learning. Every day we came to work we knew that we would grow on a personal and professional level. Imagine putting both feet on the floor in the morning with the anticipation and excitement that we would learn something new that day. Imagine exploring who you really are as a person.

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Reasons Why Organisations Should Love Cloud Learning?

EmployeeConnect

Companies are always giving their best to improve their growth, even with emerging technologies in cloud learning. To make it happen, it is necessary for businesses to take the right step at the right time. In this day and age, this means switching to cloud platforms to easily accomplish a variety of tasks. Cloud technology comes with an abundance of benefits particularly in terms of learning.

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Is Your Recognition and Rewards Program Costing You Too Much?

Kazoo

Not all recognition and rewards programs are created equal. That, however, can be hard to prove when trying to convince executives it’s time for a change. Many companies think that simply checking the box on having a rewards program is good enough. What many HR leaders don’t realize that traditional approaches and technologies to little to engage employees and even worse, they’re actually wasting money along the way.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Should You Pay Employees Extra for Working on Special Organizational Projects?

What is Paul Thinking

Somewhat recently (sorry – I’m a bit backlogged) a question came up on one of my HR-focused discussion groups in Facebook. The poster was seeking ideas on how to compensate employees for being part of a company effort described as…. “…a pretty large scale conversion with two of the major systems that our employees use. The effort is substantial – but not full-time.

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NYC Passes New Law Protecting Freelance Workers

Justworks

On May 15th, 2017, New York City’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” went into effect, establishing and enhancing protections for freelancers. Although this summary does not encompass all the new requirements put forth by this measure, there are three main takeaways to know about: written contract requirements, unlawful payment practices, and protection against retaliation.

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Guiding Principles for Developing and Setting Employee Performance Goals

EmployeeConnect

Every organisation aims to achieve its business objectives through efficient and intelligent utilisation of its workforce. This would be a relatively simple exercise if every employee was aligned and understood the strategic goals of the organisation and also, clearly understood what exactly they need to do to meet their individual goals. Goal setting is the process of setting objectives or milestones to be achieved over a defined period.

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Guidelines For Making Decisions With Your Team

Everwise

Have you found yourself going around in circles to make a decision? We’ve all been there. Suggesting how you’ll approach a decision is just as, if not more, important as the decision itself. You’ll save time, keep everyone on the same page, and ensure that your team comes to the best possible conclusion. So consider investing time upfront to create a framework for future decision-making.

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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Steps You Need to Take Now to Build a Feedback Culture

ATD Human Capital

A dramatic shift in the job market has led many companies to turn to feedback to improve employee retention rates. Unlike in the past, employees are feeling less tied to company loyalty and freer to take on new opportunities. Millennials in particular are notorious for their job-hopping tendencies, with most being expected to stick with each job for less than three years.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Be Your Biggest Brand Advocates on Social

Justworks

It’s one thing to set up a social media strategy for your company, but educating your employees to be effective social brand ambassadors creates its own set of challenges. As social media has become pivotal in amplifying your brand’s message, many companies grapple with how to keep employees from posting content that will land them in hot water. Beyond that, companies also want to find ways to engage their employees to act as influencers and brand ambassadors.

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The Competitive Advantage of An Engaged Employee

EmployeeConnect

If you asked a group of CEOs ‘what’s your competitive advantage?’, some will say building a superior quality product, while others may promote their robust business model. The majority though, are likely to say that their people are their advantage. Now, this may sound like an obvious response, the truth is, no matter how good your product may be, you will always need a great team to design and build it, optimise it, sell it and support it.