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Announcing the 2013 Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ winners!

Achievers

According to Gallup, a large majority (70 percent!) of the American working population is not engaged at work. This is a missed opportunity for employers because engagement is an effective tool to boost bottom-line results through alignment and increased productivity. Most importantly, it builds a competitive employer brand that attracts, retains, and inspires top performers.

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Evaluating Your Employer Brand

Cielo HR Leader

'Employer brand has grown into much more than how customers and employees view an organization; it has become a business imperative that directly impacts the bottom line. In fact, 83% of nearly 4,000 corporate HR leaders across the globe believe employer brand has a significant impact on their ability to hire quality talent. . A strong employer brand is comprised of many components—such as company culture, candidate perception/experience and employee engagement, to name a few—and can include

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Need Employees for Your Small Business? Hire for These 8 Characteristics!

ExactHire

I believe strongly that I was meant to work for smaller organizations – start-ups especially. And while I have never worked for a really large company (and so have no true frame of comparison), the way I’m hard-wired screams for me to be in a place where I can wear multiple hats. But not everyone is destined to thrive in a smaller business. However, there are some key traits you should seek when screening applicants for jobs available in the office of your start-up company … 1 –

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Alignment Guarantees A Win

NoExcusesHR

'The world seems to be moving faster than ever. Changing environments continue to put enormous pressure on us to perform as both individuals and organizations. Sustaining high quality performance is not a given however simply because we have recruited a team of all-stars. In fact, a team of all-stars is only part of the story. In today''s world of work, we need alignment if we are truly going to succeed.

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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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It’s Time To Solve the Performance Management Puzzle

Reviewsnap

'Performance management ain’t easy. At least not for most of us. As Deloitte’s 2013 Human Capital Trends report noted, “… 58 percent of HR leaders gave their performance management process a ‘C’ grade or worse.” In fact, the report itself contains an entire section called, “The Performance Management Puzzle. Puzzle—as in riddle. Enigma. Challenge. Problem.

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5 Tips for Small Businesses on Year End Activities

ExactHire

Well, it’s the time of year to think about taxes and wrapping up all the paperwork! There are many activities that management needs to take care of at the end of a year. Here are a few tips (or reminders) to help make sure the new year starts off right for your small business. #1 – Get organized / Make a budget Organization is key! If you run or own a small business, you know what it’s like to wear many different hats.

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Getting to Important

NoExcusesHR

'Recently I''ve been reading, learning, and thinking about teams and how they get their work done. I work in a complex healthcare organization that has many priorities, requirements (both legal and regulatory) and pressures to meet the steady flow of financial, talent management, operational and communication challenges. It is inherent in the industry.

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Keys to Attracting Top Talent

Effortless HR

'The current job market is saturated with highly qualified individuals, and the most qualified job seekers are looking for much more than just a paycheck in their search for employment. In order to attract the best candidates, you should have certain measures in place in your recruiting and hiring processes. What do the top talents in your industry look for?

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12 Title Tidbits from Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao

David Zinger

'Is your organization scaling up or just about to lose its grip? (Reading time: Under 2 Minutes). Two days after Ground Hog day, Febraury 4th, 2014, we will all have the opportunity to come out of our cubicles and offices and either get blinded by looking up at the sun or get enlightened about scaling up excellence by reading Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao’s, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less.

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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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Can Recruiting Software Improve Efficiency for Small Companies?

ExactHire

Recruiting has many components to it. While all companies (large and small) will differ with their own specifics, there are some common things that are part of most everyone’s recruiting process: establish your brand for potential applicants consider different ways to attract applicants nurture them if the time isn’t quite right for one party or the other move them along in the process to avoid missing opportunities keep track of what has been or needs to be done with these applicants Larger org

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Employee Mobility and Keeping One's Doctor

True Faith HR

'One of the more recent complaints about the Affordable Care Act is that the narrow networks created may mean that some may no longer be able to " keep one''s docto r." For some, the one-on-one relationship with their doctor is inviolate. They get to know your health history. You expose every inch of yourself to his or her eyes. We lean on doctor-patient confidentiality to share our most intimate feelings and concerns.

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How One Bank Invests in Millenials

45 Things

'Many businesses today have expressed frustration with younger workers. They claim they lack the proper business skills and other professional abilities that will help make them good employees. However, some employers aren''t content simply to complain about Millennials'' lack of skills but are being active in addressing them. BOK Financial Corp. (BOKF) with banks in eight states and headquarters in Tulsa, Okla., has had a financial training program in place since the late 1960s.

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Burned out

The HR Minion

'I’m tired. Like bone deep exhausted, pain in your heart kind of tired. An almost perpetual ball of anxiety feels like it has been lodged in my abdomen and it is unbelievably draining to fight it all the time. To not let it affect your mood, to not let it affect your behavior or how you treat others. This is not a battle I have been winning. For the past month or so more often than not I end the day tired and feeling like an ass.

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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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#20mmc : HR & Technology - A Relationship that Can't be Broken!

Strategic HCM

'I''ve not got around previously to sharing the archive of a short webinar I did recently with SuccessFactors - 20 Minute Masterclass: HR & Technology - A Relationship That Can''t Be Broken! Enjoy! Consulting - Research - Speaking - Training - Writing Strategy - Talent - Engagement - Change and OD Contact me to create more value for your business jon [dot] ingham [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com.

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Secure deductions at assisted living facilities

Business Management Daily

Suppose that a family member has to move into an assisted living facility. Although nursing expenses are generally deductible as medical expenses, the lines can get blurred. The post Secure deductions at assisted living facilities appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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New Year, Not So New Challenges

DDI

'Leaders focus on four challenges that aren’t going away for leadership development professionals in 2014.

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Burned out

The HR Minion

I’m tired. Like bone deep exhausted, pain in your heart kind of tired. An almost perpetual ball of anxiety feels like it has been lodged in my abdomen and it is unbelievably draining to fight it all the time. To not let it affect your mood, to not let it affect your behavior or how you treat others. This is not a battle I have been winning. For the past month or so more often than not I end the day tired and feeling like an ass.

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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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QAspire Blog: Looking Back at 2013

QAspire

'Looking back at 2013 fills me with gratitude. It was a remarkable year – both personally and for this blog. I did a lot of writing here and elsewhere, participated in some enlightening conversations with folks in-person and virtually, signed a new book deal (details soon), contributed photograph clicked by me on a book cover and did speaking at various respected forums.

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Knowing HR and Business Like the Back of Your Hand

Cielo HR Leader

'Thought Leadership Discussion: Jane Bilcock, Chief Human Resources Director, Cielo. In this issue, we talk to Jane Bilcock, Chief Human Resources Director of Cielo. Jane is a highly experienced, international HR leader, who’s worked with some of the top global businesses, including Dun & Bradstreet, WPP, Barclays and Diageo. We ask her how she thinks HR should be adding real value to organizations.

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New Year, Not So New Challenges

DDI

Leaders focus on four challenges that aren’t going away for leadership development professionals in 2014.

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Adjusted Community Rating and Its Role in Health Care Costs

Insperity

Community rating is a method for pricing insurance that pools policyholders within a geographic area into a single risk pool (a “community”) and charges them the same premium regardless of health, gender or other factors. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that insurers selling small group products use an adjusted community rating methodology that limits the number of factors used to calculate premiums and how much premiums can vary based on these factors.

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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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SURVEY RESULTS: The Primary Driver of Engagement in Healthcare

Cielo HR Leader

'Compensation and incentives are not nearly enough to drive employee engagement , this according to a survey conducted by Cielo during the ASHHRA 49th Annual Conference & Exposition. We facilitated two roundtable discussions during the Conference, and found that healthcare leaders believe positive managerial relationships, pride in the company brand/reputation, and challenging and rewarding work are more vital to maximizing engagement than salary or monetary incentives: Many hospitals and he

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