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It’s Time to Build an Employee Value Proposition for People Analytics

Visier

This article is a companion piece to the white paper, The Employee Value Proposition of People Analytics. Give it a read today. I’m one of those people who believes that most individuals want to do good in the world. People generally want to treat others properly, they want to contribute to society in some meaningful way, and they want to improve the lives of their friends and families around them.

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Employee Satisfaction Surveys: Best practices and sample questions

Qualtrics HR

Improving employee satisfaction has been a goal of organizations since at least the 1930s, when psychologists began earnestly studying employee attitudes and how they were affected by the employer/employee relationship. It was during this time that initial “job satisfaction” surveys were administered, which became the norm for the next 50 years and evolved over time to be more complex and sophisticated.

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Stop summertime FMLA abuse: The Friday Monday Leave Act

HR Morning

Does summertime feel like FMLA stands for the “Friday Monday Leave Act” instead of the Family and Medical Leave Act? From late May to early September, you expect some empty desks or vacant work stations because of pre-approved PTO. What can’t be planned for is people making FMLA claims for absence that may not be on the up-and-up. Keep employees honest.

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Which Job Perks Do Employees Value?

HR Digest

With the unemployment rate dropping to 3.6 percent - the lowest rate since December 1969, and the U.S. job market the tightest it has been in half a century, human resources managers are struggling to attract and retain top talent. While some businesses, like JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon, Costco and Walmart, have bumped paychecks, Glassdoor’s Employment Confidence Survey found that 4 in 5 employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise.

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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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What 20-Something-Year-Olds Want from an Employer

PeopleStrategy

There are many stereotypes about those of us who are in our twenties and early thirties and fall into either the Gen Z or Millennial population. As a member of the Gen Z generation, here are some examples that I’ve heard, and a few I may have even said myself: They don’t know how to work. They are so lazy. They can’t function without their phones. They don’t like people who hold authority over them.

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my boss wanted to go over my personal budget

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’ve recently returned to the teaching field. While I know there are plenty of stories about the budget woes of teachers, my prior experience wasn’t so bad. The school year is approaching and I have been trying to get my class in order. My principal asked for a list of requested supplies and items, and I gave her what I thought was a modest list, the basics to get the year rolling.

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bobbers Know Best: Our Handy Hacks for Productivity at Work

Bob

There are two parts to productivity: getting productive and staying productive. The core issue is that office routines can become mundane. The same tasks day after day or a role that takes its sweet time to evolve in responsibility isn’t necessarily the most exciting circumstance to wake up to. And, yes – role diversity is the key to growing your people.

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How to Evaluate Resume Employment Gaps

SHRM Resources

Many recruiters consider significant employment gaps on a job candidate’s resume to be a bad sign. While a consistent work history is associated with reliability and trustworthiness, periods of unemployment carry a negative stigma.

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People Don’t Leave Jobs, They Leave Bad Bosses And Toxic Work-cultures!

Engagedly

A company can look really terrific from outside, but only the employees working there can understand how their work-culture is and how it affects their performance at work as well as their career growth. For example, Who wouldn’t […].

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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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25 Leadership Qualities That Makes You A Good Leader

Vantage Circle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams. Over the decades, many companies could not compete with global competition. Among the ones that did succeed, most could not sustain their position in the market. Leaders like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffet, with their vision, unshakable determination, and persistent hard work, led their respective companies to great heights.

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Small Companies Can Be Recruiting Contenders

TalentCulture

The ability to attract top talent takes more than just a posting on a job board, a newspaper ad or a sign in a storefront window. Many small businesses must compete with larger companies for talented recruits, without the luxury of internal recruiters or head-hunters to conduct searches and interview candidates. However, there are some cost-effective ways for small-business owners to compete.

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How To Identify Your Job Strengths To Make A Career Change

Take It Personel-ly

When it’s time for a career change, it’s important to take a moment to identify your strengths so that you can make the best possible case as you try to break into a new industry. Okay, this process might take more than a moment! Many professionals who excel in their work have trouble putting their […].

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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. How did it happen? The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. The spectacular progress reflects a holistic view of diversity which closes the gap between aspiration and reality.

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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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How To Overcome Adversity In The Workplace

6Q

We’ll all face adversity every now and then, but some of us find it easier to flourish when things begin to get difficult than others. Learning how to overcome this adversity within the workplace is one way that some employees stand out from the rest, as they can tackle issues which would stop others in their tracks. If you’re someone who struggles to deal with or overcome adversity, particularly in the workplace, then learning how to will do wonders for any issues you may face in the future.

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20 Getting-to-Know-You Questions For Work That Build Trust

TinyPulse

If you’re the type of manager who doesn’t talk to your employees that often, chances are your employees haven’t formed a strong bond with you either. This is unfortunate because the better the bond you have with your team, the happier they’ll be showing up to work each day.

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SCOOP! PA businesses may have to allow employees to use medical marijuana outside of work

The Employer Handbook

Image Credit: Pixabay.com. This definitely caught me flat-footed. An implied duty to accommodate? I think not. Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law specifically states that no employer must “ make any accommodation of the use of medical marijuana on the property or premises of any place of employment. ”. But the law is silent about whether an employer must accommodate someone who takes medical marijuana at home but never uses it on the job.

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4 HR Lessons from Stranger Things

BambooHR

For most HR professionals, the workday doesn’t include battling demogorgons, slaying mindflayers, or foiling Russian spies (and if it does, you may want to look.

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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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Older Workers Are a Valuable Talent Pool

SHRM

Over the last decade, most HR leaders have been obsessed by the role of millennials at work and figuring out how to meet the different expectations and needs of these young workers. Certainly, this has been important work. But, leaders need to be aware of a much bigger demographic challenge ahead: the role of people over the age of 55. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that in the next 10 years, the fastest growing segments of the workforce will be for employees over 65.

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50 Must-Have Questions for Your Employee Feedback Survey

TinyPulse

If you want to measure your workplace and find out the underlying issues plaguing your workers, you turn to employee surveys, right? 81% of organizations do, according to a report by HRZone. But before you jump the gun, you need to be deliberate with your question choices. The wrong word choice or a confrontational tone can be off-putting for employees and even push them away from answering the question.

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Become a Better Manager by Improving Your Attitude

6Q

Anyone can easily become a better manager, simply by changing attitude and becoming more positive about things. This article explains. Think back to the last time your company faced a major setback. Likely, with it there was a great deal of stress among your entire team, and a lot of pressure on you. These situations are inevitable in a work environment, but it doesn’t have to be negative and bring the entire team down.

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6 Ways to Embed Mental Wellness into Classroom Culture for High School Students

EverFi - HR

Young people are experiencing an increase in depression at an alarming rate over the past couple of years, according to researchers at Columbia University. promote mental health awareness in your class community and provide students with effective methods to manage aspects of their mental health? Here are six activities you can implement to generate stronger mental health awareness in students.

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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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Technology to Manage Workplace Immigration Is Booming

SHRM Resources

?Changing immigration policies and a resulting need for improved communication tools has led to innovations in technologies that HR professionals use for employment-based immigration work.The proper capture, processing and storage of documents on employment eligibility and work authorization is necessary for businesses to comply with government regulations, and the recent increase in enforcement actions by U.S.

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5 Things Employers Need to Know Now about E-cigarettes

EX Program

Key facts to cut through the confusion about e-cigarette use Vaping. Juuling. E-cigs. If you don’t know these terms for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), you should. But if you’re confused about what you need to know about e-cigarettes and their impact on health and the workplace, you’re not alone. Now is the time to get clued [.]. Read More. The post 5 Things Employers Need to Know Now about E-cigarettes appeared first on EX Program.

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3 Reasons Employee Retention Matters More Than You Think (And How to Get It Right)

The Muse

Want to keep your top performers around for the long haul? Consider these three reasons why employee retention should move to the top of your priority list.

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The Jump …

HRJazzy

Last week I turned in my notice. Yes, my 2 weeks notice, to my current employer that I’ve only been at for exactly 5 months and 2 days. I officially became a millennial. Thank you.

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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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Obvious Signs That You Need a Break from Work

Take It Personel-ly

Many people, especially those who are career-driven and hardworking, tend to overwork themselves. This can sometimes be a good thing because you can easily impress your boss and quickly get the promotion that you have always wanted. However, working too much has its downside. You can end up feeling tired and burnt out if you […].

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Personal Development: Seven Ways Busy Leaders Can Pursue Growth

Forbes Coaches Council

Pursuing personal development doesn't necessarily require setting aside long hours for reflection. Sometimes, even small moments can make all the difference.

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Podcast or Postcard? My Key Takeaways from Boston

Advanced Learning Institute

Jenni Vuorio, Tekir. I was fortunate and thrilled that my employer, a Finnish communications agency Tekir, sent me to participate in the 6th Strategic Internal Communications seminar organized by the Advanced Learning Institute in Boston in July 2019. It was fascinating to notice that the communications challenges seem to be very similar in Europe and in the United States.