Something Different

APRIL 2, 2015

'Thanks to Openreq HR-Staffing for sharing today’s great HR infographic consolidating the top 5 likes (and dislikes) people have about HR as measured by 315,000 conversations across the web. Additional kudos to SAP and NetBase for putting together the data behind the infographic and the infographic itself. If you want to follow Openreq, SAP, or Netbase on Twitter you can do so here , here , and here.

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Spark Hire

APRIL 1, 2015

'A recruiter’s job is not only to identify top talent and sell that talent on a job opportunity. It is also a very important part of a recruiter’s job to be able to properly present candidate submissions to hiring managers. When you are able to put together a well planned and concise submission, your chances of success are much greater. The first step to making a candidate placement is to get the candidate in front of the hiring manager and you can do that with the right presentation.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 30, 2015

'“I am so thankful that I got this new job. I now work for a non-profit and we are spearheading all these new initiatives, connecting children and health care. I am on a mission. Never been so excited about a job before from my past of working for profit companies.” This email message came to me the other morning from one of my colleagues in the U.S.

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Cornerstone On Demand

APRIL 2, 2015

'We're long past the days when members of the " creative class " had to choose between New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to start their careers. The group of creative innovators and problem-solvers defined by social scientist Richard Florida in 2002—scientists and engineers, professors and teachers, poets and architects, nurses and doctors, artists and musicians—are spreading their wings and flocking to new frontiers.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 31, 2015

'Business meetings are the bane of our professional lives. According to The Muse, managers spent between 35 – 50% of their time in meetings. That’s a pretty significant number. You might be saying, the answer to this is get rid of meetings. But here’s the thing. I doubt that meetings are going away. The definition of meeting is “a coming together of two or more people, by chance or arrangement.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

APRIL 2, 2015

'I know a ton of HR Pros right now who have been charged by their organizations to go out and “diversify” their workforce. By “diversify,” I’m not talking about diversity of thought, but to recruit a more diverse workforce in terms of ethnic, gender, and racial diversity. Clearly by bringing in more individuals from underrepresented groups in your workforce, you’ll expand the “thought diversification.

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Visier

APRIL 2, 2015

'Having worked in the tech industry for nearly twenty years now, being the only woman in the room doesn’t faze me. But I have to admit, when I became part of the Visier team I was excited to be joining a tech company that serves a female-dominated market. After all, 76% of Human Resources Managers are women, according to 2014 statistics from the US Department of Labor.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 29, 2015

'In our continuing series on human resources and technology , I thought it would be good to cover a term that gets thrown around a lot – SaaS. It’s an acronym for Software-as-a-Service. Many times, when I hear the term SaaS, it’s used in the same sentence as “the cloud.” So much so that it’s easy to wonder about the relationship between the two. Are they the same?

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ClearCompany HRM

MARCH 31, 2015

'Recently there’s been a bit of backlash against the rising tide of mobile recruiting. When hearing about mobile recruiting trends , some have argued the whole thing is a sham. They talk about how companies are simply profiting from the idea of mobile recruiting but recruiters aren’t. According to pundits and thought leaders, the numbers are promising, but they’re used to promote products that don’t need to exist in the marketplace.

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Something Different

MARCH 31, 2015

'<www.bearpig.co.uk> 1. ‘punch above one’s weight’ : (idiomatic) To achieve or perform at a higher level than would be expected based on one’s preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments. …So I am a huge advocate of regularly trying to punch above one’s weight. 1 For the uninitiated, in corporate-speak this (mostly) means successfully completing stretch assignments or otherwise taking on tasks and projects outside of one’s wheelhouse

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nettime solutions

MARCH 30, 2015

'American Gas Products (in Boston, Mass.) is a leading supplier of industrial, microbulk and medical gases, welding supplies, and equipment. The company has 60 employees across six states. Problem: Paper timesheets are ineffective. Some employees work by themselves, whereas others work in small groups at American Gas Products. When an employee filled out a timesheet, different managers had the responsibility for collecting and submitting the information for payroll.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 3, 2015

'According to this article in The Recruiting Times , candidate confidence is on the up. Meaning that companies are hiring and individuals are looking for jobs. Companies are spending significant resources to position their employment brand to attract the best talent. In turn, job seekers should be putting personal branding first and foremost. And I’m not talking about buying a suit for an interview.

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WorkHuman

MARCH 30, 2015

'Do you know a college or graduate student in the U.S. or Canada who is passionate about HR, leadership, organizational psychology and creating a great place to work? Are you one, yourself? We are excited to announce the WorkHuman 2015 Fellowship and Essay Contest. Three essay writers from North American universities will be chosen as our WorkHuman Fellows, and flown to WorkHuman 2015 to live-blog the event.

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Something Different

APRIL 1, 2015

'<furlongproperties.com> …So yesterday I came across a great article from Tim Sackett wherein – as is often the case – he brought attention to an HR/marketplace best practice that I have always intuitively known exists, but never gave much thought to. From the piece (which again, you can read here ): We tend to pay same level experience internal employees less than we pay someone coming from the outside with the same experience, education, etc.

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UpstartHR

MARCH 30, 2015

'Recently I asked for some help in preparing for a local session on employee compensation challenges. I had some good responses and wanted to share some of the insights and advice with everyone. I’ll be sharing two blogs on the topic: determining what to offer employees and how to get managers on board. . The number one response that HR professionals said was most difficult was figuring out what to offer.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 2, 2015

'During my human resources career, I’ve conducted more than my fair share of investigations. Some that turned out to be nothing and others that has serious consequences. Needless to say, investigations are not fun for anyone involved. Today’s reader question deals with handling the situation. I was recently promoted to the top sales rep at my company!

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WorkHuman

APRIL 2, 2015

'What does it mean to have a more human workplace and how can businesses cultivate it? What’s the connection between the human workplace and recognition and motivation? These are a few of the questions we asked Dan Pink, author of several bestselling books about business, work, and behavior. His most recent book, To Sell is Human , draws on a rich trove of social science to reveal the new ABCs of moving others, which include new rules for understanding other people’s perspectives.

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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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Something Different

APRIL 3, 2015

'<www.halogensoftware.com> …Is (mostly) all about messaging, right? I ask because this morning, whilst combing the internet for my daily dose of HR knowledge I came across the following nugget of wisdom from Kris Dunn here : Some of you that are seasoned HR Pros know the cautionary tale when it comes to employee surveys. Rely on them too much or send the wrong signals to your workforce related to how they can be used, and they can become witch hunts toward capable managers with dif

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ATD Human Capital

MARCH 30, 2015

'HR drives positive employee outcomes, helps execute business strategies, and enhances customer share. But HR’s value may be further enhanced when it demonstrates the impact on a firm’s financial performance, focused on market value. Human capital thought leader Dave Ulrich introduces the Leadership Capital Index, a thorough way to link leadership to a firm''s market value.

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RecognizeThis!

APRIL 2, 2015

'by Derek Irvine. Recognize This! — Research shows positive practices benefit your company, simply by caring for others. What’s the real Power of Thanks ? It’s the ability of a simple expression of “thanks,” sincerely and specifically given, to create deeper connections between people. It’s through these connections that we are more fulfilled, more engaged and, yes, more grateful ourselves.

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China Gorman

MARCH 31, 2015

'I recently had the honor of participating in an effort to crowd source real business wisdom about how Human Resource practices sit at the center of some of the most important decisions in business and are rapidly impacting the workplace, talent, culture and business success. Three titans in the HR space, Dave Ulrich, Bill Schiemann and Libby Sartain – together with the support of the HR Certification Institute – invited a who’s who of HR from business, academia, government, consulting and the n

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nettime solutions

MARCH 30, 2015

'Make your time & attendance a "walk in the park" with stratus time. Happy national walk in the park day from nettime solutions.

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ATD Human Capital

APRIL 1, 2015

'Bottom line: The 21 st century organization will need to be smart, agile, and proactively ahead of its competitors in integrating mobile, social, cloud, and analytic technologies in order to reinvent itself through people, process, and technologies. The question for those working in talent development: How can we help our organizations succeed in this new world.

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Spark Hire

MARCH 28, 2015

'After hiring a new employee, it’s often easy to think that all of the hard work is over. However, our job as managers has just begun. Whenever you hire someone new on your team, it is your responsibility to not only be a leader to your new hire, but also a mentor. When thinking about previous mentors I’ve had and what made them great mentors, there are 3 things to consider when being a mentor to a new hire. 1.

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RecognizeThis!

APRIL 1, 2015

'by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! – It’s time to deliver on the promise of positive work cultures through the Power of Thanks. Today is the day when pranksters push the boundaries of acceptable office “humor” – from wrapping an entire cube in tin foil (actual photo from our office today) to less funny and potentially more harmful pranks that can negatively impact others (Ex-Lax brownies come to mind).

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The HR Capitalist

MARCH 30, 2015

'We did a webinar over at Fistful of Talent last week, talking about the difference between Performance and Potential (sponsored by my friends at Halogen Software ). Here''s a small portion of the slide deck, talking about ways that you can measure potential in your employees. . Enjoy - be the lookout for our next webinar when we talk about ways you can bootstrap your training function.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 30, 2015

'A reader writes: I’ve got an MBA from University of Phoenix and at first I was really proud of it. I’d worked really hard to get through the corporate finance classes. Marketing, management, human resources…it all seemed pretty standard stuff for an MBA, only with no PowerPoint presentations since everything was online. I thought I should get some credit for being able to stick with a program independently.

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Spark Hire

APRIL 2, 2015

'As a manager, you want to ensure that your employees are staying focused during the work day, but micromanaging just isn’t enjoyable for anyone. Morale is better when you’re able to treat your team members like adults, plus it frees up your schedule so that you can get more done too. When you’re looking to maintain or increase employee productivity without hovering over everyone’s desks all day, keep these tips in mind: Set clear goals.

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