Sat.Jun 14, 2014 - Fri.Jun 20, 2014

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How to Simplify Retail Employee Scheduling

Insperity

Are you still trying to schedule your retail employees using an Excel spreadsheet? It’s accurate for about 20 minutes – then the changes start. Does this sound familiar? John sends an email request asking to be off on Friday; Elizabeth calls and needs Saturday night off, but can now work on Friday, which she previously had asked off. And, then there’s Tom, who didn’t show up last night for his shift, but he texted to say he forgot, and he’s trying to get back from the beach in time for his shift

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Square Peg, Round Hole: 7 Recognition Tactics that are Moot in the Modern Workforce

Achievers

The modern workforce is eager to engage with your company, drive immediate results and advance their careers. But it can be difficult for today’s employees to stay motivated when they’re paired with businesses that practice dated and ineffective engagement and recognition strategies. When it comes to putting a square peg in a round hole, we’ve highlighted the top seven obsolete recognition tactics that are still commonly practiced by many businesses.

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Build Relationships: 4 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Building Relationships. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the fourth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on building relationships, the fourth block on the pyramid of employee engagement. What can I do this week to build and strengthen one key relationship at work?

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Power, Transparency and Culture

NoExcusesHR

'Culture change is an interesting concept. Typically driven by a desire to become a world class organization, the core tenets of a major culture change must include the willingness of senior leaders to be humble, transparent in their decisions, and be unafraid to confront those that are resistant to change. Humility Is Hard The interplay between power and humility is a daily struggle for many leaders.

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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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Building Team Connection

Lisa Rosendahl

'As a leader, I tend towards necessities over niceties: hire smart, be respectful, offer unwavering support, and get out of the way. Let your team do what it does best and it will thrive. This is all well and good except that a team is not an "it.". Photo credit: iStockphoto. There is a lot we can talk about when it comes to teams. For today, let''s take a small bite and talk about connection.

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Master Performance: 2 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Master Performance. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the second of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on maximizing performance, the second block on the pyramid of employee engagement. What task is most worthy of my attention this week and what makes it worthy of my attention?

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Are You Nurturing Universal Accountability?

Reviewsnap

'If you’re familiar with Reviewsnap you know we’ve enthusiastically championed performance appraisals for nearly 20 years. In our view, performance appraisals are essential to the steady growth and development of your workforce. Handled correctly, appraisals also instill accountability in your people—accountability for reaching specific goals and targets, for developing their knowledge and skill sets, and for proactively advancing their careers.

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Are Trends Converging to (Finally) End Merit Pay?

Compensation Force

'There are a number of movements afoot in the world of work that promise to impact the way we pay people. Two in particular may well converge to provide the final straw that breaks the back of merit pay. Let''s begin with Exhibit 1: The "Open Salaries" Movement. Pay transparency is coming. While it is unlikely that we will reach a point where every organization opens up all compensation information for every employee, I believe that the momentum and spirit behind the pay transparency movement

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What Should Be Discussed Instead of Certification at #SHRM14

True Faith HR

'The SHRM Big Show begins in less than a week as 15,000+ HR professionals descend on Orlando to hear about the latest in human resource management. Unless you are a HR professional living under a rock, the topic du jour(s) will be the new SHRM certification being introduced.you won''t be able to escape it. SHRM will have 3 straight days of sessions dedicated to the topic.

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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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Foster Recognition: 5 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Fostering Recognition. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the fifth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on fostering recognition, the center block on the pyramid of employee engagement. How will I recognize someone this week for their good work?

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How Much Testing is OK?

Criteria Corp

'In the social media age, when a company’s employment brand is more important than ever, it’s a great idea for companies to always keep the issue of candidate perception in mind when implementing pre-employment testing. Given that the trend is increasingly towards testing early in the hiring process — as we discussed here and here — it’s important to consider the question of how much testing is appropriate when the tests are one of the first points of contact a cand

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Art and Science of HR

Strategic HCM

'I posted here last year that I thought the CIPD were - and are - making a mistake in linking HR too closely to decision science. There are aspects of science which we can learn from and use to improve what we do, and the more transactional, operational elements of HR are often pure science too. But the strategic, future oriented elements of HR are, at least should be, more heavily based on art.

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Intuit QuickBase Named One of the Best Places to Work 2014

Quickbase

Intuit QuickBase is pleased to share with you that the Boston Business Journal named the company as one of the 2014 “Best Places to Work” in Massachusetts for the second consecutive year. The 12th annual regional awards program honors companies who recognize the importance of cultivating a great workplace culture as a competitive advantage. Winners […].

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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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Join Us at the TMA Employee Engagement & Retention Conference this July in Washington DC

David Zinger

'Join myself and other employee engagement experts in Washington DC this July. The Talent Management Alliance is hosting a conference at The Venable on employee engagement and retention in Washington DC from July 21st to July 23rd 2014. Here is the direct link to the conference if you would like to go there now: the-tma.org/employee-engagement-retention.

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5 Things That Might Be Missing from Your Change Management Plan

Insperity

Only 30 percent of all change programs are successful, according to John Kotter’s 1996 landmark book, “ Leading Change.”. Decades later, that statistic still holds true. So what are you doing to perpetuate that statistic, and how do you break out of the norm to implement successful change? Here are five things that are commonly overlooked by people who are leading change, and what you can do to turn those mistakes into successes. 1.

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Four-Wheeler Bonds: A Day in the Life Sunday

Lisa Rosendahl

'On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “ Father’s Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Photo credit: iStockphoto. Whether we choose to have a day to recognize a mother, father, grandparent or any another influential relationship in a child''s life, or not, children need adults in their lives who love and adore t

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Aurico Achieves Green Business Certification

Aurico

'Aurico is proud to announce that it has met the standards for "Green Business" Certification. Aurico''s commitment to developing and implementing polices for a safer and healthier world has enforced their leadership in creating innovative ways to introduce sustainability. Dedication to a paperless environment by building the award-winning WebACE™ Screening Platform.

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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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Achieve Results: 1 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Achieve Results. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the start of a 2 weeks series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on achieving results, the top block of the pyramid. What result do I really want from my work this week?

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Solving The Engagement Crisis

Dave's Weekly Thought

There is no better place than the Society of Human Resource Management Annual Conference to engage the issues of the day. You will undoubtedly hear tales of Employee Engagement (or lack thereof). As you walk the Exhibitor Hall or attend sessions you will notice a divide on the subject: School 1: Those who believe Employee Recognition is a benefit. School 2: Those who believe Employee Engagement is a strategy.

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Hello and Welcome

Perceptyx

Perceptyx has graciously offered me this space to post my observations and thoughts on employee engagement, surveys, organizational change and related topics. I hope to post at least two pieces each month in addition to blogs written by members of the Perceptyx staff. So what qualifies me to write a blog on these issues? Let me introduce myself: I have over 25 years of professional experience in the human resources field.

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How I Put My Group Through Extreme Team Building - Amazing Race/Survivor Style - PART ONE

Nobscot

'Clearly I had been watching too much Survivor and other reality TV when I concocted this year''s "Nobology 2014" event. Nobology is our annual meeting in Hawaii for our senior mainland group where we do strategic planning, product roadmapping, team building and training activities. Rather than providing trip.

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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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Achieve Progress / Minimize Setbacks: 3 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Progress and Setbacks. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the third of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on progress and setbacks, the third block on the pyramid of employee engagement. What can I do this week at work to heighten progress and minimize setbacks?

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How To Maximize The Exhibitor Hall Experience

Dave's Weekly Thought

The Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference is upon us. How do I know? Because my inbox is flooded with requests for interaction from the world's finest sales people. If you haven't attended the SHRM Annual conference in the past, the Exhibitor Hall can be a bit intimidating. Sales and Marketing professionals in logo-ed polo shirts engage their core audience through i-pad raffles, branded handouts and interactive stuffed Monster giveaways.

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6 Takeaways from the HR Analytics Innovation Summit

Cielo HR Leader

'iNostix''s ''Evolving from Tracking to Predictive HR Analytics'' model. I recently had the honor of chairing the HR & Workforce Analytics Innovation Summit in London. There were 150 delegates in attendance and speakers from the likes of Shell, Unilever and Coca-Cola Enterprises. What made the summit such a pleasure to chair was that, rather than the usual blend of vendors and industry experts, the floor was very much reserved for HR Analytics leaders to outline their personal HR Analytics

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How Much Customer Insight Data is Enough?

Questback

Many companies are struggling with finding the balance between collecting customer insight data and using it wisely. Here's how to master the issue.

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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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Top 8 Private Exchange Features Important to the Consumer & Shopping Experience

CheckPoint HR

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Cloud Cover for the SMB Market

Bersin with Deloitte

Small and mid-sized businesses are sometimes ignored in the data that looks at cloud adoption, as attention goes to global corporations deploying enterprise-wide ERP solutions across their widespread landscapes. But whether they started with customer relationship management (CRM), e-business solutions that support online sales, financials or ERP, smaller companies are increasingly adding solutions – such […].

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Applicant Tracking Systems for Not-For-Profits

ExactHire

Applicant tracking systems (ATS) can be appropriate for many different industries and many different business sizes…the right system for your organization will depend on the unique needs or your business as features will vary depending on the software application. In this blog, I would like to focus on how applicant tracking software can be beneficial to a not-for-profit organization.