October, 2021

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4 ways your managers can help combat employee burnout

HRExecutive

As the Great Resignation discussion continues to unfold in the HR community, burnout has risen to one of the top reasons for employees leaving their jobs, along with low pay/long hours and lack of recognition from supervisors. While the remote work revolution has allowed employees to avoid long commutes, it has also extended the workday as technology such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other collaboration tools push the limits of the traditional workday.

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did I make a mistake by sharing my salary with a coworker?

Ask a Manager

This post, did I make a mistake by sharing my salary with a coworker? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have always believed that knowledge is power, but when it comes to salaries, is there ever a reason to keep such things quiet? For my entire career, I have stayed in the dark about what my coworkers were earning and likewise did not share my salary either.

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How Businesses Can Implement a Safe Return to Work

6Q

Freedom day has been issued and most of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions have been removed in England, leaving businesses in a position to reopen and enjoy a safe return to work. But while the regulations regarding health and safety have been removed, the risks to health and safety for employees and customers very much remain. 51% of employees are nervous about returning to the workplace, according to a study by Westfield Health, and 66% want more support from their employer in terms of their

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Transitioning to the Gig Economy: An Interview with Patti Dorsey of Bolster

Accurate Background

“I’m a recruiter at heart. I always knew I would end up in recruiting doing what I love,” Patti explained. Patti Dorsey started her career over 20 years ago. She landed her first staffing role with Robert Half International as a Staffing Manager for their Accountemps, Inc. division. Patti enjoyed a fruitful and often laborious career in the staffing and corporate world, where she managed talent acquisition and recruitment teams.

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Getting Employee Experience Right Is Hard – But It Doesn’t Have To Be

Employee experience has expanded from a basic focus on well-being to a more comprehensive approach that covers all aspects of an employee's journey. But as important as it is to develop and retain top talent by giving employees positive experiences, tension can exist between balancing experience desires and achieving business outcomes.

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The Power of Sign Language to Create a More Connected and Inclusive World

Thrive Global

Like most college and university presidents, I find this fall to be an especially promising time as our schools have resumed face-to-face instruction across the country. We no longer take for granted the power of learning in the physical presence of others. While learning can be effectively achieved virtually, after the hiatus of face-to-face learning for many of us over the past 18 months, we enter this new academic year with a deeper and more profound appreciation for the physical presence of

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How Whirlpool turned the tide to find the right people

HRExecutive

A few years ago, Whirlpool had a recruiting challenge: namely, how to ease the burden on its recruiters, who must wade through 200 applications per job. For Whirlpool, the issue was even more complicated, as job candidates are or could become customers of the company, a provider of many common products typically found in an American home. So, it needed to make the application process easier, more enjoyable and more effective for candidates.

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7 employee behaviors it pays to recognize

Achievers

Recognition is essential to retaining and engaging employees, but few organizations provide enough of it. A startling 82% of employees wish they received more recognition for their efforts. Before your company can implement an impactful recognition program, it must define what behaviors it wants to recognize. Ninety-two percent of employees agree that when they’re recognized for a specific action, they’re more likely to repeat the action again.

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Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies for the "New" Work World!

Vantage Circle

Retain your best employees with these Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies and build a positive work atmosphere to promote engagement.

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Workday Goes Everywhere: Into The Flow Of Work… And More.

Josh Bersin

From its very founding Workday was designed as an integrated but proprietary system, engineered for the cloud. Workday developed a proprietary database, advanced business process framework , integrated security model , embedded real-time analytics, and a unique user interface. Well, all that has now changed. Effective today, with the introduction of Workday Everywhere , and.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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when the red flags are even more ominous than you know…

Ask a Manager

This post, when the red flags are even more ominous than you know… , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. In 2014, I received this letter. I get more mail than I can answer, and this one didn’t end up getting published. But read on, because there’s a twist coming. After following your cover letter and resume advice, I landed an interview for a position I would love to have.

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The rules of talent engagement are changing: What’s new now?

Workable

The old rules of talent attraction. The employer posts the job, you apply, beg for a job, and then, if lucky, the employer will offer you the job. If you’re brave, you can negotiate the salary up a bit, but it’s pretty much a take-it-or-leave-it situation. Job interviews were like dog-and-pony shows where candidates tried to impress judges, and the judges didn’t feel obligated to try to impress the candidate.

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Best Practices, Legal Requirements, and Respectful Workplace Culture

TalentCulture

In the modern workplace, a respectful workplace culture isn’t just a cherry on top of a job role. If the work culture isn’t healthy and respectful, it could mean organizations […]. The post Best Practices, Legal Requirements, and Respectful Workplace Culture appeared first on TalentCulture.

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8 company culture examples to follow

Achievers

Company culture can make or break your organization ? particularly when the job market is competitive. Forty percent of people are considering leaving their employer this year. If employees don’t feel safe, valued, and challenged at your organization, you’re just giving them the extra nudge they need to leave. If you instead treat employees with respect, appreciate their individuality, and give them the flexibility they need, they’re much more likely to stick around.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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If You Can’t Find Good Employees, It May Not Be a Labor Shortage–It May Be You

Evil HR Lady

There is a lot of complaining about worker shortages and a lot of jokes going on–like the above, which points out the ridiculousness of the interview process. The thing is, it wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t based in reality. Many companies have ridiculous hiring processes. Perhaps yours does. Or perhaps, you’re looking for a free intern to do work.

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How to Boost Employee Engagement – 10 Awesome Tips

6Q

Organisations are constantly relying on the engagement commitment and energy of their employees to thrive and survive. To boost employee engagement, there should be careful consideration of employee leadership capabilities to create a proper engagement strategy. Employee engagement allows the employees to invest more in their work, leading to improved productivity and high-quality work.

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our highly-paid, overworked junior staff keep leaving just as we get them fully trained

Ask a Manager

This post, our highly-paid, overworked junior staff keep leaving just as we get them fully trained , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work in an industry that is well known for long, hard hours, especially at junior levels. It’s one that has been all over the newspaper the past couple years for difficulty retaining junior professional staff and attempts to roll out more work-life balance.

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Here Are 15 Possible Reasons You’re Not Getting Hired—and How to Fix Them

The Muse

Whether you’re not hearing anything, getting rejected after the phone screen, or making it to the last round, here’s where you might be going wrong and how to fix it.

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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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Hybrid Work: Transform Your Workplace with Security and Collaboration

TalentCulture

The future of work is hybrid–with over 50 percent of people saying they’d prefer to work from home at least three days per week. But many workplaces don’t have the […]. The post Hybrid Work: Transform Your Workplace with Security and Collaboration appeared first on TalentCulture.

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14 incredible ideas for work anniversary recognition

Achievers

Congratulations, you just made it to your tenth year at your job! Unfortunately, your boss barely took notice. You got a brief shoutout in a team meeting, and that was it. That’s a real blow to morale after a full decade of service, isn’t it? Lackluster work anniversary celebrations are an all-too-common experience for employees. Failure to recognize big milestones leads to lower morale, engagement, and retention.

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Top Facts about COPD and Smoking

EX Program

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and smoking are like lightning and thunder; they often go together. COPD refers to a group of diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. With COPD, less air flows through the airways and this can cause symptoms such as: Shortness of breath Wheezing or nagging cough Tightness or pain in the [.].

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How storytelling can help organisations win the war on talent

HR Zone

Acquisition Win the talent war with compelling storytelling.

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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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5 Tips to Help You Stay Healthy at Work

Take It Personel-ly

With pressing deadlines, emails, work calls and a full client-load at work, it can be tricky for working professionals to prioritize and maintain a good bill of health. Personal health and wellness are multifaceted, and the demands of your job can push caring for your physical, emotional, social and spiritual health down on your list […].

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Hiring with a Vaccine Mandate? Be Clear About Expectations

SHRM Resources

Setting clear expectations about COVID-19 vaccine requirements at the start of the hiring process and ensuring consistent recruitment messaging are a couple of the main responsibilities talent acquisition professionals should fulfill when their employer mandates vaccines for employees.

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Future Workplace Mindset: People, Technology, and Business Intersection

TalentCulture

As we all know, flexibility is the lifeblood of HR, especially when it comes to adopting new technologies for attracting candidates. While many are resistant to change in the working […]. The post Future Workplace Mindset: People, Technology, and Business Intersection appeared first on TalentCulture.

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This One Word Is Ruining Leaders’ Ability to Be Empathic

TLNT: The Business of HR

Empathy is, in essence, seeing the world or a situation from another person’s viewpoint. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird , Atticus Finch, the moral guide, defines empathy for his daughter by saying, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” .

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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6 HR lessons from Microsoft’s CHRO

HRExecutive

Kathleen Hogan , executive vice president, human resources, and chief people officer at Microsoft, knows what it takes to be a successful HR leader: She’s helped transform Microsoft’s culture to make it one of the biggest success stories in recent history. She’s navigated a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, ensuring the company’s 175,000 employees are safe, healthy, productive and innovative.

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Practical Ways to Build Trust in Your Workplace

6Q

For a company to grow exponentially, employees must have trust in their employers. The employee’s ratio is in the minority who can say they trust their managers and company. Building trust takes time and effort from the company. Here you will learn the ways to build trust in your workplace. Your company is doing everything right, but still, it is not growing as it should.

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10 Ways You Might Have Wellness Privilege at Work—and What You Can Do With It

The Muse

And what you can and should do with it. You can be an ally to improve not only your own physical, emotional, and other well-being, but also your colleagues’.

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