RecognizeThis!

MAY 28, 2015

by Traci Pesch. Recognize This! Leadership, involvement by all, and strong communications are critical to making recognition and appreciation part of the daily rhythm of work. During my career at Globoforce , I’ve had the pleasure of working with dozens of companies across nearly every industry type. One of my current customers is a great example of this. It’s important.

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Ultimate Software

MAY 28, 2015

We need to chat about our engagement. No, not the kind announced on Facebook. Employee engagement in the workplace. Only about a third of American workers consider themselves engaged, according to Gallup, and an alarming number (17.5%) have decided to spend their working hours actively disengaged. That’s the bad news. The good news is these numbers have actually improved. It’s a commitment.

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Capterra

MAY 28, 2015

TANSTAAFL is an unwieldy acronym. Pronounced “tanstahffle” it stands for, “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.”. The acronym was popularized by Robert Heinlein’s 1966 science fiction novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress , which is about a lunar revolution. To the inhabitants of the penal colony on the moon, not even the air they breathe is free. That “ free sample ” at the grocery store?

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HR Bartender

MAY 28, 2015

There’s an emerging theme I’m hearing about comparing companies to communities. heard it at the Great Place to Work conference and again at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo. If companies are communities, then it’s the obligation of businesses to take care of their community and to support their “members” (i.e., employees). Are they the same thing?

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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.

ATD Human Capital

MAY 28, 2015

Often, when people think about having a mentor or advisor, they think about connecting with the smartest, most advanced professional possible. This is a mistake. The best mentor for you depends on where you are in the learning continuum. Click here to read full version

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Dice

MAY 28, 2015

If you’re a tech pro, chances are pretty good you spend every day figuring out creative solutions to some very big problems. Does that make your job immune from automation? According to a new tool from NPR , the answer is a qualified “Yes.”. NPR’s Planet Money blog based its tool on a formula compiled by Oxford researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne in 2013. percent chance. automation

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Infographic Thursday: How to Develop a Culture of Safety in Your Office

Something Different

MAY 28, 2015

…So the business I support is coming up on its annual safety week. Ergo, this infographic is very timely for me and touches on some powerful statistics that should cause all of us all to pay careful attention to what we’re doing in the workplace (and how it impacts the well being of both ourselves and our peers). Thanks to Spark Hire for creating this infographic. Happy Thursday, Rory.

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The Four Keys to Bold HR: Lessons for the Year Ahead

Technology for Talent

MAY 28, 2015

We just finished our 8th annual IMPACT research conference in Florida, and our theme was Bold HR - pushing the envelope on talent and HR practices, reinventing what we do, and starting with a fresh sheet of paper. Let me start by saying that theme turned out to be perfect. Zenger Folkman research shows that business leaders who are "Bold" in their thinking (vs. Billion, 10-times sales.).

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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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nettime solutions

MAY 28, 2015

Payroll taxes are the federal, state, and local taxes that you, as an employer, are required to pay on behalf of employees. Therefore it's essential that employees accurately record hours worked. If you end up underpaying, there will be stiff penalties and interest. And if you're overpaying taxes, that's not a sound financial strategy for your business. Maybe you think you have an accurate system.

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Dice

MAY 28, 2015

Every so often, you’ll encounter a tech pro on a job hunt who’ll admit to sending dozens, even hundreds of resumes to prospective employers. Despite firing off all those emails and applications, however, the mystified tech pro wonders why none of those employers have reached out to schedule a job interview. There are several reasons why a resume carpet-bombing won’t return acceptable results.

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Total Employee Recognition

MAY 28, 2015

Have you noticed that many current reads, such as white papers, articles, and books, refer directly to emotion? It's not an accident; it's the framework of a movement regarding organizational employee engagement. You have probably come across terms like 'emotional paycheck', engagement, emotional bonding, and the importance of incorporating them into the workplace. Employee Engagement

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ClearCompany HRM

MAY 28, 2015

There has always been deluge of advice asking employers to treat their candidates like customers. In order to make a great candidate want to work at your company, you need to cater to their needs, make sure they feel special and offer them things like benefits, perks, and higher pay that your competitors don’t. Recruiting Onboarding

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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.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 28, 2015

It used to be a common perception that the Human Resources department in large companies was more sophisticated, more professional, and more forward-thinking than what you'd expect to find from HR in smaller companies. We all presumed that the "big guys" knew what they were doing. Remember the K-I-S-S principle ( keep it simple, stupid )?  The Evolution of Performance Appraisal.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 28, 2015

Have you ever had a bad test experience when applying for a job? If so, you’re in good company. Fact: Many hiring tests are limited in their ability to assess the right candidate and often lead to bad hiring and high turnover. This was recently the focus of an NPR story that looked at some of the new tests on the market that use big data and brain games. more…).

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The HR Capitalist

MAY 28, 2015

Had the pleasure of doing a webinar over at Fistful of Talent this week with my friend, Tim Sackett. The topic was "The New HR Math", which was a conversation about how the expectations of HR metrics are changing these days. Your goal is to think differently about the metrics you use before that person gets there - call it The New HR Math.  . Tim had a new one that I loved - Leadership Birth Rate.

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Achievers

MAY 28, 2015

Are you and your employees ready for summer? Maintaining employee engagement during summertime can be challenging. But you don’t need to resign yourself to a period of low productivity and motivation just because temperatures are rising. Try these employee perks to keep your team members in the game while also giving them a chance to enjoy the season. Flexible Work Schedules. Freebie Fridays.

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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?

Entelo

MAY 28, 2015

The notion of social recruiting has already enjoyed quite an illustrious lifecycle. It's been praised as the next big thing in recruitment, lambasted as a fad, and shrugged at as just another tool. But it's not as easy as tweeting out a link to your careers page or commenting on an old instagram. We tackled: Best use of social information in messaging. How UK talent views different social channels.

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Dice

MAY 28, 2015

Glassdoor recently offered a list of the best cities for jobs , based on hiring opportunities, affordability, and job satisfaction. Many of these cities, it bears noting, are growing tech hubs. Is there a connection there? Glassdoor’s top ten cities for jobs, in order, included: Raleigh, N.C. Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma City, Okla. Austin, Texas. Seattle, Wash. Salt Lake City, Utah. San Jose, Calif.

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How do you justify investment in HR technology when the ROI is not quantifiable?

FinancialForce

MAY 28, 2015

Guest post by Mike Maiorino, CEO and Founder of HRMS Solutions. With 24 years of dedication to the HR technology profession, he has earned a reputation for being a subject matter expert regarding HRMS software and SaaS solutions. As a FinancialForce partner and thought leader in the HR tech space, he’s here to help you get buy-in for your project. So how do you show this unquantifiable ROI? .

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Spark Hire

MAY 28, 2015

According to the late Steve Jobs, “You need to have a collaborative hiring process”, and if you’re hiring as a team (which you should be), seamless collaboration is key. Since hiring great people determines the success of an organization, getting more people involved and collaborating is important for coming to great hiring decisions. Work as a team. Get creative. Why is this? See the same thing.

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BALANCEview HR

MAY 28, 2015

For HR and compliance professionals looking for great EEO training and information, why not go to the source? The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Training Institute regularly hosts EEO training courses across the country.

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Workday

MAY 28, 2015

In today’s Workday Community Voices we talk to Dustin Cramer, director of financial planning & analysis at AAA Northern California, Nevada, & Utah, which provides automotive, insurance, and travel services to more than 4 million members. Cramer shares his thoughts on the power of data for future planning, the importance of telling the story behind the numbers, and advice he’d give his young self. What data and insights are most useful to you? For example, we wanted to find a way to lower the price of a membership. What are the three most important aspects of your job?

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HRWatchdog

MAY 28, 2015

In this era of smartphones and tablets, remote work creates off-the-clock liability issues. There is no longer a clear line in the sand signifying the end of a work day. Litigation has increased from nonexempt employees claiming that they were using their smartphones or other devices to do off-the-clock work after hours. If nonexempt employees check their work emails after hours, you are going to need to pay them for that time – overtime pay if they have now exceeded 8 hours in a workday. It’s a common occurrence; for example, an exempt vice-president emails her secretary late at night.

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Workforce Software

MAY 28, 2015

LIVONIA, Mich. May 28, 2015) – WHO: Kevin Choksi, co-founder and chief executive officer of WorkForce Software, a leading provider of workforce management solutions WHAT: Will be the featured guest on HRExaminer Radio, a weekly internet radio show that presents emerging ideas in HR and recruiting. WHEN: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. EDT (9:00. 2015 Interview Podcast

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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.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 28, 2015

I’m usually a big fan of Fast Company articles, but one recently seemed like the biggest contrived piece of new-aged garbage, and I just had to share! The article has a great premise: These Are The New Rules of Work. You know, it’s one of those articles that will show us all how we use to do work and how we now do work. more…).

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The Four Keys to Bold HR: Lessons for the Year Ahead

The Business of Talent

MAY 28, 2015

We just finished our 8th annual IMPACT research conference in Florida, and our theme was Bold HR - pushing the envelope on talent and HR practices, reinventing what we do, and starting with a fresh sheet of paper. Let me start by saying that theme turned out to be perfect. Zenger Folkman research shows that business leaders who are "Bold" in their thinking (vs. Billion, 10-times sales.).

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The Four Keys to Bold HR: Lessons for the Year Ahead

Technology for Talent

MAY 28, 2015

We just finished our 8th annual IMPACT research conference in Florida, and our theme was Bold HR - pushing the envelope on talent and HR practices, reinventing what we do, and starting with a fresh sheet of paper. Let me start by saying that theme turned out to be perfect. Zenger Folkman research shows that business leaders who are "Bold" in their thinking (vs. Billion, 10-times sales.).

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