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Are You a Big Picture Thinker or Detail-Oriented?

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5 Soft Skills That Will Boost Your Employability

Take It Personel-ly

In the current job market, there’s a lot of pressure to stand out from the competition. With prospective employers setting out high demands for qualifications and experience, and certain skills increasingly outsourced to technology and AI, it can feel like mere mortals don’t stand a chance. Don’t despair! The personal qualities that you bring to […].

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No HR (background) For You! Next!

Robin Schooling

Yesterday I felt the need to respond to a post on LinkedIn (lord knows why) that led off with the statement “You don’t need to have a background in HR to lead HR” and then linked to this article. Loads of happy-clappy folks chimed in about how the best skill set for HR is to “care for people” and similar thoughts that practically brimmed with smile emojis.

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Moved to a High Covid Risk Job. What Are My Options?

Evil HR Lady

I’ve been out on FMLA helping my elderly parents. Dad had Covid. I recently returned to work. One day last week and 1 day this week. My employer was moving me to another unit, which I haven’t worked on in years. My permanent spot was a dementia unit. I’ve been at my job for 20 years, so I thought I had seniority. Upon returning to work where they’re are Covid patient, I felt very unsafe since I live with my parents, who continue to need my help.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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How on Earth Is HR Supposed to Prepare for 2021? (3 Tips)

Digital HR Tech

Neelie from AIHR: Can you write an article for us? Me: Sure. Any topics? Neelie: Perhaps how in the ^*!&#$ HR is supposed to prepare for 2021? Ahh, this is such a good question. HR people have to plan – we have cyclical things we plan for. We know that the fourth quarter brings performance appraisals and year-end raises, and the fiscal year ends in July, so we need to be prepared with a budget.

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5 Takeaways from BambooHR’s HR Virtual Summit 2020

Kazoo

Didn’t get a chance to attend the BambooHR 2020 Virtual Summit? We’ve got you covered! Kazoo was proud to sponsor the event, which drew more than 47,000 registrants in the human resources, L&D, and DE&I workspaces. Here’s what we learned. 1. “Employee-obsessed is the new customer-obsessed”. BambooHR CEO Brad Rencher opened the summit with a hard-hitting question: Were we wrong to focus on customer experience before the employee experience?

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American Job Center Certification: Process and Best Practices

EDSI

Let's talk certification. Are you a Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) uncertain of the operational criteria and procedure requirements involved in the certification process for your ACJ service location? In this blog we will break down the requirements in a simple format so you have clarity on what’s involved and required.

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Embrace design thinking to advance diversity, equity and inclusion

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

Design thinking encourages a forward look, playing chess rather than checkers. And design thinking principles can assist us to holistically solve more complex and intertwined DEI challenges today.

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13 Questions To Solicit High-Quality Employee Feedback

15Five

In business, we are often so results-focused that we can discourage the outside-the-box thinking that drives innovation. But curiosity is vital for building thriving companies and for fostering healthy relationships between managers and co-workers. When you ask your employees the right questions, you’ll get quality feedback that sparks creativity, puts out potential fires, and helps employees show up as their best selves.

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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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Innovative New HR Tech Vendors Emerge: CultureAmp, Valamis, Lattice, Hitch, Eskalera, and More

Josh Bersin

It’s Fall and it’s HR Technology time. Not only is the big HR Technology Conference coming up, but I’m starting to finish up my big report for 2021. In the meantime, I want to highlight just a few important innovations in this critically important space. 1/ Amplify: Conversational Microlearning by CultureAmp. The first announcement is.

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If You Work From Home, How Bad Do You Miss the Commute?

The HR Capitalist

I've been blessed to have mostly worked from home over the last 10 years. When I do commute weekly, it's doozy - 3 hours, one overnight and then back the next evening. And you know what? As hard and shitty as that commute was going in and out of the ATL, I miss it a bit. A commute is a great time to get quality calls in. It's a great time to throw on a podcast.

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Supporting Your Employees During the New Normal

Hppy

The shockwave of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt worldwide. Many employees feel the financial pinch of limited hours or reduced pay, and the mental pressure of mitigating the fallout from this health crisis. Unsurprisingly, the World Bank estimates that the pandemic will plunge most countries into a recession in 2020, with per capita income reducing in the most considerable fraction of countries globally since 1870.

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Procurement in the Digital Age – How AI-Powered Systems Can Handle It

SutiHR

Rapid growth in digital technologies is remaking business procurement and is poised to transform how the supply chain function delivers value. Mainly, when coming to a software solution for procurement management, the trend in the industry is that of AI-powered software. Advanced AI-powered procurement systems are enabling the future by providing access to previously unavailable data, providing robust analysis and better supplier policies, and enabling more efficient processes.

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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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Could AI improve mental health?

HRExecutive

Employees are overwhelmingly experiencing the most stressful year of their lives. Rates of depression , anxiety, burnout and stress are soaring as the pandemic and its associated uncertainties are wreaking havoc on employees’ work and personal lives. But can technology help improve workers’ mental health? New research indicates it may, pointing to big potential for employers as they look for ways to help.

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Here's to the Real Innovators: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen.

The HR Capitalist

If you celebrate innovators, flags at half mast this week for Eddie Van Halen. You can’t celebrate Jobs and Musk without pouring one out for this brilliant artist who changed everything for a generation of GenX minions. Long before there was social media, YouTube or anything else that created stardom from nothing, there was Van Halen. While the initial Van Halen had another star in David Lee Roth, the cornerstone was Eddie Van Halen.

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Culture shock: how to maintain the momentum of organisational culture change post crisis

HR Zone

Culture How to overcome the Covid-19 culture shock.

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my coworker told everyone we’re married … we’re not even dating

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Last year, I left on a leave of absence for a few months to take care of my elderly parents. Then I returned to work. Apparently during that time, one of my coworkers began telling people we were married … not as in “work wife,” as in legally married, and everyone believed him. Honestly, I had no idea he had any feelings for me and I don’t think he knew I would be coming back.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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Open enrollment: How can HR succeed in a pandemic?

HRExecutive

Open enrollment is already a complicated, high-stress time for HR and benefits leaders. Employees, confused and frustrated by their choices, historically spend little time choosing benefits. Most don’t research their options even though they aren’t literate on benefits, leaving employers struggling to make a significant impact. But add to that a largely remote workforce and a global pandemic that’s making not just health offerings, but an array of benefits, critical, and those challenges are eve

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Make Flexible Work Scheduling Happen for Your Team

marenated HR

At Red Branch Media, work-life balance is important. And what’s a better way to enhance that balance than flexible work scheduling or a 10-hour shift, so employees have a three day weekend? They still get 40 hours in, but they have a full day off during a typical person’s workweek. What we once knew as normal has changed. How can we expect to run our business like we used to?

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Offboarding: an overlooked step in the employee lifecycle?

HR Zone

Employees What’s your offboarding strategy?

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Fun Activities That Can Be Turned into a New Skill

Take It Personel-ly

If you’ve always wanted to learn a new skill, but don’t know where to start, consider a new skill-building activity to build your confidence. Whether you want to learn how to ride a bike or how to tie your shoes, there are several fun activities that can be turned into a new skill. This doesn’t […].

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Why it’s time for HR to head to the ‘factory floor’

HRExecutive

To make it in human resources, in which we are known for our agility in handling unusual and delicate interpersonal situations, one needs to quickly learn how to be an adept tactical problem solver. Nobody in the office can clean up a mess, work themselves out of a jam or be quite so clever as HR can. And if you were to ask many HR professionals what their strengths are, “problem-solving” would likely be near the top of their lists.

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The Benefit of Employee Engagement: Improving Your Bottom Line

EngagementMultiplier

CEOs spend a lot of time pursuing profitability improvement. Business process optimization, supply chain management, investment in AI-driven service models are just a few strategies companies take in the effort to improve profit margins. However, a rich opportunity to generate double-digit increases in profits is frequently overlooked when companies chart strategies for increasing their net gains.

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How to nurture employee wellbeing through rewards and recognition

HR Zone

Culture Nurturing employee wellbeing.

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Top 5 Unconscious Biases While Hiring and How to Avoid Them

Celarity

Unconscious biases are stereotypes formed when someone engages with another person or group of people. For example, when meeting a new coworker we typically will form bias based on their appearance. Our own biases often are influenced by our own experiences and/or culture. Our brains make judgments (unconscious biases) about these new individuals, even if we aren’t realizing it. .

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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How this HR exec built the function from the ground up

HRExecutive

Michelle McGovern. Michelle McGovern. Director of human resources and operations. American College of Surgeons. Chicago. Key HR Challenges: Building an HR function from the ground up for the organization, which had little in the way of HR when McGovern arrived. Lacking succession planning, staff training, applicant tracking, guidelines for recruiting and interviewing or even a basic HR infrastructure, ACS was seriously in need of a complete HR transformation.

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8 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams (and How to Build One)

Quantum Workplace

Why do some teams perform better than others? What sets these teams apart from the rest? High-performing teams are composed of individuals with specialized expertise and complementary skills who are goal-oriented and hyper-focused on achieving clear, outstanding results. Together they collaborate and innovate to produce work at the highest levels.

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Why you should not cut your engagement and culture budgets in the current climate

HR Zone

Culture The budgets you should NOT be cutting back on.

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