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Words of Advice from 7 HR Thought Leaders

Achievers

You can’t prevent attrition if your organization doesn’t attend to employee experience.”. In a recent Forbes article , Biro writes about the urgent need of focusing on the employee experience. Most of us work for a reason: we want to spend our time contributing to others and creating something bigger than ourselves.”.

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Key Pillars of Employee Engagement

MTM Recognition

If you’ve worked in HR, or even just been a part of the hiring process, you’ve likely heard the infamous statistic: the cost of hiring new employees is over 150% more expensive than the cost of retaining current employees. It’s no wonder that Gallup’s Employee Engagement survey always asks about having friends at work.

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Voice, Value, Feedback – The “Must Try” Communication Tool Driving Employee Engagement

Achievers

Leaders don’t enjoy preparing them and employees dread attending them. According to HR analyst and industry thought leader Josh Bersin , “More than 70% of all organizations dislike the process they have, and I have yet to talk with an employee or manager who likes it at all (one client calls it a ‘soul-crushing’ exercise).”

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Professional conferences 101: Get more from employee attendance in 5 steps

Insperity

Attending a professional conference should be much more than a chance for your employees to polish their golf game or get out of the office for a few days. It’s important your employees understand that approval for them to attend an industry event is a sign your organization values them and wants to invest in their career.

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15 Top HR Tech Conferences to Attend in 2018

Digital HR Tech

Last week, I had the pleasure to attend one of the first HR tech conferences of the year, UNLEASH London (formerly HR Tech World). And to save you some time, we’ve selected 15 great events we think are worth attending this year. 15 HR Tech Conferences to Attend in 2018. Annual CIPD HR Software Show. Among other things.

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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

Two years later, you were there when it happened: the layoff Time: 4 a.m. The phone of Blair Bolick, a recruiter at Google, chimed while she was sleeping peacefully on a March night. “We regret to inform you that, effective immediately, your position is being eliminated.” . They couldn’t keep employees in the first place.

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3 ways to take charge of your HR career

PeopleStrategy

Often times, we are afraid of taking on projects outside our normal job duties; we worry about spreading ourselves too thin, or worse, failing. It’s time to take charge of your HR career. Subscribe to HR blogs, newsletters and magazines. We all know how easy it is to fall into the same comfortable daily routine.