Sat.Sep 29, 2012 - Fri.Oct 05, 2012

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Lateral Leadership

NoExcusesHR

'Stay focused. Don''t lose sight of your goals. Distractions will only slow you down. Worry about your own business, not someone else''s. These are great little sayings.if you''re not a leader. A Broader View The world has become very specialized. Academic programs, computer programs, physical training programs, and on and on.all target very specific skills or areas of interest.

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Employee Engagement: Applying Gamification and Engagement to Work and Well-being

David Zinger

A personal quest to improve work and well-being through the principles of engagement and gamification. Buzz for the 2012 Experiment. I have been playing with engagement, gamification, work, and well-being this year. I still have 3 months to go but I thought I would let readers know about the success I have been experiencing by creating a low tech game to increase my work accomplishment and enhance my overall well-being.

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Learning from Experience: Soha El Borno Goes Freelance

The Bamboo Project Blog

I first "met" Soha El Borno online when she was working at Wild Apricot as a Web Copywriter and blogger. She always posted great content and was an excellent resource for social media and nonprofit work. . When I put out a call for your career transition stories, she responded to me quickly by email, telling me she wanted to share hers. . As you'll see, she's like a lot of women who go through career transition when they start trying to juggle a desire to be home with their children with their p

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How to Nail a Great Internship

45 Things

I live in a city with a major state university and things are starting to get a little crazy this week. Hundreds of college students are buying dress clothes, running off resumes as Kinkos and removing nose rings and covering tattoos. It can only mean one thing. Employers are in town. It's time to start interviewing for jobs and internships, and it appears they're right on track.

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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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Pick Your Battles

NoExcusesHR

'I like to stay on top of things. My Inbox, task list, projects, new ideas, and the list goes on. Life just seems to go more smoothly for me if everything goes according to my plans and exactly on my schedule. Yes, that''s just how I like it. Then I wake up, realize my little dream is over, and go to work. In Control.Really? One of the painful lessons I''ve learned over the years. err, continue to learn.is that I simply can not control, manage, react to, and effectively address all of the issues

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Oracle Transformed – It’s All about the Cloud

Bersin with Deloitte

Oracle, the world's biggest enterprise software company, just finished its annual OpenWorld conference in sunny San Francisco, and if there's one message you hear loud and clear its this: Oracle Gets the Cloud. Not only has the company transformed nearly everything it sells to the cloud (from Exadata servers to Database on-demand), Larry Ellison eloquently […].

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How to Get a Pay Raise In An Economic Downturn

TheHRBlog

Think you deserve a bigger paycheck? Want to ask for a salary raise but not sure you’ll get one? Plenty of employees are finding themselves in this predicament, because many recession-wary companies that stopped handing out Salary raises during the economic downturn are still hesitant to open their wallets today. But career experts say that […].

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Love Struck!

NoExcusesHR

'Do you love the work you do? Are you someone who looks forward to going to work each day, whether that means commuting to work, or walking down the hall to your home office? Do you get so fired up about new ideas that you can''t wait to meet with your team to strategize how to roll them out? Are you.maybe.someone who gets a little too fired up about your job?

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In 100 Words: Power of a Sincere Apology

QAspire

Organizations are made up of us, humans, who often goof up. How often do we offer/see a heartfelt apology in corporate world? As leaders, we find it too difficult to apologize. We take the route of excuses and self-justification. For issues with new Maps, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook offered a public apology and showed once again why Apple is so admired. Seeking apology is a sign of strong character.

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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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It's Time to Talk About the Second 'S' in SaaS

Workday

'In the last entry for this blog, I wrote about how Workday''s technical architecture allows us to develop new products and updates with speed. Today I want to spend a little more time on the topic of speed because there is much more to the story than I shared last time, especially when it comes to the delivery of three updates to our suite of enterprise cloud applications a year.

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HR Technology Conference and Exposition 2012 - Ask the Expert - The Cure for HR Tech Angst

Reviewsnap

'Dear HR Tech Conference Expert: My travel reservations are confirmed, and I can’t wait to visit the Windy City for the 2012 HR Technology Conference & Exposition ! Our company is in the very early stages of selecting a new performance management system to replace our manual processes, so “kicking all the vendors’ tires under one roof” will be a great way to compare software and evaluate what’s right for our midsize company.

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4 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Job Descriptions

Insperity

Job descriptions aren’t just an applicant’s first impression of a company. They’re often included in an employee’s permanent record, can become a starting point for performance reviews and, in some cases, may create an employment contract. That’s why it’s vital that job descriptions are written as clearly as possible. “Job descriptions are one of the most misunderstood elements of the employment relationship,” says Scott Fitch, division president of Insperity Performance and Organizational Manag

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In 100 Words: Epitome of Change

QAspire

Each time I pass through that huge building, I think of its past glory. It was one of the first multiplexes of the country, a trend setter of the sorts. Today, it stands empty with a warning on its walls, “Under Demolition”. I see that building as an epitome of change. How can a pioneer go down in less than 10 years? How can they fail at responding to change when their aggressive competitors were innovating in delivering superior consumer experience?

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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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SuccessFactors: HR Confessions

Strategic HCM

'With Bill Kutik’s HR Technology conference back in Chicago next week (and then HR Technology Europe in Amsterdam two weeks later) I’ve been having a scan through some of the vendor’s websites, blogs, videos etc to ensure I’m on top of all the latest developments. However, I’m often interested that it’s the leading technology vendors which can provide some of the most human insights.

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9 Biggest Mistakes To Avoid In Your Resume

TheHRBlog

Here are 9 of the biggest mistakes to avoid In Your resume , not correcting them will instantly make your resume appear antiquated: The One Page Rule Don’t spend countless hours trying to squeeze a decade or two of valuable experience onto a single sheet of paper. The worst thing you can do is try to make the […].

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Loyola University Chicago Look To Humanity For Their Extensive Scheduling Needs

Humanity

Stationed between two campuses (the Lake Shore and Water Tower), the Loyola University Chicago Media Services (DMS) only has few full time staff members that manage the 65 student workers. Originally starting with only 25 student workers, managing the students schedules in this complex environment became stressful. Accommodating constantly changing student schedules that are prone to last minute availability changes can be a challenge for management staff.

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Four Seasons' Journey to a Single, Global HR Platform

Workday

'In a few days I''ll be in Chicago for the HR Technology Conference & Expo. I''m delighted to participate in a session on Monday, where I''ll talk about an exciting development for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts: our recent go-live on Workday for our global workforce.

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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?