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Moving Beyond our Obsession with the Millennial Generation

Talent Analytics

I read yet another tweet today (below) about what we “know” about Millennials and thought “WOW” that is a pretty general statement about a huge group of very diverse people in the workforce! No offence to the author of the tweet…. Tweet: 91% of #Millennials don’t want to hold a job for more than 3 years. Employee retention works! “for 9%”. Sweeping categories can help to categorize people at a high level – but they are also extremely limiting when you try to use them.

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Ceridian Cares: The Road to Giving Away One Million Dollars!

Ceridian

By Lisa Bull, VP of Employee and Leadership Learning, Ceridian. The launch of Ceridian Cares, Ceridian’s own charity, shows the importance of listening to your employees. While our late President, Dave Mackay was a tremendous champion early on, it was by reaching out to our people and asking for input that lead to Ceridian Cares. Our people have always been generous, even before Ceridian Cares, but they wanted to have a more visible impact.

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4 Keys to Learning and Development in the 21st Century Workplace

Cornerstone On Demand

Learning for the 21st century and beyond—sounds like a sci-fi novel, right? The term “ learning " is thrown around a lot lately. Many organizations even have Chief Learning Officers, responsible for the development of the organization's human resources. Is the Chief Learning Officer really a glorified Training Director, though? It's an important question, because learning today is vastly different from years past when "training" was the go-to term.

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The 7 Deadly Words You Should Never Say To a Candidate

The Tim Sackett Project

Communication is a tricky thing. It’s so easy to turn off another party by simply using just one wrong word, especially when you’re trying to build a relationship with a candidate you potentially want to hire. I think there are some words and phrases that have a high probability of turning off a candidate to want to come work for your organization. I speak to students a few times a year about interviewing and I tell them something similar, which is what you say can automatically make a hiring ma

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Buying HR software is a major decision. That’s why finding the right provider based on your needs and ensuring key decision makers are on board is vital. Download Paycor’s guide for tips to address common concerns across your buying committee.

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The Conversation Process Every Manager Should Follow in Employee Reviews

ClearCompany HRM

Effective employee reviews aren’t something leaders do at employees; reviews are something that leaders do with employees. Use these questions to gauge and establish employee alignment with your organization, then follow up accordingly to solicit feedback from employees in regards to how they’re managed.

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Dear ReWorker: What Should I Do About a Lack of Learning Opportunities?

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, During the interview for my current job, I emphasized that I wanted a job with professional development opportunities. The hiring manager said that professional development was important and definitely a priority. After six months, I approached my supervisor about a recognized professional certification that I wanted. It was an 18 month online course, so I wouldn't miss work, but it was expensive.

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How to Build a Culture of Agility When Everyone’s Afraid to Fail

CultureIQ

In a competitive marketplace, organizations try to combat new challenges and disruptive ideas with innovation and creativity. But there’s just one thing — it’s practically impossible to be innovative and creative if you’re restricted by a fear of failure. You simply don’t have access to the agility required to respond and adapt to new problems with new solutions.

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Don't Let Stranger Things Happen to Your Hiring Process

ClearCompany HRM

Having an outstanding hiring process is a must for organizations trying to bring and keep great talent. Of candidates who have a bad experience with an organization, 42% would never apply for any other job opening at that company again, and 22% would convince their friends not to as well. How do you keep your process from turning into something of supernatural proportions, though?

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Your Office Space Should Be Determined by Your Work (Not Your Pay Status)

HR Bartender

I wanted to share with you an interesting conversation I had with a couple of human resources professionals about the upcoming changes to the overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). One of the people in the group mentioned a challenge they were having, not because of the pay change, but because the employee impacted was going to have to move from an office with a door to a cubicle.

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Secrets to the Switch: Choosing the Best HR Software in 2023

Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Does your organization need more productivity (and less pain) from your HR software? With the increase of technology-dependent remote work and highly sophisticated cyber threats on the rise, it's critical to successfully implement an HR platform that can help your organization see actionable information in real-time to hit all your key workforce KPIs.

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Cornerstone Named One of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women

Cornerstone On Demand

We need more women in the HR technology industry. There are countless studies linking gender balance with increased performance, innovation and creativity — but currently, only 26 percent of computing jobs and five percent of leadership positions in the technology industry are held by women.

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Why Great Leaders See More And Exclude Less

15Five

The central dilemma of a modern leader is to balance apparently conflicting virtues and beliefs without choosing sides between them. Decisiveness, for example, is widely and rightly perceived as crucial to effective leadership. It’s the opposite of uncertainty and insecurity, which are paralyzing. But decisiveness overused eventually congeals into certainty.

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Is Your Management Team Contributing to a Healthy Culture?

CultureIQ

We’ve said it again and again in different ways: culture doesn’t build itself ; culture requires teamwork ; and, most importantly, culture starts with leadership. But even though your management team knows it’s responsible for building culture, that doesn’t always mean they know what to do about it. And while sporadic culture-building efforts might be better than nothing, a concentrated, collective effort by your team is much more effective.

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HR Is Not the Only Profession Redefining Itself

HR Bartender

Human resources has been the subject of many articles and conversations over the years. Specifically, the need for HR to evolve and become more analytical in their approaches. While I don’t always agree with the way the argument is being presented, I’m cool with the idea that HR needs to stay on top of their game. I think it betters the profession which is good for HR pros as individuals, our organizations, and the employees we serve.

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2023 HR Technology Trends: What's New and What's Next

Speaker: Ben Eubanks - Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisory

The world of HR has changed so much in recent years, and so have the technologies and tools that support HR and talent leaders. But frankly, keeping up with the ever-changing HR tech landscape can feel like another full-time job. That's why we're sharing with you this webinar session with Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory.

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93% of Workers Are Least Productive… At Work?

UpstartHR

I had put it off for as long as I could, and it was time to finally bite the bullet and get it done. I sent a message to my manager and told him that I was going to work from home the following day in order to knock a few things off my list. I knew others on the team did it occasionally, but it felt weird staying home instead of making the daily commute.

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How to Protect Your Company from High Employee Turnover

Achievers

Every manager and HR professional views employee turnover as a headache, but do you actually know how expensive and damaging it can be to your organization? Here’s a look at the dimensions of this complex problem and some tested managerial practices to alleviate it with long-term solutions. The dimensions of the problem. Current statistics from Catalyst show that it costs an average of one-fifth of an employee’s salary to replace that person, which means that for a position paying $50,00

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Compensation Cafe: Cultural Practices for a More Dynamic Workplace

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Shifting away from too much hierarchy, organizations need to emphasize more dynamic and more human ways of working. The pace of changes facing modern businesses is incredible. Many organizations are finding that those changes require an evolution in management philosophy- away from aspects that were successful during the Industrial Era and toward aspects that allow the organization to be more dynamic.

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Moving Past Exam Failure – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

It’s okay to make a mistake. We all do. The tough part is moving past the mistake. That’s the situation this HR Bartender reader is facing. I’ve been in my profession for over a decade and have a master’s degree in my field. Recently, I tried to obtain my professional certification but was unsuccessful. I’ve never been good with tests, so I took a preparation course.

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The HR Leader’s Guide to Recruiting & Hiring

62% of Paycor survey respondents say we’re in a permanent talent shortage. By 2030, we’ll see more jobs than workers (BCG).

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The Most Attractive Benefits for Globally-Minded Millennials

UrbanBound HR

As the millennial takeover of the workplace population continues at a rapid pace, your corporate policies need to be updated to reflect the changing expectations of this new generation of employees. For many offices, the first round of millennials caused a fair bit of shock and culture clashing between the various generations in the office. Those initial sparks should be dying down, as employees have had time to settle in and you have had plenty of time to update policies to address the changes.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Top 22 Interview Questions to Assess Business Acumen -- by Sravani. 2. 24 Terrifying Job Ad Blunders (Halloween Special) -- by Sofria Pratt. 3.

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Infographic: Why is Employee Retention So Difficult? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Why is employee retention so difficult? Well, times have changed a bit. Gone are the days when companies held complete control knowing that their employees would stay their entire careers with the same organization. Gone are the days of employees enduring hardships and mistreatment from the all-powerful organization. The Age of the Employee. We have entered the age of the employee where talent rises to the top, and job opportunities and technology give employees control over their career path mo

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13 Podcasts on Human Resources You Don’t Want to Miss

Reflektive

We look to organizations like Human Capital Institute and SHRM for research, learnings, and best practices related to running an HR or people operations department. For HR leaders who don’t have time to browse all the newsletters or attend the conferences, a podcast is a great way to keep up on the latest news. They’re audio-only, and are easy to turn on during a commute or while you’re working on another project.

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Upskilling HR: Future-Proof Your HR Career

Speaker: Jeanne Achille - CEO, The Devon Group

Is your HR department running around barefoot like the shoemaker's children? If so, you're on a collision course with the ever-changing realities of the workplace, which necessitate strong HR tech skills. In this webinar, we'll look at why HR should invest in learning to ensure organizational resiliency and employee retention. Consider it self-care as we discuss how to future-proof your own career through the opportunities provided by upskilling.

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How Banning Email Can Boost Productivity And Work Satisfaction

Hppy

How many times have you checked your email today? How fast do you check your email and respond when you get a notification? Most employees use up 23% of their days just on email, sending and receiving, on average, 112 emails per day. The trouble with email. Looking at those numbers, it is not surprising that some leaders have begun to question the usefulness of email.

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3 Ways to Maximize Your Staffing Firm's Budget in 2017

Linkedin Talent Blog

According to LinkedIn’s 2017 Global Staffing Trends Report , more than half of staffing industry leaders expect their firms’ budgets to grow within the next year. Meanwhile, 79% expect the volume of candidates placed to increase, too. The result is one of the most competitive recruiting climates ever: recruiters need to focus on filling roles with quality candidates, faster.

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Take the State of Employee Engagement Survey - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Take the Second Annual State of Employee Engagement Survey! Start the Survey! It only takes 5 minutes! By researching the effectiveness of Employee Engagement programs in organizations around the world, DecisionWise hopes to provide valuable information to HR professionals on this important topic. Participants will receive a complete analysis of the results and have the opportunity to attend a webinar to learn specific insights and findings.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Younger Employees

ATD Human Capital

This posting is the first in a series of articles to discuss viable strategies to make greater use of the skills, talents and abilities of currently employed workers. What do 40 percent of Canadian university graduates aged 25 to 34 have in common with 51 percent of American Millennials ? They’re stuck in situations of underemployment. To drive home how serious the underuse of skills is in the United States a full 12 percent of the overall working population reporting being underemployed.

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Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template

When it comes to benefits, communication is critical. To help you easily explain your offerings at open enrollment, Paycor created an open enrollment sample letter (and a few tips). Download this free Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template today.