TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 19, 2015

Just because the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession doesn’t mean that your talent mentality has also rebounded. Here are eight (8) signs you and your organization may be stuck in a talent time warp : (more…).

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The People Equation

MAY 19, 2015

Do employees really want to be engaged? If you define “employee engagement” as author Kevin Kruse does (“The emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals”), it’s likely that yes, all employees want to feel some level of connectedness to the work they do. Employees also must take on ownership for designing their level of satisfaction with their work. Wait, what?

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Spark Hire

MAY 19, 2015

Hiring can cost a pretty penny; hiring mistakes can cost even more. In fact, a bad hire can cost companies upwards of $50,000, according to a 2013 CareerBuilder study — that’s a lot of pennies. It’s not enough to base hiring decisions off of an interview alone. candidate who looks good on paper and aces the interview may turn out to be a bad fit for your company. Role Play. Telling Questions.

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New to HR

MAY 19, 2015

As implied by the term “ lean ”, this process involves taking current HR strategies and streamlining everything into an efficient, continually evolving section of the company. Because HR started as an idea that has solidified over time, there are still many issues within every company that prevent human resources from working at maximum efficiency.

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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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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 19, 2015

As technology continues to improve, the world seems to be getting smaller. More and more businesses are becoming international, whether it’s about doing business with or employing folks in other countries. One of the practices that always jumps out to me when working with international companies is how they handle maternity leave. One of my international partners recently had a baby girl.

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HR Bartender

MAY 19, 2015

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend the Great Place to Work conference in Dallas. It’s a terrific event that companies should check out – regardless of whether your organization aspires to be on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. And here’s why: We’re beginning to see a significant change in the labor market. There are fewer qualified candidates for job openings.

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Ultimate Software

MAY 19, 2015

Wherever you are right now reading this, I’d like you to take a minute and put on your consumer cap. Forget about your current role—manager, employee, parent, partner, friend—for a few moments and picture yourself in customer mode. Imagine you’re at your favorite coffee shop (you may actually be there right now). You just parted with some time and money in exchange for a refreshing beverage.

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ChristopherinHR

MAY 19, 2015

Habits become us. I’ve just taken the next step in my career. Throughout my worklife I’ve been incredibly fortunate working with some incredibly intelligent and creative people. Starting with P&G, then Dell, Apple and The Home Depot, I found people … Continue reading → Talent The Office beliefs character habits people practice team values work

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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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Workday

MAY 19, 2015

Carole Watkins is chief human resources officer for Cardinal Health, a large healthcare services company and Workday customer since 2009. Watkins has more than 30 years’ HR experience across multiple industries, serving in her current role for the past 10 years. What’s the biggest challenge facing your profession today? alone. The workforce is also dramatically changing.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 19, 2015

If a new recruit is required to relocate, it can be a daunting process—don’t lose him or her right off the bat! In today’s Advisor, Jeff Ellman, cofounder and president of relocation management software provider UrbanBound, offers tips for employers on retaining relocated employees—and ensuring that recruitment efforts aren’t in vain. High employee turnover rates can wreak havoc on your business.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MAY 19, 2015

ManpowerGroup’s 10th annual Talent Shortage Survey is out , and it  reveals that 32 percent of U.S. employers report difficulties filling job vacancies due to talent shortages. This marks a decrease of 8 percent, down from 40 percent in 2014. Globally, the percentage of employers experiencing difficulties continued to rise, increasing from 36 percent in 2014 to 38 percent this year. more…).

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Halogen Talent Managment

MAY 19, 2015

Whether or not the way SHRM rolled out its new competencies and its subsequent SHRM-CP and SCP certifications is popular, the message is clear: the HR profession is in the midst of an overhaul… and HR needs a plan! Cathy Missildine shares how HR can transition from transactional management to business leadership and strategy

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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.

Jelf

MAY 19, 2015

You insure all of your physical assets, your premises, IT equipment and vehicles; surely it will follow that you’ll want to protect your most important asset… your people? It’s all too easy to focus on tangible assets when you consider risk management. Alex Rowe, former joint MD of laundry firm Cornish Linen Service Group, knows all too well how important it is to protect your business’ people.

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Total Employee Recognition

MAY 19, 2015

What's a Connection Culture? Do you rely on managers and leaders to form the own your company culture , or does HR or your employees carry that responsibility? The bigger question is what is the difference between a manager and a leader? Aren’t they the same thing?These These two words are commonly interchanged in error, but their meanings are entirely different.

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Dice

MAY 19, 2015

It’s May, which means students everywhere have been scouring websites, meeting with company recruiters on campus, attending hackathons, and generally doing everything in their collective power to land that first post-graduation job. But if the viable job leads have been few and far between, never fear: You have time to regroup and try a new strategy. Hot Topics. What do employers want right now?

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Where Do Candidates Come From?

China Gorman

MAY 19, 2015

There is a robust conversation in the talent arena about “candidate experience” led largely by Gerry Crispin and Elaine Orler , founders of the Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards (#CandE). There are lots of opinions about whether ensuring that candidates for hire have a high quality experience is meaningful. Some think the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

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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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HR Times

MAY 19, 2015

Team leaders should own this process. Posted by Nathan Sloan  on May 19, 2015. When 90 percent of 3,300 business and HR leaders surveyed don’t believe performance management is a good use of their time (see Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2015 report), a desire for change is apparent — and it’s underway. We recognize that organizations differ in type of work, culture, etc. Related links.

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How to Build the Perfect Workplace

Great Place to Work

MAY 19, 2015

The secret to attracting and holding onto the world’s best talent isn’t about the perks—it’s about relationships. We are constantly inundated with content about the Millennial generation, much of which either criticizes or applauds this generation, expresses their potential for success, or asserts the likelihood that they will "fail" (ironically, research shows that the Millennial generation is the most stressed of any generation). Whatever direction the subject may take, though, the bottom line is that there's a huge amount of content being generated and consumed, about this generation. Blog

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Building Good Habits Within Teams

Something Different

MAY 19, 2015

This morning I read a great piece from the HR Capitalist Kris Dunn on the utility of flash performance reviews. As I’ve written before , every behavior has an associated antecedent (trigger), and consequence (which can be either a negative outcome or reward). The antecedent, following behavior and resulting consequence ultimately sum to form a habit. This is easier said than done though, yes?

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Dice

MAY 19, 2015

Today’s software development often requires working with multiple tools in a variety of languages. The complexity can give even the most skilled developer a nasty headache, which is why many try to rely on Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to accomplish most of the work; in addition to source-code editors and automation, some even feature intelligent code completion. The List.

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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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CareerCo Today

MAY 19, 2015

Keeping the lines of communication open with prospective job candidates in real-time can really optimize the hiring process. The post HR On-Demand: How Connecting with Job Candidates Instantly Will Change the Way You Do Your Job appeared first on CareerCo Today. Online Recruitment Marketing

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Looking to the Future for Total Rewards

HRE's The Leader Board

MAY 19, 2015

It’s been 15 years since the American Compensation Association changed its name to WorldatWork, reflecting the group’s decision to increase its footprint beyond the world of compensation and embrace a broader total-rewards approach. This year, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based based HR association celebrates its 60 th anniversary. And with that milestone comes a revamped total-rewards model. ”).

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Compensation Today

MAY 19, 2015

Crystal Spraggins, SPHR Unless you’re about to drop a load of cash on someone, money talks can be tense. What’s more, according to PayScale’s 2015 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR), nearly a third of companies don’t regularly perform market and compensation analysis, and most (57.1 percent) don’t train managers to have tough conversations with employees about compensation. The end result?

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“To Be, or Not to Be Technical? That is the Question.”

DDI's Talent Management Intelligence

MAY 19, 2015

As technology speeds along and more jobs require specialized skill sets, competency models must adapt to stay relevant

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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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Ask a Manager

MAY 19, 2015

If you feel like you don’t have enough control over your time, the problem might not be your calendar – it might be the way you’re looking at the situation. After all, even with an overscheduled calendar, you’re still making decisions about how to spend your time and how not to spend it. At Intuit QuickBase’s Fast Track blog today, I talk about how to make better decisions about how you do and don’t spend your time. You can read it here. how to regain control of your time and get more done was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. work habits

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Culture University

MAY 19, 2015

Most organizations are striving to help their employees improve their health and well-being. While intuitively, this makes sense – healthier employees are certainly happier and more productive – it’s also a sound strategy from a business perspective. recent study from Limeade and Quantum Workplace shows that when employees believe their employer cares about their […].

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I told my boss to F off, thanking my office for a birthday card I never received, and more

Ask a Manager

MAY 19, 2015

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. told my boss to F off. Last night, some of my coworkers and my boss were at a dinner for a coworker who is getting married. My boss told us earlier that day that she would pay for dinner but not drinks (alcoholic drinks) because it was not a work event. As the night went on, some coworkers and my boss were at the end of the dinner table talking and laughing. My feelings were very hurt because it took a long time to get to know this woman. I don’t want to start over. started to get angry, so I went to the bathroom. Any advice?

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