Sat.May 31, 2014 - Fri.Jun 06, 2014

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Using Hiring Software to Find Temporary Help

ExactHire

Finding temporary help can be difficult in any business, but the need to do it can happen in all industries, at any size of company. This currently hits home for myself as I will be on maternity leave in the near future. (Don’t worry, I will try to keep up the blogs for my loyal followers, haha!) Regardless of the reason (seasonal hiring, maternity leave, illness or other medical reasons) finding good temporary help can be hard.

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Get Executive Support for your Engagement Program in Three Easy Steps

Achievers

Have you ever tried putting together a piece of IKEA furniture without the instructions? It’s a nightmare. Sure it’s doable, but it’s also complicated, frustrating and leaves you with a lot of anxiety any time a guest takes a seat in that chair. (Not to mention all of the “just-in-case” Allen Keys you have to keep on hand.). Same goes for an engagement strategy without senior leadership buy-in.

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Symptom of the (HR) Universe

NoExcusesHR

'Here we go again. For years we in human resources have tried to convince everyone around us that we are legitimate leaders. A few of us actually behave that way, or at least are going to die trying. Forget whether or not someone allows you to be influential, you just need to act that way. Right? HR Still Can''t Figure Itself Out Recently the mother-of-all HR organizations decided to throw our world into another tailspin.

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Work- Life Balance Is Not Relevant Anymore

TheHRBlog

Work- Life Balance is dying as a concept, In the ninja world of corporate you make Work, Life & Family choices and the ratio in which you make the choices has its consequences. You or your family pays the price or enjoys the benefit. The Problem with Work Life Balance The problem with Work- […].

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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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"How They Do It" Entrepreneur Interview with Dhairya Pujara, Founder/CEO of Y-Center

The Bamboo Project Blog

'Yesterday I had the opportunity to do another in my ongoing series of interviews with everyday entrepreneurs called "How They Do It." This time I spoke with Dhairya Pujara, Founder/CEO of Y-Center , a a Philadelphia-based social enterprise that connects university students with a unique study abroad program where they get to participate in solving global challenges and creating social impact. .

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Employee Engagement Vocabulary: Say

David Zinger

'You don’t say. (Reading time = 15 seconds). You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. ~ Martin Luther. What are you not saying, that if you did, would make a difference in employee engagement? David Zinger is an employee engagement speaker from Winnipeg Canada.

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Do You Know Who Your "Top Guns" Are?

Reviewsnap

'Not long ago, the TLNT website posted an article titled, “ Just What Really Is ‘Top Talent,’ Anyway? ” As the author, Crystal Spraggins, noted, the answer to that question is somewhat subjective and depends on an organization’s particular needs, leadership and culture. “To a larger degree, however, the answer isn’t subjective at all,” Spraggins wrote.

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Do "Nice" Leaders Finish Last?

DDI

'Effective leaders use interpersonal skills that might be called “nice” or “soft” But these skills take courage and discipline, and they help to address hard issues.

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It's Not What You Think

NoExcusesHR

'Many jobs today are not linked to physical work. Lives based on a sunup to sundown schedule on the farm or on the endless assembly line have faded. The western world has become a society of thinkers. The currency of knowledge and expertise have replaced elbow grease as the means to an economic end. These seismic shifts would lead one to believe that thinking is now more important than ever; but that is only partly true.

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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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Sparking Employee Engagement With Humble Inquiry

David Zinger

'Learn to ask with Humble Inquiry. (Reading time = 1 minute 14 seconds). Edgar H. Schein is a wonderful organization and business writer. His latest slim volume on Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling is a gem. Because the world of work has become increasingly complex, interdependent and culturally diverse we need to rely more on asking than telling.

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How to Know if You're a Workaholic and What to Do About It

45 Things

'We all put in more time at work these days, complaining that we feel we must check in with the office when we’re on vacation or find it impossible not to look at emails on the weekends. But when has that commitment to our jobs crossed the line into something unhealthy? Consider this Huffington Post article by Patricia Crisafulli, founder of FaithHopeandFiction.com : “My addiction (let’s call it what it is) has nothing to do with stuff.

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How To Negotiate With Your Colleagues

TheHRBlog

More often than not in organizations, one party wins at the other party’s expense, leading to strained work relationships. The organization gets divided into silos and opposing factions try to score over each other in subsequent rounds of fire. Why are Negotiation Skills Important More and more organizations are moving to matrix reporting structures, forcing […].

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Scorcher

NoExcusesHR

'I was in a meeting recently and the topic of conversation shifted to what tools should be put in place in order for leaders to hold their employees accountable. We discussed the importance of our corporate culture, the progress we were making to achieve a new vision for that culture, and how we might support our leaders to move our company forward.

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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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Ireland’s Software Industry: Fiche Bliain ag Fás

Workday

'Today, Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited the Workday office in San Francisco as part of a tour of U.S. technology companies. The prime minister’s visit to the Bay Area makes it worth reflecting a little more on where we’ve come from in Ireland—and what possibilities exist.

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Leadership Development Carnival: June 2014 Edition

QAspire

'Namaste! Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development. It is always a great privilege to host a Leadership Development Carnival because it allows us to explore so many different facets of leadership at one go.

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Your Manager Wants you to be more collaborative – What to do?

TheHRBlog

Workplaces host professionals from diverse educational, cultural and experiential backgrounds. It is normal if there is a clash of opinions between employees. However, the management always wants everyone to have a collaborative attitude. Everyone has to work as a single team and bring out a product that showcases the best of each individual’s expertise.

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You Don't Sound Like a Leader, You Know?

45 Things

'If you’ve worked hard and have been rewarded with a leadership role, congratulations. Now, every time you open your mouth you can inspire, motivate, persuade and coach others. No pressure, right? It can be intimidating to think that your words now will have much more power. But on the downside, you also face the threat of undermining yourself if you don’t learn how to talk like a leader.

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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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McKee Foods’ Mark Newsome: Workday Recruiting will ‘Answer the Questions’

Workday

'One of the best things about my job is spending time with our customers—some who have been with Workday since the early days. Mark Newsome, director of corporate human resources at McKee Foods, is one of these folks. I recently asked Mark to share his thoughts on the value of Workday Recruiting—in particular, how he expects it to help McKee “answer the questions” related to candidates in the pipeline, and even predict those most likely to be successful at McKee Foods.

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Hero Worship: A Day in the Life Sunday

Lisa Rosendahl

'Don''t strive to be a hero and don''t worship them either. Believing that someone (other than yourself) will make it all better, fix everything and chase your problems away is foolish and disempowering. It is time for all the heroes to go home, as the poet William Stafford wrote. It''s time for some intellectual stimulation. Real people don''t have lives that sell magazines.

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The One Career Assessment You Need To Take RIGHT NOW!

The Bamboo Project Blog

'No matter where you''re at in your career trajectory, stop what you''re doing right now and ask yourself these 10 question. Can you answer a resounding "yes" to all of these statements? ( h/t to The Muse for the link ) . If my current employer let me go, it would be relatively easy to find a similar role in another organization for equivalent compensation.

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Life Sciences: Major Talent Challenges, Exciting Opportunities

Cielo HR Leader

'Thought Leadership Discussion: Tim Ackerman, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, PAREXEL. In an era of increasing regulation and spiraling customer expectations, the Life Sciences sector faces some of the most significant challenges – and exciting opportunities – in the modern business world. Tim Ackerman, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at the medical research and development company, PAREXEL, discusses how his international team tracks and acquires the right talent in a highly compet

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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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Advertise Healthcare Volunteer Jobs for Free at HospitalRecruiting.com!

Hospital Recruiting

© Rawpixel.com / Fotolia. HospitalRecruiting.com, a healthcare job board , is now offering free advertising for Healthcare Volunteer jobs. There is no catch or obligation to this offer. Any healthcare organization can now post these jobs at no charge, even if you are not a current paying customer. We decided to do this after working with our new client, HCR ManorCare , to set up their account.

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Team Building. Can You Stand it?

Lisa Rosendahl

'You''ve probably been involved in a team building exercise at some point in your work life. Perhaps it was a human knot, an mandatory weekend outing or a few hours in the workplace "getting to know" your colleagues. I am always interested in what leaders subject employees to under the guise of teamwork. Photo Credit: iStockphoto. I''ve never been a fan of forced team building.

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Pictures Never Taken

Dave's Weekly Thought

It seems in this day-and-age of Social Media nothing is authentic! People cannot eat a meal without sharing a picture of it. We are entrenched in the lives of one another from half a world away. and it's pretty cool. There are times when I find it annoying that a person cannot take-in their favorite song without recording every minute of it on their smart phone.

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My Best Boss - Stories of the Greatest Bosses of All Time

Quickbase

Here are eight of the most impressive managers that Quickbase blog leaders talked about.

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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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Why You Should Keep Track of Employee Training

Insperity

What can tracking your employees’ training do for your human resources strategy? It keeps your workers in compliance with state or industry regulations and puts them on track for advancement so that your business can stay current with prevailing trends and maintain a workforce that is engaged and ready for the future. From tracking certifications and compliance training to managing onboarding and employee progression, with automated learning management system, you can record them all accurately

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Do "Nice" Leaders Finish Last?

DDI

Effective leaders use interpersonal skills that might be called “nice” or “soft” But these skills take courage and discipline, and they help to address hard issues.

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The Road to Regret

Dave's Weekly Thought

I've been intrigued by the LinkedIn Influencers "If I were 22" series. Young adults are walking through graduation , people are making mid-career transitions and there are those contemplating life without work. As the pages in our life fold, advice of any kind always raises our ears (or maybe an eyebrow). Often, people look back at their mistakes and seek to deter those younger from such regrettable action (or inaction).