HR Bartender

JULY 26, 2022

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad Technology , a provider of strategic onboarding solutions to drive workforce readiness and organizational transformation. They were recently recognized as one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work. Many congrats to them. Enjoy the article!). Regardless of what is happening with today’s recruiting market, making sure that current employees have career opportunities is an important part of th

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JULY 19, 2022

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Neocase , a provider of cloud solutions for HR transformation. For 20 years, Neocase has been offering solutions to improve the employee experience. They recently announced a new Employee Journey solution that provides a customizable complete onboarding to offboarding experience.

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MAY 15, 2022

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. We’ve published a few articles about digital transformation over the years. It’s an important concept and organizations are going to spend more resources adding and improving technology in their business operations. But as organizations add technology, they might need to change the way the people side of the business operates.

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APRIL 10, 2022

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. I discovered an informative website recently called the Microsoft Work Trend Index. It’s focused on providing insights about hybrid work as well as work in general. I know that some organizations are focused on inviting employees back to onsite work and trying to reduce the amount of remote and hybrid work available to employees.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Criteria , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. To learn more about how pre-employment testing can benefit your talent acquisition strategy, check out Criteria’s “ Definitive Guide to Pre-Employment Testing ”. I’ve found it to be a comprehensive guide that I keep handy all the time.

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HR Bartender

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by Jotform , a powerful online forms solution that helps organizations go from busywork to less work in minutes. Check out this FastCompany article by Jotform Founder Aytekin Tank on “ 4 ways to ensure workplace cliques don’t take root in your organization ”. And enjoy the article!).

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HR Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. There’s no doubt that talent acquisition departments are in the spotlight right now. This doesn’t have to be viewed as a bad thing. In fact, it’s an opportunity to shine and show value to the organization. I think companies recognize the value of finding and hiring talent. But I’m also hearing about organizations not giving talent acquisition departments all the resources they need – both in terms of financial resources and time.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Organizations need to have strategies. Common ones include a business strategy, workforce strategy, and a technology strategy. To me, a technology strategy is the plan that outlines how technology will help the organization – and the employees working in it – accomplish their goals. Depending on your industry, the company’s technology strategy could include hardware types, software platforms, social media programs, point of sale systems, etc.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 17, 2021

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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JULY 20, 2021

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at ChartHop , an organization focused on helping leaders in scaling transparent, productive, and intentional organizations. They recently raised $35 million in funding based on their strong business growth. You can read all about it on TechCrunch. Enjoy today’s article!).

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HR Bartender

APRIL 27, 2021

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by JotForm , a full-featured online form builder that makes it easy to create forms and collect data. They’ve just launched a new product called JotForm Approvals that automates approval processes with ease , something every HR department loves to hear. Enjoy the article!). One of the keys to good decision making is having the right data and information.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 6, 2021

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Wisely® by ADP , a suite of cost-effective pay solutions that helps organizations move to 100% paperless pay. The myWisely app been recognized as the App of the Year at the HR Technology Conference. Congrats! Enjoy the article.). I’d like to think that we agree, Millennials currently make up the majority of today’s workforce.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 18, 2021

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Whether you work in an office or remotely, self management involves doing a lot of things independently such as resolving your conflicts, figuring out the solutions to your problems, and creating your most productive work. It also involves thinking about your future and generating your own professional development plan.

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MARCH 7, 2021

(Editor’s note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Paycom , a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software. They were ranked third on the inaugural 2021 Top Workplaces USA list of organizations with over 2,500 employees. Congratulations! Hope you enjoy the article.). We’ve talked before about how digital transformation can improve manager effectiveness and the employee experience.

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HR Bartender

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we’re human. And we want to be treated as such. This includes our work experience. Yes, we’re technically an employee or a manager or maybe a freelancer, but we want to be treated as a human. Our friends at SAP SuccessFactors launched a LinkedIn Live series recently called “The Rise of HXM – Human Experience Management”.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 27, 2020

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at UKG – Ultimate Kronos Group. Formed by two leaders in HR solutions, UKG combines the strength and innovation of Ultimate Software and Kronos. They are committed to inspiring workforces and helping pave the way for their people, customers, and industry. Enjoy the article!). One of the career lessons I’ve had to learn is that “timing is everything”.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) People Analytics Conference. During one of the sessions, speaker Jack Phillips shared five components for successful organizational analytics, and I wanted to share those with you. I really liked this model because I felt like it was something the entire organization could support.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 18, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article on “ Working from Home Version 2.0: 5 Things to Consider ” and honestly, it was very focused on setting up a work environment that helps you to be productive. While I believe those things are important, it occurred to me after the article published that creating a good work environment is only half of the story.

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HR Bartender

JUNE 14, 2020

Right now, many of us are concerned about our career. Maybe you’ve been furloughed or laid off. Maybe you’re still working but are starting to hear rumors. Or maybe you’ve been thinking about making a career change for several months. Regardless of your situation, you should be thinking about your career and how to position yourself for opportunities.

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JUNE 2, 2020

As organizations spend more time trying to recover from the business impact of COVID-19 , they will turn to data to help them. It makes total sense. Organizations have been using data to help them grow their businesses for years. This will be no different. What may be different is the type of data that organizations collect and how they analyze and make decisions from the data.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 19, 2020

One of the more popular articles on HR Bartender is titled “ Leadership Power: The 7 Types and How to Use Them ”. Every one of us has power and it’s important to recognize the different types of power we possess, how much of each type we have, and how to use them in a positive way. The reason I’m mentioning this older article is because of the seventh type of power listed, which is called informational power.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 7, 2020

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is sponsored by Primalogik , a cloud-based performance management solution that provides a flexible way to manage employee reviews, 360-degree feedback, goals, and engagement surveys. Enjoy the read!). I once worked with a sales manager who not only met but exceeded her goals. Every. Single. Time. The CEO thought she was fabulous.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 15, 2020

I ran across this article from CNBC on how many hours Americans spend on email each day. It’s an interesting read. The article says that we spend 209 minutes a day checking work email and 143 on personal messages for a total of 352 minutes. That translates to roughly 5 hours and 52 minutes each day (almost 6 hours a day). I have a couple of takeaways from this.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I’m here to deliver some tough love to businesses today. As a HR pro, I totally understand that the recruitment market is tough. I hear the same stories from recruiters who are posting job openings and getting zero responses. I also understand the pressure to deliver revenue and profits. Whether you’re in the public or private sector, for profit or not-for-profit, there’s an expectation that the financial goals of the organization will be met.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 12, 2020

I’ve mentioned before how today’s recruiting strategy needs three key constituents: regular full-time workforce, regular part-time workforce, and contingent workers (i.e. freelancers, contractors, consultants, etc.) Each group has a unique recruiting as well as an engagement strategy. (which we’ve also talked about before). BUY is where the company hires workers from the outside.

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HR Bartender

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Building a professional network is important. We use our professional network for information, support, and sometimes assistance. It takes a long time to build a network and forever to maintain relationships. But building a professional network today isn’t the same as it was a decade ago. Because now we have to think about building and maintaining two networks: 1) an online network and 2) an offline one.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Forgive me for the cryptic title on today’s post. I won’t keep you in suspense. The answer is, management development should include “virtual” management of remote workers. My guess is that managers are being asked to supervise an increasing number of remote or virtual employees. Even if they only do it on a part-time or sporadic basis. A great case in point – – the news headlines last winter that said, “ 75 percent of the population will suffer below-freezing temps this week ”.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

The word “hack” is often used instead of tips. For example, here’s a blog post on “ 100 Incredible Life Hacks that Make Life So Much Easier ”. The first one is “Tie a small piece of fabric to your luggage. Saves a lot of time to check if it’s your bag or not.” I like to think of hacks as discovering new ways to use common items. For example, when I travel, I always have a small binder clip with me in case since the curtains won’t close right.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

We talk about HR technology a lot on HR Bartender, but it occurred to me recently that’s there’s one area of HR technology we really haven’t discussed. I was listening to one of the archived sessions from the Kronos eSymposium titled, “Five Things Not to Overlook During HR Tech Vendor Selection” and it reminded me we haven’t talked about buying technology.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

I must admit today’s Time Well Spent. from our friends at Kronos is a little funny to me for two reasons. Living in Florida, we often run into these “ the weather is absolutely gorgeous days ” where we want to play hooky and go to the beach. And sometimes we actually do it. We’re also famous for gloating in January and February about wearing shorts when our friends are posting snowstorm pictures on their Facebook pages.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 6, 2019

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Qualtrics , the leader in experience management. They help organizations listen, understand, and take action on experience data. Mark your calendars for the Qualtrics X4 Summit. The event will be in Salt Lake City on March 10-13, 2020. Enjoy the article!). In a pulse survey conducted by HRE , producers of the HR Technology Conference, almost one-third (31 percent) of respondents say their HR tech spend will increase in 2019.

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HR Bartender

JULY 28, 2019

In today’s tough recruiting market, organizations are looking for every way possible to find qualified job candidates. Today’s reader note asks a straightforward question about doing that. Hi Sharlyn! Can I get your advice? Is it inappropriate to email a potential job candidate at the work email address? Instead of me just offering my opinion in answering this question, I wanted to bring you some differing thoughts.

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HR Bartender

JUNE 14, 2019

One of the first lessons that I learned as a consultant was “just because I can, it doesn’t mean I should” For example, just because I can do my own taxes, doesn’t mean I should. I’ve found hiring an accountant saves me time (that I can spend with clients) and saves me money. In my personal life, just because I can change a tire, doesn’t mean I should.

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MARCH 17, 2019

I knew that today’s title will get your attention. . I’ve been waiting for someone to send me this question! I’m sure this reader’s note will resonate with many: I have a question regarding social media. Last year, we came across a candidate who had a number of recent social media posts expressing racially charged views. We decided not to move this candidate along in the selection process as these posts didn’t reflect our company’s values.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

A few weeks ago, I published a Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos about recognition and rewards. It was about the boss who gave every member of the team an ugly holiday sweater. I hope you’ll check it out if you haven’t already. This one reminded me of another aspect of rewards and recognition that we might forget. And that’s all rewards do not have to be personal.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

I know that Christmas was last month, but I can’t resist sharing this Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos because it beautifully demonstrates that staffing and scheduling are two different things. Staffing is about finding the right people to do the work. And scheduling is about making sure they show up at the right times. Both are important. .

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HR Bartender

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

( Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Readex Research , which provides expert online and mail survey services to help businesses understand their internal and external customers. Their services include employee experience surveys. Enjoy the post!). Over the past few months, we’ve talked about the importance of “checking in” with new hires to make sure their employee experience is going well.

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