Sat.Jul 09, 2016 - Fri.Jul 15, 2016

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Two Truths and a Lie about Employee Engagement

Kazoo

We’re all familiar with this game, right? Often played at parties, it’s a great way to get to know someone or learn new things about old friends. Let’s apply it to increasing employee engagement , something that still eludes many HR leaders. Below we’ll share three stats that have come from news articles within the last few weeks. Then, it’s up to you to choose which two are true and which one is false.

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The Real Cost of a Bad Hire

Paycor

Red Adair, the renowned oil fighter who rose to prominence in the ‘50s and ‘60s once stated, “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Although this quote comes from a time and profession far removed from those in which we operate today, the message may hold more truth now than ever before.

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How HR Can Recruit for IT Departments of the Future

TalentCulture

I’ve written a lot about Millennials and the massive impact they are having on the future of work. The largest generation in today’s workforce, they are the generation perfectly matched to ride the wave of digital technology and mobility that came of age more or less at the same time they did, and they’ve helped turn traditional business practices on its ear.

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Integrate a Talent Network into Your Recruiting Process

TalentCircles

Recruiters with large numbers of people in their talent networks are always in high demand. The more people there are to choose from, the more options for high quality talent employers have. Not only that, but a strong talent network also helps companies save on time and hiring costs and lowers turnover. So, if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to plug a good talent network into your existing system.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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Two Truths and a Lie about Employee Engagement

Kazoo

We’re all familiar with this game, right? Often played at parties, it’s a great way to get to know someone or learn new things about old friends. Let’s apply it to increasing employee engagement , something that still eludes many HR leaders. Below we’ll share three stats that have come from news articles within the last few weeks. Then, it’s up to you to choose which two are true and which one is false.

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How Your Employees Can Play a Part in Social Media Recruiting

Cornerstone On Demand

In my last post , I discussed how social media can be used to identify, engage with and hire talent. But another important aspect of social media recruiting is growing your presence once you get online. Like everything else, your social media presence needs an accelerator or advocate to help it grow. And lucky for you, the best resource you have to take your social media recruiting to the next level sits right in front of you (or at least in the same building): your employees.

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The True Cost of a Bad Hire

The Tim Sackett Project

If there is one constant in HR and Recruiting it is the fact that no one will ever agree on how much a bad hire costs an organization! Never! It doesn’t matter how much time you put into coming up with some algorithm, how much research to back up your numbers, it’s still going to be 90% subjective/soft numbers at best. This is the main reason executives in our organizations think the majority of HR/Talent Pros in the world don’t get business!

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Report highlights employers’ biggest concerns: ACA, new bias claims and OT regs

HR Morning

What’s keeping C-level execs up at night? Just a few small concerns like the new overtime rules, a likely increase in bias claims based on sexual orientation, the Affordable Care Act and the threat of workplace violence. . Those are the takeaways from the 2016 Executive Employer Survey from Littler, the giant employment law firm. The fifth annual survey, completed by 844 in-house counsel, human resources professionals and C-suite executives from some of America’s largest companies, examine

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13 Experts Who Inspire Us to Fight for a Better Candidate Experience

ClearCompany HRM

4 Things Philz Coffee Does to Create a Memorable Candidate Experience by Sid Lipsey ( @SidLipsey ). See how this San Francisco-based coffee house, frequented by Mark Zuckerberg, provides a one-of-a-kind candidate experience that makes applicants come running! One of their most notable differences is that they actually record the interviews to see how well the interviewer aligned with the Philz brand.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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Exit Interviews Can Be a Recruiting Tool – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Congratulations to The Workforce Institute at Kronos , a think tank that helps organizations drive performance, for reaching the 500 blog post milestone ! Enjoy the post.). It’s time to shed the perception that exit interviews are simply an activity where employees say negative things about the company and their manager.

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Purpose-Driven Companies Are Driving The New Economy

15Five

As 2015 came to an end, The Atlantic published an article entitled, 2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being. Indeed for many of us things are better than ever — so good, in fact, that more and more of us have an opportunity to seek the highest levels of personal fulfillment — even at work. While things are looking better on average, plenty of people are still suffering.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: HR Edition

UpstartHR

Want to be a true HR leader within your business? Learn to influence others. When you think about it, there are few decisions that HR makes with ultimate authority. A significant portion of what we accomplish comes through the influence, coaching, and guidance of our peers, executives, and staff. I’d even go so far as saying that the majority of what we are proud of as HR leaders comes from what we accomplish without making the final decision ourselves.

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Lessons from User Experience to Apply to Your Candidate Experience

ClearCompany HRM

As the web continues to dominate every waking second of our lives, the proliferation of job titles and entire departments under the umbrella of “user experience” has grown dramatically. After all, if we’re going to spend most of our time on a computer or a mobile phone, or engaging with some sort of device, it’s crucial to work with people who can make that experience, simpler, more effortless, and easier for the user.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Are Learning Goals Better Than Performance Goals

HR Bartender

Not all goals are the same. That was a big takeaway for me from this year’s WorkHuman conference, hosted by Globoforce. Maybe on some level I knew this, but speaker Caroline Adams Miller really made me focus on the topic by discussing the difference between performance and learning goals. Performance goals are ones that focus on an outcome. The outcome (or goal) is based on performance.

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Architecting Digital Learning: What Hasn’t Worked

Cornerstone On Demand

“A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.” - Roy H. Williams The question remains—how do you identify the “mistake”? Sometimes, the mistake is not so obvious.

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What Creating 300 Blog Posts Taught Us About Content Marketing

15Five

Today we celebrate a huge milestone… this is our 300th Blog Post (cue celebratory trumpets, virtual balloons, and superfluous exclamation marks)!!! We’ve come a long way since our first blog post was published in April of 2013. Below, I share what we learned on the path to 300 and the 8 lessons you can apply to your own content marketing strategy. 1) Give ‘Em What They Want.

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The Business Case for HR Software and Analytics

ClearCompany HRM

HR Pros have heard for years that it’s their turn for a “seat at the table” and that they need to “get strategic” about people management. And while some might argue that HR Pros have been strategic and own people management already , there’s finally a study that makes it official. XpertHR’s latest research into HR roles and responsibilities has for the first time in the last 14 years of doing the survey, found that the role of HR data and HR software is a key priority, particularly for private

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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Identifying Team Engagement – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

We’ve talked often about individual engagement. But what about teams? That’s what this reader note is all about. Hi Sharlyn. What are the most important questions a company should ask to know if the team is engaged? What are the tale-tell signs that company should look out for on disengagement? I think this is a great question. So much of the work we do involves teams.

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5 Questions With Company Culture Expert Anese Cavanaugh

Reflektive

Evolving your human resources processes sometimes means updating to the latest tools and introducing new systems to your workforce. But, for many companies, new tools come with new skill sets. For example, filling out a performance review once per year is something most managers have learned, as using performance reviews is fairly pervasive across industries and has been for many, many years.

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Innovative HR and Why Technology Innovators Can’t Survive Without It

Visier

As a tech company, we experience first hand the challenges faced by HR and business leaders in the hyper-competitive tech talent market. While the race to out-innovate with new ideas and products fuels the technology industry at large, the competition between companies is fought most pervasively as on the talent front lines. Innovation and ideas come from people, and being able to attract, retain, and develop the best people creates the real competitive advantage. 90% of technology CEOs are conf

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Lessons from User Experience to Apply to Your Candidate Experience

ClearCompany HRM

As the web continues to dominate every waking second of our lives, the proliferation of job titles and entire departments under the umbrella of “user experience” has grown dramatically. After all, if we’re going to spend most of our time on a computer or a mobile phone, or engaging with some sort of device, it’s crucial to work with people who can make that experience, simpler, more effortless, and easier for the user.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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Why #HR Should Pay Attention to the #Election2016 Political Conventions

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: The Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18-21, 2016. The Democratic National Convention will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 25-28, 2016.). Before you move past this post because of its political nature, I hope you’ll hear me out. I know a few some many whole lot of people are tired of politics.

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Wage Theft Laws: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Business

Trinet

With increasing frequency, states are adopting “wage theft” bills. Because of this, TriNet has made the move to protect our clients by having worksite employees (WSEs) authorize their payroll. Visit site for full story.

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How a System of Empowerment Will Change Your Business

EmployeeConnect

A ROCKSTAR company culture leads to ROCKSTAR employees. Great company culture is really important, and not just the visible components, but it’s the invisible components which really matter. The attitude of employees towards one another and towards the organisation are extremely important. Culture influences everything that goes on in an organisation that’s why it is vital to cultivate a great company culture.

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What is the Employee Experience? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Pokemon Go is the rage right now. I knew nothing about it, and so I slinked around the internet trying to figure out why my neighbors were walking around the parking lot like dazed zombies with their noses glued to their phones. I then played it cool and acted like I was up to speed the entire time by throwing around terms like “gyms” and making sure my co-workers knew that the plural of Pokemon was still Pokemon. .

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Motivation Through Meaning: Retain Employees With Meaningful Work

Hppy

Finding meaning is one of the great existential questions of life. Some people work their whole lives trying to figure out what their purpose is. Meaningful work has been continuously recognized as a key employee engagement driver. The forth report in Deloitte’s Talent 2020series, surveyed 560 employees across virtually every major industry and global region.

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PenFed Credit Union Offers INTOO Transition Solution to 1.4 M Members

Intoo USA

PenFed, one of the largest credit unions in the country, announced today that it will provide its entire membership with free access to PenFed Career Connect — a complete online job search assistance and career transition platform powered by Intoo (formerly CareerArc Outplacement). PenFed’s member-wide provision of Intoo’s career assistance technology is the first of its kind in the financial services industry.

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Starting Out With a Challenging Manager

Everwise

A great manager advocates for you, teaches you, challenges you, and motivates you. So the benefit of having a healthy, positive relationship with your manager is clear – it sets you up with a foundation for success. A bad manager – someone who doesn’t provide helpful feedback, adds stress instead of helping relieve it, and isn’t focused on supporting his or her team reach personal development goals – stalls your professional growth.