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Diversity in the Workplace - Benefits, Challenges, and Profitability

Hubert

First thing's first: What is diversity in the workplace? ? When John F Kennedy in 1961 signed what was to be known as the "Affirmative Action", he laid down a foundation that would encourage companies to build a more diverse workforce. The order declared that employers were no longer allowed to discriminate applicants based on their creed, racial and ethnic characteristics, skin color, cultural belonging or origin.

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How you can influence employee behaviour with evidence-based HR

Ascender

While many HR professionals enjoy interacting with diverse people across an organisation it can also cause frustration. Certain actions by employers can instil certain behaviours in their employees. Sometimes these actions (unknowingly) contribute to instilling the wrong behaviours, which is where evidence-based HR comes in. There are ways that HR leaders can encourage employees, based on ongoing data analysis, to make better decisions for themselves utilising ‘choice architecture’ in their co

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What’s the impact of seasonal affective disorder at work, and what can HR do to help?

cipHR

From high absence levels to low productivity, SAD can affect employees in many ways. Here’s how HR can make a difference. As employees return from their holidays and prepare for a new year of work, the low mood in the office can be clearly visible. But for many employees, their low mood in the winter months is more profound. Nearly two million people globally are affected by seasonal affective disorder (SAD) – but what is it, how can it affect employees at work, and what can HR do to help?

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3 Tips for Reskilling Your Workforce in 2020

Visier

To say that corporate reskilling efforts are important would be an understatement. Billion-dollar retraining programs and on-site corporate colleges have become a reality. In a 2018 McKinsey survey, 62% of executives said they will need to retrain or replace more than a quarter of their workforce before 2023. Business model disruptions, demographic shifts, and automation of rote tasks are putting more pressure on individuals to learn, and on employers to give people the right skills at the right

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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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How HR’s Digital Transformation Will Elevate the Candidate, Employee Experience in 2020

Sterling Check

Human resource and recruiting leaders have experienced unprecedented change in recent years. An array of workplace trends and innovations have combined to reshape how HR delivers value to its business line partners, how recruiters use next-generation technology to perform their jobs, and how the HR function is perceived in the C-suite. In this new year, many of these trends will accelerate, and new ones will also emerge.

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The Key to Engaging New Hires: Psychological Safety

TalentCulture

For those of us who are students of engagement and team-building, we know how key trust, communication and leadership are. But when Google ran two-year study into what makes teams successful, it unlocked a surprising key to high performance and fertile collaboration. Dubbed Project Aristotle, the presented five key factors of great teams: psychological safety, dependability, structure and clarity, meaning, and impact.

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Are High-Skill Occupations “Safe” from Automation?

Visier

New research using AI to match patent language with work shows that AI may reinvent high-skill work sooner than you think. Breakthroughs have unexpected effects. When Amazon first arrived on the scene, books were its early focus for product selection, buyer insights, distribution and pricing. In those early days, retailers typically lamented the plight of bookstores, but relaxed in their conviction that products like clothing, food, jewelry and fashion would be safe. .

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3 Things You MUST Communicate to New Employees on Day 1

Workology

3 Things You MUST Communicate to New Employees on Day 1 You only get one shot at a first impression – make it a good one. Picture this: Your newest employee has just wrapped up Day 1 on the. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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5 Eye-Opening Candidate Experience Statistics [INFOGRAPHIC]

TalentLyft

Check out our infographic showing the top 5 eye-opening candidate experience statistics! Discover the most important candidate experience statistics every employer and recruiter should know. Read More.

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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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#WorkTrends: Why Employee Engagement is a Joke

TalentCulture

Mark Babbitt joined Meghan M. Biro for the January 10, 2020 #WorkTrends podcast to talk about employee engagement. Meghan brought up the fact that only half of all employees feel like they have a career, and Mark concurred. We’ve turned engagement from a good idea into a joke, he noted, and pointed out that engagement levels are the same as they were in the 1980s: “If there’s eight million blog posts and hundreds of experts […].

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Bottom-line maternity benefits all good firms offer

HR Morning

For many women entering the workforce, businesses that provide family-forward maternity benefits to better align with the employee’s maternity goals are increasingly attractive. By supplying mothers with provisions that allow them to maintain their breastfeeding goals, along with the proper time to heal during the postpartum period, businesses can reduce healthcare costs and turnover rates while improving morale.

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Partnership with finance: the holy grail for HR?

HR Zone

Business Should HR be partnering with finance?

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Employee Engagement is not a “program”

Employee Engagement Group

By: Bob Kelleher Employee Engagement is more than a program; it entails a cultural shift — a change in how things are done and communicated from the top to the bottom of an organization. Engagement cannot be shunted to the end of every meeting, where it will stand a higher chance of being given short. [Read More].

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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The Importance Of Peer Feedback At Workplace

Engagedly

Improving employee performance and increasing organizational productivity is a challenge for every manager. What can you do differently to improve your employee performance? Feedback about their performance is the first step but there’s so much more you can […].

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Internal Mobility: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?

Paddle HR

Internal mobility is crucial to building the workforce of the future and creating career growth for your employees. You’ve read about internal mobility in important industry publications. You've heard about it at conferences. Why? It’s the modern talent strategy for the modern talent professional. You’ve even brought up a few dazzling initiatives to your superiors.

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Five talent management trends to watch in 2020

HR Zone

Employees Talent management in 2020.

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How Men Can Help To Advance Women In The Workplace

Forbes Coaches Council

One area of focus that could help move the needle is for more men to become allies or advocates in the advancement of women in today's workplaces.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Tackling mental health issues at work in 2020

HR Morning

We are at a critical juncture in how we choose to address and tackle mental health issues at work, and in our larger society. There is no debate that the conversation is shifting. Awareness about mental health issues is becoming mainstream with actors, musicians, sports celebrities, and even the British royal family raising their voices, sharing their stories, and making it “okay to not be okay.”.

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Let’s Commit to More Effective Meetings

DDI

Poorly run meetings are assuredly as old as meetings themselves. But what is new is that we can now draw on a body of research to have more effective meetings.

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Why it’s time to say farewell to that ‘future of work’ trope forever

HR Zone

Change Say farewell to that ‘future of work’ trope.

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6 Workplace Trends HRs Should Be Ready For In 2020

Engagedly

With changing times, the way organizations function has changed a lot over the past few years. We all can agree upon one thing that the workplace culture in the future is going to be very different from the […].

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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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Benefits of Working With a Recruiter

GetFive

When job searching, it’s tempting to go it alone. However, it also can be a lonely journey with numerous roadblocks. You apply at many positions and you may interview at a few. If you don’t get a second interview or even an offer, you’re typically left with questions on top of frustration. And this frustration builds over time. In addition to a career coach , a good recruiter can make a big difference in your job search success.

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Employer branding is crucial in the war for talent

HR Digest

In today’s digital world, candidates want to work for companies they trust and respect. If you fail to convince them you’re good enough to work for, they’ll pass. To get more out of your recruitment efforts, you need to revisit your employer branding. The acquisition of the right talent is half the battle won in the recruitment process. It is imperative that a company hires the right person as the effort put in onboarding, training, and mentoring a recruit goes to waste and is not cost-effective

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Mental health at work: giving men a voice

HR Zone

Culture Mental health: Giving men a voice.

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7 Ways to Reduce Workplace Negativity

Engagedly

Employees don’t leave companies, they leave bad bosses and colleagues, and a toxic environment. You must have heard this a million times. But how often have you really invested much thought to it? If not, NOW is the […].

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Starbucks adds new dimension to mental health benefits

HRExecutive

Mental health benefits are among the most desired among today’s workforce, according to recent surveys. And for good reason, as stress levels in the workplace and at home are on the rise. For example, a recent survey from the National Business Group on Health found that 27% of 2,200 employees surveyed would like their employer to provide additional support for mental health, including help coping with burnout.

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The Power Of Two-way Collaborative Employee Relationships

6Q

The landscape of employee-employer relations has transformed dramatically over the last couple of decades, and it continues to change. While in the past, employers were simply expected to offer regular salaries and secure jobs to their staff, employees of today expect much more than an equal working environment based on mutual respect and collaboration.

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Bullying in the workplace: the ‘illusion’ of bullying versus the reality of harassment

HR Zone

People The ‘illusion’ of bullying.

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