Sat.Mar 21, 2015 - Fri.Mar 27, 2015

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3 Easy Steps to Hiring Your Dream Team

Spark Hire

'Puzzled by the gradual slump in your company’s growth rate and talent level? It’s time to sit up and take notice of the depth of talent shortage, and act fast! The global market is abuzz with exciting job opportunities for young, smart, and talented people. You may have to change your conventional methods of hiring and focus of offbeat ideas to pool some of the smartest candidates into a superb team.

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Video Is Taking Over Hiring

TalentCulture

'The hiring process is a fluid entity, or at least it should be. It flows with the ebb and tide of recruitment. The current changes are rapidly evolving with advancements in technology. Technology simplifies the hiring process. Not to say that you can remove the human element from recruiting and hiring, but the use of technology undoubtedly aids the process.

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giving feedback to a rude intern, my CEO is saying I was fired but I quit, and more

Ask a Manager

'It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Giving feedback to a rude intern. I am a relatively new manager who is having an odd issue with my current intern. He has been with us for about 2 months, and in that time I have noticed that his basic professional manners are incredibly lacking–much more than I might reasonably expect for someone his age (just out of college) who has never worked in an office before.

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Hiring Wisdom: The High Cost of New Hires

TLNT: The Business of HR

'“ The most expensive person you’ll ever hire is the one you have to fire. “ If it seems like more trouble than it’s worth to set a high standard, do a thorough job, and hire tough, here are just some of the repercussions if you don’t : (more…).

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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5 Ways to Find More Candidates Faster

Spark Hire

'As a recruiter in today’s job and candidate market, it is important to have a sense of urgency and act fast. When we drag our feet and avoid time-saving tools we are allowing another recruiter the opportunity to beat us to the punch and win the placement. Today, there are many different ways we can speed up the recruiting process by uncovering candidates quickly. . 1.

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Better Hiring Through Mobile: They’re Hired! Now What? [Part 6]

ClearCompany HRM

'In the previous installments to this series, we discussed why your company should have a better mobile application process , why it’s important to develop good job ads and have an inspiring brand that’s appealing to the mobile user , how to use social media and sourcing to find the right candidates , how to [ optimize your career page for mobile and why video interviewing is the future when it comes to interviewing mobile candidates.

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The Many Ways We Seem to Discount Employees

TLNT: The Business of HR

'No, I didn’t make another mistake and mean to title this “Employee Discount,” but you were totally in your right to think I would make a mistake! Yes, we discount our employees. We do this in a number of ways: Experience — The 10-year employee is always looked at less than a new employee coming in with 10 years of experience. (more…).

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3 Reasons Why Recruiters Should Consider One-Way Video Interviews

Spark Hire

'As a recruiter, I understand how insanely hectic your priority list can be. Let’s face it, a good recruiter is working multiple different jobs for several different companies on any given day and speed is of the essence. In order to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately, you should consider implementing one-way video interviews into your candidate screening process. 1.

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3 Surprising Ways CEOs Create Bold Company Cultures

Cornerstone On Demand

'Everyone from management gurus to millennials seems to agree: creating a strong, coherent culture is important to a company's success. Culture—not to be confused with perks like an office kegerator or catered lunches—is the largely invisible force that guides workplace behavior and decision-making for all employees. The trick, no matter what type of culture company leaders strive to create, is to make it an everyday part of doing business.

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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 to Get the Most Out of Your Middle Managers

ClearCompany HRM

'Do middle managers define your organization’s success? Your HR pro might think so. In fact, HR rates middle managers as the most critical level of management. 48% of HR executives rank mid-level managers as the role that needs to be the most up to speed, while only 25% rank senior-level managers as the most important. Why the emphasis on middle management?

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The Most Effective Job Referral Approach You’ll Ever Find

TLNT: The Business of HR

'Most managers already realize that employee referral programs routinely produce the highest quality of hires , but few know that the “Give Me 5” program produces the highest-performing hires of any individual referral approach. The “Give Me 5 Names” tool is easy, fast, and free. You start by proactively approaching individual top performers in the target job area, but instead of asking them the standard question “do you know anyone?

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2015 SIA Executive Forum Takeaways: Powerful Tech for Staffing and Recruiting Firms

Spark Hire

'During this year’s 2015 SIA Executive Forum in Orlando, we were blown away by the emerging technology coming to the staffing industry this year. So, being the video interviewing types that we are, we decided to storm the halls of the Loews Royal Pacific Resort to conduct our own interviews with some of our fellow exhibitors. Here are 5 companies we met with that will seriously change the way you work. 1.

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What Do You Want To Be Known For

HR Bartender

'I found this website recently. It’s a memorial to all of the products and projects that Google has abandoned over the years. While the site is in French, you immediately understand the point without even looking for the translate button. I think this Google Memorial site has become popular given the recent speculation about the future of Google+. I’m not aware that Google has made any official announcements about the G+ platform, it’s more of a “what’s not being said” that’s driving much

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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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What You Need to Understand Before Going Mobile

ClearCompany HRM

'Though 9 out of 10 job seekers are looking for jobs on mobile, not everyone is implementing a strategy for mobile recruiting. Not everyone knows what it means to really recruit through mobile, either. In fact, there seems to be a lot of confusion about what mobile recruiting really is; some think it’s interchangeable with social media recruiting (it’s not, though the two are complementary in many ways).

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Employee Retention: It’s Really a Workplace “Stickiness” Problem

TLNT: The Business of HR

'“People just don’t stick around like they used to.”. How often have you heard that phrase in terms of employee retention goals, usually coupled with statements about “there’s just no loyalty anymore.”. History shows that’s just not true. For the last 25 years, tenure has been consistently low across nearly all age ranges. And the youngest generation in the workplace tends to stay the shortest amount of time (which is not surprising considering where they are in their careers).

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How to Get 45+ Free HRCI Credits for the PHR or SPHR

UpstartHR

'This week I connected with a wonderful person who shared something that I just had to plug here. You know I’m a fan of certification and the benefits it can bring to your career. But once that certification is done you have that teensy, minor detail of getting 60 credit hours in order to recertify every three years. Truth be told, many of us scramble at the last minute to get them in (or just to collect the information if we already attended enough events–goodness we can be so disor

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Quick Shots for #HR and #Business Pros – March 2015

HR Bartender

'Where has the year gone?! I feel like only yesterday I was putting away the holiday decorations and now it’s Spring! Before I know it, I’ll be looking for 2016 Planners. The good news is with Spring comes some great HR events. I’m so looking forward to some travel! Next week, I will be attending SHRM’s Business Acumen: Integrating HR Across Operations seminar here in Fort Lauderdale.

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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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Rob Lowe is coming to WorkHuman 2015. Here’s why.

WorkHuman

'I am so excited about our WorkHuman speaker lineup. From keynotes to session speakers to attendees, we are assembling an amazing cross-section of people that is going to blow your socks off. But I have to say that our latest speaker announcement is one of the most thrilling. Rob Lowe is going to be giving a keynote talk at WorkHuman 2015. Rob is an unexpected (and phenomenal) addition to our lineup—which is why I love that he agreed to speak at the event.

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Case Study: Increase Internal Controls on Time and Attendance

nettime solutions

'82nd Street Academics’ mission is to complement public education so that students in New York City, regardless of home language, have access to quality public higher education. Dr. Ronald Tompkins is the executive director. Problem: Abuse of Paper Timesheets. 82nd Street Academics is located across four sites in Queens and one in the Bronx. In June 2014, they had 92 staff.

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Speeding Up Selection, Rewards, Training (and HR in General)

UpstartHR

'The other day I received an email from UPitch. It’s basically like Tinder for PR pitches. Still not sure? Here’s the gist: You open the app and see a pitch. Then you have two options: You don’t like it, don’t care, or generally are disinterested, then you swipe it left off the screen and see the next one (anonymously). You like it and want to know more, you swipe it right and connect with the PR professional behind the pitch to begin the conversation.

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Finding the Right Companies to Benchmark

HR Bartender

'It seems like a simple enough question. “What companies should we benchmark ourselves against?”. The question was asked in a Facebook group I belong to. Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s an easy answer. Benchmarking is the process of comparing something (i.e. process, performance) against what someone else does. The process of choosing that “someone else” to compare yourself to isn’t always obvious.

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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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3 Key Questions to Integrate Talent Management into the Business

ATD Human Capital

't’s important meet with colleagues in non-TD functions to ensure your talent management processes are optimized. Use these questions to help guide your efforts. Click here to read full version.

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Women and the Politics of Promotion

The People Equation

'Research indicates that ambitious women are in a double bind—if they’re too aggressive, then they’re seen as threatening; if they’re too accommodating, they’re not seen as senior leadership material. Even though this bind is easing as more women assume top leadership roles, it’s still evident in many organizations, particularly those that are traditionally led by men.

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The Front Line Leader (Video Book Review)

UpstartHR

'Recently I read The Front Line Leader by Chris Van Gorder while I was on a flight. Usually when I’m flying I take something fun/entertaining to keep my attention, but I needed to knock down my review pile so I grabbed this one. I’m so glad I did. I read it from cover to cover and made dozens of notes as I did. In short: this book is one of the best and most interesting that I have read in several years.

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Mobile Time and Attendance Solutions for your Dispersed Workforce

nettime solutions

'As businesses grow increasingly mobile, your team may spend just as much time out of the office than they do at their desks. They may be conducting field research or secretly shopping competitors or visiting customers. And then there are those people whose actual job it is to be out and about all day. These include your technicians, your event managers, and your sales team, just to name a few examples.

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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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Book Giveaway: Trust Precedes Accountability—Do Your Employees Trust You?

ATD Human Capital

'This blog article describes how trust and accountability work together in an organization—and how you can use the intersection of the two to build employee engagement in your workplace. Click here to read full version.

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5 Steps To Assess Employer Brand For Small Biz Owners

ExactHire

As a leader of a small business, you are likely familiar with the importance of brand as it relates to your business’s profitability and growth. Your consumer brand represents who you are as a business to your customers and prospective customers; this includes how you stand apart from similar businesses, and what your goals are in delivering your product or service.

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3 Insights into Workplace Politics

The People Equation

'Guest Post by Bonnie Marcus, author of The Politics of Promotion. Politics is all about relationships, and it’s critical to build and nurture relationships with people who can positively impact your career. Be aware that politics rules and there are constant changes in the workplace dynamics that can trip you up if you aren’t aware of them. Although the facts about office politics may be very frustrating, they must be understood for your success.

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