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The ethics of workplace gift giving

Insperity

As the end-of-year holiday gift-giving season approaches, you may start to stress about buying gifts for colleagues. Workplace gift giving can be tricky. You may wonder what to buy, who should receive a gift and how to go about the process of giving presents at work. Thankfully, the etiquette is less complicated than one might think. Below are the do’s and don’ts of giving gifts at work.

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Employee Retention and Turnover Solutions

Bonusly

To solve employee turnover, we look at employee retention best practices and organization-specific strategies. Current best practice is to improve the employee experience in order to increase employee engagement and retention—and all the other great things that come with them, like improved business performance. The CMO of People maps the employee experience from the employee’s perspective instead of HR’s perspective.

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12 Attributes to Evaluate Your Organization Culture

DecisionWise

An organization’s culture consists of the values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that employees share and use on a daily basis in their work. The organization culture determines how employees describe where they work, how they understand the business, and how they see themselves as part of the organization. Culture is also a driver of decisions, actions, and ultimately the overall performance of the organization.

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Managing Costs through Workforce Planning

hrQ

Cost-cutting is a reality of organization life. Whether caused by the economy, industry dynamics, or company actions, it is something that almost all organizations face at some point. Recent concerns about a recession have brought this topic back to the forefront for many. Too often, cost-cutting decisions are still made in very qualitative or across-the-board ways that have a long-term detrimental impact on the organization.

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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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10 Ways to Enhance Your Leadership Skills for 2020

Achievers

Leaders at all levels often struggle to balance their many responsibilities. Constant demands on time, along with an expectation to be constantly connected can leave a leader feeling overwhelmed and burned out. This leads to issues with morale and performance. As 2019 comes to an end, this is the time to reflect on ways to improve for the year ahead.

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13 Employee Engagement Trends for 2020

Vantage Circle

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change. -Charles Darwin. Darwin might not have quoted the above line with respect to business, but his words seem to echo in the business world, now more than ever. And managing people is no exception. Employee engagement is a very abstract concept. It is the “emotional connect” that an employee feels towards its organization.

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Everything You Need to Know About Pulse Surveys

Bonusly

Surveys, surveys, everywhere! As consumers, we're constantly asked to take surveys. Prompts for surveys line the bottom of most receipts and come at the end of almost every customer service call. At work, on the other hand, we're rarely prompted to share our opinions. ??. "Most organizations (74%) will still use formal, large-scale surveys to gauge how employees feel about their jobs and workplace." – Gartner.

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The Massive Costs of a Bad Hire

6Q

Many managers would rather hire a mediocre job candidate than leave a vacant position open but it turns out that a bad hire is usually far more harmful than letting the vacancy remain until you can find a great hire. When a manager is responsible for a bad hire, they often find it hard to recognise, let alone accept, because they feel the employee is a reflection of their discernment and capability as a manager.

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How to make accountability a core part of your workplace culture

SoapBox

Accountability in the workplace means that all employees are responsible for their actions, behaviors, performance and decisions.

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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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Many Recruiters Are on a Path to Burnout

SHRM Resources

Recruiting isn’t for everyone. The profession can be exciting and impactful—recruiters change people’s lives and can demonstrably advance an organization with key hires—but the day-to-day grind can also lead to incapacitating stress and burnout.

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Employee Engagement Happens in Moments

Jason Lauritsen

Something really weird and awesome happened to me this morning. Knowing I had a busy day of calls and meetings today, I decided to sneak into the gym for a quick run on the treadmill before the day spun away from me. Before I share what happened next, a bit of context: Despite being a natural extrovert and preaching the importance of relationships everywhere in our lives, I am a standoffish loner at the gym.

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Step up your social sourcing and get set for 2020 now

Workable

Premium job boards are a good way of reaching qualified candidates. But they still only target active jobseekers. To stand a better chance of hiring the perfect fit, you need a richer talent pool. Which means casting your net wider to include passive candidates too. And where better to find both than on social platforms? Why social sourcing matters.

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How To Balance Hype And Humility In Your Executive Job Search

Forbes Coaches Council

Ironically, I have found that those senior leaders who are at the tops of their industries and have accomplished the most struggle more frequently with putting pen to paper and telling their own career stories.

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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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Spotlight on Service Delivery- Kaloyan Kolarov

Immedis

#PeopleBehindPayroll. Current position? I’m a QA Automation Lead at Immedis based in our office in Varna. The job that launched my career in tech / dev ? I started as a manual QA a few years ago. During that time, I worked on various projects for one for the biggest UK based security companies operating in places like Heathrow and Google and a company which was responsible for managing the delivery of the goods to Wembley, Anfield and other stadiums around the world.

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New Employee Welcome Message Examples

HR Digest

What you choose as a welcome message for your new employee will leave a first and all-time impression. Therefore it is required to careful frame the new employee welcome message which showcases a blend of professional attitude and warm welcome both to the new employee. These messages also help the new employees to have an effective boarding and comfortable settlement on their respective job positions.

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Step up your social sourcing and get set for 2020 now

Workable

Premium job boards are a good way of reaching qualified candidates. But they still only target active jobseekers. To stand a better chance of hiring the perfect fit, you need a richer talent pool. Which means casting your net wider to include passive candidates too. And where better to find both than on social platforms? Why social sourcing matters.

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12 Actionable Tips For Starting Your Own Podcast

Forbes Coaches Council

Whether you're starting a podcast for your business or your business is your podcast, the leaders of Forbes Coaches Council share advice that will help ensure your long-term success.

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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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The Age of the Super-Recruiter

TalentCulture

An Interview with Sanjoe Jose, CEO and Cofounder of Talview The challenges we face in terms of hiring span from finding the right talent to finding the technology that makes it possible. And we’ve seen an incredibly fast-paced phase of innovation in the field. At the forefront are leaders like Sanjoe Tom Jose, cofounder and CEO of Talview. Sanjoe is passionate about making hiring easier with cutting-edge AI and machine learning-based technologies.

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Yes, if you get fired (or not hired) for holding a PA medical marijuana card, you can sue.

The Employer Handbook

Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay. With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Phil Miles, Esq. over at Lawffice Space ( here ) and Daniel Cummins at Tort Talk ( here ), we’ve got some news that should interest Pennsylvania employers. For the first time, a state or federal court in Pennsylvania has decided ( here ) whether an individual can sue an employer that denies her employment because she has a medical marijuana card.

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Reviving Our Workplaces with Compassion

Bonusly

Many of today’s organizations have become transactional and dehumanized. The professionals that I work with increasingly tell me that they feel their employer treats them more like a human resource than a human being, and we have become so reliant on technology as a means of communication that opportunities to connect and care for one another at a basic human level are decreasing.

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The Top 5 Enterprise Talent Management Solutions, According to Users

TrustRadius HR

“Talent management” is a vague, messy set of HR processes that most enterprises can’t live without. Having the right software to manage the process can be the difference between making the most of the talent you have and leaving value untapped. . Many enterprises would likely benefit from a more comprehensive suite of HR and talent management functions that comes as a unified suite.

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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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Eliminating The Stigma Around Mental Health In The Workplace

Forbes Coaches Council

Such stigma is often based on wrong and distorted information and negative attitudes, and it often results in workplace discrimination and a lack of needed support.

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Assessment Tools to Help You Find a Direction

GetFive

According to some studies, up to 85 percent of all American workers are unhappy in their jobs and feel they could be happier elsewhere. But where? They rarely know. After going through an evaluation or assessment process, however, many decide their present situation is not so bad after all. They realize they don’t need a major change, just a few tweaks here and there.

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November Job Growth Soundly Beats Expectations

SHRM Resources

U.S. employers added 266,000 new jobs in November, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report, reflecting solid job gains. Unemployment ticked down to 3.5 percent, a 50-year low.

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Grieving at work: how to support employees after a bereavement

HR Zone

People How to support grieving employees at work.

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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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How to Create an Outstanding Employee Handbook

Typelane

An employee handbook is a great way to make onboarding easier. Learn how to create an employee handbook that helps you strengthen culture, boost productivity and retention. The post How to Create an Outstanding Employee Handbook appeared first on Typelane.

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Why is Employee Recognition Important?

Bonusly

A well-implemented employee recognition program has the power to impact many aspects of a business including engagement, turnover, productivity, morale, and purpose. A non-existent, unintuitive, or poorly-implemented employee recognition program can have the opposite effect, decreasing motivation and even pushing good employees away. Meanwhile, engaged employees are beneficial for workplaces in every way : they’re higher performers, they’re connected and committed to their company, and they’re w

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Altair Global- redefining relocation as an ‘experience’

Qualtrics HR

Scour the internet for a list of the most stressful moments in life and you’re bound to find ‘relocation’ right up there as one of the most difficult milestones in many people’s lifetimes. For relocation specialists Altair Global, Experience Management (XM) is the key to creating an effortless journey for their clients, customers and their partners.