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Are You Addressing These 3 Important Staffing Trends for 2016?

TalentCircles

Are You Addressing These 3 Important Staffing Trends for 2016? Is it really possible that we are into the second quarter of 2016 already? Even if you’re in denial, a glance at the calendar confirms it’s true. So where have your first quarter efforts taken you? Are you focused on the right things to stay ahead of your competition? Here are three important staffing trends that should be driving your endeavors.

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Why Women Only Chariot Could Crash

Evil HR Lady

You may have heard of Chariot –a new female-only taxi service–is set to launch soon in Boston. While it sounds like a great idea–lots of women feel more comfortable driving with an unknown woman rather than an unknown man–I doubt it will survive the court challenges that are set to come. What’s wrong with a female-staffed business that caters only to females (and male children up to age 13)?

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Seriously Integrate Your Culture at Work

New to HR

About 250 years ago, humans came up with a term to define and categorise ways of behaviour that were shared by groups of people. The term was ‘culture’ and has now become widespread, used to describe groupings as disparate as huge geographical regions ( e.g. ‘western’ or Asian culture ) and individual corporations (company culture ).

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8 Useful Tips for Implementing New Tech in Your Office

ClearCompany HRM

Workplace productivity has increased 84% during the past 40 years because of advancements in digital technology. Of course, the increased level of panic when a new tool is announced is probably a direct correlation to that advancement. If there’s one thing leaders can all agree on, it’s that introducing new processes is one of the most stressful and controversial parts of the job.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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5 Surprising Signs Of A Disengaged Employee

15Five

I love the definition of employee engagement that I read in this recent TalentCulture post. It’s succinct and comprehensive: . When employees are engaged, they adopt the vision, values, and purpose of the organization they work for. They become passionate contributors, innovating problem solvers, and stunning colleagues. . But what does it mean to be a disengaged employee ?

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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. Forget Millennials—Why You Should Hire Someone Over 55 -- byGwen Moran. 2. 'I interviewed over 100 people at Goldman Sachs, and this was the biggest mistake job candidates made' -- by Jacuelyn Smith. 3.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Company Cultures

Trinet

News headlines frequently bring up the importance of company culture, employee satisfaction and the perks that employees may or may not be receiving. Developing and maintaining a company culture that. Visit site for full story.

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How to Build a Better Workplace

EmployeeConnect

For any employee in any industry, their workplace is revisited over five days a week for more than 8 hours a day, making it as close to a second home. When you find your employee dreading to come to work, rushing to leave early and underperforming from the expectations you’ve set – you haven’t provided a nurturing and safe environment for them. A home is desirable and employers today need to be aware of what makes their employees desire to stay and work for them.

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Should You Include Your Photo On Your Resume – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

On the surface, this question might appear like a no-brainer, but there are more nuances to the situation than you think. Do you think people should put their image on their CV’s? We’re doing so many headshots for LinkedIn but not sure about CV. This note doesn’t mention resumes, but let’s include them anyway because many people use the terms interchangeably.

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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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EP011 – Leadership Intelligence Podcast – Conflict Management Styles and Strategies -

DecisionWise

Learn about conflict management styles and strategies from Dr. Marcy Fetzer as she provides insight into how to approach conflict and the five modes of handling conflict. Download the 360-Degree Feedback Survey Sample. Listen to more podcast episodes. . The post EP011 – Leadership Intelligence Podcast – Conflict Management Styles and Strategies appeared first on DecisionWise.

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What New York City Employers Need to Know about a Recent Amendment to the City’s Human Rights Law

Trinet

Effective May 4, 2016, “caregiver” has been added to the list of protected classifications under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). This amendment is designed to protect employees and. Visit site for full story.

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How To Celebrate National High Five Day At Work

15Five

In 2002, college students at the University of Virginia created National High Five Day , an unofficial national holiday. On this day, strangers can approach each other for high fives without fear of confusion or reprisal. For those of you unfamiliar with this phenomenon, here is a definition from Wikipedia: The high five is a hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand each, about head-high, and push, slide, or slap the flat of their palm against the flat palm of the o

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Well-Being Impacts Performance Management

HR Bartender

There appears to be a full blown rebellion of the annual performance review. I’m still not convinced that the answer is to ditch the appraisal process. Even if your organization has transitioned to a series of shorter feedback sessions instead of the annual review, it’s possible the symptoms that plague the annual review will surface: manager bias , lack of valuable feedback, inconsistency, etc.

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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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Talent Think Innovations Intern Talks: The Business of Social Media

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000000 My marketing professors used to say that some companies would hire millennials to take care of digital media needs partly because they were, you know, millennials. I can understand having that viewpoint somewhat, I mean we did grow up with the technology. Over the past twelve weeks, I have been assisting Janine N. Truitt […].

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Get Emotional, And Other Tips For Building Trust

WorkHuman

Do you have this level of trust in your coworkers? How much do you trust your coworkers? Your boss? How about senior leadership? If you’re striving to build a culture that really stands out from the rest, one key piece of the puzzle is trust—in colleagues and in leaders who are responsible for setting the tone for the rest of the business. And if you’ve ever worked in a company with high levels of mistrust and suspicion, you know full well how it can seep into every corner of your work life.

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Office Perks Are Dumb, Business Wellness Programs, Digital Workspaces And Investing in Office Tech #FridayFinds

Hppy

After what has been a very productive week for us, with the launch of our new white paper on improving the employee experience using people analytics , we’re happy that it’s Friday again! Here are this week’s best HR & Workplace articles: Office Perks Are Dumb. It’s a thought that has definitely crossed our collective mind at some point. Rebecca Greenfield digs deeper into the culture of office perks, where it all started and how companies are now relying on this strategy to retain and motiv

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Disturbance for HR Managers: HR Quantification!

ATD Human Capital

In today’s business world, it is not good enough for human resource managers (HRMs) to simply create initiatives, programs, and processes as proof of their excellence. HRMs must also possess a level of business acumen that meets or exceeds that of other C-suite executives—in order to build appreciation from senior leaders for the work they do.

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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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Letting Go: Three Functions HR May Want To Delegate Responsibility For

The Aristocracy of HR

000000000000 These days you can’t evade commentary on what HR should be doing and assuming responsibility for. The list is endless and maybe even unreasonable. How organizations structure their HR departments differs based on an innumerable amount of variables. For starters, complexity of the organization, functional clarity and employee headcount are some of the more […].

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[SlideShare] 7 Tips to Straighten Out the Kinks in Your Employee Onboarding Process

ClearCompany HRM

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Over 40? Don’t Work More Than 25 Hours a Week

Trish McFarlane

Have you heard about the recent study released by the University of Melbourne’s Neuroscience Institute? In their Applied Economic and Social Research study, they looked at the optimal number of hours a week an employee should work. Their findings were surprising, to say the least. Research showed that for every hour you work up to 25 hours a week, your cognitive function steadily increases.

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[Infographic] Common Injuries In The Workplace

Hppy

Injuries and health issues directly caused by the workplace, or, more specifically, the office environment, are a significant issue for workers and employers alike. In 2013, 1.2 million people in the UK and just over 3 million in the U.S were suffering from an illness that they believed was caused or worsened by their current or former workplace, with the majority of these problems being caused by stress or musculoskeletal disorders.

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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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The Uberization of Work: Is It Real?

Josh Bersin

Today Uber annnounced that they were paying $100 Million to drivers to settle a law suit requesting additional benefits and expenses as contract workers. This move, coupled with dozens of other. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Change Your Broadcast: Q+A with Michelle Gielan (Part 1)

WorkHuman

We all have that friend or colleague who is defiantly positive, no matter what situation they are up against—a difficult client, a disorganized project, or a negative work culture. Maybe you are that person (lucky you!). I am convinced WorkHuman speaker Michelle Gielan is one of those people. Michelle is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness and founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research.

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The 5 Most Common Employment Law Risks

Justworks

This is a guest post, reprinted with permission from our friends at Early Growth Financial Services. Founder David Ehrenberg breaks down exactly what you need to do to protect your small business from the biggest employment risks. Why worry about employment law risks when you have enough things to focus on: building your team, getting traction, and lining up funding?

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Why You Should Encourage Social Media Use Among Your Interns

UrbanBound HR

When you’re planning and running your intern program, the marketing impact of participants is likely the last thing on your mind. You’ve got interviews to finish, housing to book, roommate assignments, and the extracurricular and educational events to plan. You do not have the time or mental bandwidth to read this blog, let alone concern yourself with marketing right now.

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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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Top 3 Drivers of Employee Satisfaction (and Salary Isn’t One of Them)

RecognizeThis!

by Traci Pesch. Recognize This! – Company culture, career opportunities and trust in senior leaders drive employee satisfaction far more than salary. Have you ever gone down rabbit holes on the web, where you start reading one article, then click an embedded link that seems intriguing, and then do it again in the next article? The next thing you realize, three hours have passed, you missed a phone call with a colleague, and worst, you missed your regular infusion of Diet Coke (okay, maybe that l

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How to make flexible working work

HR Zone

People. How to make flexible working work.

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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Everything You Need to Know

Justworks

What is the FLSA? Introduced in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is a federal law that governs working wages, hours, and recordkeeping for both full-time and part-time workers. The FLSA covers overtime pay, minimum wage, child labor standards, and record keeping. Who Does the FLSA Apply To? Employers with two or more employees are required to follow federal FLSA standards.