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Legal Vendor Network

Mitratech

Explore the top 6 challenges facing HR professionals in today’s ever-changing work environment, including insider tricks on how to adapt to attract quality candidates and retain top employees. The post Legal Vendor Network appeared first on Mitratech.

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The Strategic Role Of HR In Preventing Internal Data Breaches

HR Stacks Blog

It’s easy to focus on the flashy headlines about hackers, but sometimes the real danger comes from inside. When someone in HR clicks the wrong link or a former employee retains access, it can hurt just as much as any external hack. Most data breaches start with simple mistakes, usually by someone inside. Some reports say human error causes up to 95% of breaches, often involving current or former staff.

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How working in private equity helped shape this HR leader’s career

HR Brew

For many HR pros, startups are a career sweet spot. That’s the case for Stacey Richey, who currently is global VP of people at Smartcat, a Series C AI translation company. She’s worked at companies during hyper-growth periods. What first gave Richey the startup bug, she told HR Brew, was a formative early career experience working at a private equity firm, and consulting its portfolio companies on their talent strategies.

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What Is a People First Culture? 13 Steps to Creating Culture in Your Org

AIHR

While a people first culture is a smart business move, only 20% of employees feel truly connected to their workplace culture. This points to a common gap between what leaders believe they’re achieving, and employees’ actual experiences. To fix that, companies must create a culture that empowers and supports employees through intentional leadership, inclusive systems, and an environment focused on wellbeing.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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10 Best HR Spend Management Platforms in 2025

HR Lineup

Managing HR spend is more critical than ever in 2025. With rising labor costs, evolving compliance demands, and a push for ROI-driven decisions, companies need sophisticated tools to gain visibility into HR expenses—from payroll and benefits to training and contingent labor. HR spend management platforms offer a centralized way to track, analyze, and optimize human capital costs.

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How one hospital chief diversity officer is keeping employees engaged for better care

HR Brew

Working in leadership at a hospital can be complicated—there are a range of education and job functions, all while everyone is ultimately responsible for patient care. Being a DEI leader in a hospital system in a border city, HR Brew recently sat down with Nancy Maldonado, chief diversity officer at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego to discuss launching the organization’s DEI team, how she measures success, and unique challenges of her job.

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How To Nurture Workplace Culture With New Hires

Emergenetics International

Every organization is an ecosystem of interconnected components that influence its culture. When a company builds a positive, productive environment, the climate must be tended to with intention. Two opportunities to influence culture are talent acquisition and onboarding new employees. A transparent, consistent approach to hiring and onboarding that reflects your culture leads to a sustainable operation and sets up employees for success from the start.

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HR Life Cycle Explained: 13 Steps + Toolkit for HR Leaders

AIHR

The HR life cycle encompasses every activity HR carries out, from strategy to organizational design to onboarding and offboarding employees and everything in between. In this guide, we’ll break down what the HR life cycle is, how it’s different from the employee life cycle, and why that distinction matters. We’ll also walk through all 13 stages of the HR life cycle.

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Jane’s advice on what to do when job seekers are lying on resumes

HR Digest

Frustrated by candidates lying on resumes to game AI screening tools? In this Q&A with Jane Harper for The HR Digest, uncover expert HR strategies to detect resume distortion, catch candidates who lied on resumes, and ensure you hire honest, qualified talent in an AI-driven recruitment landscape. Dear Jane, I’m exhausted by candidates lying on their resumes, especially now that they’re tailoring their skills to game AI screening tools.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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HR Shared Services explained: Benefits, functions, and best practices

Zalaris

As employees and organisations increasingly expect scalable, people-centred services that support strategic growth, HR shared services are transforming how organisations balance operational efficiency with strategic HR delivery. The 2024 ScottMadden Benchmarking Report reveals that leading organisations service upto 456 full-time employees with just one shared service staff member.

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Improving Panel Interviews: Tips for Success

ApplicantStack

Panel interviews can feel overwhelming for job candidates. One moment they’re having a normal conversation, and the next, they’re fielding questions from three different people while trying to remember everyone’s names and job titles. But here’s the thing: panel interviews don’t have to be intimidating or chaotic. When done right, they’re actually one of the most effective ways to evaluate candidates and make hiring decisions.The problem is that many organizat

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Navigating the Maze: State-Specific Background Check Laws for Employers

AccuSource

No matter the size of the company a Human Resources professional supports, staying compliant with background screening laws is not just a checkbox. Keeping up with numerous changes is challenging, and what is perfectly legal in one state could be problematic in another state. In a world where remote work blurs geographical lines and the push for fair chance hiring continues to gain serious momentum, one must have a good working knowledge of state-specific nuances.

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Simple Employer Guide to EADs and Automatic Extensions

Helpside

This article was written by Tannon Turnmire, Human Resource Representative at Helpside. Hiring employees who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents often means navigating employment authorization documents, also known as EADs. It can feel overwhelming at first, but understanding the basics of EADs and automatic extensions will help you stay compliant and avoid disruptions in your workforce.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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From Disconnection to Dedication: 3 Keys to Boosting Employee Morale and Engagement

MP Wired For HR

From Disconnection to Dedication: 3 Keys to Boosting Employee Morale and Engagement July 24th 2025 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn In our last blog, The Great Detachment , we explored Gallup’s alarming 2024 data showing that over half of U.S. workers are disengaged and job hunting. While quit rates are stable, morale is at its lowest in a decade—and it’s quietly draining productivity, culture, and retention.

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50 Employee Recognition Ideas That Boost Engagement

HR Cloud

A resignation story recently went viral on LinkedIn. With over 28,000 reactions, it is a story that should make every manager uncomfortable. According to the viral post, the leadership took note of the employee only after he resigned. First the manager, then the GM, then HR. Everyone had the same question — “Why do you want to leave?” And surprise! each time they offered to fix benefits or salary.

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AI-powered tools think your employees should be making more money

HR Brew

ChatGPT might be a new stakeholder in your salary discussions, according to new research from compensation software company Payscale, which surveyed 1,000 employees and 500 leaders working in compensation. Payscale found a growing gap between employer and employee salary expectations, and generative AI tools are contributing to the new norm. Eighteen percent of employees are sourcing salary information from AI assistants like ChatGPT.

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Want to build a workforce with AI fluency? A chief people officer’s playbook

HRExecutive

Despite growing pressure on HR leaders to ensure their workforce is prepared to use AI, organizational AI fluency doesn’t mean every employee needs to become a data scientist. According to Amy Mosher , chief people officer at HCM platform isolved, it means that workers know “how AI fits into their role, how it can enhance their work and how to use it responsibly.” At its core, says Mosher, an AI-fluent environment requires all employees to practice using AI, knowing when to trust AI-

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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How Candidate Sourcing AI Is Changing Recruiting | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

If the ways you find and evaluate candidates have changed in the past few years, you’re not alone. Artificial intelligence (AI) has turned traditional candidate sourcing on its head, streamlining the recruiting process and improving the candidate experience. 73% of talent acquisition teams agree it’s changing the way companies hire. There’s no denying the benefits of using AI in recruiting when you see the results : Increased offer acceptance rate by 67% Decreased first-year turnover by 42% Fill

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How AI resume screening is transforming candidate selection

MiHCM

Traditionally, recruiters manually sift through hundreds or thousands of resumes, a time-consuming process prone to human error and inconsistency. With AI resume screening, resumes are ingested in bulk, parsed instantly, and ranked objectively. This shift accelerates the initial review phase and ensures that every candidate is evaluated against the same criteria.

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A Smarter Approach to Career Frameworks

Careerminds

As HR professionals, you’re acutely aware of the challenges involved in designing and maintaining effective career frameworks and job architecture. Are your current systems—often spreadsheets—adequate for capturing the complexity of modern talent progression? Or are they a source of frustration, leaving you with outdated, cumbersome data that fails to support meaningful development?

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Rise of AI deepfakes and fraudulent candidates are changing how TA recruits

HR Brew

Move over, “Tell me your biggest weakness,” a new weird interview question has surfaced: “Can you wave?” Not kidding. AI-generated deepfakes and candidate fraud is growing in recruiting, and—in response—talent acquisition (TA) pros are learning new ways to suss out the fit of a candidate, and that assessment now must include, “Are you real?” “Fraud hiring isn’t new…it’s really just evolved,” said Julia Frament, Head of Global HR at IRONSCALES, a cybersecurity company specializing in email.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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5 winning global TA tips from a remote-first chief people officer

HRExecutive

HR and talent acquisition leaders must hire employees who can meet today’s demands while also addressing future business needs, even under unforeseen conditions. According to a Gartner survey of over 1,400 HR leaders across more than 60 countries, this challenge goes beyond simply filling roles; organizational culture and strategic workforce planning are equally important considerations as companies work to attract and retain top talent.

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The Employee Lifecycle Explained: From Hire to Retire Process

Empxtrack

Whether you are an employer or an HR professional, it is important to understand what the employee lifecycle is and how it contributes to employee motivation, job satisfaction, and retention. Every organization needs to develop a deeper understanding of it. To put it simply, the employee life cycle refers to the stages employees go through while working in your company.

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A trucking company rejected a deaf driver and got hit with a $36 million verdict—here’s what employers can learn.

The Employer Handbook

When a trucking company told a deaf applicant, “No, I’m sorry, we can’t hire you because of your deafness,” it wasn’t just a bad look—it was a multimillion-dollar ADA violation. The jury awarded $36 million (later capped), and the appeals court backed it up. TL;DR: A trucking company refused to hire a deaf driver—even though he had a legal FMCSA waiver and had completed the company’s own driving school with an interpreter.

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How to Prepare and Conduct an Employee Check-in Meeting

UKG

Become an expert in employee check-ins by learning how to plan, conduct, and follow up on meetings that boost performance, trust, and engagement.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

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Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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The Great Workplace Realignment

EmployeeConnect

The HR world is undergoing a seismic shift in 2025. Gone are the days of set-in-stone office hours, one-size-fits-all policies, and rigid hierarchies. Instead, we’re witnessing a transformation driven by three interconnected trends: the demand for flexible work, generational shifts in the workforce, and the evolving identity of HR itself. Welcome to what many are calling The Great Workplace Realignment. 1.

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Comment on open thread – July 25, 2025 by Synaptically Unique

Ask a Manager

In reply to Camellia. In my field, I’ve seen people get severely penalized on salary and lose opportunities because they submitted curated resumes. Definitely depends on the field. I passed over an employee for an opportunity that she was well-qualified for because I had no idea. I checked on her LinkedIn when I was working on a promotion for her and realized she would have been a great fit for a lateral role I posted.

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Are recruiters the key to a hiring comeback in critical sectors?

HRExecutive

Despite slowdowns in job postings across some sectors, HR recruiter positions are quietly on the rise. One expert says this counterintuitive trend could be more than an anomaly—it may be an early indicator of hiring rebounds in select industries. Stefan Gaertner, Ph.D., senior director of strategy at global pay transparency solution Syndio , notes that “the steady demand for HR recruiters” was the most surprising finding in the company’s latest labor market analysis.