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From one-size-fits-all strategies to nap pods, these are the workplace fads HR pros want to leave in 2024

HR Brew

The year is quickly coming to a close, and soon HR teams will hit the ground running in 2025. In observance of the old, yet reliable, cliché “out with the old, in with the new,” we asked HR pros what workplace fads they’d like to leave in 2024—like those old knickknacks and outdated vintage fashions you donate to Goodwill on New Year’s Eve. Read on for what your people business peers want to say goodbye (and hello) to in the new year.

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18 Key HR Skills for Resume Success [+ Examples]

AIHR

Roles in HR tend to involve a wide range of responsibilities, making it tricky to decide what to highlight on your resume. How can you capture the balance between technical knowledge and the soft skills that come with your domain to show you’re a well-rounded professional? Let’s dive into the essential HR skills to highlight for a standout resume. Contents How to present your HR skills on a resume Technical skills for HR resume Soft skills for HR resume Essential HR skills for different roles Ho

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Why new hire retention should be on everyone’s dashboard in 2025

HRExecutive

New hire retention is a measure that organizations often use to assess the strength of their recruiting process. However, the importance of this measure and its impact on the business goes far beyond recruiting. - Advertisement - In this column, after breaking down cross-industry data for new hire retention, we discuss the risks that organizations face when their retention is lower than it should be and the role that groups across the business can play to help strengthen it.

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From Payroll To Performance: How HR Management Apps Streamline Every Aspect of HR Operations

HR Management

In today’s fast-paced business environment, human resources (HR) departments are under increasing pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure a seamless employee experience. Traditional HR processes, often manual and time-consuming, are no longer sufficient to meet these demands. Enter HR management apps , powerful tools that integrate multiple HR functions into a single, cohesive platform.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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The Essentials of Strategic Workforce Planning

Careerminds

Strategic workforce planning is about assessing how well your team’s skills align with your business goals. When done right, it can drive your organization forward, reduce costs, and ensure timely project completion. But what does it take to implement a successful strategic workforce planning initiative? What tools are essential, and what key factors should you consider throughout the process?

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Enhancing Remote Work Through Gamified Training

Hppy

After the COVID 19 pandemic emerged; numerous businesses shifted to work setups to sustain their activities. As the pandemic eases off; many firms persist in adopting remote work models. Working from a distance comes with benefits, like flexibility and saving money for both businesses and workers nevertheless¸ it can pose difficulties in keeping employees motivated and fostering collaboration, among team members situated in different time zones.

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What is a Retainer in Recruitment?

HR Lineup

In recruitment, a retainer is a payment agreement between a company and a recruitment agency where the company pays an upfront fee to secure the agency’s services for filling a specific role. This model, known as retained recruitment, differs from the more common contingency recruitment, where payment is only made when a candidate is successfully placed.

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Mastering the Juggle: How Solo HR Pros Tackle Day-to-Day Challenges

Acacia HR Solutions

HR professionals working solo or in small teams are the ultimate multitaskers—handling everything from onboarding to compliance, often with limited resources. Managing HR in a small business environment means balancing routine admin with strategic tasks and building a supportive company culture, often all within the same day. Here’s a detailed guide on how HR pros can tackle these key challenges Prioritizing Strategic vs.

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DOL Overtime Rule Struck Down, Another Big Change for Employees

HR Digest

The U.S. Department of Labor has been thwarted in its attempt to expand the overtime rule after accusations of exceeding its authority. A Texas federal judge struck down the DOL overtime rule on Friday, which means over 1 million workers could lose the overtime pay and salary hikes that they gained with the additional compensation with the DOL’s policy.

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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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Hot dog chain Portillo’s staffs its restaurants with corporate employees during the holiday season

HR Brew

If I’ve learned anything from watching The Bear , it’s that working in a restaurant is hard—maybe even as hard as it is for talent pros to staff service roles. Quit and turnover rates in the service sector remain higher than those in all other industries, according to data from the US Chamber of Commerce. To help fill the gaps, some companies are tapping their corporate workers.

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HR Software’s Role in Workforce Analytics and Strategic Planning: Building a Data-Driven HR Team

EmployeeConnect

Strategic planning isn’t limited to executive suites—it has become a vital function across all organisational levels, especially in HR. The shift from traditional HR methods to data-driven strategies has been transformative. At the heart of this transformation is workforce analytics, often powered by advanced HR software. This technology not only centralises essential HR functions but also provides deep insights into workforce patterns, enabling HR leaders to make informed decisions.

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Building a Job Leveling Matrix That Actually Works (+ Free Template)

Peoplebox

A job leveling matrix can transform your organization, yet its absence leads to: Engineers questioning their Level 2 status while watching colleagues get promoted. Managers struggling to explain career paths to their teams. HR grappling with compensation bands that don’t quite make sense. Does this sound familiar? Even the most organized companies stumble when it comes to structuring teams and creating clear growth paths.

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Skills: Why they’re ‘incredibly pivotal’ in the future of work

HRExecutive

At the 2024 HR Tech conference, Mercer’s Ravin Jesuthasan delivered an opening keynote on the evolving nature of the global workforce, emphasizing that skills will be the currency of work in the future. - Advertisement - After his keynote, Jesuthasan sat down with HR Executive ’s HR Tech Editor Jill Barth for an exclusive video interview. He noted that there has been so much discussion about the importance of skills that it has led some to peg the topic as overhyped.

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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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Managers are disengaged and it’s hurting employee engagement. Here’s what HR can do.

HR Brew

Employees aren’t engaged—and they haven’t been for awhile. Only 31% of US employees were engaged in Q3, according to a recent Gallup report. That’s up slightly from 30% in Q1, Gallup reported , when engagement was at its lowest level since 2013. People leaders looking to increase engagement may want to focus on leaders. Some 41% of leaders disengaged at work, according to a recent survey from employee recognition software company Nectar.

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How can HR software help reduce employee turnover

EmployeeConnect

Employee turnover is a pressing challenge for organisations, often leading to high costs, disrupted workflows , and a negative impact on morale. While some turnover is inevitable, high voluntary turnover rates signal underlying issues that need to be addressed. To tackle this, many organisations are turning to data-driven HR software solutions, which provide actionable insights to identify and mitigate turnover risks.

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10 Things to Include in Your Artificial Intelligence Policy

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes We’ve been chatting lately about the need for organizations to have artificial intelligence (AI) policies. I recently interviewed my friend and attorney Carrie Cherveny about some of the things that organizations might want to consider including in their policy. I hope you’ll check it out. In the interview with Carrie, not only does she share her knowledge, but she shared the results of an AI inquiry.

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Employment laws are changing. How tech can create a ‘culture of compliance’

HRExecutive

As HR compliance grows increasingly complex, experts say staying informed about regulatory updates is critical for fostering a culture of accountability and transparency. Heading into 2025, technology will prove pivotal for HR leaders striving to comply with shifting laws and regulations. - Advertisement - That’s according to Tami Nutt, director of research and insights at strategy firm Aspect 43, who told a virtual audience at isolved Connect that “HR tech excels at following rules,

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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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World of HR: Muslims in the European Union face discrimination and harassment at work

HR Brew

Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in workplaces throughout the Europen Union, a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights found. The report, titled Being Muslim in the EU , surveyed 9,604 Muslims between 2021 and 2022, and found that 47% have faced discrimination, a 12% increase from the last time the survey was conducted in 2016.

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30 Performance Review Examples & Phrases To Use (+ 15 Phrases To Avoid)

AIHR

Constructive performance reviews can help professionals at all levels perform at their best. Under 20% of employees feel inspired by their performance reviews, while 60% of companies with effective performance management systems outperform their peers. This implies performance reviews significantly impact employee experience and business outcomes. This article discusses how to write a performance review, and offers 15 examples to guide you in helping your organization establish an effective perf

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From Manual to Automated: Future-Proofing Your Recruitment Strategies

Hacker Earth

Through the last few years, the recruitment landscape has changed due to technology and the desire for more efficient processes. Traditional manual recruitment methods involve time consuming administrative tasks and are being replaced by automated recruitment strategies. Right now, automated systems help to streamline workflows, improve candidate experience, and allow organizations to remain competitive in this quick hiring environment.

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How to cultivate emotional intelligence in leadership and employees alike

Insperity

It’s become clear to top managers and human resources (HR) professionals that emotional intelligence in both leaders and employees is critical to a successful, high-performing workplace. Today, it’s actually one of the most sought-after qualities in new hires. In this blog, we’ll discuss: What we mean by emotional intelligence Why it matters to your business How you can cultivate emotional intelligence in your workforce What is emotional intelligence?

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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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Gen Z will make up 10% of managers in 2025

HR Brew

Gen Z employees aren’t the new kids on the block anymore. They’re all grown up and taking on leadership roles. Next year, over 10% of managers will identify as Gen Z, according to a recent Glassdoor report. The eldest members of the generation will be 27, following a pattern set by previous generations: 13% of millennial, 14% of Gen X, and 12% of Baby Boomer workers were also managers at 27 years old.

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The Power of Compound Knowledge for HR: 6 Steps To Earn Learning Dividends 

AIHR

Knowledge is a lot like interest. It compounds exponentially. The more you learn, the more you know, and the better and faster you are at solving problems, overcoming challenges, and finding ways to innovate in whatever you do. That’s why those who embraced continuous learning earned, on average, 8.6% higher wages than those who didn’t. They were also 17% more likely to have good jobs.

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The Impact of Talent Assessments on Reducing Employee Turnover

Hacker Earth

Organizations of all industries struggle with employee turnover. The high turnover rates cause increased hiring costs, lost productivity, and broken team dynamics. That’s why it’s becoming more common for organizations to use talent assessments as a strategic tool to vet potential hires and improve the probability of a good fit with the role and the organization’s culture.

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The ROI of HR Software: How It Saves Time and Money

EmployeeConnect

In today’s world, every second counts. Time is money, and inefficiency can quickly drain a company’s resources. This is especially true in human resources, where managing people, payroll, and compliance can become overwhelming without the right tools. Enter HR software —a solution that not only streamlines processes but also delivers measurable returns on investment (ROI).

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

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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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At least 23 states are raising their minimum wage in 2025—here’s what it means for HR

HR Brew

Get ready for some hikes. No, not ones with scenic, mountain-top views—we’re talking about state minimum wages. Several states have set their own minimum wages over the years, but as more move to do so, navigating a fractured compensation compliance landscape will become increasingly complicated for people professionals. “I think most HR teams are used to minimum wage changes and how to react accordingly,” Erika Johnson, director of work, rewards, and career at Willis Towers Watson (WTW), told H

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How Your Leadership Can Help Maintain Positive Mental Health for Employees

MP Wired For HR

How Your Leadership Can Help Maintain Positive Mental Health for Employees November 19th, 2024 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn The way you lead has a profound impact on your team’s mental well-being. Just as strong leadership can inspire and motivate, it can also contribute to stress, anxiety, and even burnout.

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How HR’s ideas are driving the next wave of tech innovation

HRExecutive

A wave of new tech advancements defined 2024, and a partnership between customers and vendors is becoming increasingly critical to drive effective use cases. To capitalize on this, HR leaders should take a collaborative approach with their vendors, according to Neil Jensen, vice president of global product vision and experience at enterprise management cloud platform Workday.