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HR for HR: 9 Ways to Avoid HR Burnout & Improve Well-Being

Analytics in HR

HR has become more strategic in recent years, increasingly moving from a largely administrative function to playing a pivotal role in achieving business goals. Many organizations today expect HR to develop strategies around DEIB , hybrid work, organizational purpose, employee well-being, and so on. However, the one element that seems to be missing in all this is the support of HR itself.

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3 ways HR leaders can get ahead of a recession

Achievers

Three-quarters of HR leaders are worried about the coming recession , according to the latest research from the Achievers Workforce Institute. Attracting, engaging, and retaining the right employees will increase the likelihood of success. Preparing for this looming recession requires that HR leaders invest in their people more than ever. By building an HR strategy that centers on employee engagement, organizations will be well set up to survive and thrive through the challenges ahead.

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Are You Thriving Professionally, Surviving, Or Hiding Out?

Babette Ten Haken - Professional Development

These days, many issues overwhelm you before you even enter the work environment. This daily tsunami of issues distracts you, constantly demanding your attention. As a result, your professional state of mind gets set for the day with less than 100% capacity. Why? Consider that before you begin, you give others permission to hijack your mindset. Rather than ignoring these professional environmental factors, acknowledge them.

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How Long Does a Background Check Take?

Cisive

Running an employment background check is an integral part of the hiring process. A quick turnaround time on these checks is vital to a smooth onboarding process for your candidates and your organization. What can you do to help speed up the time it takes to receive your completed results? And what should you consider if it’s taking longer than you expected?

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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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boss confided family issues to me, I don’t want my horrible manager at my wedding, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, boss confided family issues to me, I don’t want my horrible manager at my wedding, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Boss confided family issues to me … and my manager is interrogating me about it. I have worked for a small company for just under a decade.

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Investing in a talent strategy

PI Worldwide

The quality, satisfaction, and positioning of an organization’s talent is often the deciding factor of its ultimate success. You can invest heavily in recruitment, excel at interviewing, and hire employees with the ideal traits. But you might still fail to create an environment that leverages behavioral data to its full potential. True talent strategy extends far beyond recruiting and hiring top talent.

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How To Create Psychological Safety In Your Workplace?

EmployeeConnect

Only 47% of workers globally enjoy psychological safety in the workplace. . After COVID-19 Mental and psychological health has quickly moved up the organization’s priority lists. There is a reasonable cause why the topic of psychological safety at work is getting more popular. Humans are built to rely on each other, both personally and professionally.

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3 Ways to Improve Employee Retention

ExactHire

Employee retention is the secret ingredient for long-term growth and competitive differentiation. Employers that hold fast to their best talent can wade off any storms, including pandemics, market competition, and even regulation. For these reasons, retaining best talent must be a priority for employers. Why is Employee Retention Important? Organizations that successfully retain employees experience benefits beyond the saving of training and hiring costs.

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What PwC’s Medical Cost Trend Report Tells Us About Healthcare Headed Into 2023

Extensis

Quick look: Post-pandemic shifts have affected how Americans gain access to healthcare. These shifts have also influenced price fluctuations and consumer spending; thus, creating what PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) has projected as a 6.5% medical cost trend in 2022. Here’s an overview of why analysts expect a gradual return to pre-pandemic numbers, and how brokers can help their clients adapt accordingly.

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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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Rhode Island Permanently Extends ACA Filing Deadlines

ACA Times

ACA filing for the 2022 tax year is fast approaching. Employers with operations in Rhode Island should take note of the recent changes made regarding ACA filing and furnishing. Late…. The post Rhode Island Permanently Extends ACA Filing Deadlines first appeared on The ACA Times.

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Is It Time to Get Back in the Mentoring Game?

The People Equation

Very early in my career, I had four bosses in the span of less than four years. It’s not as bad as it sounds; I worked in retail where churn was high. And all of the departures were due to internal promotions, so that’s a good thing. I look back on that time fondly because each woman I reported to had very different work styles and personalities. Not only were these women my work team leaders, they were my mentors and I was a sponge, soaking up their advice and insider tips.

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How to Build a Collaborative Culture in the Workplace

Hppy

Collaboration in the workplace not only increases the overall team productivity, but also establishes some meaningful experiences for your employees. Experience shows that if a person has a sense of meaning behind their work, they’re more likely to remain engaged and contribute to new ideas. So, how do you create and maintain a collaborative spirit in the workplace?

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my manager told me that my male coworkers earn $40-60K more than I do

Ask a Manager

This post, my manager told me that my male coworkers earn $40-60K more than I do , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Last week I accepted a job offer with a new company, where my base salary will be 50% more than I currently make. This is a huge pay increase! And it is also an exciting opportunity! I told my current manager the news today.

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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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Keka Secures India’s Largest Series A SaaS funding with $57 Million

Keka HR Blog

After a continuous stream of successes, while staying bootstrapped, Keka has finally secured funding as it embarks on a new journey. The company secured a historic $57 million from WestBridge Capital, making it India’s largest Series A SaaS funding. . Launched in 2016 by Vijay Yalamanchili , Keka challenged the status quo in the HR tech space. Watch Keka’s Journey.

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What’s in Store for Talent Acquisition in 2023?

SHRM

The last few years have been a wild ride when thinking about how, when, and even why we work. As we look to 2023, we are offering predictions on how the workplace will evolve. We’re moving from work-life balance to work-life integration. The concept of work-life balance has long been a goal for millions of professionals. But the last few years of remote work have made it even more difficult to tune out the daily demands of the job when off the clock.

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Why Great Leaders Express Gratitude at Work

TalentCulture

As social beings, many of our relationships are based on reciprocity. At work, we’re often involved in transactional behavior, where we expect to receive at least as much value as we give. But our deepest relationships are usually driven by higher motives like gratitude. A thankful mindset benefits our relationships with others, even if we […].

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my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are

Ask a Manager

This post, my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: The norm at my org, like many, is to keep your calendar updated so that meetings can be scheduled without doing the “Are you available at X time?” dance. Because of this, I include non-work appointments on my calendar, and I typically mark them as “private.

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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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6 Common Mistakes Leaders Make About Trust at Work

Great Place to Work

Trust at work is crucial for business operations. So, why do so many organizations get it so wrong? The concept of trust — particularly in the workplace — is deceptively simple. What is trust at work? It’s a measure of relationships, how one group (employees) feels valued and understood by another (management). The presence of trust indicates healthy workplace culture , as well as a host of benefits to the organization, from resilience and innovation to stock market success.

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Why You Should Schedule a Monthly Face to Face With Each Employee

6Q

With email, voice and text communication platforms, it is easy to think that we are communicating effectively in the workplace. But despite all these channels, miscommunication still happens and its effects can be costly to a business. . In person meetings are a great way to clarify messaging and save businesses from financial losses and losses in productivity.

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“Weak Ties” Might Be the Key to Your Job Search, New Research Says

The Muse

A new paper by researchers at Linkedin, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford finally proves a decades-old theory. Here’s what it means for your career.

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when office potlucks go wrong

Ask a Manager

This post, when office potlucks go wrong , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. As we approach the season of office potlucks and other meals with coworkers, let’s discuss the many ways they can go wrong … from alarming cuisine to the person who takes an obscenely large share and never contributes anything of their own. To kick us off, some stories from years past: • “One of my old workplaces had a cookie baking contest, and the winner used store-bought dough.

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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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Why ‘fighting it out’ is healthier than avoiding conflict

HR Zone

Culture Dodging conflict? It's healthier to fight it out.

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Why Is Work Satisfaction Important in Every Workplace

HR Digest

Research shows that if employees are happy at work, they’ll be more productive, more creative, and more likely to stay with their company for the long term. That’s because happiness at work is linked with job satisfaction, which leads to higher performance for both employees and employers alike. It’s a common fact that employee satisfaction at work is linked to business success.

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Is your employee quiet quitting? Here’s your action plan

Insperity

Quiet quitting is the popular new Great Resignation -era term for an employee who hasn’t quit (yet), but definitely exists on a spectrum of disengagement. As employees become increasingly fed up with some aspect of their job or company, they may withdraw from others and withhold discretionary effort, instead just doing the bare minimum to get by without attracting too much negative attention.

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employer recorded audio and video while I was in bed … and more

Ask a Manager

This post, employer recorded audio and video while I was in bed … and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employer was recording audio and video while I was in bed. I normally work on site, but got Covid and had to work from home for a week. I felt pretty bad, so I was in bed for the first two days.

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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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The secret to capturing commonly missed recognition moments

HR Zone

Employees Eight employee recognition moments you’re missing.

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Rating-Based Performance Reviews Don’t Measure Performance Accurately

Engagedly

On paper, it is easy to see why rating-based performance reviews are popular. They are easy to do, quick, and fairly painless. Automated rating-based performance reviews further simplify the whole process. But does the simplicity of ratings-based reviews mean that they are useful as well? Not really. And here is why. Ratings are reductive. Bringing an employee’s performance down to a number is reductive.

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15 Coaching Pros Share Their Big Plans For Q1 2023

Forbes Coaches Council

The end of the year is a great time for coaches to reflect on what worked, what could be better and what else could be done to increase the value of their services.

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