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Top Funding News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

Advos

Funding Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. The recruitment marketing platform Smashfly started off 2016 raising $22 million. The first of many big funding announcements in 2016. Lever Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding to Help Companies Reinvent the Way They Recruit and Hire. Job Today inks $10 Million Series A.

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interviewing with a beard as a woman, fending off an unwanted promotion, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Interviewing with a beard as a woman. I’m a graduate student about to start my first professional job search, and I’ve been trying to prepare myself for the process. Here’s my situation: I’m a women with a beard, and not a blonde one: it’s dark and coarse. I shave every morning, and by halfway through the day, I’m got a shadow.

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ICYMI: The Critical Difference Between Managing and Leading

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest HR trends and stories. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular articles every month in our " In Case You Missed It " series. Keep reading for December's top stories! What's the Difference Between a Manager and a Leader?

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Preventing the Horror Movie Syndrome In Your HR System Implementation

HRchitect

Written by: Elissa Montoya. As a blonde, I’ve heard a TON of blonde jokes, including how the blonde always dies first in horror movies, and often that is true. However, even the sacrificial blonde could survive if she would just use that common sense which is so painfully obvious to all of us in the audience and yet seems to be ever elusive to every single person in every single horror movie who ever ended up dead.

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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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Top M&A News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

Advos

M&A Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. SterlingBackcheck Made Several Strategic Acquisitions in 2016. SterlingBackcheck Completes Merger with TalentWise. Kronos Acquires Empower Software Solutions. TrueBlue’s PeopleScout Acquires RPO Business from Aon Hewitt. Salary.com Founding Team Acquires Compensation Portfolio From IBM.

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These Tech Trends Will Transform Work by 2020

Cornerstone On Demand

This year will go down in history — but it may be nothing compared to the next four. Before the next race for the White House, we're poised to witness a big jump in technological advancement: the widespread rise of social media, artificial intelligence, an extreme increase in devices and sensors, advanced digital avatars and more. While this election felt personal to almost everyone, Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize and Singularity University, thinks the next election will be literally p

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Talent Prediction 2017: The Ability to Navigate Complex Organizations

i4cp

Organization design is the number one topic on the mind of business and HR executives who responded to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital report. We are not surprised. Over the past 10 years, we have witnessed a tremendous increase in strategic complexity across the companies we work with. While good design decisions will reduce unrewarded organization complexity, it is just as important to enable mid-level leaders to successfully work across boundaries – business, function, geographic, and cu

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The New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Needs

ClearCompany HRM

Whether you believe in the practice of making a resolution or not, the beginning of a new year is certainly the best time to work on forming new habits. It’s a fresh start to leave the past behind or build on the progress you’ve already made in the prior year. As a leader in your organization, you should always be looking for opportunities to improve and progress in the way you lead and challenge, not only your team, but yourself.

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Thank You and Happy 2017 from #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Thank you for being a HR Bartender reader and for sharing HR Bartender with your contacts on social media. I can’t begin to tell you how much it means to me. Thank you to all the people who send me questions and comments. I wish that I could answer them all! But I’m honored that you have confidence in my ability to respond and hope I don’t disappoint.

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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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Cartoon Coffee Break: Millennial Interviews

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.

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Put Talent First

i4cp

It is time to move beyond saying that talent is an organization’s most important asset. Organizations need to behave in ways that recognize the strategic importance of talent, and to make design and strategy decisions based on their ability to attract and manage talent. For decades, CEO’s have talked about people as their most important asset, but they have not behaved accordingly when it comes to developing their business strategies, their organization designs, and their talent management pract

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10 Recruiting Dos and Don’ts for 2017

ClearCompany HRM

2016 is coming to a close and whether you feel it was good or not, one thing we can all agree on is recruiting has continued to advance. From. digital recruitment. marketing efforts to AI and more, it’s tough to keep up. This is also the best time to start preparing for any other changes that may come your way. What can you do in 2017 to help your recruitment endeavours?

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5 Must-Read Talent Acquisition Articles of 2016

Visier

Talent Acquisition has re-invented itself. This was a recurring theme that we saw in 2016, and thanks to analytics , Talent Acquisition has graduated from a simple candidate filling function to a strategic arm that has a direct correlation to an organization’s bottom line. This year, Talent Acquisition has experienced strategic growth and is now a critical part of the conversation that shapes an organization’s direction and vision.

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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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Your Career Success is Based on Your Self-Awareness

HR Bartender

There’s no secret sauce for career success. If there was, we would all get an index card with the secret and everyone would be a high-performer. Boom! Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), it doesn’t work that way. We should consider that our careers are a work in progress. The business world is constantly changing. Our career goals should change along with it.

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The IRS’s Cost-of-Living Adjustments: An Infographic

ACA Times

The 2016 calendar year is closing out, and with it comes a variety of healthcare care related fee adjustments happening for 2017. The ACA Times has revealed the amounts we know thus far, along with a comparative analysis of the year prior. Print this infographic and keep it handy. There’s more to come in 2017. We’re committed to helping companies reduce risk, avoid penalties, and achieve 100% ACA compliance.

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3 Ways for Small Businesses to Track Employee Hours

nettime solutions

Proper tracking of employee hours is a back-office function whose importance can easily be overlooked. Even a single hour of padding on each employee time card per month can cost business thousands of dollars a year. Furthermore, improperly documented hours can easily lead to payroll headaches, tax reporting problems, and legal issues for employers.

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Culture Crash Course Lesson 5: Building Your Culture Survey

CultureIQ

There’s no doubt that your organization’s culture is unique, so your culture survey should reflect that. Even if you are using a standardized culture assessment, you should customize the language, answer choices, and objective to gain the best insight into your company’s culture. To ensure you receive the highest quality feedback, keep the five areas below in mind when building your culture survey. 5 Tips for Building Your Culture Survey. 1.

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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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Top HR Trends for 2016 with an Eye to the Future

Achievers

By: Josh Danson and Iain Ferreira. With the sands of 2016 close to completing their journey through the pinched middle of the proverbial hourglass, it is only natural to consider what 2017 has in store. But before the future becomes the present, learning what trends emerged in the HR space in 2016 might help inform, and better prepare us for what’s to come.

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Form 1095-B Has Been Updated For the 2016 Tax Year

ACA Times

The IRS has been updating several forms for the 2016 tax year. We’ve seen the final updated Forms 1094-C and 1095-C. Form 1095-B has also seen some changes. The Form, which reports an individual’s health coverage, has some modifications. However, its transmittal form, Form 1094-B is unchanged. So what has changed with Form 1095-B? Here is a tip sheet: Form 1095-B. · In Part I, Lines 2 and 3, as well as Part IV, Columns b and c clarify that a TIN other than SSN may be used, where in 2015 it was S

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3 Ways for Small Businesses to Track Employee Hours

nettime solutions

Proper tracking of employee hours is a back-office function whose importance can easily be overlooked. Even a single hour of padding on each employee time card per month can cost business thousands of dollars a year. Furthermore, improperly documented hours can easily lead to payroll headaches, tax reporting problems, and legal issues for employers.

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2 Steps to Reduce Voluntary Turnover to Zero

RecognizeThis!

by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! – Understanding the importance of the work and the people doing it make work matter and make work more human. The new year is nearly upon us (and I, for one, am ready to put paid to 2016). With the new year often comes the opportunity for evaluation of our lives and our priorities. Many of us start a new year with new ambitions, goals for change, ideas for improvements.

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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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4 Employee Development Ideas to Help Promote From Within

Kazoo

According to research from Bersin by Deloitte , it costs about $4,000 to fill an open position in corporate America. Considering the cost of advertising vacancies, interviewing applicants, and training new hires, there is no question that promoting from within carries a clear advantage. Promoting current employees also leads to better performance. A 2012 study found that external hires were 61 percent more likely to be fired than internal promotions — likely due to the latter’s deeper knowledge

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What is Performance Management?

EmployeeConnect

Performance management is essentially overseeing the relationship between organisational objectives and the skills, experience and capabilities of an organisation’s employees. Overseeing this linear relationship will involve drawing and analysing the aligned results developed. These results emerge from different stages through business activity – either the middle of productivity or at the end stage.

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3 Ways for Small Businesses to Track Employee Hours

nettime solutions

Proper tracking of employee hours is a back-office function whose importance can easily be overlooked. Even a single hour of padding on each employee time card per month can cost business thousands of dollars a year. Furthermore, improperly documented hours can easily lead to payroll headaches, tax reporting problems, and legal issues for employers.

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Shaping Company Culture Through Language

Hppy

I once had a boss who banned the entire organization from ever saying “sorry.”. Whether we were talking to customer, a manager, or each other, no one was allowed to say “sorry” under any circumstances. At worst, he explained, saying we were sorry was an admission of culpability that could carry legal consequences for the company. In general, though, he felt that apologies tended to sound hollow and automatic, and did more to delay corrective action than advance it.

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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.