TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 19, 2015

Competition for talent is fierce, and today companies, are pulling out all the stops to attract new employees. From strong rewards programs to competitive salaries, employers are rising to the challenge to make their businesses stand out from the rest. more…). Talent Management Best practices Company culture Engagement HR communications HR management Onboarding talent management

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Dice

MARCH 19, 2015

If you’ve toyed with the idea of becoming a consultant, this could be a good time to make your move. With the economy improving and tech employers facing far more projects than there are professionals to complete them, those with the right skills and even a modest amount of experience should be able to find as much work as they want, recruiters suggest. based recruiter WinterWyman. Who’s Hottest.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 19, 2015

By Eric B. Meyer. The National Labor Relations Board issued a report this week from General Counsel Richard Griffin, Jr. replete with examples of how your employee handbook is overly broad and violates the National Labor Relations Act. The purpose of the report is to educate employers, with recent case developments, on what can and cannot be included in an employee handbook. more…).

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Dice

MARCH 19, 2015

For the past ten years, developers and tech pros have made a game of comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL , with the latter seen by many as technically superior. Those who support PostgreSQL argue that its standards support and ACID compliance outweighs MySQL’s speed. Meanwhile, PostgreSQL not only got faster, it also added JSON, making it one of the few relational databases to also support NoSQL.

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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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The People Equation

MARCH 19, 2015

“Every leader has exponential opportunity for influence,” writes Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen CEO Cheryl Bachelder in her book Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others. Considering that Bachelder believes that we all have the opportunity to lead at some point in our lives (at home, in the community or at work), this means we all can be influential. Are you providing it to them?

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The Language of Great Leadership

Great Place to Work

MARCH 19, 2015

Great leaders strive to connect with their teams through clear communication The words we use in everyday conversation reveal a lot about who we are. Most of us have broad vocabularies, but rely on a core set of go-to words that regularly pop up in most of our discussions. Has a family member ever coined a particular word as a “-ism”? If so, then you understand the concept. Blogs

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New to HR

MARCH 19, 2015

You don?''t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. ?- Ken Kesey. Leading is about more than simply giving orders. It is more than just telling people what to do and when. People do not just want someone to tell them what to do, how to do it, or when. That is the job of a boss. Leaders, on the other hand let people know how and why.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

MARCH 19, 2015

This week, our postal carrier delivered a controversial piece of mail to the house. The mail was addressed to a man whose name I didn’t recognize, but we’ve gotten mail that wasn’t ours before, so I didn’t find that to be terribly unsettling. What set the alarm off in my head was the sender, which happened to be the Pennsylvania State Police. more…).

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Entelo

MARCH 19, 2015

There are a few indicators of when a candidate is about to say no to an offer you’ve extended to them, and rather than running in circles waiting on someone stuck in the perpetual state of “maybe”, there are ways to identify someone who’s about to fall out of your funnel. Avoid breaking the hiring process and heed caution around candidates who express these behaviors after you’ve extended an offer.

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 19, 2015

While we may assume that all employees would appreciate more money, it’s not the only way to provide recognition and thanks for a job well done. In fact, many employees would prefer to have their efforts recognized in other ways. And from a practical standpoint, there often isn’t enough money in the budget to use extra compensation as the primary form of employee recognition. Nonmonetary Options.

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Trust Matters

MARCH 19, 2015

A big Trust Matters welcome to Ago Cluytens , whose guest blogpost follows. Ago is not only a sales expert, but also a past buyer of B2B and consultative services–he has worked both sides of the sales street. Ago is also Practice Director EMEA for  RainGroup , a highly respected sales training, consulting and research organization. How to position yourself as a trusted advisor. Your behavior.

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Tips To Make Time For Employee Engagement

TalentCulture

MARCH 19, 2015

Employee Engagement: individual’s investment of wisdom, skills, energies, creativity and time in the work assigned. This is the last of 5 articles exploring specifics of employee engagement. We’ve examined  Wisdom ,  Skills ,   Energies   and Creativity. Using Time as a factor in employee engagement is more than merely “time management.” ” Let’s see how. Savor Time.

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Peoplefluent

MARCH 19, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015 :00am. Five Reasons Why Talent Management Executives Should Watch March Madness! By Frank Moreno. The 2015 NCAA basketball tournament (a.k.a. March Madness) officially starts today. Read More » read more

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 19, 2015

No, I’m not talking about Boston’s weather this winter.   I’m talking about the much discussed new employee benefit that Apple and Facebook just introduced.   Egg freezing. Just so everyone understands what it is the scientific name is Oocyte Cryopreservation.  It allows women to freeze and store their eggs until they want to start their families. But let’s look at the flip side of this.  and M.S.

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Total Employee Recognition

MARCH 19, 2015

Are You Earning Recognition Points? It seems that I receive offers to redeem the points I’ve earned from my credit card, frequent flier program, or my grocery store daily. Organizations have wisely found that customer loyalty programs drastically increase customer engagement within their brand. Employee Recognition

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Jelf

MARCH 19, 2015

The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) says the banking industry is being put under threat by online vulnerabilities within other types of businesses, prompting it to call for greater co-operation to combat cybercrime. global threat. “The banking industry cannot solve this by itself and the public sector cannot solve this on its own,” he stressed. Source: Business reporter.

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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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Workforce Software

MARCH 19, 2015

LIVONIA, Mich. March 19, 2015) – WHO: Jonathan Corke, director of Communications for WorkForce Software, a leading provider of workforce management solutions, and Todd Humber, associate publisher and managing editor of Canadian HR Reporter WHAT: Will present a complimentary webinar titled, “Canadian Time Off and Leave Policies – Where Do You Stand?”

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Symbolist

MARCH 19, 2015

You’ve done the work. You’ve found your new hire. You’ve done the paperwork and you’re ready to bring them “on board.” Now what? Congratulations – you’ve “oriented” your new hire. But you may be missing something really important. Something that we at Symbolist like to call – the human factor. We do that when we talk with clients about how to manage culture through reward systems. Should You?

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Spark Hire

MARCH 19, 2015

When you take a look at the changes in business and best practices for hiring , things have changed drastically over the years.  No longer can we drag our feet and take our time going through the hiring process as we please.  Doing this affects many things from your business profit to your chance at adding top talent to your team. Profit and production. Limited Talent. Best Hiring Practices

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Diversity, Leadership and Performance: i4cp Report

HRE's The Leader Board

MARCH 19, 2015

In HRE ’s most-recent annual “What Keeps HR Executives Up at Night” survey, HR leaders ranked attracting and retaining diverse talent sixth on their list of top concerns, just below driving culture change and aligning people practices to business. But that said, there’s also little question employers have a lot more work to do on this front. Share on Facebook Twitter It!

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Workday

MARCH 19, 2015

Hitting milestone birthdays causes reflection on where we''ve come from and anticipation of where we are going. For me, 2015 has double the impact as Workday just turned 10 and I turn. well, it ends in a zero. So I am deep into reflecting and anticipating. First, reflection: My professional life for the past decade has centered on our Workday Financial Management application. Some might surmise that Workday began as a human resources application provider that added financials years later, but that''s not accurate.

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Ohio Employer's Law

MARCH 19, 2015

Last week, two different California federal judges reached the same conclusion in two different lawsuits brought against two different ride-hailing companies, Uber and Lyft. Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc. and Cotter v. Lyft, Inc. are putative class actions alleging that the drivers of each company are employees, and not, as the companies claim, independent contractors. In each case, the judge concluded that the issue was too close to call on summary judgment, and punted the issue for a jury to decide.

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The HR Capitalist

MARCH 19, 2015

Quick thought today: If part of employee engagement is your employee feeling like they''re in a perfect job for where they''re at in their career, then. One of the most important things you can do with any open position is to NOT overshoot your target. In my experience, it''s probably better to hire someone who''s a 80% match for the job but has demonstrated ability to be a quick learner. Maybe.

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Ceridian

MARCH 19, 2015

The nationwide economy is currently seeing slow and steady improvement, and that can only mean good news for job seekers. Americans are finding themselves richer now than they were during the economic downturn of the late 2000s, and that means increased consumer spending and more prosperity among businesses – which, of course, means more hiring. […]. Recruitment & Talent Management employee compensation employee retention job market Job seeker Jobvite mobile recruiting SHRM

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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

MARCH 19, 2015

Periodically I talk to people who are thinking about reporting a concern about a coworker to their boss but worry that they’ll be seen as “tattling.” ” So where’s the line with tattling at work — what’s okay and what isn’t? The first thing to know is this: There’s no such thing as tattling in the workplace. Tattling is a concept from kindergarten. It doesn’t apply to adults. So you should drop it from your thinking altogether. When something isn’t just mildly annoying but has a real impact, a good boss wants to know about it.

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nettime solutions

MARCH 19, 2015

The federal wage and hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), does not require lunch or coffee breaks. But when you do offer short breaks, the FLSA considers the breaks as compensable work hours. Therefore, these breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), are included in the total of hours worked during the workweek –– and should be considered in determining if overtime was worked.

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my manager’s boss interferes with my work, working through lunch, and more

Ask a Manager

MARCH 19, 2015

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My manager’s boss keeps interfering with my work. My boss’s manager sits at the desk next to mine, and each time my boss (who sits in another office) assigns me a task, his manager intervenes and asks me to do it differently. Can I tell my boss’s manager that the way he is doing things is risking all of our professional reputations? You should start by talking to your own boss. Explain what’s happening and ask how she’d like you to handle it. First, a little background on me. Yes, bring it up! short answers

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