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A Day in the Life of an Employee Experience Manager and Specialist

Cornerstone On Demand

The war for talent has companies of all sizes focused on creating compelling employee experiences that will not only help them attract top talent, but also prevent current star performers from exploring outside opportunities. As the idea of "employee experience" design has evolved, it's become focused on much more than access to great perks and a fun work environment.

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The Reason Companies Should Calculate Cost Per Hire

HR Bartender

Every once in a while, I run across an article that talks about why organizations shouldn’t calculate cost per hire. Personally, I’m a big fan of the cost per hire metric. I think it provides valuable information. Back in 2012, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) worked with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to create a uniform standard calculation for cost per hire (CPH).

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How To Staff Candidates When Clients Have Bad Reviews

Spark Hire

We asked Sarah Connors from WinterWyman to speak about overcoming objections from candidates when you’re trying to recruit them into a role with a client who has bad reviews on sites such as Glassdoor. Here’s the full transcript of the video. The biggest challenge I run into when sourcing candidates for a client that’s had bad reviews is just, making them stop and think twice about it.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. Happify Health Raises $9M To Expand Evidence-based Emotional Health Platform for Employers & Health Plans.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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HR Interview questions worth preparing for

Effortless HR

Clearing the HR interview requires ability in taking care of technical and non-technical inquiries with a similar artfulness. it is broadly trusted that 90 % of the new contracts flop because of behavioral abilities, and the organizations are putting a ton of accentuation on finding the privilege social fit, here are five HR interview addresses that can throw you off the watch and diminish your odds of securing the occupation.

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4 Reasons Video Is Your New Recruiting Holy Grail

Cornerstone On Demand

Get this: There is more video content uploaded to the web in a month than created for TV in the past three decades. The popularity and growth of online video is mind-blowing—video will account for 74 percent of all web traffic this year. The medium has become an untapped channel of content marketing for reaching and interacting with customers. So why aren't more companies using it for recruiting?

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What You Can Do If the Boss You Like is Quitting

HR Bartender

Often, we talk about the bosses we don’t like and the things we hate about them. When they resign (or get fired), our reaction is “Yippee!” But what about the bosses we do like? The ones who are great. They recognize, coach, and support us and our career development. Now they’re quitting! I saw an article over at The Muse titled, “ The Smartest Steps to Take if You Think Your Boss Is Quitting ”.

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How Does Your HR Budget and Staffing Compare?

TLNT: The Business of HR

How big should your HR staff and budget be?

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Ongoing Training: 4 Astounding Benefits For Your Employees

ClearCompany HRM

No job remains the same forever. Even if jobs never evolved, your employees do. Research shows that employees want to learn, change and grow in their careers. Spend on corporate training has grown to over $70 billion in the United States. Indeed, 87% of millennials say professional development or career growth opportunities are very important to them in their search for a new job.

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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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5 Articles That Reveal The Real Value Of Employee Engagement

15Five

If there’s one thing that’s certain in the world of Human Resources, it’s that employee engagement matters. If there’s a second thing that’s certain, it’s that HR knowing this has done almost nothing to improve employee engagement. If you’re anything like me, these revelations are enough to leave you baffled and a bit lost – and you would be in good company!

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The Only 3 Reasons to Send an Email

HR Bartender

Email has been around since 1972. It’s an essential part of communication today. Which is why it’s so frustrating that, after all these years, there’s not some definitive list of email protocols. And I’m not just talking about “typing in all caps means you’re shouting”. I’m referring to when is it okay to send an email. According to a report from McKinsey Global Institute, workers spend on average 28 percent of their time each week reading and answering email.

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How Does Your HR Budget and Staffing Compare?

TLNT: The Business of HR

How big should your HR staff and budget be?

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New LinkedIn Career Pages Enable Staffing Firms to Engage with Both Clients and Candidates

Linkedin Talent Blog

Today, we are excited to announce the new LinkedIn Career Pages for Staffing Firms , our second major product this year focused specifically on creating value for search and staffing clients on LinkedIn. Back in April, the release of Contractor Search in Recruiter opened the door for search and staffing firms to proactively find and recruit more interested talent for temporary roles.

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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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Introducing GrantMe, the Recognition Chatbot from Engage2Excel

Engage2Excel

There are few things in the HR world that are easy. You deal with difficult challenges on a daily basis and often don't get the appreciation you deserve. What if it were easier and more convenient for people in your company to express appreciation? That was the idea that led to the development of GrantMe, the Recognition Chatbot from Engage2Excel.

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How Does Your Company Define Friday Afternoon

HR Bartender

I’ve always felt that Friday afternoons were off limits from a business perspective. Most of my clients don’t want to meet on a Friday afternoon, unless there’s some sort of emergency or tight deadline. Friday afternoons were for catching up, getting organized, and hopefully, walking out the door on time. But that’s changing. This summer we’ve seen the emergence of “Summer Fridays”.

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What are the Pros and Cons of Working from Home?

Hppy

Working from home is the chance of a lifetime. Or is it? You get to work in a more comfortable workplace while spending more time with your family. However, even though there are plenty of advantages to working from home, there are some disadvantages to take into consideration as well. In this guide, we will take you through the most common pros and cons of working from home to help you decide if it’s a right career choice for you.

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7 Steps to Reform Your Company’s Work Habits and Effectiveness

ExactHire

I’ve been trying to get in the habit of reading professional development-oriented books more regularly lately. Not surprisingly, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg caught my eye for that very reason. Of course, trying to lose that last 10 pounds might have initially fueled my interest in this book, too. Let me say that this book is TRANSFORMATIONAL.

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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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Reinventing Recruiting: An Interview with Terry Terhark of randrr [Podcast]

UpstartHR

Tried to find a new job lately? It’s easy to feel like a rat in a wheel, running faster and faster yet getting nowhere. Despite this being a candidate’s market, it’s easy to feel like you are never going to get ahead of the game. In today’s conversation ( click here to listen ), Ben Eubanks interviews Terry Terhark, founder and CEO of randrr. randrr is a recruiting technology firm that is focused on meeting the needs of candidates and individuals by providing highly targe

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Why More Vacation Time Will Make Your Employees (and Your Company) Healthier

Achievers

If you ask a job candidate about his or her biggest flaw, chances are good they’ll say that they tend to work too hard. This isn’t just a convenient way to elude a difficult question; it’s probably the absolute truth. Furthermore, even though it might seem like this excessive diligence will contribute to your company’s productivity, the truth is that such excess work habits are harmful to employee happiness and to your company culture as well.

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What You Need to Know About the Changing Function of HR

Reflektive

Human resources has undergone a massive transformation in recent years, and the industry continues to evolve. Make no mistake, this isn’t just a facelift from new tech tools that help HR professionals do their jobs. It’s a shift in the function of human resources. See also: The real cost of performance reviews. While traditionally HR focuses on benefits and compensation, overseeing employee engagement and retention, recruitment, diversity, workplace issues, or installing new processes under budg

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The Worst Job Interview Questions

ExactHire

Anyone who has interviewed for a new job has likely encountered an awkward moment or two. Some awkwardness, like there being no one at the reception area to greet you, is short-lived and can be overcome fairly easy. But sometimes the awkwardness is baked into the job interview, like when the hiring manager asks a candidate to name his “spirit animal.” In this post, we’ll focus on bad job interview questions (or cheesy ones) that can repulse top talent.

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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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The Secret to Alienating Your Employees Over Time

UpstartHR

I recently learned a great strategy that I can’t wait to share with you. Employee: Hey Bob. I know you are busy. I just have a few quick questions. A few of us came up with this really great idea for the party. HR: No. Employee: Um, well, okay. So, Jim needs me to help him with this thing… HR: No. Employee: All right, then, just one more question… HR: No.

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The 3 Lenses of Employee Engagement Survey Action Planning - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

How To Decide on the Best Plan of Action Based on Your Employee Survey Results. Action planning is always a good idea. But that doesn’t mean that every action plan is a good one. An organization can create all the awareness in the world, but much like my bathroom scale reminds me every morning, awareness can only accomplish so much. To develop a clear path toward effective behavioral change, an action plan must be grounded in a correct understanding of what’s really going on behind the scenes.

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How Much Health Insurance Should a Small Business Offer Employees?

Justworks

Between state and federal mandates around offering health insurance to employees, most small and mid-sized companies have considered what kinds of benefits they should offer employees. But even if you decide to offer access to health insurance, how much is enough? We examine below. How Much Health Insurance is Enough? When you’re a small business, after salaries, health insurance is often one of the most expensive expenditures that you have to make.

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How to Create a Work Environment that Attracts Quality Workers

Hppy

There are a lot of companies today trying to attract quality workers in their field. One of the most important aspects of success in any company is hiring the best workers possible. There are many companies that are struggling to fill vacant positions. With all of the competition in the market for new workers, it is vital to create a work environment that attracts quality employees in your area.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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5 Essentials to Humanize Manager Onboarding

WorkHuman

Listen to our interview with Sharlyn Lauby in the latest episode of WorkHuman Radio embedded at the top of this post. One of the biggest mistakes organizations make is hiring or promoting the most technically competent person without giving them the tools to be successful. It’s true that managers need to have technical skills. Employees want to know that their manager understands the work they do.

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Mentoring in Action

Everwise

In today’s world of changing careers, it’s important not only to connect, but also to support and develop each other as leaders of the next generation. We do this by trading knowledge through teaching and learning from others. To further understand how our mentors connect with their protégés, the Everwise community shared how they approach mentoring and exchanging knowledge.

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Transform the Employee Experience Through Health + Wellness [Webinar]

Justworks

People don’t want jobs anymore — they want experiences. Four in five surveyed employees prefer better benefits and perks to a higher salary, and 68% of surveyed employees reported they were more satisfied in a job where their employer offered a robust workplace wellness program. Famed employers like Google and Netflix have capitalized on this and gained some of the best talent out there with their tempting perks.