Sat.Aug 08, 2015 - Fri.Aug 14, 2015

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A Recruiter’s Guide to Sourcing in a Tough Candidate Market

Spark Hire

Recruiting in a tough candidate market can be quite the challenge for any recruiter. After you’ve exhausted your database, weeded through hundreds of resumes sent in via your posting, and sourced the job boards dry, it’s time to reevaluate and start thinking about what you haven’t done. . Reach out to the “Friendlies ”. If you haven’t already done so, go back through your database in search of candidates with the skill set you are looking for who you have placed recently.

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10 Reasons Why Your Best Employees Quit

HR Daily Advisor

By Rakesh Singh. Are all your best, most efficient employees gradually leaving your organization? Is there a pattern that seems to be in motion? If the answers to these questions is Yes, you need to reconsider the internal workings of the company, and a whole lot of other things besides. An organization’s employee turnover is a reflection of the number of employees that leave the company during a certain period of time.

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3 Ways to Make Exit Interviews More Effective

Cornerstone On Demand

Exit interviews are a double-edged sword: Your company desperately wants information from departing employees about how to improve, but employees have little motivation to provide complete, honest reasons for their departure. You can promise up one side and down the other that you'll keep individual answers confidential, but the person is unlikely to believe that his former manager won't find out if he says, “I'm leaving because my manager is a jerk.

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Workplace Visibility

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

By Ronnie Toerien. According to a recent Aberdeen Group study, the value of Workforce Visibility is in "the ability to define the talent. required by business needs in terms of skills, behaviors, and attributes." I would view it as not only having the ability to see the make-up of your organisation but—more importantly—to use that to structure and align the talent required by the business to drive the organisational goals.

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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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Top Recruiters of Yesterday vs. Top Recruiters of Today

Spark Hire

Recruiting has seen many changes in the last 10 years. When hiring new recruiters for your staffing agency, it is important to understand the differences and challenges when it comes to the recruiters of yesterday and recruiters of today. While some things may never change in recruiting, many things are constantly being updated and it is important for a top recruiter to keep up.

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Why LinkedIn Tapped Its Interns to Disrupt HR

Cornerstone On Demand

When people think of HR, "sexy" probably isn't the first adjective that comes to mind (except for me, of course). While the industry involves some fascinating, trending topics—like the gig economy , office perks and making work meaningful —most people tie HR to compliance over creativity. But one company may have found a solution to reinvigorating the reputation of HR.

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Why Employers Are Wrong About What Employees Want

ClearCompany HRM

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Five Essential Fixes for Amateur Talent Management Tactics

Visier

Take this quiz to find out if impulsive managers are holding you back. That fly-by-the seat-of-your-pants approach to talent issues. It can leave you chanting “ Inner Peace, Inner Peace ” as you deal with the fallout. Whether it’s a hiring or promotion decision misstep, things can get sticky when managers either overstep their bounds or remain too complacent.

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Collaborative Learning On the Rise [infographic]

HR Bartender

As the business world changes, so do the activities needed to support the business. Over the past few years, we’ve seen recruitment methods shift to more social and mobile strategies. Organizations are focusing on operating with less bureaucracy and hierarchy. This means that there needs to be shifts in training, development and learning. Today’s infographic, courtesy of showd.me, shares some new trends in learning.

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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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Why You Need a New Strategy for Retaining Female Talent

Cornerstone On Demand

There are big changes coming to American companies. While many business leaders look to the economy for trends and forecasts — closely following any promising signs as we recover from the 2008 crisis — there's another change brewing right under their noses. And it doesn't take knowledge of the stock market to understand. The change is a massive shift in workplace demographics.

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Creating a Better Hiring Process Through Experience

ClearCompany HRM

The candidate. experience matters. Whether employees know it or not, there’s a right and wrong way to hire and reject employees. If your. hiring. process makes everyone feel as though they don’t matter, they’re going to have a bad. experience. And of the candidates who have a bad. experience , 42% would never apply for any other job opening again , and 22% would convince their friends not to.

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External Success through Internal Wellness

Trinet

“How are you?” It is a question that is commonly answered with “fine,” sometimes even “great.” Although the question, on the surface, is not very probing or invasive, it is sometimes more accurately. Visit site for full story.

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Individual Contributors Can’t Work In Silos

HR Bartender

I’m starting to plan my trip to this year’s HR Technology Conference and I’m reminded of a prior year’s keynote speaker, Rahaf Harfoush, author of “ The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers.” In her session, one of the points she made was about evaluating people based upon their contributions, versus face time in the office.

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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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Why I Don’t Believe in Parental Leave Requirements

UpstartHR

My friend Lance Haun wrote last week about why he thinks we should fight for legislating parental leave in the US. I don’t know that I’ve ironed out my point of view 100%, but I don’t know that I agree with him at this point. Remember, this is a dialogue, not a requirement to conform. :-) So, as a father to three small children, you might expect me to be for this type of thing.

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How to Smoothly Fire and Lay Off Employees

Justworks

You know you have to lay off an employee, and you dread doing it. Firing people because they did something wrong, or simply laying them o ff because of what is happening within your business, involves sensitive emotions. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to mitigate the discomfort of letting employees go. Apply the following tips as you prepare to let someone go, as you inform your employee that his job has been terminated, and as you deal with the aftermath of the event.

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Increased Penalties Have Arrived for ACA Reporting Violations: Here’s How to Avoid Being Fined

Trinet

This post is part of the TriNet ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. If you’re a midsize business owner, you may have heard that you will soon be required. Visit site for full story.

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Reflections from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus and Paratransit Conference

EDSI

Written by Brian Lester – Senior Consultant with EDSI Consulting blester@edsisolutions.com The Public Transit industry has been a major focus of EDSI’s Workforce Development consulting efforts for nearly 15 years. Throughout this time, our participation as a business member in the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) conferences has been a consistently enriching experience.

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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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A Few Thoughts on Parental Leave Policies

Something Different

<www.vivicorecruitment.co.uk> …So a few days ago I read a Netflix announcement wherein the Company announced it was providing up to 12 months of paid maternity and paternity leave to employees working in its streaming business. The decision by Netflix here has launched a great deal of discussion about 1. There are dozens of articles about this topic out there, but I have linked to some of the best ones throughout this post. paid parental leave. 1 Today I’m setting aside the

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5 Ways to Minimize Business Risk When Establishing a 401k

Justworks

Great 401k plans are a given in good workplaces. Your best recruits ask about them, your employees demand one, and you care about your own financial safety. Those are excellent reasons to seek one for your business. But is it a risk-free endeavor? If you guessed “yes,” guess again. Like all long-term business decisions, you’ll need to think and act strategically.

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Tips to Protect Your Construction Investment

nettime solutions

It is the Labor Enforcement Task Force's duty to ensure employers follow labor, licensing and payroll tax laws. In an effort to avoid penalties as a business owner you need to understand what specific laws apply to your company. Are you aware of the penalties involved with misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor? Fines can vary between $5,000 to $25,000 per violation (not including any unpaid payroll taxes).

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THE TOP 20 BRANDED HR PROS: Meet Dawn Burke, VP of People at Daxko.

The HR Capitalist

Let's face it - Fearful of the spotlight and conservative to a fault, HR pros generally aren't the best examples to look towards when it comes to professional branding. Kris Dunn ( Kinetix RPO , The HR Capitalist ) and Tim Sackett ( HRU Technical Resources , TimSackett.com ) think that needs to change. That's why they created this series - The Top 20 Branded HR Pros (sponsored by the team at Glassdoor ).

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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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Infographic Thursday: Employees With Benefits

Something Different

I am in the middle of a move this week so apologies for the sporadic update times, but check out this infographic from Jobvite highlighting the most common employee benefits and their popularity with employees and prospective employees. If you like this infographic, as always follow its author on Twitter here. Best, Rory.

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Spillover, Crossover, and Emotional Spirals at Work and Home

WorkHuman

So, it turns out that toxic environment at work could actually be causing you serious problems at home. Everyone has bad days at work. But can bringing home a bad mood from work also affect the lives and work of your partner, your roommates, and your children negatively? Research suggests yes. Psychologists have long known of a dynamic they call the Spillover Crossover Model.

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Frontline Leaders Need Development Too

ATD Human Capital

To effectively manage their teams, frontline leaders need development in key skills that will enable them to understand and foster the success of individual employees. Here are some critical skills leadership development should focus on. Click here to read full version.

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Can Mandated No-Meeting Days Help Your Office's Productivity?

Justworks

I hate meetings. There is a common misconception in the work place that people in meetings are getting work done. The idea is that, by sitting around a table and discussing plans of action, work can be approached more efficiently and clearly. But many meetings aren't anywhere near as productive they're intended to be. And that waste of time is interfering in how much money businesses can make in profit.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Blueprints for Nine Essential Business Meetings

The People Equation

Let’s just put it right out there: pretty much everybody loves to hate business meetings. I’m on the record in support of meetings if they’re held for the right reasons and are run effectively. So, count me in the minority of people who think (some) meetings are OK. The problem is, we humans can muck things up pretty fast. When it comes to meetings, the list of blunders is endless.

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INTOO Outplacement (formerly CareerArc Outplacement) Named Best New Product and Service of the Year in 2015 International Business Awards?

Intoo USA

We have just been recognized with a Silver Stevie® Award for Best New Product and Service in Human Capital Management Software for our leading enterprise SaaS solution, Intoo Outplacement (formerly CareerArc Outplacement). We could not be more proud of our Intoo team. Stacked with talent in our technology and product development teams, Intoo Career Coaches, Client Success Managers, and clients, we are honored and humbled to be working with the best and for the best.

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Mobile Solutions For Requesting Time Off

nettime solutions

Keeping track of employees' time and attendance is similar to herding cats. Depending on how many employees you oversee, each one may have his or her own set of varying hours he or she is scheduled for. Time and attendance is time consuming, especially if you are manually keeping track of your staff’s shift changes, let alone managing employees' who are on the road or work remotely.