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Upcoming Webinar: How to Use Video Interviewing to Grow your Staffing Business

Spark Hire

'Spark Hire has teamed up with integration partner AkkenCloud to bring staffing companies a comprehensive webinar on video interviewing and how to best implement this powerful technology to experience great benefits. “All of us at Spark Hire are thrilled to be working with AkkenCloud on bringing this valuable information about video interviewing to staffing and recruiting professionals,” says Josh Tolan, CEO of Spark Hire.

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The Biggest Lie We Tell in HR (and Why Need to Stop Telling It)

TLNT: The Business of HR

'I believe that telling lies can render a person insane. Seriously. When a person makes a habit of lying , they eventually begin believing their own lies, and then they become a little crazy, unable to distinguish fiction from reality. And so it goes with HR folks who insist on perpetuating the lie that money doesn’t matter. (more…).

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What is Stacked Ranking? Should You Use It?

ClearCompany HRM

'In finding the best ways to maximize employee potential and company profits managers use a wide breadth of systems, processes, and company-specific routines to motivate those who are falling behind and reward those who are performing well. Stacked ranking is perhaps the most notorious of these systems, as its uses and pitfalls are talked about endlessly in the recruiting and manager world.

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Learning Leaders, Re-Calibrate Your Course for 2015

Cornerstone On Demand

'Millions of people watch the Times Square ball drop during the last 60 seconds of every passing year. According to the Official Site of Times Square , the actual notion of a ball "dropping" to signal the passage of time dates back long before New Year's Eve was ever celebrated in The Big Apple. The first "time-ball" was installed atop England's Royal Observatory at Greenwich in 1833.

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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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Pride In Your Work Matters [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

'(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the NRAEF works to attract, develop and retain professionals for the restaurant industry. Enjoy today’s post!). I recently read an article where someone talked about being successful in a job they don’t like.

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5 Traits That “Great Place to Work” Employers Have

ClearCompany HRM

'Building and maintaining an effective employer brand requires striking a balance between what’s good for the organization and what’s good for the organization’s people. There is a sweet spot in there; it can be hard to find, but it’s there, I promise. Who would know better how to locate it than employer brand experts, Glassdoor? The good people at Glassdoor compiled a short list of the 5 traits their “ Great Places to Work ” winners all had in common.

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How to Get Employees to Bring Their Best Brain to Work

Cornerstone On Demand

'We complain that many of our employees do just enough at work. In fact, the statistic from the Gallup is that 52 percent of employees are disengaged — they do just enough not to get fired. What level of success can an organization have with an employees committed to doing just enough? Moreover, what can management do to inspire greater thinking and greater performance in the workplace?

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Employee engagement: the buzzword for business success

Achievers

'The term, “employee engagement,” earned itself buzzword status in 2014, and with good reason. With each passing year, we learn more about the importance of engaging employees, and why they’re the key to any successful business and employee engagement continues to be the cornerstone for success—both for employees and businesses. As you prepare for 2015, here’s a roundup of some of our favorite articles and resources from 2014 to help you engage, align, recognize, and reward your employees in the

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Recruiting in 2015: Time to Get Ready to Start Dating

TLNT: The Business of HR

'When I was asked recently for my thoughts on what 2015 will bring for talent acquisition, I responded with – dating. Partly, I just couldn’t get myself to repeat the endless series of annual predictions proliferating around the Internet: the year of the mobile, social, collaboration, telecommuting, people are important, blah, blah, blah , yadda, yadda, yadda.

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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.

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100 SHRM Chapter Seminar Program Ideas

UpstartHR

'It’s a new year, and many of you SHRM chapters and state councils out there will be looking for content to engage your members this year. I’m yet again volunteering on the board of NASHRM, my local chapter, so this is near and dear to my heart. I’ll be hosting a SHRM Chapter Volunteer Leader Series occasionally as a way to give content ideas (as I am today), offer advice on board leadership, and more.

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Weekly Must Reads: Beware of Workplace Drones

Cornerstone On Demand

'The top stories HR pros need to know this week. The tech world has spent the week holed up in Las Vegas at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Blake McCammon reports on the biggest trends facing HR, including voice recognition security measures and the marriage of wearable tech with wellness programs. Read more at Blogging4Jobs. Where Women Work.

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Take Our Survey: Optimizing Your Business

nettime solutions

'Regardless of our business size, market segment, or industry, we share similar desires in business optimization. Whether we strive for an increase in profits, a reduction in expenses, or a mixture of both, we all wish to make the most effective use of our opportunities and resources. Just how similar are we? Take this 10-question survey, and then tune in for the results during our upcoming webinar, February 18, 2015 at 3pm EST.

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Why One Millennial Thinks You Should Be Hiring Older Workers

TLNT: The Business of HR

'There‘s much discussion about Generation Y and the benefits we bring to the workforce, but what about the Baby Boomers who are often times overlooked? This generation is 76 million strong, and Boomers are now working far beyond the retirement age. According to the Labor of Bureau Statistics, the labor force will continue to age , with the annual growth rate of the 55-and-older group projected to be 4.1 percent, four (4) times the rate of growth of the overall labor force.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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How I Burned Myself on 450 Degree Steel (and what you can learn from it)

UpstartHR

'Years ago I worked for a small machine shop owned by my parents. One thing that you might not know about steel is that it can vary wildly from piece to piece. The quality, flexibility, hardness, etc. are all subject to the creation and subsequent treatment processes on that individual piece. Occasionally we would have to send off a piece of steel to be heat-treated at a specialized facility, but there were times when we had a small piece that could actually be treated in our oven by “baki

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Your Next "Aha!" Is the Beginning, Not the End

All Things Workplace

'(Re-issued by request). How many times have you studied, thought, worked, conversed, or meditated in order to reach an "Aha!" moment? It seems to me that we have a tendency to treat "Ahas!" as if they are a result. Yet when you look at them carefully, they signal a beginning ; a sign that there may be a new path to pursue, something new to learn, or a situation to re-visit in a different way.

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What Makes Technology “Sticky”?

Trish McFarlane

'I was looking for something and came across a post I wrote back in 2010 called Mobile Technologies You’ll Want. In the post, I mention several technologies that were still fairly new back then. It was exciting to hear about them and I tried all three, however, four years later and I am no longer using any of them. Fast forward to today and I’ve tried some new apps such as Whisper, Secret and Yo!

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Hiring Wisdom: Five Secrets to Hiring Great Employees

TLNT: The Business of HR

'While many employers play up the perceived rewards that a new hire will enjoy when they join the team, few do anything to mitigate the risks new employees take when accepting the job offer. So, here are five (5) ideas to help you balance out the risk/reward ratio: Go after boomerang employees ( the good ones who have left you ) — This can net you an employee who will need little or no training and it tells your other employees that the grass really isn’t greener elsewhere.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Have a Plan for an Appreciative and Grateful 2015

RecognizeThis!

'by Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Recognition and gratitude don’t often happen by accident. A clear plan for being more appreciative leads to greater sustained engagement and personal commitment. My colleague Brenda Pohlman shared a lovely post on Friday about her New Year’s Eve tradition with her husband. At the end of each year, they share their “top 10 best days of the year” with each other.

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New Leadership Articles at HR Answers

The People Equation

'Answers.com has added a “leadership” category to my HR Answers page. As you might imagine, this is exciting news because it’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart. So for December, I jumped right in and wrote two leadership articles. The first is 7 Ways to Engage and Motivate Your Team which outlines several simple daily actions managers can do that cost little or no money but will increase employee engagement.

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3 Benefits of Maintaining Work-Life Balance in Your Business

Spark Hire

'With the ever-growing popularity and constant advances in technology, many employees are finding it difficult to achieve a work-life balance. When your employees lose track of the precious line dividing their personal life from work life, your business is in danger. As stated by Forbes , “2/3 of today’s employees feel overwhelmed” due to the increasing expectation and need for them to work more hours.

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Predictions for 2015: Redesigning the Organization for A Rapidly Changing World

Josh Bersin

'This year our Predictions for 2015 has some hard-hitting new ideas to consider – in this article I will give you some highlights, and you can download the report here. Top Line: Enormous. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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STUART SCOTT: The Real Innovators Are Always Hated Before Being Understood.

The HR Capitalist

'This post is about hating change. This post is about growing up. This post should be related to how you treat someone with ideas different from yours. . Stu Scott, one of the most recognizable anchors at ESPN, is a victim of cancer. Notes about hate after the jump, but first, this from ESPN: "Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49.

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Compensation Cafe: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Is More Fluid than You Think

RecognizeThis!

'Recognize This! – Frequent, timely, and specific recognition and appreciation are integral to achieving personal, team, departmental and organizational goals in 2015. Every new year brings about a time of reflection, especially on what we want, need and desire in the coming months. As a fan of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs , the terms “wants, needs and desires” always makes me think of him and how he presented the basic human requirements beginning at the bottom of a pyram

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The Recruiting Trends to Pay Attention to in 2015

Spark Hire

'As a hiring manager, the New Year is an important time to refocus your efforts and start off strong. In order to make 2015 a productive and positive one for your business, make note of these recruiting trends that will become important this year: An emphasis on retention. Retention should become even more of a priority to you this year, as it helps to keep your company consistent and productive.

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Use of Technology at Work: Counter-intuitive Findings

China Gorman

'A recent Pew Research Center report examines the impact that technology has on workers and provides some counter-intuitive data. “ Digital Life in 2025: Technology’s Impact on Workers ” looks at a representative sample of adult Internet users and the role or impact of digital technology on their work lives. The report helps to identify the role of technology in different areas of business, what certain workers find most valuable, and provides surprising perspective on the discussion of whether

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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FEAR THE BEARD: And Stop Doing Work That Doesn't Matter.

The HR Capitalist

'When it comes to resolutions, you always hear the same thing every year: "This year, I''m going to say no.". "This year, I''m going to stop spending time on activities that don''t matter.". The intent is great - but the execution leaves something to be desired. Most of us want to say "no" more, but when we''re back in the workplace grinding it out on a day to day, week to week basis, it''s hard.

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All In: White Men Needed for Diversity & Inclusion

ATD Human Capital

'T o build meaningful change for D&I, white men must be part of the solution. As such i t’s important to assess the multiple factors holding white men back from embracing D&I in your organization. Click here to read full version.

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How to Hire the Best Talent in 2015

Spark Hire

'The start of a new year is a great time to refocus and prioritize your business’s recruiting efforts. When you’ve got employees who are passionate about their work and are excited to come to the office each day, your company excels. If you’re looking to start landing the best in the business this year, make sure to utilize the following recruitment tips: Pay attention to the big picture.