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Bill Proposes Benefits for Gig Workers

HR Daily Advisor

A bill introduced in both houses of Congress would create a pilot program to provide employment benefits to gig workers. This Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act (S. 1251, H.R. 2685) would allot the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) $20 million to test portable benefits in fiscal year 2018. “[A] growing number of Americans are working without a safety net and have difficulty planning and saving for retirement, health care needs, or on-the-job injuries,” said Sen.

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SHRM Certification: You Can Get More Than 60

HR Bartender

You might be looking at today’s post and thinking “What is the ‘60’ she’s talking about?”. Well, I’m referring to the number of recertification credits required to maintain credentials with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). To me, recertification is the most important part of the SHRM certification process because it reinforces a commitment to continuous learning about human resources competencies.

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Cartoon Coffee Break: Climbing the Career Ladder

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.

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No Tarot Required: 3 Ways Continuous Planning Can Help CFOs Tackle Uncertainty

Workday

We’re living in a time of great political and economic uncertainty. Britain’s decision to leave the European Union sent global financial markets into a spin, and we saw the pound plunge to its lowest level in more than 30 years. The shifting political landscape on the other side of the Atlantic has also injected a level of uncertainty for businesses.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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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. Recruiters Explain What the Worst LinkedIn Profiles Have In Common -- by Lars Schmidt. 2.

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9 Lessons for Running a Great HR Function

UpstartHR

This weekend I was doing some spring cleaning. Well, summer cleaning, since I missed the spring season. Anyway, one of the things I found was a box of items I used to keep on my whiteboard next to my desk as reminders of important aspects of HR. These shaped the way I practiced HR and ran my department on a daily basis. I thought it would be fun to share the notes here to help give you an idea of what kind of HR I practiced. 1: Your Company Values Your values statement should be the most tattere

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6 Techniques: Improve The Way Your Employees Communicate

Achievers

When your team works in the same building, it’s easy to get to know one another. Since you see each other every day, you’ll likely develop a deeper than surface level relationship based on proximity alone. You might come to know how your colleagues take their coffee, and maybe even buddy up with them when the company heads out on a retreat or outing.

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Ellevate’s Summit for Women in Business Goes Beyond Talk, to Action

Justworks

Women in business are having a moment. That’s according to Tina Pettigrew, Director of Communications at Ellevate Network, a global women’s network that is hosting its first summit after 20 years of connecting ambitious women leaders and entrepreneurs. “The timing is right, and there’s a need for it,” said Tina in an interview with Justworks. The statistics back this up.

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How to Create Learning Paths that Align with Company Goals

HR Bartender

A learning path is a sequence of activities that allows a person to build knowledge or skill. For instance, an employee who wants to become more proficient in project management might have a learning path that includes: proposal writing, budgeting, scheduling, critical evaluation, and project management. The idea being that each topic builds upon the previous and makes the employee better at project management.

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

Speaker: Speakers:

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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Gratitude: The Power of (Not too) Positive Thinking

CONCERN: EAP

It’s no secret that an optimistic outlook, fueled by a healthy dose of gratitude, can directly contribute to happiness and success. But—according to studies focused on two types of optimism, realistic and idealistic—there may be a catch. These studies demonstrate that realistic optimists are generally healthier and more successful in work and life than their idealistic counterparts.

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Effective Employee Engagement Must Be One-on-One

Hppy

Why is employee engagement critical to an organization? Many think “getting more employees involved” is the end game. That’s true, but for what purpose? To make every person feel like they are making a contribution? To make them happier? To make them more supportive of leadership? If the purpose of employee engagement isn’t clearly defined, and a disciplined process to achieve that purpose isn’t established, the best that can happen is busyness and dysfunction.

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Key Takeaways from Female Founders in Growth Stage Technology (#WIGST17)

Lighthouse

Last week I had the honor of attending the inaugural Women in Growth Stage Tech event in Chicago, and it was quite the experience. Designed to appeal to female founders of HR technology firms, the event drew nearly 50 attendees, including founders, investors, and practitioners. Sessions ran the gamut from how to work with investors to how to understand buyers, and many of the founders were asked to give their own short talks on lessons learned, competitive practices, etc.

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Quick Shots for #Recruiting and #HR Pros – Boomerang Employees Edition

HR Bartender

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve received several notes about boomerang employees. In a nutshell, boomerang employees are basically rehires. They worked for the organization, left, and have boomeranged back. It’s a good time to talk about boomerang employees. There’s been a bit of a rise in boomerang employment. I attribute it to the increased challenges in finding talent.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Are There Cassandras in Your Organization?

Don Phin

I listened to a fascinating podcast interview with James Altucher and R.P. Eddy, co-author of the book Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes. Co -author Richard A. Clarke has written many what I will call disaster or warning books. While I’m not big on being a pessimist (it’s too damn depressing) it makes sense to. Read More. The post Are There Cassandras in Your Organization?

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How to Turn Business Networking Into Authentic Connections

Justworks

Let’s be real for a minute. Sometimes, networking can feel, well, fake. This makes sense — a lot of networking environments have a contrived feel about them. After all, how often do you walk around hotels with a nametag and ask a roomful of strangers what they do for a living? 6 Ways to Connect at Networking Events The good news is, business interactions don’t have to be so dry and awkward.

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The Merging of Gen X and Millennial Cultures in the Workplace

ATD Human Capital

There actually four generations represented in today’s workplace: Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, who have taken over many senior leadership roles, Millennials, whose younger members will be the next generation of managers, and Gen Z, who is just entering. Having said that, Gen X and Millennials are the two biggest generations in the workplace right now.

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The Difference Between Reward and Recognition

EmployeeConnect

In today’s business culture, one of the conundrums, semantically created is the interchange of the terms reward and recognition. Both are extremely important and work together to attract and retain high performance employees. To comprehend the meaning of both these terms, they need to be de-coupled, and their differences, as well as their benefits, need to be listed.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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My Anniversary

UpstartHR

I attended the WorkHuman conference a few weeks ago in Arizona and connected with many friends and colleagues that I hadn’t seen in a while, and each of them asked how my work was going. This week marks my one year anniversary of running Lighthouse Research & Advisory , and it has been such a joy. Here is the link to my announcement last year , in case you’re a new reader.

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Top 6 Megatrends Changing the Face of HR and Business

WorkHuman

How are leading companies shifting their focus when it comes to HR and the overall employee experience ? Which traditional HR practices are falling by the wayside and what is taking their place? No matter where your organization or HR department is today, it’s helpful to see where the industry is headed so you can better anticipate the needs of your current and future employees.

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6 Ways to Prevent Employee Turnover in Your Small Business

Hppy

A small business does need to run smoothly and efficiently in order to be successful. One thing that can undermine the operation of a small business is employee turnover. When an employee abruptly quits, the work that employee is responsible for performing ends up not being done. Time and money are lost this way. And then comes the additional costs of having to train a replacement.

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Guiding Principles of Strategic Leadership

EmployeeConnect

Most organisations possess leaders who have robust operational skills that are needed to maintain the status quo. However, they seem to lack the critical skill of confident and experienced strategic leadership to tackle the critical problems. These critical, or so-called, ‘wicked problems’ often require organisations to transform the way in which they run their business.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Product Launch: Integrate Your 401(k) Provider with Retirement Report

Justworks

If your company wants to offer the 401(k) provider of your choice, Justworks added some product changes to make it even easier. For Justworks members, it’s simple to offer a 401(k) to employees. Our integration with Slavic 401(k) offers access to a great selection of plans with low fees and hassle-free administration. Now, our new retirement report in the app allows you to download your payroll information from Justworks — including hours, gross pay, and contributions for each employee —.

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Why A Happy Career Can Still Feel Unfulfilling

TalentCulture

Author Emily Esfahani Smith explains why the pursuit of happiness backfires–and what we can do about it in the jobs we already have. For as long as human beings have existed, they’ve yearned to know what makes life worth living. Plato described man as a “being in search of meaning,” and the first great work of literature, the 4,000 year-old “Epic of Gilgamesh,” is a hero’s quest to live a meaningful life in the face of mortality.

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Shape Company Culture Before It’s Too Late: 4 Hiring Strategies for the Best Fits

Hppy

Misconceptions about company culture are abundant. As long as you define culture correctly, the benefits of strategizing the construct within your organization are clear. Rather than crafting a company culture full of carbon copy employees , your company culture should be open to interpretation. However, too much room for interpretation could lead to a chaotic and disorganized culture and, therefore, thwart productivity.

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Why Stay Interviews Are The New Exit Interviews

Namely

As an HR professional, you probably know that communication is one of your most powerful tools. From an employee’s first day, it’s your job to facilitate an environment in which he or she can thrive. When employees do choose to leave the company, exit interviews often shed light on what went wrong. But why wait until employees are already out the door to ask those questions?

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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7 Signs That Can Help You Recognize A Toxic Workplace

Engagedly

As Uber deals with the fallout of not only embracing an extremely toxic workplace culture but also actively enforcing it, it’s time for all organizations and employees to take a closer look at their own workplaces. Toxic workplaces […].

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Why Do Entrepreneurs Fail? Why It Could Happen to You

TalentCulture

A good idea goes a long way in making any business a success, but it’s not the only thing that’s needed to ensure it doesn’t fail. Many entrepreneurs start businesses in the hope they are going to be the next Facebook or Google, but eventually reality hits and they realize they need more than just a clever idea to push a business forward. It’s obvious a unique idea is going to give any entrepreneur the best chance to succeed, but there are many other reasons why promising ideas don’t always get

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How to Increase Efficiency in Your Recent Startup Company

Hppy

The business environment is very competitive nowadays. To keep up with this competition, your business should run as efficiently as possible. Efficiency is even more important for small businesses because they run on limited resources when compared to established companies. Here are ways in which your business can become more efficient. Find out how you can use people analytics to predict, manage and measure the impact of HR operations by downloading our new white paper.