Sat.Apr 20, 2013 - Fri.Apr 26, 2013

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5 Ways to Use Video in Your Recruiting & Hiring Process

ExactHire

Looking for ways to spice up your company’s recruiting brand? Check out this quick list of five ways to use videos in your recruiting and interviewing processes. Then, start converting more of your career site visitors into actual applicants, and eventually, new and engaged employees. 1 – Highlight Videos on Your Company’s Careers Portal This may be the most obvious and already widely used idea; however, it just might be one of the most effective for engaging your site visitors to stay on

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Achievers was named one of the best places to work in North America!

Achievers

We’re excited to share our good news! A chievers was named one of the best places to work by three separate publications so far this year. We work hard to help our customers increase engagement and create a positive and productive work environment. These awards prove our efforts are paying off here at home, which makes the success exceptionally sweet.

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Employee Engagement: Creating the Best Workplaces on Earth (Goffee/Jones – May HBR)

David Zinger

'Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones wrote a May 2013 article in the Harvard Business Review on Creating the Best Workplace on Earth. I appreciated their six imperatives for a best workplace. They offer an insightful and informative overview of best workplaces fused with a critical argument on why a best workplace can be such a challenge to achieve. The six imperatives of best workplaces are: Authenticity matters and Individual difference are nurtured.

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Do Less With Less

NoExcusesHR

'Deadlines. Pressure. Stress. Tight budgets. Unrealistic expectations. Quarterly goals. Limited resources. I guess the tired adage that we have to do more with less is true. Or maybe it''s not. Less is Reality I appreciate the reality that we''re living in a time when the global economy is weak. In my business we would say it''s on life support. That situation has forced most of us to radically change the way we work, staff our organizations, invest in capital, and make (or not make) bold moves

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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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The World is Local: A New Model for Human Resources

Bersin with Deloitte

The World is Local: A New Model for Human Resources Despite continued focus on globalization, new research by DHL shows that the world is not as "flat" as once believed. While low cost networking has made it easier than ever to communicate around the world, economic and cultural conditions from country to country are more different than […].

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Friday Factoid #29: Employee Engagement and Cost Reduction

David Zinger

'What does cost reduction cost us? 47% of companies surveyed in a cost reduction and engagement survey by AON Hewitt reported a decline in employee trust as a result of the way in which they managed cost reductions. From page 19 of The Flat Army by Dan Pontefract. Commentary. Trust is a huge issue in employee engagement and we must watch all we do for the impact on trust.

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The Meeting Fool

NoExcusesHR

'Meetings are a hot topic in my world lately. My company has a new performance improvement team examining how meetings are conducted, how to make them more meaningful, and whether or not we need as many meetings as we do. I''ve even written about meetings recently and described how some personality types dominate meetings over others. Something seems to be missing in all of the energy, analysis and gnashing of teeth that is being directed at the meetings " burden " in my world.

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A Modest Proposal on Compensation

True Faith HR

'Three charts have kept my interest for the past few months. 1. Corporate profits are at an all-time high 2. Wages as a percent of the economy are at a low 3. CEO pay continues to grow 4. Workers are more productive, yet wages haven''t matche d that productivity Given the combination of the above, I make the following modest proposal to address the above issues: 1.

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Brave HR ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM) - Strategic HCM

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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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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5 Zingers on The Little Book of Talent (Daniel Coyle)

David Zinger

'Daniel Coyle wrote a practical and pithy book with 52 tips for improving your skills. I love this small 120 page book. Coyle gets right to the point and you are offered an eclectic collection of 52 tips to improve your skills. Normally I choose 5 gems from different parts of a book. For this book I will write about the first 5 tips. I encourage you go get the book to read about the other 47.

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Fixing Healthcare Hiring and Human Resources: Is It Possible?

NoExcusesHR

'Today’s Healthcare Industry is Filled with Challenges Some of these challenges get a lot of “ play ” in the media like the nursing shortage , what strategies today’s jobseeker should use, or the costs to provide care to the millions of uninsured Americans. Other issues however don’t get the same attention that they should. Skills Gaps? Topics like the skills necessary to work in today’s complex health care environment and the tools employers should use to find talent often lag behind the discus

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Why Your Neurotic Colleague is So Valuable

45 Things

'There''s lots of advice out there about how you have to develop an elevator pitch, use self branding to communicate your message and speak up in meetings to make sure the boss doesn''t forget you. But what about the introverts who quietly do their jobs every day, who keep companies humming along without saying much? This story I did for Gannett/USA Today shows that managers would be remiss in not realizing their value.

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Brave HR / 2

Strategic HCM

' I''ll also be speaking about brave HR in Eversheds'' HR Summer School at Oxford University this Summer: . HR Confidence: Value Creation from our People Focus. We hear a lot about HR needing to be business people first, HR people second, but often HR creates more value by being different rather than the same. For example, finance’s focus on efficiency is strengthened when combined with HR’s advocacy of alignment and engagement – particularly when it comes to attracting and retaining next gene

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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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Quality: Ownership and Getting Better

QAspire

'Quality you deliver has everything to do with how much you own your work , your actions and its respective impact on the other parts of the system you operate in. When you produce work that is useful, qualitative and something that others find valuable, it feeds your self-esteem and makes you a better individual. By consistently delivering better than you did last time, you raise the bar and grow.

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360 Degree Reviews: Mixing Personal and Professional Feedback

Reviewsnap

'If you’re lucky enough to work at a company where your co-workers are also your friends, it’s easy for the lines between personal and professional relationships to blur. Feedback often isn’t as objective as it should be — best friends might pump each other up, or if there is a critique, it can be more about feelings than performance. A 360 degree review provides the opportunity to get multiple perspectives, but it’s important to put some processes in place so feedback doesn’t get personal.

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Big Data, Big Win: 5 Reasons Talent Analytics Improves Hiring

DDI

'Few organizations are taking full advantage of big data to hire and promote top performers, particularly those who will help companies meet their rapidly changing business needs.

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Online solutions for an offline workforce: 3 tips from 3M

Achievers

3M had a problem. With dozens of disparate rewards and recognition systems in place, they badly needed a unified solution—but what kind of program could unite their diverse workforce? In addition to the hundreds of employees working remotely, the mix of Baby Boomers and Gen Y, and the combination of union and non-union staff, there was another, greater challenge: nearly a third of their workforce never touches a computer.

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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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In 100 Words: Catch That Ostrich

QAspire

'It is easy for us to get into denial mode when faced with a change, challenge or impending danger. People call this “ostrich effect” because there is a common (and false) legend about ostriches burying their heads in the sand to avoid danger. We often see humans behaving like ostriches in families, teams and in leadership positions. They lack courage to address apparent problems or do important work.

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Even Small Businesses Need Compensation Management

Reviewsnap

'During the early days of a startup, making payroll might seem touch-and-go. You might be able to close deals, but money goes straight back into the business — whether that’s to fund more development or just keep the lights on. Employees in a fresh startup environment know that checks might not come regularly, and amounts might vary. But the sacrifice can be worth it to work on something so new and exciting.

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Big Data, Big Win: 5 Reasons Talent Analytics Improves Hiring

DDI

Few organizations are taking full advantage of big data to hire and promote top performers, particularly those who will help companies meet their rapidly changing business needs.

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Ask Amelia: What metrics do you use to measure productivity?

Achievers

What are some metrics that you use to measure productivity? If they are related to manufacturing/production even better. Productivity measures can sometimes be a bit tricky as there is no one size fits all. That said, measuring process improvements will lead to measuring your productivity. In production/manufacturing settings a few important indicators can be easily measured: cycle time, time to manufacture a finished product, or number of finished products per hour (or minute depending on your

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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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Avoiding the 7 Big Team-Building Blunders

Effortless HR

'“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” Everyone’s heard that expression. And we’re all familiar with what it means: An effective team can accomplish more as a whole than its individual members can accomplish on their own. The key word here is effective. Building an effective, high-performing team requires more than simply throwing a group of outstanding individuals into a room and telling them they can’t come out until they have a solution.

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5 must-reads for the in-the-know HR Professional: Week of April 26th, 2013

Achievers

As we draw near to the end of April showers and anticipate May flowers it reminds me of the rainy times and sunny times that can occur in the workplace in terms of employee happiness. What is the role that HR plays in sustaining employee happiness? How can you keep all employees “happy” when dealing with a diverse workforce and limited resources? This week’s articles discuss the definition of employee happiness, how to enhance it and how happiness can affect work goals and outcomes.