Sat.Mar 15, 2014 - Fri.Mar 21, 2014

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Seasonal Hiring – Don’t Let It Be Your March Madness

ExactHire

While this blog isn’t really about basketball during the blissful (at least I think so) weeks of the NCAA’s March Madness extravaganza, it does refer to another cyclical phenomenon that can bring chaos, perhaps excitement, and irregularity to your daily routine. Seasonal hiring. It can be hectic and stressful for many companies. The two busiest times for this type of hiring for many companies are before the summer and before the winter holidays.

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6 Ways to Improve Work Performance

Kazoo

“What are the best ways to improve work performance?” As an HR professional, regardless of what industry your company is in, you’ve likely been a part of a roundtable discussion about employee performance. Performance and motivation are frequently identified as imperatives companies must move the needle on, and one group — often HR — is assigned to lead the way.

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Three Reasons to Look Up to Autotrader as a Top Employer

Achievers

It’s difficult for large, global companies to inspire employees and keep them engaged. More often than not, geographically dispersed employees feel disconnected from their employers, further driving them down the path to disengagement. But some companies have figured it out and lead the charge in maintaining highly engaged workplaces that recognize employees’ accomplishments and align their performance to business success.

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Watch the Watch: A Big Disruption in Employee Engagement?

David Zinger

'Stop telling time and start telling engagement: Employee Engagement can change in a minute. (Reading and viewing time 4 minutes and 15 seconds). As you watch your watch will your watch be watching you? Employee engagement is moving to real time very rapidly. The antiquated idea of an annual, or heaven forbid a bi-annual, survey of employee engagement it becoming ludicrous.

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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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Workplace Motivation – Act Like Your Job is Brand New Every Day

ExactHire

We all know that staying motivated at work will more often than not lead to career success…but sometimes this can be a struggle to do, regardless. Now that most people have given up their New Year’s resolutions, here is a good tip to stay motivated at work (as well as in your personal life) throughout the remainder of the year! This seems simple, but sometimes things are easier said than done.

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[Customer video] How 3M made recognition easy

Achievers

3M, a brand known for innovation, does not under estimate the power of culture. Learn how 3M created a culture of recognition, making it easy for all ranges of functions, from sales to marketing to manufacturing. As a result, recognition became part of everyday culture and positively impacted engagement. The post [Customer video] How 3M made recognition easy appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagement Blog by Achievers.

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The Real Definition of Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Let make it simple! We have too much jargon at work in employee engagement. So here is my real definition of employee engagement: Good work, done well, with others, on a daily basis. Enough said. David Zinger is a leading employee engagement speaker and expert who strives to make employee engagement real.

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5 Tips to Shorten Your Hiring Cycle & Get Better Hires

ExactHire

In case you don’t already know, we work mostly with small- to mid-sized businesses (SMB’s). For most of the organizations who fall into this category, hiring is often something that’s done without much thought given to ways it might be improved. With limited resources, improvement initiatives are often focused more on things like product development, sales, technology, etc.

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Talent Acquisition Revisited

Bersin with Deloitte

As global companies prepare to hire, develop, and retain the workforce of the future, Talent Acquisition (TA) functions find themselves—often for the first time—in the spotlight among Human Resource Centers of Excellence. Consider this: five years ago, TA was an after-thought, often seen as merely a necessary business process, but now, in 2014, TA is […].

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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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Top 50 HR Twitterati

Workable

From the most innovative recruiters to the smartest VCs and emerging entrepreneurs, they’re all having 140-character conversations that you can join in. Here’s Workable’s list of the top 50 people you should follow to make sense of the changing HR landscape. Follow @workable. The Generalists. Tweeting on talent and culture to leadership, tech and law.

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Management Practices That Make Employees Quit

45 Things

'Let’s say you’re watching an episode of Dr. Phil where someone is describing a person in his or her life that yells, is rude, blames everyone else for mistakes and expects others to jump 24/7 whenever it is demanded. “Well, you need to tell this person that that dog won’t hunt,” Dr. Phil might suggest. You agree with Dr.Phil, calling out your own advice to the television.

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When A Team Jells

NoExcusesHR

'I t''s an interesting phenomenon.teams coming together.getting traction.thinking bigger than they did previously. I''m part of a team of human resources executives that are jelling right now. We''ve worked together for the last couple of years, although we''re separated by more than five states. Sometimes distance without a commitment to new forms of communication make it difficult to stay connected in today''s world.

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On the Billion Dollar Bracket

True Faith HR

'Its my favorite week of the year.spring break combined with what should be national days off - the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday and Friday. I''m sure many of you are researching heavily trying to put together your winning bracket. Others are going to adopt a "Go By The Gut" approach. Every year many sites sponsor a prize for the top bracket.

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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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Workday Goes to Washington Part 1: An Open Data Brainstorm

Workday

'Last month I joined leaders from both the public and private sectors in a discussion at the White House. We met in a room as stately and mahogany-adorned as you might envision, with the talk focused on a common goal: using open data to connect job seekers with employers. Closing the gap between skills employers need and locating people with those skills is key to building a more efficient labor market.

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How to Deal With Employees Who Don’t Get Along

Insperity

Blame it on personality, lifestyle or other factors, but sometimes employees just don’t mesh. And friction in the ranks can make your office feel like a war zone. The tension can make the workplace uncomfortable for other employees and have a dramatic effect on productivity. But, conflict between two employees isn’t always a bad thing. It can lead to healthy competition, process improvements, innovation or creativity.

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Stop Using the Compliment Sandwich and Give Better Feedback

Quickbase

Delivering clear, consistent, and regular feedback builds a more beneficial relationship with your team and improves trust.

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Snappy Answers to Stupid HR Questions

True Faith HR

'Like most 8-12 year old boys growing up in the 1970s, I was an avid reader of Mad Magazine. From Alfred E. Newman to Spy vs. Spy, Don Martin, and the Fold-In Back Cover, I looked forward to every issue. One of my favorite regular features was Al Jaffee''s "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." For a shy boy, I always wished I had the audacity to have the snarky comeback that Al Jaffee provided.

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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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How to Get New Workers to Love Your Company

45 Things

'You know those cool perks you offer employees like free food? Well, guess what? Your new employees are not impressed. A new survey from BambooHR of 1,000 employees who quit a job after six months finds that less than 1% of them say such perks would keep them from leaving. What new workers want the most – and will keep them with an employer longer – is on-the job-training and mentorship, the research shows.

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People Artistry at Work Begins to Make Its Way Around the World

David Zinger

'My friends at Deed send out a tweet and picture of People Artistry at Work: This great book on #EmployeeEngagement just came at Deed office. Thank you so much for the present, @DavidZinger ! pic.twitter.com/tu6zaEgN2T. — Deed (@letsdeed) March 17, 2014. Employee Engagement David Zinger Employee Recognition New Book People Artistry at Work Peter W.

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6 years

The HR Minion

'On March 20, 2008 I started my HR Minion Blog. I didn’t know if anyone would ever read or care about what I wrote. I didn’t know how long it would last. But I felt I had something to say about HR and I also wanted to find a way to feel more connected to that great big HR community out there. Looking back over the years, I can only say how grateful I am for all the wonderful things simply sitting down and put fingers to keys has brought into my life.

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The Seduction of the Inbox

Workboard

Why our inbox seduces us into executing on the most recent rather than the most important work. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a lot of conversations with leaders on goal achievement. Some of the discussions are triggered by their goal setting efforts for Q2 and the realization that it’s been far too long since they looked at or assessed progress against their Q1 goals.

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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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3 Steps to Building the Future Leaders of Your Company

Insperity

The future leaders of your company could be right under your nose and you don’t even know it. But knowing how to identify leadership-worthy talent isn’t as straightforward as you might think. Here are three key steps that will help you prepare today’s employees to be the company leaders of tomorrow. 1. Start off strong in the interview process. Have a well-written job description to reflect the position requirements.

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What Does It Take to Be a Jedi in Managing Performance?

DDI

'There is an ongoing debate in Talent Management circles around whether measuring innovation and citizenship behaviours motivates or, on the contrary, demotivates employees by negatively affecting their engagement in those activities; a phenomenon known as the "over-justification" effect.

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Good Reads For Women (Week of 3/17/14)

Inpower Coaching

Here are the top shares of the week, along with some good links we caught this week that we think make good reads for women! Enjoy and feel free to post other links we should explore in comments below. ~ InPower Editors. Most Shared of the Week. Women Leaders Must Dive In, Not Just Lean In (Part 1) – Forbes. Why is Women’s Leadership in Law Stalling?

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Inside the Minds of Global CEOs

Cielo HR Leader

'The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)—the company’s highest-ranking corporate officer, in charge of total management. They’re decision-makers, leaders, the aspirational face of employer brand, and responsible for critical business decisions. As the organizational pilot, how do today’s CEOs feel about the global economy? What trends do they believe will transform business over the next five years?

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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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The Whole Point of Change Management is to Change Right?- Part 2:The Three Common Mistakes In Executing Successful Change

Asure Software

By Mike Kinney, Vice President of Sales In Part 2 of Asure Software’s Vice President of AsureSpace Sales, Mike Kinney’s look at change management, he delves into the three most common mistakes in executing successful change. We have received some great responses to part 1 of “The Whole Point of “Change Management” is to Change … Continue reading "The Whole Point of Change Management is to Change Right?

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What Does It Take to Be a Jedi in Managing Performance?

DDI

There is an ongoing debate in Talent Management circles around whether measuring innovation and citizenship behaviours motivates or, on the contrary, demotivates employees by negatively affecting their engagement in those activities; a phenomenon known as the "over-justification" effect.

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6 years

The HR Minion

On March 20, 2008 I started my HR Minion Blog. I didn’t know if anyone would ever read or care about what I wrote. I didn’t know how long it would last. But I felt I had something to say about HR and I also wanted to find a way to feel more connected to that great big HR community out there. Looking back over the years, I can only say how grateful I am for all the wonderful things simply sitting down and put fingers to keys has brought into my life.

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