Sat.Feb 15, 2020 - Fri.Feb 21, 2020

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Here's Why Development is Better With Peer Learning Groups

FlashPoint

Photo by Todd Diemer on Unsplash. We know it, we see it, we live it. When designing and delivering development programs, we know we have to intentionally build in reinforcement in order to ensure sustainability and application. We know we have to be deliberate about building in accountability.

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How Multitasking Erodes Productivity And Dings Your IQ

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Multitasking hamstrings productivity by as much as 40 percent, increases stress, reduces meaningfulness and even your IQ. Our role as leaders must include minimizing this scattershot approach to task completion and instead applying our innate human strengths in a more focused way.

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Why companies must consider a strategic approach to employee education

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

Corporations around the world face a people problem. While historically low unemployment is typically considered a welcome sign of a strong economy in the United States and the developed world, there are now more jobs available than skilled workers to fill them. In fact, nearly 3.5 million people quit their jobs every month to find greener pastures, according to the U.S.

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Only 28% of employees say they feel connected to their company’s purpose

HR Morning

In order to cultivate a successful business with happy employees, it is highly important to have a clearly defined purpose. Many businesses don’t have a true strategy when it comes to describing their company purpose, choosing to fill in the blank with almost anything. Because many leaders have no connection with their outlined purpose, they aren’t capable of fully integrating it into their business operations – and employees feel less connected than ever.

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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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Developing the Workforce of the Future

hrQ

One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is building the workforce they need before they need it. Too often, changed requirements in skills are discovered only when there is a problem with the proficiency or productivity of the workforce, or when particular skills become difficult to source in the marketplace. While the reasons for this are many, the continued rapid evolution of both technology and process, point to a need for different approaches to identifying and addressing futur

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Why It’s Time to Add Organizational Network Analysis to Your Strategy

Visier

A few years ago, HR leaders from a trillion-dollar asset management firm encountered a puzzling trend within their workforce: Despite hiring an equal number of entry-level male and female employees, fewer women were receiving promotions. . To identify gender differences in developing productive working relationships, the company turned to its promotion data and Organizational Network Analysis (ONA).

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Love Starts with Leadership

TalentCulture

Around here we celebrate Valentine’s Day sentiments all the time. We tell each other how much we appreciate, cherish, are wowed by, awed by, impressed by, and value each other. It’s not in our culture deck (we don’t have one since we’re always flexing and morphing to grow and change with the world of work). It’s not in the rulebook and it’s not even in any of the job descriptions.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

The number of job openings in the U.S. fell from 7.6 million in January 2019 to 6.8 million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Is this an early sign that the talent shortage is dwindling? Maybe. But regardless of what those numbers reflect, HR professionals continue to worry about maintaining a skilled workforce. While the largest decreases occurred in retail trade (139,000 jobs) and construction (112,000 jobs), retaining key talent is HR’s chief concern, according to

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How Healthcare Employers Can Leverage Brand Reputation to Improve Recruiting and Retention

Precheck

How Healthcare Employers Can Leverage Brand Reputation to Improve Recruiting and Retention Feb. 18, 2020. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Talent recruitment and retention remain among the top challenges facing healthcare organizations in the new decade. According to a SHRM survey, 46% of HR professionals rated highly skilled medical positions as very difficult to fill.

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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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Want to offer support for caregivers of aging relatives? Read this

Insperity

Have you considered how your company can offer support for caregivers? As the nation’s population ages, more employees are taking on the role of caregivers. And it’s a trend that’s only picking up steam. The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to nearly double, from 52 million in 2018 to 95 million by 2060, according to Population Reference Bureau’s “ Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States.

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I’ve Done HR But I Don’t Have an HR Job Title [Reader Question]

UpstartHR

One of my favorite things to do is answer reader questions here on the blog. If you have a question you’d like answered (I answer as many as possible!) just shoot a note to ben@upstarthr.com. . Hi Ben, I’m a Business Administration major. I’m in my last year and I’ve chosen 5 Human Resource courses as my electives to assist me with gaining a basic knowledge of the career I want to pursue.

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Industry experts break down the Ultimate-Kronos mega-merger

HRExecutive

When Kronos Inc. and Ultimate Software recently announced they are soon to become one (the new entity’s name will be announced soon, according to the company), reactions were swift and varied to the projected $22 billion marriage. Past history, of course, tells observers that mergers are always a risk; some go on to become smashing successes, others just smash onto the rocks.

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Knowledge Management 101: Preventing a Knowledge Loss Crisis in 6 Steps

EDSI

If there’s one thing that remains true in business (and life in general) it’s this: a crisis can strike any company … anytime, anywhere. Imagine you just found out a valuable, tenured employee is leaving and taking all his or her critical knowledge and experience with him to a competing organization. Your only hope to avert this crisis? Advanced planning!

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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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How to keep great employees

Hppy

Once you have spent weeks headhunting for staff , you want to keep hold of them. Long-standing employees are great for business. Not only are they great at their jobs but they are also invested in the business, which gives them the incentive to work hard. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep hold of employees. Increasingly, it is becoming more common for people to hop between jobs.

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10 Truths about Employee Experience that Matter to Your Business Now

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

What does it take to build consumer grade employee experiences inside your organisation? What should it look like? How do you measure it?

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To Access the Data Goldmine, Workforces Need to Be Data Literate

TalentCulture

We are in the midst of a data revolution. Businesses and organizations across all sectors collect, store and analyze huge amounts of information. However, they often struggle to realize data’s full potential. According to a recent report from Accenture, Closing the Data Value Gap, only 32% of business executives surveyed said that they’re able to create tangible and measurable value from data.

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Diversity and inclusion: Waking up to your privilege to help tackle unconscious bias

HR Zone

Culture Diversity and inclusion: Wake up to your privilege.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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Samples of Useful Literature for HR

Hppy

Human resources or HR is just like every other industry. You have to continue to learn and take the time to educate yourself about what is going on and the latest trends. This is how you are going to create the best practices for your team and company. Many things are changing in the world and this includes practices in HR. There is a lot for you to learn about even if you think you know it all already.

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Carnival of HR – Happy 13th Anniversary Edition!

Robin Schooling

Thirteen years ago today (2/21/2007) the first Carnival of HR blog post was published. A blogging carnival (which in the pre-Instagram stories and TikTok days was quite the thing!) is a social media ‘gathering’ when a blog owner hosts and invites other bloggers to participate and contribute posts around a common theme – i.e., in this case, human resources.

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5 Marketing Strategies to Promote Company Culture and Attract Top Talent

Bonusly

Recruitment is part Marketing, part HR/People Ops, and entirely about bringing in the best people to build a stronger company. When evaluating marketing strategies, however, it's not always clear what benefits the top talent is looking for or how to best communicate the great things about your company’s culture. Poor culture is a pain point that comes up again and again.

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I ask candidates their salary expectations and don’t feel bad about it

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: You regularly talk about how inappropriate it is for employers to ask candidates about their salary expectations without giving any salary information out themselves. Well, I am a medical professional, and, along with my partners, employ two staff in our small office. I became a small business owner/employer having received no training in that aspect of things, but learned early on when I am hiring to ALWAYS ask the candidate their salary expectations before giving any informati

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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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Recharge Your Battery !!

Everyday People

This past Friday morning I was up early and headed out to my car in the garage. As I turned the key in the ignition, all I heard was a click, click, click. I let out an audible sigh because I knew my battery was dead. This was not how I wanted to start my day !! However, we’re often thrown curves and something unexpected sends us off course from what we had planned to do.

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High performance: driven by passion, not perks

HR Zone

Employees The secret to employee motivation.

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Learning the Art of Giving Constructive Feedback

Bonusly

Workplace and workforce management are without a doubt some of the most challenging aspects of running a business, and a major factor is engaging employees through constructive feedback. Highly Engaged employees are 3.3x more likely to feel like they receive adequate feedback for their role and contributions than Actively Disengaged employees. –Bonusly's 2019 Engagement and Modern Workplace Report.

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How to Recruit Like Top Tech Companies?

TalentLyft

What are the best practices top tech companies use to recruit top talent? Discover the most prominent examples of advantageous recruiting strategies top tech companies employ in their hiring and learn how to implement them in your company. Read More.

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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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3 Things to Make Your Next Open Enrollment Better

Paychex WORX Blog

Post OE Evaluation It’s February! Open Enrollment is probably over for you, W2s have been sent out, and ACA reporting is done (if not, learn about Flock’s last minute ACA support ). You might be tempted to take a much needed break, but this is the perfect time to look back on what worked for your last OE - so you can repeat it, and what didn’t work - so you can get ahead of problems before your next enrollment.

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Coronavirus: six steps to prepare your organisation for a pandemic

HR Zone

Strategy Coronavirus: six steps to prepare for a pandemic.

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How small businesses can attract top Millennial talent

HR Morning

Small businesses face a unique set of challenges when it comes to hiring – and retaining – top talent as they compete with larger companies with more resources and established brand names. Those challenges can become even more daunting for small businesses aiming to attract top talent from the millennial workforce. Why? Millennials continue to redefine the expectations around benefits, perks and the culture they value in their workplaces.