Sat.May 11, 2019 - Fri.May 17, 2019

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An Open Letter to HR on Policies, Regulating, and Training (10 years later)

UpstartHR

Ten years ago I started this blog. One of my earliest posts was about the critical importance of treating people like adults and training for the attitudes and behaviors we want, not just those we don’t want. Is it still true today? You decide. . AKA An open letter to HR professionals who think it’s a good idea to regulate the snot out of everything.

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The Hidden Cost of Culture Friction

Human Workplaces

I was on a call last week with Paula, our new SVP of Business Development , and we were talking to a possible client in Texas. During the conversation, the senior executive on the call asked us a fair and important question: Why should we invest in culture work? How can I convince the other senior executives that we shouldn’t just add more sales people or invest in some other part of the business?

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How Healthcare Employers Can Manage Nursing Talent More Strategically

Precheck

How Healthcare Employers Can Manage Nursing Talent More Strategically May. 14, 2019. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Nurses are a critical part of the healthcare workforce, so the ongoing nursing shortage is a big challenge. Research by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses says that while nurses report being highly satisfied with their career path, 54 percent said they plan to leave their current job within three years.

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Using Talent Sourcing Platforms To Save Recruiter Time

Select Software Reviews

Talent sourcing has become an incredibly important part of any recruiting strategy. This is especially true in a world where unemployment rates have fallen to sub 4% levels and the best talent has become even harder to reach. Source cfo.com. In response, recruiters have been forced to rely more and more on outbound means to engage potential hires. Or, organizations have homegrown their own dedicated sourcing teams which spend their days hunting the right talent.

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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5 Must-Watch TED Talks To Help You Build Leadership Skills

15Five

Every great leader possesses unique leadership skills that have propelled them to the top, but one quality they all share is a strong commitment to continuous learning. Take Bill Gates, the legendary founder of Microsoft, who reads over 50 books a year. This is Gates’ primary way of gaining new knowledge and testing his understanding. But in case you’re not ready to average four books a month, we’ve gathered five powerful TED talks below, each focusing on a particular facet of leadership, from l

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Ramadan in the Workplace 2019: HR Best Practices

Kazoo

We recently published a series of blog posts regarding inclusivity in the workplace, and we wanted to broaden the conversation to include people who practice different faiths. The purpose of these articles is to bring awareness to specific holidays or traditions that aren’t widely covered in the U.S. – and to give you tips to make your workplace more inclusive to employees who celebrate them.

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Your Workplace Data: Preventing a Cyber Attack

Hppy

The technological revolution has transformed the way we conduct business, but it has also brought with it several new challenges and risks. One of the biggest of these challenges is the topic of data protection in an online world seemingly swarming with hackers, fraudsters and cyber-criminals. A data breach (when an unauthorized person accesses confidential information about your business or your customers) can have disastrous consequences in more ways than one.

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How Employee Wellness Programs Boost Productivity

15Five

Wellness can be defined as the active process of becoming aware of and making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life. It is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth. At 15Five, our focus is on people and how to improve the performance management process for both you and your employees. But for employees to perform well, they must be well.

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How to Foster a Healthy Work Environment for Your Employees That’s Free of Bullying

HiBob

As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I would like to discuss one of the most influential factors on employee mental health in modern office settings; workplace bullying. Once regarded as incidents that only took place on school playgrounds, bullying is now running rampant in offices and other workspaces, leading to a high negative financial impact for companies.

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Here Are the HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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How AI Is Making the Employee Experience Better Than Ever

TalentCulture

If you’re in HR, you’ve undoubtedly heard two buzzwords as much or more than any others in the past few years: AI and employee experience. They’re topics we often link to automation — after all, the employee experience is a lot better when you’re freed from tedious, repetitive processes. But AI is actually improving the employee experience in other ways that are often overlooked.

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9 Office Ergonomics Tips To Improve Workplace Wellness

Hppy

Modern technology has radically changed the way we physically work. And, while it has made office work easier, it has also made it much more repetitive. This has created unprecedented ergonomics challenges, which in turn have increased the rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). In fact, recent studies by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) show that over one million of the working population suffer from work-related illnesses.

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Why Manager Face Time is Essential to Employee Engagement

15Five

My name is Alex and I’m a software engineer. Given the stereotypes about people in my line of work, what I’m about to say next may come as a shock… but, I actually don’t mind meetings. I even look forward to my weekly one-on-one with my manager. Lately, I’ve noticed that a lot of the advice written about managing engineers comes from the point-of-view of an experienced manager, and is based on what has worked for them.

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How to Make Workplace Safety Training Modules Future Ready

Kitaboo - Employee Training

Safety training is an indispensable part of organizational training. Every employee who joins an organization has to undertake health and safety training in order to understand the safety practices and protocol of that place. And just like we future proof everything else in business, workplace safety training modules too, must be made in a way that is always future ready.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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How to Identify Your Company's Flight Risks

SHRM Resources

?HR can reduce employee attrition and improve engagement when equipped with predictive data analytics that point out where turnover risk is highest. Flight risk models help identify what types of employee profiles are the most likely to leave the company, enabling HR to make strategic decisions about whom to target for retention and where to invest in development opportunities.

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How To Tell If A Member Of Staff Is Going Through The Seven Stages Of Grief?

Hppy

Grief can have a significant impact on almost every aspect of someone’s life. With that being said, it’s not always easy to determine whether or not an employee is going through the grieving process. Grief can interfere with thought processes, wreak havoc on concentration levels and disrupt sleep patterns, but bereavement leave is not unceasing, and therefore many employees will have to return to work whilst processing their loss.

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Do we really need to measure the ROI of our people?

HR Zone

People. Do we need to measure the ROI of our people?

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Finding Inspiration: 19 Affirmations for HR and Workplace Leaders

Workology

In January of this year, I committed myself to self-development and really digging into some areas that need my personal attention. You know the ones. They are those things about yourself that you. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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#WorkTrends: How to Build a More Diverse Pipeline

TalentCulture

Here at #WorkTrends we spend a lot of time thinking about how to transform buzzwords into action, and this week we’re breaking down “diversity in hiring.” There has been a lot of lip service paid to this topic, but many HR professionals find that there can be barriers to building a more diverse organization. However, there are tangible steps you can take to attract, hire and retain more diverse candidates.

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Trump Immigration Plan Favors Skilled Workers

SHRM Resources

President Donald Trump’s merit-based immigration proposal may increase the overall number of green-card slots available to foreign national workers, including skilled professionals.

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5 ways talent management software can eliminate performance review mistakes

HR Morning

Performance reviews are a stressful event for both managers and employees. They can range from awkward conversations to pointless feedback to ugly HR nightmares. And a bad review system doesn’t just hurt employee performance. It can have serious consequences for morale and turnover too. Studies show that after a performance review one in five employees report being so upset they cried, while one in three immediately start looking for a new job.

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Ep 10 – Are Open Concept Offices Hurting Creativity?

Workology

Welcome to the new Workology Go Podcast. In just under five minutes, we get you the HR and workplace news you need before you start your day. Get ready, get set and go with the Workology Go Podcast. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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The Secret Science of Meetings

Root

From THE SECRET SCIENCE OF MEETINGS by Steven G. Rogelberg. Copyright Steven G. Rogelberg. Published by Oxford University Press. Reprinted with permission. Meetings are not in and of themselves problematic. Meetings are essential to teams and organizations. Without meetings, organizational democracy, inclusion, participation, buy-in, communication, attachment, teamwork, coordination, and cohesion would all be compromised.

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Race Against Bias: Are we aware of our own unconscious bias?

HR Digest

Unconscious bias is hard-wired into our brains. It’s a survival mechanism, so basic and below our conscious radar. It helps us better sift through the constant stream of information to make accurate decisions based on instinct rather than logic. What’s more, everyone harbors them and takes them into the workplace. In fact, studies demonstrate bias across nearly every organizational activity and for nearly every group of people.

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11-Steps Recruitment Marketing Action Plan

TalentLyft

Need to create an effective recruitment marketing action plan ? In this detailed, step-by-step guide you’ll learn how to create it - from scratch. Great r ecruitment marketing tips and tricks included. Are ready to put them in action? Read More.

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Ep 181 – Working and Leading With Dyslexia

Workology

Being a workplace that overlooks diversity and inclusion is not an option in today’s talent marketplace. Accessibility and accommodation aren’t take it or leave it – they’re crucial to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.