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Virtual Onboarding (in the Era of COVID-19)

Workology

I recently got to experience virtual onboarding due to the Coronavirus pandemic and wanted to share my experience as well as best practices since many companies are onboarding virtually right now. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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A Rare Glimpse at Leading Labor Market Indicators and the Path Back to Work

Allegis Global Solutions

The global pandemic has unexpectedly given companies in the human capital space a unique opportunity to use data and analytics to deliver a leading-indicator glimpse into the road ahead. In a series of special labor market reports on its COVID-19 resource center , AGS taps into a wide range of data sets, including key labor market indicators, job requisitions (reqs) opened, reqs canceled, and start rates for new roles for its managed services provider (MSP) business.

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Helping Managers Understand and Address Stress

DecisionWise

About a year ago I received one my favorite perk s. It was peak season for us – my workload was heavy , and support was limited. This meant late nights in the office with the stress that so commonly follow s. . As my supervisor and I were talking about what could be done to address my stress, I brought up exercise. I hadn’t been going to the gym regularly for the past few months.

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The Power of Human Interaction in the Current Hiring Climate

Allegis Global Solutions

AI has become an increasingly pervasive part of the talent acquisition landscape. But even the most sophisticated algorithm in the most advanced instance of any talent management product couldn’t have predicted COVID-19.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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How a Doggy Daycare is Coping with COVID-19 & Preparing to Reopen

Homebase

While it’s no secret the dogs of America have been relishing the extra quality time as we remain stuck at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing has prevented them from enjoying quality time with their furry friends due to the closures of doggy daycares. . One of these daycares that has had to close its doors is The Watering Bowl in St.

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Cisco Supports #FirstRespondersFirst to Open Four Bright Horizons Centers to Provide Free Child Care for Frontline Healthcare Workers

Thrive Global

Cisco is supporting #FirstRespondersFirst , an initiative of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Thrive Global, and the CAA Foundation. The initiative takes a whole human approach to supporting first responder healthcare workers as they serve on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. #FirstRespondersFirst’s fundraising call to action helps provide essential protective equipment, accommodations, child care, food, mental health support, and other resources to this demographically and soc

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HR Tech Companies Laying People Off: Was It Overdue?

Josh Bersin

Over the last two weeks I”ve talked with more than a dozen HR Tech companies that decided to lay off a large percentage of their workforce, and a new article in the WSJ lists dozens of Silicon Valley tech companies letting thousands of people go. To me, this is another dimension of The Big Reset. Read more» The post HR Tech Companies Laying People Off: Was It Overdue?

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Why your employer brand is more important than ever | Jobbio Journal

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Its is a very strange time right now, we can’t deny that. With things being tough for everyone, it can be hard to look at the good stuff. But there.

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How to reinvent your tech hiring in a remote-first world

Workable

Overall, data from Coderbyte , a web application for interview prep and technical screening for engineering candidates, shows the number of software developer interviews has severely declined since mid-February. If your company is fortunate enough to be hiring for software development, you’ll likely find more available and eager talent than ever before – even in a fully remote tech hiring environment.

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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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Keep Your Workforce Informed With Electronic Solutions

TalentCulture

In any workplace, health and safety has to be top of mind. Complying with workplace laws takes a lot more effort when your workers are remote and are teams dispersed — as is happening in so many organizations. And right now, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, employee safety in any working environment is an ongoing concern for leaders and managers — and employers need to not only navigate new laws, but inform their […].

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Virtual Onboarding of Remote Workers More Important Than Ever

SHRM Resources

?Most organizations have transitioned to remote work in response to the coronavirus pandemic, making completely virtual onboarding of new hires a necessity. But providing a superb onboarding experience virtually can be a challenge for employers doing it for the first time."Hiring and onboarding new employees completely virtually is a new concept for most employers.

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if the job that laid me off wants to bring me back, can I decline and still collect unemployment?

Ask a Manager

I’ve gotten a lot of questions lately like this one: I’ve been laid off for the past three weeks, and now my employer has asked me to return. Legally, do I have to accept? And if I don’t accept, will that give me a problem filling for unemployment? I want to move on from them as I don’t see it being a fit for me anymore. I left a job of eight years to go work for them and I believe I made a mistake in doing so.

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Best practices for recruiters during a hiring freeze

Workable

All set, right? But this also means putting your typical recruiter job responsibilities on hold, including sourcing and screening. What other options are available to you to stay productive, relevant, and goal-driven during a hiring freeze? Whether it’s happened in your career in the past or you’re experiencing it for the first time, a company’s hiring freeze doesn’t only put a halt to a company’s hiring intentions, but also to the recruiters’ daily habits and responsibilities.

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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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How to Work Productively During COVID-19

TalentCulture

Working from home is a necessity for many of us right now. It’s a critical way to help flatten the curve, for one. It can also have its appeal even during this unprecedented, harrowing crisis that faces us all. But being productive at home even under the best of circumstances — without remote schooling, sick loved ones, relentlessly bad news, and economic turmoil — can be a challenge.

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Employers Get Creative with Hiring During Coronavirus Pandemic

SHRM Resources

?The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked innovations in recruiting, hiring and onboarding, from drive-up I-9 verifications to matching furloughed workers with open positions at like companies. A panel of HR leaders shared their lessons learned from working in this new reality, as well as other talent acquisition strategies being explored for the remainder of 2020, at the Society for Human Resource Management's first virtual Talent conference.The panel was moderated on April 20 by Ton.

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Five secrets to successful remote onboarding during a crisis

HR Zone

Acquisition Remote onboarding in a crisis.

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From Onboarding to Long-boarding: Keep top talent motivated for the long term

HR Morning

HR leaders know you can’t afford to endlessly cycle through top talent: replacing an employee can cost as much as twice that employee’s salary. Retention is the name of the talent management game. Many HR leaders focus their retention strategies on the onboarding process , hoping that a meaningful welcome period will sustain employees’ motivation well beyond their transition.

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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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#WorkTrends: Culture That Counts Right Now

TalentCulture

Now more than ever, the culture of a company matters. From values to purpose to behaviors, culture is what crosses through every level of an organization and connects its people together. This week on #WorkTrends, Meghan M. Biro and Organizational Culture Strategist Josh Levine got into the power — and the importance — of work cultures today. As companies have transitioned their workplaces to remote, grappling with new policies and tough decisions, it’s the leaders who have […].

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5 Do’s and Don’ts of Video Interviews

SHRM Resources

The coronavirus pandemic has made remote working and social distancing the norm, pushing recruiters and hiring managers to rely on videoconferencing platforms to interview candidates.

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Josh Bersin: 4 ways to build organizational resilience

HRExecutive

This pandemic has demonstrated just how brittle our society is. A tiny virus has drastically upset our lives, our economies and our societies. In a time like this, resilience —the ability to adapt and bounce back—will be one of the most important characteristics that will help us recover. But how do we design our organizations for resilience ? Here are four things to consider: . 1.

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26 Incredible Quotes on Work and Life: COVID-19 Edition

Vantage Circle

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden shift in the dynamics of workforce behavior. More and more companies are bound to rush towards work-from-home arrangements in an extremely short period. Although many companies already had a WFH policy managing a large scale of remote employees and that too in such urgency can be overwhelming.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Make Remote Work Feel Human

TalentCulture

Meghan M. Biro on why we need to infuse a sense of fun into our remote workplaces. The post Make Remote Work Feel Human appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Five tips for HR during the most stressful ‘Stress Awareness Month’ on record

HR Zone

People The most stressful ‘Stress Awareness Month’.

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Marketing through uncertainty: 6 tips from a marketing leader

Workable

Almost a decade later, the 2008 financial crisis hit. I was in my first VP Marketing role for a cash-strapped online auction startup that was trying to raise money at a time when venture funding had almost entirely dried up. Fast forward twelve years to the COVID-19 pandemic, and I find myself facing a new set of challenges as a marketing leader in a high growth SaaS business.

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WFH Self-Care Guide: Easy Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing

marenated HR

I’ll be blunt: coronavirus absolutely sucks. No matter who or where you are, it has affected us each in one way or another. Many people are now forced to work from home. Some employees are used to working from home, and many companies already have a clear WFH policy. I’ll be blunt again: we’re the lucky ones. Of course, working from home indefinitely is an adjustment, but some people are out of a job right now, and some people’s careers are paused due to furlough.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Why Workplace Disability Inclusion Matters Now More Than Ever

SHRM

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a profound shift in workplaces across the United States and the world. “Because we’ve always done it that way” is suddenly out the window. Instead, much of the American workforce has had to get creative and find new ways of working. In the language of workplace disability inclusion, “accommodations” are supports that enable employees to thrive at work.

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How Can Companies Benefit From International Recruitment

TalentLyft

International recruitment is on the radar of most companies today, but some are still reluctant about it. What are the exact advantages of hiring internationally? Discover the 6 key benefits of international recruitment! Read More.

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Dogs, Kids and Baseball Caps – 4 Tips For Remote Project Success

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

By Jeff Fox and Jim Fox, Baker Tilly. Have you been working from home for the past month and a half? With remote work now a part of our national conversation, our partner Baker Tilly wanted to share some of their tips. Learn more about them at their website. Is your project team working from home in this “sequestered world”? Don’t let that slow you or your critical project down!