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Want Employees To Return To The Office? Then You Better Let Them Bring Their Pets.

Kevin Sheridan

It Turns Out That Man’s Best Friend Has More Leverage Than You Might Have Thought. Many Employees Say Their Pet Is The Main Reason They Are Unwilling To Return To The Office. As a result, many employers are preparing for a surge of furry new coworkers. Roughly 1.6 million pets were adopted in 2020. 1 Pets are loving family members for about 85 million Americans. 1.

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Recruiting During a Pandemic

Helpside

This blog was written by Brandon White, Senior HR Business Partner at Helpside. Are you having trouble recruiting qualified applicants? Job seekers have a plethora of jobs available to them and it can be difficult to attract the talent that your business needs. We’ve come up with a list of ideas to help you fill your vacant positions. Consider Employing Minors.

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4 Easy Ways Your Healthcare Staffing Firm Can Improve Their Onboarding Process

Essium HRM

High-quality healthcare candidates deserve a smooth and efficient placement process. As a staffing firm, it is up to you to provide the best experience possible to keep candidates and clients coming back to you for your services. These best practices can help ensure the best candidate experience while easing the burden on your staff. Four Tips For A Better Onboarding Process.

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Top 6 Reasons People are Quitting Their Jobs (and How to Keep Them)

Visier

Employees quit their jobs for many reasons, all of them preventable. SHRM and others have predicted a “turnover tsunami” that is expected to unfold over the next several months as employers begin to call workers back into their physical settings. Visier’s research also supports the likelihood of this exodus which has already begun to be felt at many organizations.

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Performance Management: 5 Drivers for Success

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Regardless of your opinions about the traditional annual performance appraisal, organizations still need to have a process for managing performance successfully. The process of performance management is a way to provide feedback, accountability, and documentation for performance outcomes. Even organizations that are “ditching” the annual review aren’t abandoning accountability, feedback, and documentation.

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HR Chatbots: Using AI to Engage Employees

Achievers

Our world keeps moving online — and work is no exception. While it has its benefits, working remotely removes the opportunity to bump into each other in the hallway, have an impromptu chat, or even take colleagues out to lunch. Without frequent two-way conversations, it’s tough for managers to establish and maintain relationships with their employees, make meaningful changes, and encourage better performance.

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Exponential Impact of Turnover from the Pandemic

Engage2Excel

We have all heard about, experienced, or participated in "The Great Resignation of 2021." The numbers are staggering. According to the recent Microsoft Work Trend Index 2021, 41% of the workforce is considering moving employers. In our recent Job Seekers Mindset report, 58% of survey respondents say they are highly likely or likely to work for a new employer within the next 6 months.

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Navigating Conflict in the Workplace: Ongoing Challenges in 2021

Pathways

Workplace conflict is inevitable—and it’s certainly nothing new. Employees with different personalities and communication styles working toward a common goal are bound to encounter conflict in any organization. U.S. employees spend an average of 2.8 hours a week involved in some level of conflict, amounting to $359 billion annually. As a result, human resources teams have long focused on minimizing conflict to ensure positive employee relations and reduce associated costs.

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6 Years Running: ClearCompany Named to Inc. 5000 | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

We are thrilled to announce that ClearCompany has ranked on the Inc. 5000 for the sixth year running! This is an achievement earned by only 2% of businesses, and one we are especially proud to receive following the unfamiliar challenges of the past eighteen months. ClearCompany’s Talent Management Platform is a powerful solution that gives HR teams the tools to act strategically, set goals, and meet their talent acquisition, employee engagement, and performance management objectives.

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Here Are the HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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IRS Releases Further Guidance on COBRA Continuation Coverage

ACA Times

The IRS recently issued a notice that further clarifies the usage of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) coverage as amended via the American Rescue Plan (ARP). IRS Notice 2021-46 expands on 2021-31 and identifies several parameters around COBRA continuation coverage in a question and answers format. Before diving into the specifics, it’s important to note how the ARP created changes to COBRA coverage for select individuals.

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the sick call with sound effects, the cheesecake, and other stories of triumphs over jerks at work

Ask a Manager

This post, the sick call with sound effects, the cheesecake, and other stories of triumphs over jerks at work , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Last week we had the agony of mortification , and this week we have the ecstasy of triumph! I asked you to share stories of times when you triumphed over a jerk at work, and here are 11 of my favorites.

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20 Simple Ways to Increase Motivation in the Workplace

Bonusly

Everyone has weeks where you check off everything on your to-do list with pleasure, and weeks where you’d really rather be anywhere but at work. A little daydreaming never hurt anyone. ????. It’s totally normal for employees to face dips in motivation, but it becomes a problem when your colleagues are consistently disengaged. That's why we gathered some great tips from experts to help keep you and your team motivated, day in and day out.

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Can an employee fired for refusing a mandatory workplace vaccination collect unemployment?

The Employer Handbook

Image Credit: Publicdomainpictures.net License: CC0 Public Domain. Nope. Here’s why. Generally, getting fired for intentionally violating a company’s rules or policies disqualifies that person from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. The burden is on the employer to show that the rule or policy exists, the employee knew about it and violated it anyway.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Employee engagement stagnates: what can HR do to turn the tide?

HR Zone

Employees How do tackle stagnating engagement levels.

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how can I tell our boss we’ll all quit if we can’t work from home?

Ask a Manager

This post, how can I tell our boss we’ll all quit if we can’t work from home? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: We are a small office, just 10 people, and our boss is discussing when we’ll go back to the office and what that looks like for flexibility. He was against work from home before the pandemic, but we went fully remote during the pandemic and ended up having the best year we’ve ever had, financially and productivity-wise, so w

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HR Case Management: The Journey to Employee Acceptance

TalentCulture

Implementing HR case management is paramount for centralizing and standardizing HR support. It provides the opportunity to streamline the HR processes. It also assigns work to its rightful place, scales […]. The post HR Case Management: The Journey to Employee Acceptance appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Do your D&I efforts consider socioeconomics?

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

In discussions about equity, diversity and inclusion, gender and racial/ethnic identity often dominate the conversation. Relevant to these conversations, financial security (also referred to as social class or socioeconomic status) is a critical but often-overlooked dimension of social identity. Financially secure employees are more likely to hold leadership roles, though there is little evidence they are more effective as leaders.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Return to office and the Delta Variant: How do you manage it?

Workable

It’s a tough time. To help you, we have six tips for the frazzled HR professional who’s trying to ensure a smooth return to office during the Delta crisis. Return to office and Delta: 6 tips. 1. Pay attention to state laws. The CDC issued guidance that just about everyone – vaccinated or not – should wear a mask when inside where social distancing isn’t possible.

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Don’t Mistake Credentials for Intelligence!

The Tim Sackett Project

I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. I was the first person in my family to obtain a master’s degree. I continue to have the grammatical skills of a middle schooler! My parents are “real” people and have “real” conversations. My family has reached high levels of what most people would call successful.

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Hiring for Soft Skills: Benefits and Tips

TalentCulture

Today, hiring for soft skills is critical for your organization’s success. By looking beyond a job’s requisite hard skills, such as those needed for cloud computing or customer service, you […]. The post Hiring for Soft Skills: Benefits and Tips appeared first on TalentCulture.

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A Guide to What Is Underperformance in the Workplace

6Q

The cost of underperformance can be felt across the organisation; from reduced productivity, loss of revenue and to a spreading of low morale in the workplace. But what is underperformance anyway? In a well-managed workplace, all employees are given targets to attain. Clearly defined expectations are put in place and a failure to reach them is what is termed as underperformance.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Now More Than Ever. Introducing your #SHRM21 Influencers

SHRM

Now more than ever.HR professionals are shaping the world of work. Over 200 concurrent sessions will provide a complete education for HR professionals at every stage of their career. Based on the SHRM Competency Model these sessions will delve into the cutting-edge trends that will impact your workplace. Thousands of attendees will expand their worlds as they travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, or attending virtually, September 9-12 for SHRM21 -- and SHRM Influencers are sure to be a big part of

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Episode 305: TA Insights Featuring Jamie Starner, Marsha Lacey and Shelly Wilt

Workology

It’s a good time to be in talent acquisition. Right now there are more recruiting job openings than programmer openings in the U.S. Everyone is hiring and every company needs talent acquisition. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. It’s a good time to be in talent acquisition. Right now there are more recruiting job openings than programmer openings in the U.S.

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my dog barks on work calls, how far out can I schedule an interview, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, my dog barks on work calls, how far out can I schedule an interview, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My dog barks during work calls. I’ve just started a new job and we’re all working from home. I have a little dog, but when he barks (which isn’t very often) he has such a deep and loud bark and I live in a small flat so even if I shut him out of my office he can still be heard.

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Neurodiversity: How to Best Support Your Neurodiverse Employees

6Q

Neurodiverse employees make a key part of diversity and inclusion strategy in an organisation. It will bring a new way of thinking to a business and bring unique skill sets and higher levels of productivity. Like our lives outside, a workplace is a hugely diverse environment. We’re all unique in our own element because of our life experiences and personal references.

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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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Remote-Work Directors Oversee Employees’ Virtual Experience

SHRM Resources

As more of their employees work virtually, some organizations are creating a remote work director position to manage the virtual employee experience and implement best.

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7 Improv Techniques That’ll Make Conversations at Work Less Awkward and More Productive

The Muse

From listening properly to practicing resiliency, these improvisation principles will make your conversations at work less awkward and more productive.

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People analytics: will graph technology revolutionise HR?

HR Zone

People Will graph technology revolutionise HR?