Thu.Jun 08, 2017

Why employee engagement matters – and 4 ways to build it up

HR Morning

As you know, employee engagement is an important factor in how well organizations function. But how important is it, really?

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How to Strengthen Your Team with Intentional and Open Communication

Switch and Shift

I once worked in an office where, at some point along the way, management instituted the policy that creatives shouldn’t communicate directly with managers in charge of client services. Staff managers were interlocutors with whom we creatives communicated with client services.

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Five Pillars Of Digital Transformation: Skills And Talent Management

SuccessFactors

In our last blog , we finished with these questions: Is technology a threat to people? How can humans stay relevant in a digital world? How can technology engage people in the workplace? What are the jobs of the future? All touch on the most critical element of any transformation: People.

Announcing the New Everwise Platform

Everwise

We’re excited to announce the newest version of the Everwise platform. As part of our vision to help employees reach their full potential, this update further develops the connections you have to the people, resources, and feedback you need.

7 Steps to Attract and Engage More Candidates

Want to improve the candidate experience of your job application and drive more candidates to apply? This guide covers: presentation of your careers page and jobs, length and complexity of your online application, application technology, and candidate acknowledgement.

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Imagining The Future of Performance Management

SuccessFactors

To follow up on our discussion during the second episode of the SAP Future Factor series, I recently sat down with Fermin Diez, adjunct professor at Singapore Management University, to exchange views on how technology is changing the way we work.

The Secret Ingredients of an Amazing Company Culture

Achievers

If you were asked about your top priorities as a manager, how would you answer? Increasing productivity would probably be first on your list, along with steady company growth, low employee turnover, seamless teamwork, and high employee engagement — after all, most businesses share similar goals.

The Muse’s Kathryn Minshew Shares 9 Tips to Expand Your Network

Justworks

If you’re looking for networking tips, Kathryn Minshew is the person to talk to. Kathryn is the co-founder and CEO of The Muse, a company that has helped over 50 million people with their careers, including looking for jobs, getting professional coaching, building a personal brand, and growing in entrepreneurship. She contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 in Media. Kathryn wrote in to Justblog.

Three Employment Law State Trends that Every Employer Should Know

Ceridian

We’re seeing momentum build around several areas of employment law, and during a recent webcast , I spoke about three: Paid Leave, Retirement Programs (“Auto-IRAs”) and fair scheduling.

The definitive guide to choosing the right applicant tracking system

Choosing an applicant tracking system should be exciting, not confusing. We've developed a quick guide to everything you should look for while going through your selection process, to free you from the stress often associated with choosing a new ATS.

Will Outlawing Questions About Pay History Narrow the Gender Pay Gap?

HR Daily Advisor

New York City is the most recent addition to the list of jurisdictions that prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their salary history. The restriction on pay history inquiries is intended to shift an employer’s focus from a history-based offer to a market-based offer. .

Anyone Can Be a Recruiter, Right? (#RNL17)

The HR Capitalist

It's a profession with limited barriers to entry and literally a million agency/corporate positions available. It's a profession where the hardest workers and the most entrepreneurial usually get the best results.

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Bypass Navigating the HCM Application Roadmap: Go Directly to Workforce Optimization and Business Value

Visier

A 40-year HR veteran, Lexy Martin was Vice President, Research and Analytics at Sierra-Cedar and lead author of the Sierra-Cedar Human Resources Systems Survey, the longest running and most acclaimed Human Resources technology survey.

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Arguments You Can Never Win

Compensation Cafe

What's the name of that Greek fellow from mythology, the guy forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it come back to hit him, repeating this action for eternity? Ah yes, Sisyphus. Today tasks that are considered futile are described as Sisyphean.

Employer Branding: Funnel Building with your Employer Brand

Speaker: Iain Hamilton, In-house Consultant & Managing Director, People Traction

Employer branding is often viewed as a project rather than an evergreen way to attract and retain talent. In this webinar we will discuss how to build talent acquistions funnels using employer branding content and embracing a life-hack mindset.

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Attracting Top Talent With an Effective HR Strategy

DATIS

The Health and Human Service s industry has been on the rise for many years. Last month, Deloitte University Press reported that employee growth in the industry has increased by 42% since the year 2000, a staunch contrast to the overall private sector’s employment growth of just 9.8%. The report concludes that the competition for highly skilled clinical staff is becoming increasingly aggressive and demand doesn’t seem to be letting up.

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Get Your Crystal Balls Ready, HR Data Ninjas

SuccessFactors

Question: What ratio of CEOs have cancelled or delayed strategic initiatives due to talent constraints? Answer: 1 in 4 , according to PwC. There is a way to avoid this continuing to happen… HR, it is time to embrace your inner Data Ninja! HR analytics and workforce planning.

Webinar Recap: Unlocking Your Team’s Potential

15Five

One of the common concerns I hear from other entrepreneurs and executives is that their once strong company culture is fading as the business grows. This makes perfect sense, especially in rapid growth companies where new hires are not always screened for values-fit.

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Bad Managers: Are They Hiding in Plain Sight?

HighGround

When you think of a bad manager, what comes to mind? Is it someone who berates employees in front of other coworkers? Someone who makes his or her team stay late or come in early everyday for no reason? Are they too “into the weeds” of employees’ work? It’s usually pretty easy for anyone in a company to identify those kind of bad managers even if they don’t’ report directly to them. But what about the things a bad manager doesn’t do? Skipping 1-on-1 Meetings.

Employer Branding: The No-Fluff Culture Conversation

Speaker: Kirsten Davidson, Senior Partner, Employer Branding, Employera

If you feel like you’re banging your head against the wall driving your culture and employer brand efforts forward, you’re not alone. Former head of employer brand for Glassdoor and industry leader in culture and employer branding, Kirsten Davidson shares the lessons she’s learned the hard way so you don’t have to. Join us for a frank conversation about what just about everyone is getting wrong, and how to get it right.

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The five most effective behavioral patterns for successful sales teams

The Predictive Index

Team Development Sales Teams Selling PI patterns job assessment behavioral pattern building a sales team increasing sales sales training sales development

DOL Pulls Independent Contractor and Joint-Employer Guidance

HRWatchdog

Department of Labor withdraws misclassification guidance. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said that it is withdrawing two guidance memos on joint-employer liability and independent contractor classification.

Recruitment Trends and What They Mean to Your Recruitment Strategy

HR Daily Advisor

Recruitment has come a long way from decades ago.

Injunction? What injunction? New class action suit claims employer violated the new DOL overtime rules

The Employer Handbook

This one’s got me confused like Britney on X-Factor. Last year, a Texas federal court entered a nationwide injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rules.

Employer Branding: The New Front-Line

Speaker: Philip Black, Head of US Strategy, Omobono

Hear from Head of Strategy, U.S. at Omobono, Philip Black, about new ways that leading, forward-thinking companies are using Employer Branding in order to differentiate themselves from competition to find the talent they need.

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How Resilience Can Help Manage Healthcare Anxiety

HR Daily Advisor

If there is one word that describes the current debate in Congress over the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), it is uncertainty.

Talent management: why your approach can destroy employee mojo

HR Zone

Development. Why your talent approach destroys employee mojo

Who Wants to Be a Metric-Aire?

marenated HR

This post was originally published on EREMedia. If you’ve been in HR for any amount of time, you know that people want to hear about metrics. Whether it’s a vendor telling you about their metric heavy dashboard, a VP of Talent Acquisitions spouting the metrics she watches, or a recruiting admin trying to make sense of the numbers his boss is throwing at him, metrics are a big part of the job. Are you an #HR genius but unsure about what part metrics play?

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Women are more suited to leadership, but find it harder to reach the top

HR Zone

Future. Women find it 'harder to reach the top'

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Guide to Lean Hiring

It's undeniable: over the years, hiring processes have become more complex. In many ways, this shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, the work that most of us do has become more sophisticated But does complexity really lead to better, faster hires? Of course not. In fact, many smart organizations have started a trend, a return to simplicity, that allows them to compete for talent more efficiently. This trend is called lean hiring. Download the Guide to Lean Hiring and develop a systematic approach to recruiting that increases productivity while eliminating waste.