Dice

JULY 27, 2016

In 2013, Google ended its policy of asking off-the-wall questions during interviews. Strange chestnuts such as, “You’re shrunk down to the size of a dime and placed in a blender. You have one minute to get out before it’s turned on. What do you do?” were put out to pasture. Unlike Google, a lot of organizations still think a curveball has value. Either way, you’ll have to finesse an answer.

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HRchitect

JULY 27, 2016

Written by: Chris Henien. Companies often asking themselves, “What more can we do for our employees?” Many times they overlook the use of Mobile Applications that have been on the rise for quite some time now, and employees are beginning to expect mobile access in all facets of their lives. Timesheets. Benefits. Work Scheduling. Payroll. Retirement Planning.

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HRE's The Leader Board

JULY 27, 2016

While performance rating systems are still the norm at many organizations, it’s not really that surprising to hear that a company has abandoned the concept. But it’s a little more noteworthy when that company is General Electric, an organization that helped pioneer the practice. based conglomerate has eliminated the famous (infamous?) forced-ranking system championed by former CEO Jack Welch.

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HR Morning

JULY 27, 2016

It never ceases to amaze what kinds of social media posts employees feel are OK. How could this man have possibly thought it was appropriate to post this while on FMLA leave? . It was a picture of him swimming off the island of St. Martin. And it was taken and posted when he was on extended medical leave to recuperate from … get this … shoulder surgery! So, naturally, he was fired.

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Pomello

JULY 27, 2016

Why Millenials Matter. Businesses today have to keep up with the rapid pace of technological development and globalization , but they also have to understand the needs and preferences of a changing workforce, the Millennials. Already, many of us have entered the job market, and by 2025 we will make up 75% of the workforce. What about our fresh ideas and adaptability? What Millennials Want.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 27, 2016

How much do you really know about your employees’ professional goals? With the fast pace of today’s business world, many managers opt for a simple “How are you doing/how’s the workload going” weekly, biweekly or even monthly check in. Performance & Personality Performance Management Productivity Retention & Engagement Featured

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TalentCulture

JULY 27, 2016

Stress kills. And sadly, this is not hyperbole. Job-related pressures are among the biggest sources of stress for American adults, and it’s getting progressively worse, year over year. Chronic, high levels of job stress can lead to increased rates of heart attack, hypertension, chronic pain, as well as other disorders. Every industry has its unique stressors. And I doubt you do. Play fair.

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Zoho People

JULY 27, 2016

Our biggest release ever brings multichannel sales, a brand-new email client for salespeople, a marketplace where developers can connect with end users, and much more.  . Over the past couple of years, we’ve been hard at work crafting the new version of our flagship CRM product. This is far and away the biggest release in Zoho’s history – and we’re pretty proud of it.

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OmegaHR Solutions

JULY 27, 2016

OSHA has radically restricted the use of drug testing in post accident situations. Earlier this month I wrote a post called Safety Incentive plans are now a thing of the past! In that post I told you about a number of issues that OSHA now considers acts of retaliation by employers, and as we all know retaliation is against the law. wanted to explore this in a bit more detail. New procedure.

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Dice

JULY 27, 2016

The post What’s Your Ideal Tech Salary? Take This Quiz. appeared first on Dice Insights. Fun app Dice Quiz salary

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TalentCircles

JULY 27, 2016

When asked what single metric is most valuable in tracking their recruiting team’s performance, talent leaders say that quality of hire is what matters most. This is according to LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2016 report. Some suggestions for better measurement strategies when it comes to quality of hire include replacing standard job descriptions with performance objectives.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 27, 2016

During election season, it’s hard not to think about politics in the office. Often viewed as negative , and associated with being false or inauthentic; office politics doesn’t have to be a dirty word. In fact, those that are politically savvy will find they are more successful.

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Employees today want more than a steady, well-paid job at a promising company. In this competitive job market, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit, retain, and motivate top talent. Yet, they continue to rely on outdated employee engagement strategies that no longer work. As pressures increase from an evolving workforce, organizations from startups to enterprises must prioritize employment engagement now more than ever.

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Paycor

JULY 27, 2016

96% of U.S. employees receive their paycheck via direct deposit, according to an American Payroll Association survey. There are many benefits of having direct deposit: saving employees a trip to the bank, reducing employer costs on paper checks and cutting down on paper waste. But can this useful, popular deposit method be a requirement for your employees? Employees have a unique, secure login.

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SuccessFactors

JULY 27, 2016

In the world of talent acquisition, it is all about hiring the  right  person at the  lowest  cost and at the right  time. After talking to numerous global companies in a myriad of industries, it has become clear that recruitment has unfortunately become an afterthought. Sourcing and recruiting are done as needs come up, and there are very few repeatable processes or procedures in place. Interviews are done differently every time, based on interviewers’ skills, experience, and domain knowledge. Add to that scenario the hiring manager’s needs and inputs. Level #2 — Repeatable. millennials).

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O.C. Tanner

JULY 27, 2016

In this session of the Great Work Insights Podcast, Todd Nordstrom speaks with Dennis Koutoudis, CEO and founder of LinkedSuperPowers. Koutoudis is an internationally recognized LinkedIn profile makeover specialist. What would future customers think of this? 10:50 – How important is it to keep your LinkedIn profile up-to-date? 14:42 – Who should you link and not link to?

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Ceridian

JULY 27, 2016

By Paul Sandusky, Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Ceridian. Whether you’re in Talent Acquisition or a business unit leader, if you work for a growing company you’re going to hire a lot of people. If you have a good recruiting process most of the hires will be strong. But you will make some mistakes. It is simply inevitable. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Do two things: one, learn from your mistakes so you don’t make them again, and two, correct your mistakes early. Today I’d like to talk about the latter because my experience is that this is the tougher of the two. That’s all you need.

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About Human Resources

JULY 27, 2016

Want to annoy your HR manager - or conversely, avoid behavior that will make your HR manager unhappy? Here are actions and behaviors you'll want to avoid

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HR Morning

JULY 27, 2016

This year, employers may be surprised to find the penalty for failing to file a Form 5500 jumped all the way to $2,063 per day (up from $1,100). But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  . That’s because, for the first time since 2003, the DOL adjusted the penalties for violations of federal laws like ERISA, the FLSA, FMLA and even OSHA. What you’ll be fined now.

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Get Hppy

JULY 27, 2016

Is your employee scheduling costing your business money? You may not realize this but poor scheduling can lead to an increase in employee turnover. For instance, if you have employees making $30,000 or less, you can expect to pay 16% of their annual salary just to find a replacement. If they make $50,000 or less, that cost increases to 20%. Why is this important? million employees per month.

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HR Morning

JULY 27, 2016

As you know, one of the worst mistakes a company can make when promoting someone is getting a technically savvy person in a management position who has absolutely no leadership skills … or training to support them. . This type of mistake can be costly, although it may initially make some sense. After all, you’ve promoted the most qualified person on paper to the position. When trust is missing: A tragic example. team of 16 men were deployed to fight a wildfire in Minnesota in 1949. He’d been fighting fires for years and naturally took the leadership position. Design. Evaluate.

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my manager says that most people are too good to stay in my job for long

Ask a Manager

JULY 27, 2016

A reader writes: I have been at my job for 2.5 years. member of my team recently quit, and my manager asked me to participate in the hiring process to replace her. Since then, she has said a few things that I perceive as hurtful and insulting towards me and my job. During the first round of interviews, she talked to me about the difficulties about the hiring process. She told me about the round in which I was hired and said there was an excellent candidate who interviewed extremely well. She opted not to hire him because “he was so great he would have been gone in six months.” So ask.

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Compensation Today

JULY 27, 2016

Performance management is definitely undergoing a midlife crisis; it’s time for it to reinvent itself. For the past few HR and compensation conferences I’ve attended, the question has been heavy in the air: what are you doing about your performance process? Most agree that the processes are slow and cumbersome , out of date , ineffective , broken. Upgrading performance processes.

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my company asks personal, invasive questions about your childhood and adolescence

Ask a Manager

JULY 27, 2016

A reader writes: I’ve been working for the past three years at a large global organization. After three interviews, I was brought on board for a one-year trial period, a common situation for junior staff, and I was recommended to go through the formal hiring process at the end of that first year. Thus began a series of additional interviews, all of which had more to do with my childhood rather than my qualifications for the job. I was 24 years old at the time, and working in a program coordinator position. ” to “What did your parents do? What did you talk about as a family?”

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HR Gazette

JULY 27, 2016

The TA TECH Conference & Expo is 100% dedicated to talent acquisition technology and strategy and has a single goal: Optimizing the RECRUITER Experience™. Here’s your chance to tell the people who develop talent acquisition products and services what’s working, what’s not and what you need most. Check out TATECH Conference and register today to get your free hotel room.

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Comparing presidential candidates’ tax reform plans

CBIZ

JULY 27, 2016

With the Republican National Convention fresh in voters’ minds, and the Democratic National Convention kicking off this week, all eyes are on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as constituents watch for any detail in the candidates’ proposed policies that could sway their vote. Among the hotly debated topics this campaign season is, not surprisingly, tax reform.

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The Tim Sackett Project

JULY 27, 2016

We love to cover our ass in HR. It’s actually in The HR Rule Book, page 1, first paragraph: “Like our brothers and sisters in the Real Estate game, we all have really only one rule to live by. They live by, “Location, location, location” In HR we live by, “Document, document, document”  . Documentation is great until it’s not! That contradicted claims by the party and the Clinton campaign that the process was open and fair for her leading challenger, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Let me start by saying this isn’t a political post. But, no!

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Hoops

JULY 27, 2016

BusinessDictionary.com defines a job description  as a “…general written statement of a specific job… includes duties, purpose, responsibilities, scope, and working conditions of a job…” . Job descriptions are vital because they help identify ideal matches for your job openings, and they are necessary to create postings on websites like Indeed or Monster.com. Here are 3 easy steps you can take. 1.

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 27, 2016

One of my readers had her boss announce that everyone would receive low ratings because there wasn’t money for raises. This is not how this should work. Unfortunately, not every company HR and/or Finance department has half a clue. Hint: You should hire someone with a clue. It’s worth the cash.) To read, click here: I’m a Great Performer, So Why Does My Performance Rating Stink

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