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Staffing and Scheduling Are Two Different Things – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

They were convinced the problem was training. So, they brought in a group of consultants to help them determine their training needs. Ends up, their challenge wasn’t training. That’s why I wanted to share with you this Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos. And it’s important to train employees.

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Contact Tracing for #COVID19: What HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. As a result, there’s currently a huge initiative to hire and train contact tracers to help control the spread of COVID-19. Gregg, thanks for being here.

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Staffing and Scheduling are Two Different Things – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I know that Christmas was last month, but I can’t resist sharing this Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos because it beautifully demonstrates that staffing and scheduling are two different things. And that they weren’t being trained properly. Staffing is about finding the right people to do the work. Both are important. .

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Working Smarter Means Organizations Need to Personalize Work

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: T oday’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Well, during our annual Workforce Institute at Kronos board meeting, we spent some time working on the answer to that question. But what does that really mean?

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Organizations: Maximize Productivity with Effective Scheduling

HR Bartender

our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos has introduced ? Over the years, The Workforce Institute at Kronos has spent a lot of time discussing scheduling. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by? employee contact-tracing capabilities ?for

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Machine Learning

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Kronos’ new next generation workforce management solution called Workforce Dimensions. Dr. Thomas Walsh is the director of data science at Kronos, where he leads the application of cutting edge machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to workforce data.

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Recruiting Should Not Be an Act of Desperation – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Today’s Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos reminds me that in real life, we don’t want to get desperate with recruiting. Consider cross-training. Organizations should consider cross-training for positions with similar transferrable skills. It’s a comic and that how the storyline works.