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Contact Tracing for #COVID19: What HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

Kronos and Ultimate Software have announced the formation of the Equity at Work Council (EWC) , a group of innovators and practitioners working together to understand diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. As a result, there’s currently a huge initiative to hire and train contact tracers to help control the spread of COVID-19.

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Recruit Better: Employee Discount Programs and Taxes

HR Bartender

To help us figure this out, I asked Kellie Jones, senior director of products, pay, and tax at Ultimate Software , if she would share her expertise. Examples of de minimis perks include occasional tickets to theatres and sporting events, as well as invitations to company-hosted parties and picnics. Luckily for us, she said yes.

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What Are #HR Analysts and Why Should You Pay Attention To Them

HR Bartender

Examples are the Ultimate Software Connections Conference , KronosWorks Conference , and the SilkRoad Connections Conference. Can you give readers an example of a specific topic you’ve written about? An example is transers, onboarding and offboarding. But the ticking time bomb is the retirement issue.

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Leading the Pack

HRExecutive

Textio Hire. What It Is: Textio Hire is an “augmented-writing” tool designed to ensure that recruiters have a greater chance of getting a reply from emails to targeted candidates. Every recruiting email written in Textio Hire is assigned a Textio Score, which rates its overall effectiveness, from 0 to 100.

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Women in Leadership: Creating an Inclusive Community of Interest

HR Bartender

One organization that understands this is Ultimate Software. I had the opportunity to chat with Vivian Maza, chief people officer at Ultimate Software. Viv has been with Ultimate since 1990 and plays a significant role in fostering the company’s unique culture. How do employees learn that the community exists?

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Influencers Discuss HR Tech’s Dramatic Shifts

HRExecutive

Ultimate Software. We’re surprised how often a company hires a vendor but then isn’t open to adopting data-driven best practices recommended by that vendor. For example, we’ve seen clients who follow our best practices achieve up to 90% employee engagement in wellbeing. — Cecile Alper-Leroux. — Laura Hamill.

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence

HR Bartender

To help us understand more about artificial intelligence, I reached out to Armen Berjikly , senior director of strategy at Ultimate Software , where his expertise in human-computer interaction drives Ultimate’s transformative artificial intelligence platform and direction. Navigation apps like Google Maps is another example.