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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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How to Build an Employee Recognition Program That Inspires and Motivates

15Five

When done right, employee recognition programs can positively impact individual employees and create better business outcomes. Top performers who are adequately recognized for their efforts are often more highly engaged and productive and less likely to leave their organization. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get recognition wrong, and too many companies miss the mark when it comes to incorporating it into their company culture or building a formal recognition program.

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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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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

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Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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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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Helping Clients Avoid Telehealth Fraud

Extensis

Quick look: Legitimate telemedicine solutions provide affordable, convenient care. Unfortunately, telehealth fraud is rampant, with over $128 million worth of risky claims submitted during the first year of the pandemic alone. Here’s how brokers who partner with a PEO can help clients avoid dishonest providers and offer their employees reputable virtual solutions.

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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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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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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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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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What Are Soft Skills in the Workplace?

Intoo USA

When evaluating job applicants, employers should rely on more than a person’s industry experience. While job-specific skills are important, the applicant’s soft skills must also be considered. This guide will introduce you to soft skills and help show why they are highly desirable characteristics for your employees to possess. What Are Soft Skills?

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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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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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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Twitter Layoffs: 4 Key Lessons to Protect Your Organization

Intoo USA

Twitter’s layoffs by email were highly publicized and reportedly the most chaotic since those conducted over Zoom by better.com. What can employers learn from them? We offer some lessons here. . Lessons from Twitter Layoffs. 1. Don’t act too quickly. While Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey acknowledged that the company was overstaffed and would undergo cuts, Musk took action to make staff reductions as soon as he took over.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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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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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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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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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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Just landed: Ultimate Guide to I-9 Compliance

If you’re seeking guidance in the complicated world of I-9, you’re in the right place! As a pioneer in virtual onboarding tech, WorkBright has been simplifying the I-9 process since 2014 when they launched Smart I-9, a digital form built for speed, accuracy, and compliance. Ten years later, they’ve heard just about every I-9 question imaginable, so their team of experts has developed this comprehensive FAQ to distill years of experience into a practical and accessible guide to all things I-9.

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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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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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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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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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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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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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The secret to capturing commonly missed recognition moments

HR Zone

Employees Eight employee recognition moments you’re missing.