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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Employee Feedback But Were Literally Afraid To Ask

15Five

Woah! What an April! More articles about continuous employee feedback were published in this one month than we’ve seen in any other month over the last half-decade. Amazon and Nike both made headlines, the former for a company-wide roll out of Connections , a daily Q&A feedback program that is being received with some employee skepticism.

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4 productivity hacks for HR professionals

PeopleStrategy

There are only so many hours in a day – and hardly ever enough to take care of everything you want to accomplish. In HR, there’s always more work to be done. And the more time spent on routine administrative tasks means less time for bigger-picture, more strategic planning and tasks. To help you save time and work more efficiently, try these four productivity hacks for HR professionals: 1.

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How HR Can Facilitate Empathy in the Workplace

Reflektive

While Dwight Schrute might disagree, honesty, empathy, respect, and open-mindedness are the pillars of a workplace H.E.R.O. Empathy is often underappreciated among those four pillars, but it’s a vital trait for HR professionals and managers alike. Empathy is defined as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another”—essentially, to imagine yourself in the particular situation of another person, and then to understand their feelings within that context.

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Get an Access to the Global Talent Pool

Hppy

With competitive software developer salary and the opportunity to expand your business to the global IT market, working remotely has been a most notable trend in past few years. As a trend, working remotely or from home has grown by 115% since 2005, and causing 40% more employers in the US to provide the choice of flexible workplace options. Because of this growing trend and technology nowadays, it is preferred by most employers to work from home, which increases the pool of skilled and expert w

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Performance Review Calibrations Made Easy

Every company aspires to be the best, and performance reviews are the cornerstone of that journey. However, discrepancies in how managers rate their teams can lead to unfairness.

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The Weekly Dose of HR Tech: @Candidate_ID – The Talent Pipelining Platform

The Tim Sackett Project

This week on the Weekly Dose I review the talent pipelining platform Candidate.ID. Candidate.ID’s Talent Pipeline Platform provides one central, unified SaaS solution that manages and optimizes every tactic used to find, attract, engage and nurture candidates. So, what does it really do? Candidate.ID calls itself a talent pipeline platform which makes it this awesome cross between CRM, ATS, email marketing, and screening tech.

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3 Reasons to Earn the SHRM Talent Acquisition Specialty Credential

HR Bartender

Just in case you missed it, during the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Talent Conference, they announced a new specialty credential in talent acquisition that will launch in June 2018. If you’re wondering what a specialty credential is, think of it as sort of a micro credential. It demonstrates your knowledge and skills specifically in talent acquisition.

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Tackling the Manufacturing Industry's Skills Dilemma

Cornerstone On Demand

There's a critical skills gap in the manufacturing industry today—over the next 10 years, new employees will be needed for 3.5 million manufacturing jobs, yet 2 million of those roles are expected to go unfilled, according to Deloitte's U.S. Manufacturers Survey. There's an immediate need in this industry for highly skilled and highly educated workers that can develop creative ideas, solve complex problems and deliver innovative products.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Slow Hiring Is Damaging Your Firm and Here Are 20 Reasons Why -- by Dr. John Sullivan. 2.

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3 Mistakes To Avoid When Starting an HR Analytics Function

Visier

HR leaders recognize that they should be using analytics to support decision making. However, how to do so is often a bit of a mystery. Since many HR leaders don’t have a good sense of how to get value from analytics, they move it off their plate by passing it to the HR reporting team or to some newly hired data scientist. Not surprisingly, HR leaders are not familiar with the role the average HR professional plays in analytics so they don’t involve them at all.

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Balancing Cost and Care: 3 Key Considerations for Cost Optimization in 2024

Discover essential strategies for employers to balance cost optimization with care. The top priorities for employers in 2024 are retaining talent, growing revenue and sales, and attracting talent. To achieve these goals, employers are turning towards comprehensive total rewards strategies informed by data-driven insights. Hear from industry experts on cost optimization strategies and how to leverage these approaches for a healthier workforce.

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How to Design Your Company’s Flexible Workspace Plan

HR Bartender

I don’t believe there’s any doubt – employees want flexible work, if they can get it. Granted, not every job is able to have flexibility. For example, the barista at your local coffeehouse isn’t going to be able to work from home. But there are many positions that can and do work outside of a traditional office environment. The question for human resources professionals is, “What’s the best workspace setup?”.

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TED Talk Tuesday: Anyone Can Be a Leader

Cornerstone On Demand

This is part of our monthly TED Talk Tuesday series, spotlighting can't-miss TED Talks and their key takeaways. You can learn more about our partnership with TED here. Everyone is a leader in someone's eyes, says leadership expert and educator Drew Dudley. Although leaders are often made out to be extraordinary figures with unique skills that inspire and guide others to greatness, Dudley believes that moments of true leadership can happen in seemingly mundane situations.

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Employee Satisfaction vs. Employee Engagement in 2018 - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. Many managers mistakenly think that employee satisfaction can increase employee motivation. American psychologist Frederick Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory proposes that people are influenced by two factors: those that impact motivation and basic factors that influence job satisfaction. Motivation factors include challenging work, recognition, and responsibility.

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Would You Fire Your Employee for Saying This?

UpstartHR

In the last week the media world tied itself into a knot after a writer at The New Yorker wrote a scathing critique of Chick-Fil-A’s continued success in New York. The issue, in part, was that the critique wasn’t totally focused at Chick-Fil-A itself but had its sights set on Christian values. A few quotes from the piece: The brand’s arrival here feels like an infiltration… because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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What Do Job Seekers Want from Recruiters [Survey]

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I published an article about the things that recruiters want from job seekers. I received a comment saying that it would be interesting to look at the flip side: What do job seekers want from recruiters? I agree it would be very interesting to find out so, I’m giving you an opportunity to weigh-in and share your thoughts. I’ve created a survey that asks one question of job seekers: Besides “getting the job”, what do you expect from the recruiter and hiring manager during the hir

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Why Do We Need People With No Common Sense?

Hppy

Common sense is a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things, which is shared by (“common to”) nearly all people and can reasonably be expected of nearly all people without any need for debate. If organizations are to successfully meet the economic and competitive challenges of contemporary markets, they require people who DON’T rely on “the common sense” to guide them.

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Finding a Human Voice for Your Company

WorkHuman

By Seferine Baez —. When someone thinks of your company, what images come to mind? This may sound like a question for your head of marketing. But the truth is, a job applicant chooses you before you have the chance to choose them – based on what they know about your workplace, your reputation, and your style. Just because you’ve received a résumé doesn’t mean you’ve won them over.

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Is Human Resources Automation in Our Future?

Reflektive

Are the famous science fiction stories about to come true? If you’ve seen the recent videos of robotic dogs opening doors and human-like robots telling jokes, that future may not seem far off. But in the corporate world, automation usually takes the form of software “bots” that can run manual tasks, communicate data between different systems, format reports, and analyze data.

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Correct & Prevent I-9 Errors: Your 2024 Audit Toolkit

Simplify your I-9 compliance process and minimize the risk of costly fines with WorkBright’s comprehensive audit toolkit. Created in collaboration with employment law experts, this essential two-part guide will help you conduct a thorough internal audit in 2024. The first section outlines a three-step process for ensuring error-free and compliant I-9s, followed by two printable checklists to streamline your audit process.

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5 Simple Ways to Assess Company Culture

Achievers

Leadership structure, office environment, core mission and values, interpersonal relations, team engagement and communication style—these are just some of the many organizational details that shape company culture, something that is becoming more and more important to businesses of all kinds. A strong company culture improves: Identity of the organization.

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7 Ways to Make your Business Card Stand Out

Hppy

Networking is an important part of a business, and inevitably one of the first questions you will be asked when you meet someone new is “Do you have a business card”? Of course, the worse thing to happen would be for you to say no and look unprepared, but second to that would be not having a card that’s memorable that could lead to business from your new contact at a later date.

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The Official WorkHuman Reading List

WorkHuman

By Sarah Payne —. Calling all book nerds! Don’t you wish you had all the latest research in positive psychology, building a human workplace, being a better leader, and employee engagement in one place? We’ve got you covered. Four years of building content for Globoforce’s WorkHuman conference means we’ve partnered with the brightest minds and best-selling authors – like Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Brené Brown – who are leading the change in HR and business.

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National Bike Month: Get Your Team Riding on Bike to Work Day

Justworks

May is the League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Month, which means “Bike to Work Week” (May 14-18) is also just around the corner. National Bike Month includes a wide range of events across the U.S. that encourage people to get out and ride. The biggest event, “Bike to Work Day,” falls at the end of Bike to Work Week on Friday, May 18, this year.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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we need to end Secretaries Day

Ask a Manager

This is a reprint of a column I wrote several years ago for U.S. News & World Report. Sadly my call was not heeded then, so here it is again. Today is Secretaries Day, and we should end it this year. The “holiday” – more recently updated to be called Administrative Professionals Day – was created by the International Association of Administrative Professionals back in 1952, when the organization was known as the National Secretaries Association.

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How Does HR Play A Vital Role In Organizational Transformation?

Hppy

In order to stay ahead of the pack, organizational transformation is important for every business today. Perhaps one of the most important aspects to consider for organization transformation is human resources or the employees. It’s fortunate that most companies have outgrown the idea that employees are just workers and acknowledged them as resources.

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"PRETEND WE'RE HAVING AN ARGUMENT": The Glass Office Everybody Watches You Go Into (From "Billions").

The HR Capitalist

Workplace Artifacts - objects or situations made by human beings, with specific cultural interest or meaning in the workplace. --. You know it's official when I make up my own definition, right? OFFICIAL. I'm fascinated by the cultural and performance impact by a lot of the things we do in the workplace. Sometimes we're aware of what we are doing, sometimes we aren't.

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HRO Today Meets the Future of Talent Technology.

Allegis Global Solutions

I judged my first tech competition in the HR space circa 2010. In that event, hosted by my friend, John Sumser, I voted for a little company called. Smart Recruiters. You never know when the next great tool or technology will come around; the thing is, you've got to constantly be watching the marketplace to stay up on what's new, what's next and, most importantly, which products are truly transformational when it comes to helping drive recruiting - and the candidates and clients we serve - forwa

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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3 Reasons It Pays to Invest in Your Employees’ Personal Brands

TalentCulture

Your employees are the core of your brand, but you wouldn’t know it looking at most companies’ websites and social […]. The post 3 Reasons It Pays to Invest in Your Employees’ Personal Brands appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Women And Mentoring In The Age Of #MeToo

Hppy

The mentoring process continues to grow with variations of approaches. I firmly believe that because of that people are becoming involved in the provision of mentoring service with little or no training whatsoever. There are various forms of training but few that can provide the structure and rigour that must be in place to bring value to a person and to an organization.

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Recruitment Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Extensive List

TalentLyft

There are many different HR and recruitment metrics created to measure and track every step of your recruiting process. Which ones should you be tracking? We created an extensive list of all recruitment metrics you could ever need! Read More.

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