TriNet

JANUARY 4, 2016

This post is part of the TriNet ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. Midsize companies can start 2016 with some welcome news from the government! The IRS. Visit site for full story. Affordable Care Act ACA

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 4, 2016

Maintaining a competitive advantage in this marketplace can be challenging. Despite the booming HR tech industry and advances in HR management, bad hires, low performers and toxic employees somehow make their way onto the payroll and wreak havoc on company resources. That’s where. Quality of Hire. comes in, but defining the term and having the means to measure it don’t come easy. Quality of Hire

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Do Your Employees Grow or Go?

Decision-Wise

JANUARY 4, 2016

Lack of opportunity for personal growth or career development is the number-one reason that employees leave a company. So what’s it like in your organization? Do your employees grow or go? According to a survey by Glassdoor and Harris Interactive, more applicants—52 percent—wanted to hear about growth opportunities when interviewing for a job than about any other perk. Errors happen.

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Technology as Enabler of 2016 HR Trends: Personalized Learning and Transparency

TalentCulture

JANUARY 4, 2016

Recently, I published an article on some of the major disruptions happening in the workplace and the role that technology has played (is playing) in enabling or inspiring innovative HR programs. This article serves as an extension (or “Part Two”) to that piece: Technology: The Enabling Force Awakening HR as a Strategic Partner In 2016. Let’s take continuous feedback as an example. Goal planning.

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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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Dice

JANUARY 4, 2016

Full-time tech pros work an average of 52 hours per week, according to a recent survey by SpiceWorks , with 18 percent saying they log 60 or more hours. While most professionals are willing to work hard in order to pursue a career in tech, they would like to have at least some say over when they work. But negotiating a flexible schedule with a new employer is often easier said than done.

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Halogen Talent Managment

JANUARY 4, 2016

Many of us are puzzled trying to solve this engagement equation: Work + ? Employee Engagement. What variable must we add to work to increase engagement? The puzzle has offered a vast and confusing array of suggestions and solutions. In this post, I'll guide you through some of the proposed solutions, and encourage you at the end to write your own equation to solve employee engagement

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 4, 2016

Even though every talented person who ever left one job for another told their employer it was “for the money,” money is rarely the real reason anyone quits. Best Practices Contracts, Hiring & Firing HR Insights HR Management HR Trends Resignation Talent Management Featured

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Insperity

JANUARY 4, 2016

In 2014, nearly 43 percent of all discrimination complaints filed nationwide with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused employers of retaliation. And according to the EEOC, the number of findings based on a retaliation claim is outpacing other types of discrimination. What is retaliation-based discrimination? The EEOC uses three main terms to discuss retaliation.

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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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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 4, 2016

One of the most fulfilling things for me over the holidays is watching the TV marathon. Best Practices Culture HR Communications HR Insights HR Management Leadership Organizational Leadership Talent Management Workforce

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 4, 2016

It’s funny how profoundly our mood affect us. We can go from feeling like we could conquer the world, to feeling like we’ve been conquered in a matter of moments. I had one of those dramatic swings last week when I was settling down to work at a local Starbucks. Long story short….spilling spilling coffee on your MacBook Air can change your mood…and your plans for the next few days…fairly quickly.

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marenated HR

JANUARY 4, 2016

HR is relevant and necessary even for startups. It’s difficult to manage the paperwork, the compliance forms, even something as (seemingly) simple as recruiting and hiring becomes another burden. So, HR is important even for startups. While Red Branch Media has never surpassed the 20-employee mark, we HAVE implemented some great processes around HR, because, well…we have to! Compliance?

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HR Hardball

JANUARY 4, 2016

The Secret to Creating a Bi-Winning Employee Engagement Strategy. ‘Bi-winning’, a term popularized by actor Charlie Sheen , means winning on the ultimate level. Bi-winning is “winning here, and winning there”. And I am about to share with you the secret to a bi-winning employee engagement strategy. Yes, a strategy that is winning here, and winning there. And that means a win for everyone.

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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.

In 2016, Let’s Make Work Culture Great

CultureIQ

JANUARY 4, 2016

It’s the first work day of the new year, so together, let’s resolve to make work culture even better in 2016. Here are a few tenets to keep in mind along the way: Work smarter, not harder. These days there are many tools available to capitalize on efficiency. Talent leaders no longer have to be mind readers to learn what their employees think about the workplace. The best way to gain insight on where your employees stand is by going straight to the horse’s mouth.  Survey your team to see how they feel about the current climate of the workplace and what needs attention.

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Spark Hire

JANUARY 4, 2016

The hiring process is constantly evolving to fit the ever-changing needs of job seekers and the latest technologies and innovations — at least, it should be. Text-heavy job ads, outdated screening tactics, and run-of-the-mill interview questions aren’t going to help you land today’s highly sought-after talent. What aspects of your hiring process need an update? What’s the solution?

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Compensation Today

JANUARY 4, 2016

Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger In a bold move, KPMG, a global professional services firm, has opted to dump its annual employee engagement surveys for good—relying on the theory that annual employee surveys are passé and real-time data is the new way of measuring the true engagement level. It's time to get real about employee engagement , by using the right tool for the job.

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TalentWise

JANUARY 4, 2016

TalentWise and Jobaline announce their partnership and integrated solution for seamless hiring of hourly workers with a great candidate experience

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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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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 4, 2016

Every year, around this time, people look back at what happened in the past year and ahead to the next. Future of HR HR Insights HR Management HR Trends Recruiting Talent Management Featured

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Outmatch

JANUARY 4, 2016

Infographic: Are You Among the Best-In-Class? Ask 10 Questions to Find Out. In a recent Aberdeen report on pre-hire assessments, analysts say that successful hiring all comes down to job fit—a great fit will aid the company’s overall endeavors, while a bad fit will miss the mark. Have you mastered the art and science of job fit? How to overcome barriers like lack of budget or buy-in by proving ROI.

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O.C. Tanner

JANUARY 4, 2016

If you’re looking for a job in the United States, now is the time. It’s a job-hunters market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , there were 5.5 million job openings in September. Predictions show that trend will continue in 2016. With an increasing demand to find talent, recruiting and onboarding strategies often focus on the mechanics behind getting talent in the door.

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Four time management techniques to boost your productivity in 2016

Replicon

JANUARY 4, 2016

Want to manage your time effectively in 2016? We outline four of the most popular techniques to help increase your productivity. Blog tags: Corporate

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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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OmegaHR Solutions

JANUARY 4, 2016

Happy new year from the IRS. In a move sure to brighten the outlook for many employers, the IRS has delayed the necessity of supplying forms to individuals and the IRS until March or later. The new time frame. Employers were to have provided the 2015 Form 1095-B, Health Coverage, and the 2015 Form 1095-C, Employer Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage to individuals by February 1, 2016.

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RiseSmart

JANUARY 4, 2016

As the New Year approaches, we’re taking a look back at the 2015 employment landscape to identify trends in job creation and hiring, layoffs, and mergers and acquisitions. After extensive research, we’ve complied data that leads us to one comprehensive conclusion: Layoffs appear to be here to stay. The Good News. For instance, in 2009, 15.3 million people faced unemployment. million people.

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Achievers

JANUARY 4, 2016

Gone are the days of poor working conditions, grueling hours, and no benefits. In recent years, companies have seen the importance of offering quality perks for their employees. This realization has spawned a steadily building competition among companies as they try to out-perk other employers. Perks and benefits also play a role in improving employee retention rates and satisfaction.

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HRchitect

JANUARY 4, 2016

Written by: Scott McGrail. Every project requires that there be a high level of understanding present regarding stakeholders. Seems simple enough; who sponsored the project? Who is on the project team? True enough, but are there other people in the organization undergoing the change that are impacted or at least perceive that they are impacted by the undertaking? Who are the advocates? Opponents?

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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.

Newmeasures

JANUARY 4, 2016

    Steve Grant was always full of wisdom and challenging us to be better leaders. He wrote this blog shortly before he passed in December, 2015. When you realize the odds of dying

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Blogging 4 Jobs

JANUARY 4, 2016

What are you afraid of? Why are you afraid of it? What will it take to eliminate your fear? Those are questions you should ask yourself today, while the year is still new and before you finalize your 2016 plans and resolutions. Fear of the unknown, of failure and ridicule are common. And, if they’re persistent, they’ll prevent you from meeting your full potential. Mental. Physical. Professional.

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Hoops

JANUARY 4, 2016

It’s the start of the new year which means simultaneously reflecting on the past and looking to the future. And there’s no better time than now to think about ways to improve your hiring process. Here are some tools to help you examine your talent pipeline, revise your workflow, and position your company for greater success in 2016. READ THIS BOOK. CHECK OUT THIS POST. SCAN THIS INFOGRAPHIC.

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