November, 2019

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Why Being Data-Driven Isn’t Enough

Visier

Over the last two decades, we’ve seen almost all corporate functions infuse analytics into their businesses. Even the most qualitative departments, such as Marketing, moved from “art” to “science” through the use of data. . Indeed, the “art” of modern business is that everything can be quantified and measured, and data is now the single most important type of capital that an enterprise can own.

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Pie-Eating Contest Winner, Psychic Ability: Job Seekers Tout Kooky Accomplishments

SHRM Resources

?Like the character Lily on "How I Met Your Mother," who proudly listed her victory in a hotdog speed-eating contest on her resume, candidates eager to make themselves memorable in interviews sometimes share the darnedest talents.

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Identify Your Work Style and Flex for Success

Justworks

What is a Work Style? We all live a particular lifestyle, and no one is quite the same. It encompasses our decisions as consumers, our self-expression, our values, and our patterns of behavior. Do you cook or go out? Dress for utility or style? Prioritize family or career? Similarly, everyone has a work style that is an amalgamation of our preferred manners of thinking and analyzing, speaking and collaborating, or focusing and prioritizing.

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The Best HR Leaders are Data Driven, People Oriented

UpstartHR

One of the phrases I’ve found myself repeating more and more often of late is this: data driven, people oriented. . When I’m speaking to audiences, I share the story about how I *accidentally* insulted my wife during childbirth to illustrate this concept. Yes, really. It makes a great point that we can’t just be data driven or we lose sight of the people behind every metric and number.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Top 7 Ways To Help Employees Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed At Work

15Five

This time of year, it’s common to feel overwhelmed at work. Whether it’s the push to complete work projects by year-end or the desire to meet the unrealistic expectations that surround the holidays, stressors from personal and professional life can intersect, impacting employees’ productivity, motivation, and health. Employees: burned out and stressed.

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New Research Show Income Gaps Are (at least partly) Due to Working More Than 40 Hours Per Week.

The HR Capitalist

Hat tip to my homeboy Tim Sackett on the research cite below. Sacks must have crazy email subscriptions and Google alerts to mine this gold. Cut and paste from Marginal Revolution appears below. That is a new paper by J. Rodrigo Fuentes and Edward E. Leamer: This paper provides theory and evidence that worker effort has played an important role in the increase in income inequality in the United States between 1980 and 2016.

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9 Ways to Show Empathy When Employees Take a Leave of Absence

ExactHire

This is an easy time of year to remember to give thanks. With all the festivities of the holiday season, we don’t have to try that hard to show gratitude and be empathetic to others’ situations when things are going well. However, have you paused to reflect on how you demonstrate empathy during other times of the year? The privilege to always show empathy and gratitude to others has never been more clear for me…as over the past couple of weeks I have cared for a close family member r

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Employer Branding is Critical during Layoffs and Restructuring

Blu Ivy Group

Recent headlines have been filled with news of large-scale layoffs and restructuring at iconic US and Canadian companies. Especially this close to the holiday season, the impact to people and jobs is significant, and the news is unfortunate. With the kind of impact these changes have on people and families, public and internal perception about crisis and financial instability (although unfounded) can really take hold.

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The employee experience survey that won’t sit in your desk drawer

PI Worldwide

The Predictive Index recently announced the launch of the PI Talent Optimization Edition. In addition to the PI Strategy Assessment™, the launch included another exciting new product: the PI Employee Experience Survey™ While most businesses measure success in terms of numbers—such as EBITDA, profits, and sales results—many don’t consider how their people impact their business.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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2,650,000 more reasons to provide a chair to an employee with a disability who needs one

The Employer Handbook

Image by Tariq Abro from Pixabay. I’m pretty sure that I’ve blogged about this before. But, maybe not. So, either what I’m about to tell you bears repeating, or I’m only going to say this once, so pay attention. If an employee with a disability requests a chair, stool, or another place to park their tush for a while, you should strongly consider providing it — no questions asked.

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40 Perfect Messages To Show Appreciation For Good Work

Vantage Circle

Getting some sort of appreciation for good work is an inherent human need. Even a simple “thank you” at work goes a long way. Appreciating employees lets them know that their work is valued and important. Taking the time out to recognize your team member elevates their sense of loyalty and belonging to the company. Additionally, expressing appreciation for good work helps to build a work environment which is positive, motivating and engaging.

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It’s a Trap! Culture Change Lessons from Star Wars

BambooHR

Over time, your company culture will change. It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. As it does, it’s natural for employees to worry. Is your.

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From the CEO: Preparing Future HR Leaders for the Future of Work

SHRM Resources

Our workplaces are undergoing a disruptive revolution, where artificial intelligence, automation, shifting demographics, globalization and rapid-fire social change are transforming every job and every business.Unfortunately, as our recent reporting on SHRM.org shows, college students are not getting effective preparation for this new world of work.

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Protect Your Business: Tackle the Future of I-9 Fraud with Expert Strategies

Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

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HR Interview Questions and Answers on Drive for Results

TheHRBlog

Having a drive for results means that you have the traits and attributes to be counted on, and to exceed goals successfully. You are amongst the individuals who is constantly and consistently one of the top performers. You like to be action-oriented at work and ensure that your goals are achieved. Other traits here include […] The post HR Interview Questions and Answers on Drive for Results appeared first on Human Resources Blog | Top HR Blog.

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The Key Interview Question Many Hiring Managers Forget to Ask

The People Equation

As a hiring manager, you’ve probably had your share of nightmare interviews. You know, the ones where the candidate clearly is not a fit and you’re wondering how few minutes you can expend before politely showing him or her the door. Then there’s the flip side: the candidate sails in, has the right skills and is a perfect cultural fit. It just clicks.

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Top Ways to Automate Your Expense Tracking

SutiHR

Tracking expenses on the paper receipts is quite daunting for the managers as well as employees. More than 60 percent of workers merely attach all receipts to expense claims and leave the rest for the accountant to figure it out. Think of having to riddle out what receipts goes to which expense throughout the day. Organizations lack granular insight with their worker’s expenses for changeable formats and absence of clarity on every expense.

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3 Ways to Make Hourly and Seasonal Workers Feel Valued

Visier

UPS is currently hiring 100,000 workers , and Target is bringing in another 130,000. Amazon has 30,000 job openings and plans to hire tens of thousands more ahead of Black Friday. The staffing run-up to the holiday shopping season is a stark reminder of how vital seasonal, contract and hourly workers are. It’s not just that they keep store shelves stocked and get packages to our doors during one of the most hectic seasons of the year.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Are military spouses the answer to your staffing problems?

Business Management Daily

With the national unemployment rate never higher than 4% during 2019, many organizations experienced difficulty filling job openings this year. One segment of the population, however, still continuously posts an unemployment rate around 24% despite being educated (89% have some college or higher) and eager to work—military spouses. “Military spouse unemployment is a crisis on par with unemployment in the world’s most poverty- and war-ridden places.

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Stop the Presses: California’s Freelance Journalists Await the Pinch of AB 5

SHRM Resources

A California law that takes effect Jan. 1 limits publications from accepting more than 35 pieces a year from each freelance writer, photographer and newspaper cartoonist. Here’s how the new law may affect employers and freelance journalists.

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We Need STEM and We Need MESH

HR Bartender

I ran across an article recently on Medium titled “ Forget STEM, We Need MESH ”. It’s a thought provoking read. The author spends a fair amount of time kinda bashing the renewed emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math). His point is that all the talk about STEM is at the expense of MESH education (media literacy, ethics, sociology, and history).

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Why Leaders Should Encourage Employee Autonomy

15Five

Despite all we’ve written on the subject over the years, micromanagement continues to plague organizations everywhere, and at some point in your career, it’s likely you’ve experienced some form of it. While it’s not every manager’s intention to adopt this notorious style of fear-based leadership, many find it hard to release their grip or struggle to grant full employee autonomy.

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[Free Templates] Plant the Seed for Successful Onboarding!

Our Free Welcome Email Templates (designed for both in-office or virtual employees) are ready for you to customize and use to plant the seeds of success for new team members.

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Diversity and inclusion: gendered ageism and how HR departments can address it

HR Zone

People HR's role in stopping gendered ageism.

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Kazoo Named to the Austin American-Statesman 2019 Top Workplaces List

Kazoo

AUSTIN, TX — November 4, 2019 — Kazoo , the all-in-one Employee Experience Platform, today announced the company has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2019 honor by the Austin American-Statesman. The company was named to the Top Small Employers list which recognizes workplaces with 149 or fewer employees in the greater Austin metro area. The Austin American-Statesman’s 10th annual Top Workplace Award recognizes Central Texas employers that stand for the best in leadership, vision, and an employee-ce

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Podcast: Autonomy – The Power to Shape Your Work Environment

DecisionWise

In this podcast episode, DecisionWise Consultant, Thomas Olsen, discusses the topic of autonomy, one of the 5 keys of ENGAGEMENT MAGIC ®. We define autonomy as “The power to shape your work and environment in ways that allow you to perform at your best.” Autonomy doesn’t mean “no rules and free reign.” We all work under guidelines. But when we understand our parameters, and have the freedom to do our best work, we are more creative, innovative, passionate and, ultimately, more effect

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WOH 67: Filling Critical Skills Gaps for Today’s College Graduates

UpstartHR

Thousands of students are graduating every day with a lack of understanding of the basics of how to interact professionally at work. Everything from etiquette to basic resume preparation is missing from the educational curriculum, so how can we solve this problem? In this episode Ben speaks with John Nykolaiszyn, the Director of the Office of Business Career Management for Florida International University.

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The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

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Recruiting Source Effectiveness: Focus on Quality Over Quantity

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. It’s not too late to sign up for Kronos’ Fall eSymposium for HR and Payroll professionals. You can listen to the session recordings, get recertification credits, and receive a FREE copy of the new Workforce Institute book “Being Present”.

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Leadership Practices For A More Positive Workplace

15Five

Of all the worries, negative thoughts, and stress you experienced yesterday, how much of that carried over into today? If you don’t like your answer, don’t worry—this is common. In fact, we all form the same subconscious thought patterns, day after day, training our brains without even realizing it. This can form what we call a “ neurological rut ,” and creates a negative bias within our default mindset.

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Leadership: why employee autonomy means giving up control

HR Zone

People Time to champion employee autonomy.

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