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Do I need an HR degree to apply for an HR job? [Reader Question]

UpstartHR

I get a lot of questions from readers about HR careers, job searching, HR certification, and more. If you have a question you’d like to see answered here, please send it over ! See other questions I’ve answered here. Is an HR degree required to apply for a job in HR, or are graduates with other degrees also considered for these roles? -Dominique.

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Your New Job Search Secret Weapon: A Resume Outline

The Muse

Use a resume outline to organize your information and create a resume that will get you the job.

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Incentive Solutions Teams Up with Clients in the “Combat Coronavirus 2020” Donation Campaign

The Incentive Solutions News blog

Incentive Solutions Teams Up with Clients in the “Combat Coronavirus 2020” Donation Campaign | Incentive Solutions. Incentive Rewards. Our Incentive rewards inspire motivation in your participants and produce the most ROI for your brand. Choose from online rewards or gift and debit card rewards. Incentive Programs. Our incentive programs are strategically designed to help produce measurable growth for your business.

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Why Healthcare Recruiters Are the Unsung Heroes Who Deserve Cheers

Linkedin Talent Blog

For the last four years, Jacey Terrette (pictured above) , an advanced practice recruiter for LocumTenens.com , has been placing nurse practitioners and physician assistants with hospitals in 25 states. Typically, she’s filling 8 to 10 reqs a week. But in early March, COVID-19 erupted in New York City, and Jacey and other team members were tackling 8 to 10 reqs every day.

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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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Podcast: How Managers Can Increase Engagement with Their Teams – ENGAGEMENT MAGIC

DecisionWise

In this podcast, Dr. Tracy Maylett and Charles Rogel review the concepts behind ENGAGEMENT MAGIC, including the research behind the five keys of engagement, and provide answers to the following questions: How can being engaged personally benefit employees and organizations? What is the difference between engagement and satisfaction? How does each of the five ENGAGEMENT MAGIC elements help increase engagement?

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I’m stuck in daily three-hour Zoom meetings

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I could use some help trying to figure out how to best navigate the absolutely bonkers amount of meetings that my boss is holding. I work in public education and obviously we have been very impacted by Covid. I work on a small leadership team for a very large department. During normal times, our team meets in-person every week for three hours, no laptops allowed (with one 5-10 minute break).

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8 traits HR leaders need to succeed today

HRExecutive

As employers and HR leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter alongside their more conventional challenges like recruitment and engagement, experts are advising that it is more important than ever that they remain agile. Josh Bersin. Even before this year’s unprecedented workplace upheaval, analyst and HRE columnist Josh Bersin was working to identify the commonalities between high-performing businesses and high-performing HR business partners.

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3 Ways You Can Extend the Work Lifecycle of Older Employees

SHRM

One of the biggest biases we have as leaders is ageism. If you’re 35 years old and running a department and you are looking to fill a position on your team that will be your righthand person, the last thing you’re looking for is a 55-year-old to fill that spot! That’s just me being real for a second. You and I both know that a 35-year-old hiring manager is looking for a 25 – 28 year old to fill that spot.

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Increasing the Level of Productivity and Engagement For Your Team

Workology

TravelTech for HR. How to increase the level of productivity and engagement for your team without leaving the workplace. One of the new HR-trend is an online-team-building. This is a virtual tour in. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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my employee thinks coronavirus is a hoax

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: One of my employees has been vocal about the coronavirus being a hoax. I had to have a talk with him during our last few days in the office at the end of March because he was openly criticizing and mocking coworkers for “being afraid of the flu” and practicing social distancing. While the rest of us isolated and worked at home, he went on two different vacations out of the state and did not isolate upon returning as required.

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Bersin: Communication is more important than ever. Here’s how to handle it

HRExecutive

Employees need a lot right now—and one of the most urgent things is information. What are the changes to our sick-leave policy? When should I anticipate coming back to the workplace? Will we still receive performance bonuses? Among all of the imperatives we face in the COVID pandemic, communication is the most important of all. In the Josh Bersin Academy’s Big Reset initiative, nearly all participating HR leaders recounted how they have ramped up the frequency, transparency and types of communic

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Not Every Organization Needs to Reflect the Community

Evil HR Lady

A few days ago, Anthony Tommasini wrote an Op-Ed at the New York Times titled “To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions.” Blind auditions vastly increased the number of females in orchestras, but it hasn’t increased the number of minority players–well, it hasn’t increased the number of Black and Hispanic players.

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Situational Judgement Question Guide for SHRM-SCP and SHRM-CP Exams

Workology

The Ace the HR Exam course(s) provide support and resources to help HR pros ace their exams including those situational judgement questions. You can also sign up for our SHRM Certification Prep. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Should Remote Workers Living in Lower-Cost Locations Be Paid Less?

SHRM Resources

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a growing number of companies allowing employees to continue to work from home indefinitely, a provocative new question has emerged: Should employees working from home in areas where the cost of living is lower be paid less than those working onsite?

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5 shifts to build workforce resilience

HRExecutive

The need to build organizational and workforce resilience has been on the C-suite’s radar for years. In fact, words like “ agility ” and “adaptability” have been used so often in board rooms and town hall meetings that they have almost become meaningless–buzz words that garner more discussion than action. The dialogue, while well-intended, has failed to translate into the productivity gains organizations expected.

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how do I change to “they” pronouns at work?

Ask a Manager

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m considering starting to use “they” pronouns at work. I’m sort of flailing on how to request that people switch pronouns (particularly when it doesn’t fit the standard he or she pronouns), as well as wondering in my mind how much it would hurt my career/etc.

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2020 HR Industry Trends and Insights

Bonusly

A lot has happened in 2020! It’s in the nature of HR to change and adapt to the current events that impact our employees. So, what are HR professionals thinking about? What are the top HR trends in 2020? We recently conducted an industry study to answer those questions! We wanted to understand who HR leaders are, what’s changed about their interests, challenges, and responsibilities, and where they find trustworthy information.

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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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A Career Brick Wall or A Window of Opportunity?

Women of HR

Sometimes things happen in life that are simply unexpected, unfair, and come from out of the blue and smack you in the face like you were never expecting it. That happened to me this past January. I had a great career for almost two decades consulting and teaching. My motto was “I teach what I do and do what I teach”. Then one day, one half of that career was just gone.

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The childcare crisis is here. What are you doing about it?

HRExecutive

School districts around the country are currently exploring how to approach education this fall, a decision-making process that is fraught with uncertainty. What is certain, however, is that the U.S. is facing a major childcare crisis. While some workplaces are reopening in phases in the coming weeks and months, many schools are considering adopting a hybrid in-person/virtual model, or cancelling in-person classes altogether until 2021.

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It’s Not Them. It’s Us.

Robin Schooling

I’m sitting here at the 5+-month mark since my state first implemented #StayAtHome orders. Since then, as has occurred across the globe, we’ve moved into new phases (“woo hoo! restaurants and hair salons are open!”) and then dialed back when people, looking to get their party on, packed newly opened bars well above the allowed capacity (“boo! bars are now closed!”).

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Relaxed Form I-9 Compliance Extended to Aug. 19

SHRM Resources

Employers with entirely remote workforces as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have until Aug. 19 to take advantage of relaxed Form I-9 document inspection requirements when onboarding new hires. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it was extending its interim policy allowing virtual inspection methods for another 30 days. The policy was initially issued on Mar. 20 and has been extended twice previously, in May and June.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Redundancy: seven questions employers should ask themselves

HR Zone

People Redundancy: 7 questions for employers.

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Feeling Stuck in Your Career? This Worksheet Will Help You Get Clear on What You Want

The Muse

If you’re unhappy or unmotivated at work, it can be hard to pinpoint exactly why. Start with this worksheet from a Muse career coach.

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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Best Practices for a Safe Workplace

Cisive

As businesses reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, contact tracing to track viral exposure in the workplace will become a critical part of helping to slow the spread of the virus and protect workers. So what do employers need to know before implementing contact tracing? Contact tracing helps protect health and safety, but workers could be hesitant to share personal information.

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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Best Practices for a Safe Workplace

Precheck

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Best Practices for a Safe Workplace Jul. 21, 2020. Shannon Shoemaker Vice President, Solutions, Marketing and Partnerships. As businesses reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, contact tracing to track viral exposure in the workplace will become a critical part of helping to slow the spread of the virus and protect workers.

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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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How to nurture a company culture that embraces creativity and innovation

HR Zone

Culture How to nurture a creative culture.

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HRE’s number of the day: time wasted on HR tasks

HRExecutive

40 million: the number of hours employees waste each month completing HR-related tasks. Employees not only hate doing tasks like reading benefits information or submitting PTO requests and expense reports, they waste hours of time on such tasks, according to data from Topia, an HR tech company. The time employees waste on completing HR-related tasks adds up to 40 million hours each month and about $8.15 billion in lost productivity across large companies in the United States and the United Kingd

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Lessons from My Favorite Dentist

Evil HR Lady

Dr. David Morris died a few weeks ago at the age of 83. Fortunately, his family was with him, and it was peaceful. He was my dentist when I was a teenager and the father of one of my best friends. People don’t often have fond memories of their dentists , but I do, and I learned a lot from his example. Here are four things I learned from Dr. Morris.