Sat.Sep 26, 2015 - Fri.Oct 02, 2015

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Yes, Your Startup Needs to Think About HR

Cornerstone On Demand

Bureaucracy tends to be a dirty word in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, a place where startups and their admirers value the efficiency of a lean team. As a result, Human Resources—a department associated with process and compliance—often ends up on the back burner. Antipathy toward HR can leave startups woefully unprepared to handle typical workforce challenges, such as rapid growth or harassment (situations recently faced by Twitter and Github , respectively).

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Competency Models Provide the Roadmap for Career Success – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the NRAEF works to attract, develop and retain professionals for the restaurant industry. Enjoy today’s post!). I recently answered a reader question about developing HR competencies.

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Why Employees’ Opinions Matter in Talent Management

ClearCompany HRM

Good leaders are assertive. They take charge, cut through the clutter, and make key business decisions with authority. While there may be conflict from employees about what the best path forward might be, the only thing worse than making a bad decision is not making one at all, which can happen when you’re too intent on hearing all sides before making a decision.

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Making the HR Technology Leap

UpstartHR

I was talking with a friend last week about technology–specifically the kind we use in the HR, payroll, and recruiting space. His organization is using an awful tool that costs quite a bit of money. It’s not user friendly. It doesn’t make data easily accessible. And it’s become a running joke that any basic business need will require yet another $20k+ module just to meet that single need.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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How to Avoid Losing Talent to Startups

Cornerstone On Demand

Back in the 1960s, when the Baby Boomers were embarking on their careers, everyone dreamed of getting hired by one of the iconic American corporations: Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Lever Brothers, just to name a few. But that all changed during the dot-com boom in the mid-1990s. Startups — with stock options in lieu of high salaries and promises of get-rich IPOs — suddenly became the companies where young employees aspired to work.

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The 3 Characteristics All Employers Should Look for in a Job Applicant but Almost Never do

Trinet

Guest post by Pomello Making great hires usually involves evaluating a candidate’s hard skills and soft skills. Hard skills, of course, usually take priority when assessing a potential employee’s. Visit site for full story.

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Discover the irrefutable case for employee recognition

Achievers

You’ve seen the YouTube videos of happy flight attendants creatively rapping the in-flight safety instructions, or read the stories of employees who have gone way beyond their job duties to help a customer. These make for great stories, but you can’t help but notice that most of these employees work for winning companies. Would the employees have gone above and beyond if they didn’t have a great work environment?

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3 Ways to Work Effectively with Freelancers

Cornerstone On Demand

This is the third post in a series about how to thrive amid shifting workplace demographics. The U.S. freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong and growing fast, according to a recent report from the Freelancers Union and Elance-oDesk. In fact, freelancers make up 34 percent of our national workforce. As Sara Horowitz, executive director of the Freelancers Union, writes , “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial revolution.

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Employer Sends Invoice to Former Employee – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Based on the title, you might think today’s reader question seems like a one-in-a-million situation. The thought crossed my mind too. But after thinking about it, overpaying employees is a serious issue. Hi Sharlyn. I currently work as a manager at a nonprofit organization. Before this job, I worked in the government sector from 2006 to 2010. I left in 2010 because of an illness.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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3 Things Business Owners Should Think About When Looking for a Small Business Loan

Trinet

Guest post by OnDeck The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that the average small business owner spends roughly 33 hours looking for a small business loan. That’s a significant time away from. Visit site for full story.

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Why you should identify your employees’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivators

Achievers

New generations entering the workforce have unique perspectives and expectations about meaningful work and motivating rewards. Savvy employers understand the difference between intrinsic and external (extrinsic) motivators and develop engagement programs that recognize and reward employees for exercising the right behaviors and aligning with company goals.

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Can Complicated Be Simple?

Cornerstone On Demand

I have had an iPhone since the 3G. I love the device. Apple has made it easy to stay with them and they create great continuity in their upgrade stream. They have excellent functionality and peace of mind with iCloud backups. A recent experience made me realize just how dependent I am on the way that Apple rolls things out. As usual, with no warning, I got a notice that the new release, iOS 9.0.01, was ready on my phone.

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Performance Review Cycles Impact Their Effectiveness

HR Bartender

There continues to be a lot of chatter about performance reviews. Love them or hate them. Keep them or ditch them. We’ve written about performance reviews before – here’s one of our faves. Performance reviews aren’t a one-size-fits-all process. They have tremendous flexibility and, what might seems like a small detail (like when the review is conducted), can actually have a big impact.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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Oracle Employees Say Recognition from Peers Most Powerful Means for Employee Engagement

RecognizeThis!

by Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Employees are telling us what would engage them more in their work. We simply need to listen. Want to know how to engage employees? Perhaps the best (and obvious) answer is to ask the employees. Oracle did just that. Results of their survey were recently published in Personnel Today. Here are the key excerpts. Who has greater influence on employee engagement: 42% say peers. 21% say line managers. 7% say unit managers. 3% say HR.

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Infographic Thursday: Compensation and Salary Trends

Something Different

Check out this great infographic from Adecco highlighting some of the biggest salary trends from 2015. Looking at popular jobs in STEM, marketing, and industrial fields, I found it extremely informative. Whether you’re struggling with hiring top talent or just curious, check out today’s infographic below. And as always, if you like it then follow its author on Twitter here.

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ICYMI: It's Time to Rebrand "HR"

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest in HR. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular stories every month in our " In Case You Missed It " series. Keep reading for September's top stories! 5 New Titles to Replace "HR" "Human resources" is drastically different from what it represented even 10 years ago, thanks to big data, digitally savvy job applic

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[Infographic] Use Our New Hire Checklist To Create A Warm Welcome

Justworks

Bringing a new employee into the office is an exciting and also somewhat intimidating day for both parties. At Justworks, we have welcome swag packages waiting for our new hires. We also send out a company-wide e-mail introducing the new addition to our team, with a photo. Whatever your team decides to do, just make sure to implement a clear strategy for welcoming new hires.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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HR Gives Back: HR Happy Hour #221

Trish McFarlane

Join Steve Boese and me in an episode we recorded LIVE at the ADP Analyst Day in New York City. We were thrilled to have Mollie Lombardi as our guest to talk about her project… HR Gives Back. HR Gives Back to a Future without Parkinson’s is an idea started by Mollie Lombardi, Mike Pauletich, Teresa Thieme and Jeanne Achille. It is a way to help raise money and awareness for the fight against Parkinson’s Disease.

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Do You Know How You’re Perceived as a Manager?

Something Different

…So this evening I came across a really interesting article on HBR about how younger people managers (under age 30) are perceived. It outlined common blind spots and challenges that said managers face. I am a people manager and under age 30, so naturally this was interesting to me. You can read the full article here , but some highlights are below: ~ Because of their shorter tenure, they lack in-depth knowledge that others in the organization possess.

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Improve Your Labor Attendance Through a Mobile Device

nettime solutions

If your older family members can rely on their mobile device to communicate, you should be able to access your labor attendance system mobily as well. Effective communication between employees and managers is essential to resolving tasks quickly and accurately. With an advanced time and attendance system that has a mobile functionality feature , you can easily respond to shift requests, PTO requests, view department schedules as well as view key performance indicators in case you need a quick up

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Isaac Oates: Announcing Our Partnership With Aetna

Justworks

At Justworks, we consistently hear from our customers that they want to provide their teams with great healthcare. We listened. So we’re thrilled to announce a partnership with Aetna, one of the largest health insurance carriers in the US with a massive national network. Aetna shares our vision for providing a next-generation HR platform to the next generation of companies and their teams. [ Click to Tweet ].

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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Why More Is Not Always Better – Recruiting Talent

ExactHire

Is the old adage, “Less is more.” really true? Nowadays, new jobs are posted EVERYWHERE! You can find them on job boards, social media, industry specific sites, and even in the newspaper still…I think. This means that MORE applicants are likely seeing your openings, which can also mean MORE applications to review. Hiring can be super stressful when there are too many applicants to review for a position.

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Quote of the Week: “If you aren’t in the moment…

Something Different

…you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. – Jim Carrey. <imdb.com> For this week’s quote we can thank Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and film producer Jim Carrey. It is timely for me as I continually become more comfortable with who I am, and am starting to cherish each moment for what it is – now – as opposed to where it can potentially take me.

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An IT Directors Playbook on Technology: How Time and Attendance Software Has Evolved

nettime solutions

Before mechanical time and attendance systems were developed, employers were required to monitor their employees’ attendance manually. This included scheduling, payroll processing and paid time off accruals. The issue with manual processing then and that is still occurring today is that there is more than just one issue. From payroll clerical errors to time theft issues (otherwise known as buddy punching), processing manual time and attendance is a productivity suck.

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Timing is Everything for Relocating Employees

UrbanBound HR

Preparing to relocate is a lot more than a list of tasks. It’s a complex web where each decision can affect a handful of other decisions, and feels more like trying to spin plates while surfing. It’s easy for an issue to get put on the backburner or worse, forgotten. The last thing you want is to have a transferee flapping in the wind in a new city, and in the dark as to how solve this problem they didn’t even know they had until it was too late.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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New Leadership Must Inspire New Talent

ExactHire

The following blog post is part 3 of a 3-part series , which is adapted from a speech given by Harlan Schafir (CVO, CEO of ExactHire and Human Capital Concepts) at the Collective Alternative Executive Speaker Series on September 17, 2015. In my previous two posts from this series, I discussed how changing demographics, views on the nature of work and the workplace, and rapid advances in technology have converged to create intense competition for talent in today’s job market.

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CEO Pay Ratio: An Overview of the Final Rules (Video)

Something Different

<www.wsj.com> Sue Holloway, CCP, CECP, Executive Compensation Practice Leader, WorldatWork, discusses who the ratio applies to, how it is figured and what companies should be thinking about now in preparation for the effective date of the first full fiscal year after Jan. 1, 2017. Best, Rory.

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Change Your Interviewing Approach When Hiring For Remote Jobs

Justworks

We've built a comprehensive guide on hiring remote employees and managing them effectively. Download it for free here. The presence of telecommuters is growing in the workforce and companies are placing greater importance on distributing their teams. I t’s become essential to understand recruitment, hiring, and effective management of workers outside your office.

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