Visier

MARCH 20, 2015

It can feel like preparing for a trip up Mount Everest. Along with gaining buy-in from people at all levels, turning your HR function into a well-oiled fact-based decision-making machine will require you to attain both some new hard and soft skills. And yet, research supports that it is well worth the effort. To identify those, you need to ask yourself and your colleagues some key questions.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

Editor’s Note:   Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Skills shortages in 2020 will rise to an entirely new level. And I’m not talking about  STEM skills , although they’re critical. Or the ability to speak multiple languages, which needs to be more common in the U.S. more…).

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RecognizeThis!

MARCH 20, 2015

by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! Deeper, more meaningful relationships with others are a fundamental driver of happiness. Today is the International Day of Happiness. Yes, that’s a thing.) Each year, a new area of focus is assigned to help us all achieve greater happiness and inspire the same in others. This year, the focus is on connections. The effects are devastating. agree.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

There are a lot of things that drive employees crazy, but here’s a big one: When management goes outside the organization and bypasses internal candidates when there is a position to fill. For some reason, business leadership fails to see how damaging it is to morale and company culture when everyone feels that people inside the organization are consistently passed over, for promotions or more interesting assignments, in favor of outsiders. In other words, somebody from the outside is better than anybody on the inside. more…). HR News & Trends

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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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HR Bartender

MARCH 20, 2015

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is from our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Kronos recently announced a partnership with SuccessFactors to bring HCM cloud solutions to small and midsize businesses. You can check out the details here. Enjoy the post!). Then another one. But seriously, technology helps us accomplish many things.

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Dice

MARCH 20, 2015

Wage satisfaction is slipping among IT professionals. According to Dice’s latest salary survey, only half of tech pros are happy with their compensation, and 37 percent believe they could find a new employer this year. If you like everything about your job except the pay, why not ask for a raise before you decide to jump ship? Gain Leverage. How do you get it? Pick the Right Time. Prove Your Worth.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

By Lori Armstrong Halber. In the words of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-MN, “Today, Congress voted to stop an unelected board of bureaucrats from trampling on the rights of America’s workers and job creators.”. 12, 2014 and scheduled to take effect next month, on April 14, 2015. more…).

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Thought(ful) Leadership

MARCH 20, 2015

By: Brittany Eppich Most people don''t have a clear idea of exactly where they want to take their career or which of their skills they should most focus on. Why is that? Is it because they are not being told by their leaders? Do those leaders even know the strengths of each of their team members? Most of these questions can be answered using a succession planning system. Read more by Brittany.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

Shortly after launching TLNT back in the summer of 2010, I wrote something that described Dave Ulrich as “an all-around HR Guru ” and that he was “one of the greatest HR thinkers of our generation.”. Well, I was probably a little too modest in my description of him. Yes,  Dave Ulrich  is as close as you get to an HR legend — and he’s a big reason why you need to attend TLNT’s  High Performance Workforce Summit  May 6-7 in Atlanta. more…). TLNT Events Conferences event high performance workforce High Performance Workforce Summit TLNT

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BALANCEview HR

MARCH 20, 2015

A commitment to professional growth, proper training, and an environment with open communication are all efforts employers should make to engage and retain employees. 15Five, a company providing web-based software to help managers and employees communicate, recently conducted a survey of 1,023 full-time employees. HR Training Employer Branding

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nettime solutions

MARCH 20, 2015

With the first day of spring we welcome sunshine (or hopes of it), the start of baseball, and time spent outdoors with friends and family. Among all of the carefree activities spring brings, is the more laborious spring-cleaning. For our personal lives, this means weeding out closets, finally organizing the garage, and clearing out the junk mail from our inboxes. Need to re-organize schedules?

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Dice

MARCH 20, 2015

Although the economy has improved over the past few quarters, economists and pundits have called out one aspect of it still in need of improvement: wages, which have largely stagnated despite the healthier labor market. STEM degrees has barely risen. While tech companies routinely blame the education system for that lack of workers, data from the U.S. Related Articles. Upload your resume.

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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.

QAspire

MARCH 20, 2015

You are a leader only when people who choose to follow you see you as a leader. Which means, it helps to see yourself through the eyes of those who have opted to believe in you. Then live the traits your tribe is looking for in their leader. While your greatness may be the starting point of influencing others, you don’t lead others by constantly showing them how great you are.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

By Eric B. Meyer. Got a busted bracket in your HR Department’s NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket pool? Well, according to this CareerBuilder.com survey , 1 in 7 U.S. workers planned to fill out a bracket in an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament office pool. Most likely to participate would be the folks in IT (40 percent), with senior management 50 percent more likely to participate than entry-level employees. more…). HR News & Trends Company culture HR News HR trends talent management

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11 Watchwords on the State and Future of Talent Management Analytics

DDI's Talent Management Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2015

Not just numbers. When we consider the words around talent data, we unleash the real power of analytics

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BizLibrary

MARCH 20, 2015

Coaching employees is a standard competency of management and leadership positions. Often times this skill is found to be an afterthought or only pointed out as a weakness when results are poor. Managers are critically important to the health of our organizations – there’s a ton of research to back it up. Great managers, usually have great relationships with their employees. They don’t think ‘I’. 

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 20, 2015

Sometimes even when people agree, and like, and respect each other, they can still find it frustrating to communicate. Both can be really smart, capable people, but they just don’t get each other — they drive each other crazy. The issue is that we all have our own preferred style of thinking and communicating. When we are lucky enough to get a match with our boss, life is easy. When we end up as opposites, the interactions can be highly stressful and annoying , leaving both parties scratching their heads about why this is so difficult. more…).

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Spark Hire

MARCH 20, 2015

In today’s job market, it’s important that we, as managers, understand how to speed up hiring for our organization.  No longer can we rely on top talent being available and waiting on us to make an offer.   As ERE points out , in today’s market, candidates rule and businesses need to be on their toes if they want to hire the best. Plan and Strategy for Hiring. Methods of Interviewing.

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SkillSurvey

MARCH 20, 2015

We wanted to shine a light on one of the most widely sought after—and frequently misunderstood – soft skills. Professionalism. Ask any employer if they think professionalism is important, and they’ll agree in a flash. Who would go out of their way to hire an unprofessional worker, right? Then ask the same employer to define professionalism. To say what it means in terms of the everyday behavior. To show how they would consider it, ahead of making a hire… Chances are they’ll need rather longer to come up with a response. Why professionalism’s so hard to pin down. Dressing appropriately?

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Why Job Hopping Hurts Your Retirement

TalentCulture

MARCH 20, 2015

Promise of a substantial salary hike by your current employer’s rival company, wooing you for some time to join its ranks, can be really enticing. After all who does not want to earn more? But, wait! Is it all worth it especially when it has not been even two years since you joined your present work-place? Don’t hop, instead save!! years. The figure has since come down to nearly 4.4 Face the music!

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Globoforce

MARCH 20, 2015

Today is the International Day of Happiness. In June 2012, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution declaring the 20th of March an International Day of Happiness , and inviting member states to “pursue the elaboration of additional measures that better capture the importance of the pursuit of happiness and well-being in development with a view to guiding their public policies.”

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 20, 2015

ERISA stands for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In short, this is the federal law that creates standards for retirement, health, and pension plans. Even though such plans are typically set up privately, employers that opt to offer them have an obligation to meet the requirements under ERISA when implementing their plans. Primary ERISA Provisions. Avoid conflicts of interest.

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What’s Better: Startups Or Established Companies?

TalentCulture

MARCH 20, 2015

“For my first job after school, is it better for me to work at a small company, like a startup, so I can get my hands dirty? Or a bigger, more established company, so I can build my resume?”. Some variation of this question is among the top three questions I’m asked by millennial job seekers today when I’m providing advice to our community of job seekers on FirmPlay. Ready? Development. Skills.

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Entelo

MARCH 20, 2015

Silicon Valley is notorious for being the homebase for many of the world''s largest tech companies and an ever-growing population of emerging startups. On another front, the hub for leading innovation is also known for its less-than-impressive diversity reports exposing the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the workforce. Recruiting Diversity

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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.

Ceridian

MARCH 20, 2015

Talent leaders worldwide have numerous disparate areas of focus, there’s one factor that’s drawing attention from just about all of them, and that’s employee engagement. Everyone wants to have a staff full of people who care about their jobs, work hard and are willing to stick with their current positions. In today’s environment, though, it’s […]. Employee Engagement corporate culture Deloitte employee development employee engagement employee productivity employee retention HR Human Capital Human resources Josh Bersin Leadership

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 20, 2015

March is Women’s History Month. Let’s face it, the business world has been dominated by men for too long. Episodes of Mad Men come to mind, where just 50 years ago the majority of women served as assistants or secretaries. Sure, we’ve made progress, but has it been fast enough? There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Kunin.

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Jelf

MARCH 20, 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has scrapped the planned September increase in fuel duty as part of his pre-election Budget, claiming families will save £10 every time they fill up their car as a result of the continued freeze in duty. Following on from an October blog  on the decreasing fuel prices, the chancellor pointed out, come April next year, fuel duty will have been frozen for five years.

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