Sat.Apr 15, 2017 - Fri.Apr 21, 2017

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Why HR Should Forget About Candidates' Salary History for Good

Cornerstone On Demand

Legislation is being enacted in some large U.S. cities that make it illegal for employers to ask candidates an unfair and dreaded question:"What's your current, or most recent, salary?" Job seekers in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Puerto Rico, anywhere in Massachusetts and—potentially very soon—New York City, will no longer have to stress about pricing themselves out of a job (or low-balling their worth).

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Fatigue Management

HRchitect

Written by: Nathan Meles. It may be absent from many corporate HR policies, but fatigue management has been rapidly gaining awareness in the workplace. Not only is employee fatigue a hazard in some work environments, it impacts workplace morale, employee accuracy, and productivity. From industry specific safety regulations, to collective bargaining agreements, and even companies striving to optimize their employees’ performance, fatigue management is working its way into the HR space and the wor

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4 Steps for Building an Effective Talent Pipeline

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

As the role of HR professional rises in strategic importance, so does the need for a formidable talent pipeline, the pool of talent ready to fill open positions. Avoiding business disruption and shortening hiring time are two key benefits of a smoothly running talent pipeline. Unsurprisingly, business leaders are paying more attention to the ins and outs of recruitment and retention.

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How to Get New Hires to Hit the Ground Running: 10 Tips

ClearCompany HRM

While an organization cannot completely rid the chance of a bad hire , it’s onboarding that can make or break the success of a candidate. Often times, the strategy is simply, “Here is your desk, get to work,” along with the misconception that you should throw new employees in at the deep end. The new hire then struggles to stay afloat, keeping them from excelling in this new role.

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Buying HR software is a major decision. That’s why finding the right provider based on your needs and ensuring key decision makers are on board is vital. Download Paycor’s guide for tips to address common concerns across your buying committee.

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A New Workforce Planning Model: Why Position Management Is Flawed

Visier

Given that people costs make up the largest chunk of the operating expenses for a typical organization, getting the workforce plan right is fundamental to good corporate fiscal health. Yet most Finance departments still develop budgets for people, the same way they do for chairs — an outdated approach that creates risk and headaches for the organization.

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Ask Adam: Creating a Positive Employee Experience

Ultimate Software

“Employee experience” has become a standard HR buzzword, and today’s executives are increasingly recognizing and prioritizing its influence. In January, Forbes published “ The Employee Experience Is the Future of Work ,” and we now know that “ee experience” is the #1 driver of employment outcomes. Unfortunately, measuring—even defining—the drivers of positive employee experience can be tumultuous, primarily driven by a lack of data outlining exactly what contributes to employee happiness, satisf

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3 Keys to Building a Collaborative Relationship with Hiring Managers

ClearCompany HRM

The relationship between a recruiter and hiring manager is an interesting one. Both roles are a necessity to making a strategic and suitable hire, yet it’s not uncommon to struggle with finding the right balance when searching for talent.

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Leadership Insights: What To Do When Your Employee’s Heart Just Isn’t In It

15Five

You could tell his heart just wasn’t in it. I’ve always liked that phrase. Or rather, I appreciate the reverse, that a person who is fully present and contributes something valuable does so because they feel inspired, alive, and open-hearted. Is that true though? Is positive emotion really what creates the highest levels of employee engagement ? Well, not according to this disheartening Gallup post : Measuring workers’ contentment or happiness levels, as well as catering to their wants, of

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Companies: When to Call a Labor and Employment Lawyer – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Last week, I wrote a post about when employees need to lawyer up or reach out to a government agency about something that’s happening at work. It occurred to me while I was writing the post that companies might want the same type of information. I’ve worked at organizations that never called an employment lawyer because frankly, they didn’t want the expense.

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Secrets to the Switch: Choosing the Best HR Software in 2023

Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Does your organization need more productivity (and less pain) from your HR software? With the increase of technology-dependent remote work and highly sophisticated cyber threats on the rise, it's critical to successfully implement an HR platform that can help your organization see actionable information in real-time to hit all your key workforce KPIs.

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4 Strategies to Boost Agility & Build an Organization of the Future

CultureIQ

The Key to a Sustainable High-Performance Work Culture? Agility. Everywhere you look, people are on their mobile phones. We have grown almost inseparable from these devices that fit right into our pockets and give us access to pretty much … The post 4 Strategies to Boost Agility & Build an Organization of the Future appeared first on CultureIQ.

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6 Easy Ways to Make Your Team Millennial-Friendly

Achievers

By: Coralie Sawruk Strategic Business Transformation Consultant. With a steady increase in employable candidates, and the continued exodus of baby boomers, millennials are now in a position to have a major influence on their workplaces. But according to a recent study by Gallup, only 29% of millennials are engaged at work. This shouldn’t come as a surprise; millennials make no secret as to what they feel makes a workplace engaging.

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2 Principles for Effective Performance Management

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – The next generation of performance management will be employee driven and focused on contributions. Social technologies are the tools that make it effective. Across the landscape of companies redesigning performance reviews, there is a diverse range in the way those systems are designed and implemented. Yet regardless of the specific path chosen, the common thread is to streamline and make the evaluative process more efficient while also increasing validity.

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Want to Retain Women Leaders? Look Beyond Maternity Leave

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Bright Horizons Family Solutions , a leading provider of high-quality child care, early education, and work/life solutions for employers. They’ve been consistently included in FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. In addition, more than half of the employers on the FORTUNE list, including seven of the top ten, are Bright Horizons clients.

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2023 HR Technology Trends: What's New and What's Next

Speaker: Ben Eubanks - Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisory

The world of HR has changed so much in recent years, and so have the technologies and tools that support HR and talent leaders. But frankly, keeping up with the ever-changing HR tech landscape can feel like another full-time job. That's why we're sharing with you this webinar session with Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Interview Ice Breakers: 7 Questions to Segue into Meaningful Candidate Conversations -- by Paul Falcone. 2.

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Helping Employees Harmonize Their Inner Dissonance

CONCERN: EAP

Do you ever find that your inner voice is being less than supportive? Cautionary thoughts that help us avoid real dangers can be a good thing. But, if they too frequently intrude during everyday moments, these thinking patterns can sometimes negatively affect our mood and our performance at work. Repetitive negative or irrational thinking processes can contribute to stress and anxiety in the workplace because employees’ thoughts are closely tied to their moods.

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Negotiation Strategies

Don Phin

Every day we are negotiating. Whether on a sales call, seeking a raise or dealing with our kids. I recently read James Altucher’s book Reinvent Yourself and he shared what he learned about negotiating from his interview with Chris Voss, the former lead hostage negotiator for the FBI. Chris wrote a book about negotiation called. Read More. The post Negotiation Strategies appeared first on HRSherpas.

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Recruit Better: Employee Discount Programs and Taxes

HR Bartender

Here on HR Bartender, we’ve talked about the partnerships HR needs to have in the organization with finance, risk management, and marketing…just to name a few. One very important partnership that we haven’t spent much time covering is the partnership between human resources and payroll. Today’s reader question deals with that: I am trying to find out if employee discount programs that companies sign up for (to offer their employees discounts) have tax consequences for the employee and/or company

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The HR Leader’s Guide to Recruiting & Hiring

62% of Paycor survey respondents say we’re in a permanent talent shortage. By 2030, we’ll see more jobs than workers (BCG).

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3 Ways To Improve Your Employee Onboarding Process (Guest)

EmployeeConnect

Whether you work in a big company or small, employee onboarding is a really important aspect of hiring. It’s not only there to make the new hire familiar with all the procedures you have, but also to make them comfortable working in the business. In the next couple of paragraphs, I will try to help you improve your employee onboarding process. Educate and inform new hires before their first day.

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Correlating HR Consumerization and Minimizing Turnover

Hppy

In the realm of marketing, companies have worked hard to define their culture and are always creating experiences for their customers and prospects. They seek to woo them with delight, increase loyalty and inevitably grow their revenue. In the modern workplace, we are seeing the lines blur between human resources, marketing, and customer service to create a workplace culture and develop experiences designed to delight and woo candidates and retain employees.

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Creating a Valuable Employee Performance Experience

PeopleStrategy

Performance management is being disrupted. In two-thirds of organizations today, business leaders are rethinking the traditional methods of managing employee performance. And employees are breathing a collective sigh of relief. According to Harvard Business Review research, some of the most common performance management methods can actually demotivate your best performers.

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Getting Employee Engagement Right Takes More Than a Village

ATD Human Capital

Despite increasing investments in employee engagement surveys, programs, and interventions, fewer than one third of workers around the globe are engaged, resulting in high levels of commitment and discretionary effort. In many parts of the world, and especially in some industries, the percentage is even lower. Yet, we’ve seen organizations succeed with highly engaged employees who are more productive and innovative and who deliver performance that matters.

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Upskilling HR: Future-Proof Your HR Career

Speaker: Jeanne Achille - CEO, The Devon Group

Is your HR department running around barefoot like the shoemaker's children? If so, you're on a collision course with the ever-changing realities of the workplace, which necessitate strong HR tech skills. In this webinar, we'll look at why HR should invest in learning to ensure organizational resiliency and employee retention. Consider it self-care as we discuss how to future-proof your own career through the opportunities provided by upskilling.

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The Toxic Impact of Incivility

WorkHuman

Just because civility seems to have disappeared from politics, that doesn’t mean it should be forgotten in the workplace. What does it mean to be civil? How does a lack of civility impact your people and your bottom line? And what role do managers and leaders play in driving true culture change? We recently chatted with WorkHuman speaker Christine Porath, author and associate professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

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How to Effectively Manage a Cross-Functional Team

Hppy

So, your company has decided to launch a cross-functional team. You’re not alone. Many organizations are choosing to shift from hierarchical to team-oriented structures in order to better meet the needs of an evolving competitive market. Although this shift combats the silo mentality and has the potential for substantial payoff, businesses can only reap these benefits if their cross-functional teams work seamlessly to achieve success.

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How to Land Your Dream Job.

EmployeeConnect

If you’re looking for a change and have a couple of companies at the back of your mind that would fall into the category of the dream job , keep them on your radar and also look for means to be on their radar, prior to applying for the job. Tracking your dream Job for a period of time before actually applying entails several benefits. For instance, if you are tracking a well-known company on Linkedin or Twitter or even “Like the company’s page on Facebook, you may already be recognis

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Growing Talent Development Firms: Industry Disruption, Interruption, and Corruption

ATD Human Capital

Disruption is probably the most overused word in the business world today. It may refer to Uber or Lyft disrupting the car service industry while not owning any cars, Airbnb doing the same for the lodging industry without owning any real estate, Netflix for on-demand movies without owning any movies, or any number of new companies interfering with the standard way of doing business.

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Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template

When it comes to benefits, communication is critical. To help you easily explain your offerings at open enrollment, Paycor created an open enrollment sample letter (and a few tips). Download this free Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template today.