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Hire Better Talent: Start Identifying Recruitment Needs in Your Company

Peoplebox

Hiring can be tricky. Many HRs hire reactively, focusing on immediate vacancies instead of strategically aligning their recruitment process with long-term goals. You’ll be stuck with the wrong hires, ultimately limiting your company’s growth. You’ll be stuck with the wrong hires, ultimately limiting your company’s growth.

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How HR can help employees navigate political conversations at work

HR Brew

Enlisting outside help may include bringing in temporary experts from organizations like CPR, or hiring an “ombudsman,” Waldman said. Ombuds are usually hired through a third-party resource and can offer employees a confidential, neutral, safe space to take their complaints and issues without fear of retaliation, she added.

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Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Fast Company The Future of Work

The “2018 Future Workforce” report from freelancing website Upwork, released in February, found that 59% of hiring managers are using flexible talent–freelancers, temporary, and agency workers–which is more than double the 2017 percentage (24%). million more people began freelancing between 2014 and 2018.

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How HCM technology can harness the power of APIs

HRExecutive

From recruiting and onboarding to performance management, compliance, benefits administration, health and wellness programs, DEI and more, HR leaders now have the ability to easily expand HCM capabilities. APIs enable diverse applications to smoothly connect and easily share data between systems. APIs are like building blocks.

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How Your Leadership Can Help Maintain Positive Mental Health for Employees

MP Wired For HR

Take time off when you need it, have clear protected office time , and schedule open office hours for easy access. Respect and inclusion: Create a space where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of background or position. Modeling: Your behavior sets the tone for your team.

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Without Retention, Diversity Efforts Fall Short

Reflektive

Building diversity in the workplace is an initiative HR leaders cannot afford to miss. Companies with diverse workforces are proven to deliver higher performance and greater innovation. Despite investment in equal-opportunity hiring practices, diversity numbers are unimpressive Click To Tweet. The Unfairness Factor.

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Law Firm Staff: Best Employment Practices

Embroker

That means it’s crucial to hire the right people for your law firm staff—and then entice them to stay. . Many small law firms don’t devote enough time to learning and developing good practices for hiring and managing productive teams. The average cost of one bad hire is nearly $15,000. Know When It’s Time to Hire.