Grovo HR

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Employee engagement has been one of the most talked-about topics in human capital management for twenty-five years. And yet, despite the attention of professionals from every area of the business world—or maybe because of it—the term itself has never gained a universal definition. There’s no reason it couldn’t, though. What it’s not. Engaged employees are more motivated than disengaged employees.

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7 Tips for Using Trust to Keep You and Your Employees Happy

CultureIQ

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

If you’re a manager or human resources specialist, you know a strong workplace requires trust. So much so that a SHRM study found trust between employees and senior management to be the number-two contributor to job satisfaction. Trust Trust leads to internal motivation, a sense of pride and ownership, and happy people. If your workplace lacks trust, it’s never too late to get started. One common fallacy is that building trust takes forever, but this type of thinking can lead to inaction. Project Warmth to Show You Care. You’re not really listening, and respond, “Oh, that’s too bad. Great chat!”

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nettime solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Buddy punching, inaccurate time records, and non-work-related activities are three examples of how productivity levels can be affected within the workplace. Often times, business owners look for solutions to build and grow their company from outside resources instead of reviewing internal processes to improve it. On average, 54 minutes are stolen every workday by one of your employees. Human Error.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Editor’s Note:   TLNT has been publishing Steve Browne’s recaps of the HR Roundtable in Cincinnati for more than five years. For two weeks, we’re bringing back some you might have missed. HR Insights HR Management HR Trends Talent Management Workforce Workplace Relationships

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Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Organizations that don’t learn constantly, adapt continuously and execute relentlessly are more likely to be disrupted by constant change and competition. We have to go beyond formal learning methods if we have to truly build learning organizations in a rapidly changing world. Why do companies struggle to become and remain learning organizations?

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New to HR

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Transactional and administrate human resources has changed in recent years. With a heavy dependence on dot coms, tech systems and all manner of electronic communication techniques, the digital HR revolution is here, and it’s changing the way we work. The 24/7 workplace environment. The rising influence of HR data. Capgemini , estimate that by 2015, Big Data will have created 4.4 million jobs.

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HR Bartender

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I was facilitating a meeting recently where we were talking about the qualities that are essential for employees. Then we started talking about the essential qualities for managers. At first glance, you might think the conversations would be identical, but they weren’t. Which raises the question, should they be? It reminded me of my interview with Elad Levinson. It’s similar to servant leadership.

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How to Better Use Employee Stories in Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy

TalentCulture

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

For more insights on recruitment marketing best practices employed by the world’s leading organizations, get a free download of SmashFly’s Recruitment Marketing Report Card for the 2015 Fortune 500. . This September, SmashFly researched and evaluated every 2015 Fortune 500 organization’s career site 13 unique recruitment marketing practices. Up first: Employee Stories. Employee Stories.

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Is your company ready to move beyond the annual performance review? Where do you start? What are the keys to success? In this guide, you’ll gain an understanding of: the forces driving change, three foundations of success and take a deep dive into the skills gap many managers have that will sink your efforts before they start and how to address them.

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are mandatory happy hours just part of working in an office?

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A reader writes: I’m still pretty young (25) and, personally, don’t enjoy really corporate/professional office settings and the formalities that come with them. My career has thankfully taken me to a firm that seems to be a happy medium: still corporate and professional, but with young company culture, business casual dress for my team, and a good deal of autonomy/low amounts of micromanaging. My entire team is in their 20s and my boss is only 30, so we’re all pretty close and relate to one another on some level, even if we have different interests. workplace practices

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Spark Hire

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

This episode of The Recruiting Reel features Alison Hadden, the Head of Brand Strategy for Glassdoor. Glassdoor is used by millions of employees and former employees to anonymously review companies — so who better to discuss recruitment branding than an employee satisfaction industry leader?! TheRecruitingReel Episode 5 is live! And being transparent as an employer. Ok, this is how I see it.

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The Future of Work is Here: Are Your Managers Prepared?

TalentCulture

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

We often talk about the “future of work” as if it’s a destination; but the reality is that the future of work is already here. Technology’s impact on the remote and part-time workforce is transforming work culture right now. Are your managers prepared and ready to embrace this new work world? Today, let’s focus on the five aspects that most impact your bottom line: Productivity. Technology.

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Pearson

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

For decades, entrepreneurs have looked to Silicon Valley as the source of inspiration for building disruptive new enterprises. As entrepreneurship in emerging markets grows, there are more and more examples of successful companies around the world, from companies like Ola Cabs and Flipkart in India to Konga in Nigeria and M-Kopa in Kenya. Education is no different.

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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have. In this session we will explore how various pieces of the talent life cycle are related to retention and examine more than 20 strategies and ideas for improving retention outcomes for your business.

Dice

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Given the number of constituencies looking to hire programmers and developers, it may not come as a surprise at just how difficult it is to hire and retain tech professionals who can actually write code. That level of competition makes organizations less inclined to hire developers as full-time employees, rather than freelancers. The post Why Can’t Some Devs Land Full-Time Gigs?

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The HR Capitalist

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Salesforce just made a move to provide pay equity increases across its workforce to eliminate any and all gender pay issues, job by job. According to Fortune , Benioff said that the company is spending about $3 million extra this year on its payroll to make these adjustments. “We can say we pay women the same that we pay men,” he said the conference. “We looked at every single salary.”.

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Strategic HCM

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Last week I was in Milan speaking about HR Innovation: Think DiffeHRently - Opportunities for HR Innovation 2015 from Jon Ingham I shared some examples of innovated practices but also emphasised that innovation generally comes from understanding what we need to within a particular organisation, breaking free of traditional best practices and understanding new best fit opportunities. Innovation

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UrbanBound HR

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

For years, relocation has been too expensive, time-consuming, and complicated for small businesses to employ. Manually managing a relocation program used to require the time and money that lean, mean small businesses can’t afford to spend. Thankfully, as technology has become a larger and larger part of the industry, this has changed dramatically. The gates are open, and the time to jump into the relocation game is now. Policy Relocation HR Small Business

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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it?

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Evil HR Lady

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Remember the death panel conversations? Well, a more sensitive term for this is an End of Life Planning Discussion. These are great things and everyone should be having them-not just the elderly. We never know when we’re going to get in an accident, be diagnosed with a terminal illness, or have a heart attack that lands us in ICU. However, these conversations do not belong at the office.

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TalentWise

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Our Director of Client Services, Robert Hildenbrand, shares a story in which compassion and selflessness led to great customer service and success

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Should You Care About Worker Happiness?

China Gorman

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Universum has just published another fascinating survey analysis that should be required reading for any leader wondering about the engagement of their employees, humanity in the workplace, or whether or not their workforce is happy. The summary is available here and it introduces the Universum Global Workforce Happiness Index™. Their stated sense of job loyalty. This is a super report.

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David Zinger

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Turkey has taught me much about employee engagement. will be writing more about this over the next few months. wrote a short post on LinkedIn today on what we can learn about employee engagement by ballooning over Cappadocia. Go there now to learn about the power of wind and lift in our work. lesson about employee engagement from a balloon ride in Turkey. https://t.co/KpXCIkHGdb KpXCIkHGdb pic.twitter.com/9HFQqRlEQc. — David Zinger (@davidzinger) November 18, 2015. He spoke to 2000 people in Istanbul at a People Management conference. The audience was both beautiful and amazing.

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Is your organization thinking about moving towards a performance development culture? What are the elements to succeeding and keeping managers and employees engaged? Download “A Road Map for Change” to find out and gain insight into making the transition as smooth as possible on your journey into this brave new world.

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Rallyteam

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Agile companies – those that are capable of flexing and shifting in response to change – will invariably come out ahead of those that aren’t. They’ll get to market faster. Their products and services will be better aligned with market demand. They’ll quickly seize new opportunities, and they’ll spot and sidestep pitfalls their less agile competitors won’t see coming. They’re not.

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No mega features, no surprises – Evaluating the new Android and iOS platforms

Clickipedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Guest Blogger: Gil Bouhnick. On first look, the new Android 6 on a Nexus device looks exactly like previous versions of Android. On first look, the new iOS9 on an iPhone 6 device also looks exactly like previous versions of iOS. No mega features, no surprises. Just a natural evolution of both platforms. And also – a lot of similarities. Battery management. Font changes. Better multi-tasking.

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The Contingent Worker Challenge

First Advantage

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Contractors, consultants, freelancers, seasonal workers, temps – our workplaces wouldn't be the same without them. Numerous studies have shown the huge part these workers play in the global workforce, which is only predicted to grow in the coming years. While employers have been quick realize the benefits contingent workers can bring, many have been slow to recognize the risks.

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Paychex

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Whether your small business operates online or in a physical retail setting, Black Friday and Cyber Monday can mean a huge boost in sales. Here are tips for getting the most out of these consumer-focused holidays

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Today’s workplace is characterized by chaotic forces—low employee engagement and productivity levels, and declining employee well being. HR Leaders have a critical role in defining the vision and strategy to transform and create a more productive and happy workplace.

Affordable Care Act Penalties - What an Employer Needs to Know

First Advantage

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

As the 2015 calendar year draws to a close, employers are focusing on the Affordable Care Act, and the penalties they may be exposed to. Employers need to know if they are liable for penalties, what triggers them, how they are calculated and how they should respond to a penalty notification

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Blogging 4 Jobs

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It is almost a daily occurrence, certainly a weekly one, where someone produces an article talking about robots and automation taking over jobs. One such article put anyone working in telemarketing, anyone stitching by hand, math technicians, watch repairers and insurance underwriters in the at risk category, while saying occupational therapists, mechanics’ and installers’ foremen, emergency management directors, mental health and social abuse social workers and audiologists on the safe list. It is not hard to find many such lists. Low Level Motor Skills Safe? Human Values.

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UrbanBound HR

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

We’re back with another set of the top HR Tech and Relocation news! Technology HR

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