February, 2016

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HR Informational Interview Questions–Answered

UpstartHR

This week I was approached to complete some HR informational interview questions by a young lady heading back to college for a master’s degree in HR. I’ve answered similar questions before , and I have always had a heart for students looking to break into HR , so I obliged. As I responded, I wondered how others would answer and what advice they would share with someone preparing to enter this amazing profession of ours.

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The Benefits of a Self-Service System

nettime solutions

Having a self-service workforce management system that employees and managers can access at all times can be an important element to maintaining productivity levels within the workplace. Because companies depend on their employees for accuracy, a self-service workforce management system can require your employees to remain consistent with their attendance as well as improve your time tracking accuracy within the office.

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7 Ideas to Build An Engaging Employer Brand

Hppy

Standing out from the crowd is proving to be a particularly challenging task for many companies looking to recruit top talent. While some of them might offer great job openings, in an open-environment that promotes engaging work and encourages learning and development, if they haven’t built a strong employer brand, they might be left sending countless emails to potential hires.

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How to weatherproof your company against job-hopping employees

Achievers

Every business experiences turnover. Even engaged employees will move on from jobs they’ve loved for new opportunities, personal or professional. Millennials are some of the biggest culprits when it comes to rapid turnover. Forbes reports that most employees stay in their jobs about 4.4 years, but millennials expect to change jobs in fewer than three years.

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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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5 Noteworthy Tips for Successful Employee Goal Setting

ClearCompany HRM

Setting goals.it’s easier said than done, especially if managers want those goals to actually be achieved. When it comes to. setting employee performance goals. , the road to effectiveness is even more difficult to map out. Did you know that, according to a. 2014 Towers Watson study. , only half of the participating organizations say they effectively work with employees to set individual performance goals?

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The Untouchables: Why you should stop salvaging bad employees at every level

The Aristocracy of HR

041050021150 Are you one of those companies that would rather preserve everyone than let them go? Right now, I know of at least one organization -where despite lackluster performance, poor behavior and the disbanding of their team of direct reports- a leader is being salvaged beyond their time because no one has the balls to […].

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Increasing Employee Productivity [INFOGRAPHIC]

nettime solutions

It’s important to be able to forecast effectively so you’re able to streamline your workflow productivity levels. Having a clear understanding of your labor analytics can help you identify your staffing needs when and where you need them. The infographic below illustrates just how important a time and attendance system is to maximize employee productivity levels.

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American Presidential Candidates Are Failing Small Businesses: An Open Letter from the CEO of TriNet

Trinet

The following letter from TriNet CEO Burton M. Goldfield is in response to the TriNet 2016 Presidential Election Survey Dear 2016 Presidential Candidates: As the CEO of TriNet, I work to provide HR. Visit site for full story.

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6 Training Ideas for a Smoother HR Technology Rollout

Visier

Training colleagues to use a new HR technology can be daunting and there is a lot of pressure to get it right. If users feel frustrated and uncertain while using a new tool, such as a workforce intelligence (WFI) solution , they may return to the old methods of figuring out their HR data despite how antiquated or cumbersome they are. When I led the training during the roll out of the Visier Workforce Intelligence solution to City of Edmonton employees, I wanted to ensure that every lesson I prep

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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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10 Inspirational Quotes to Keep Your Performance Goals on Track

ClearCompany HRM

Having goals is never a bad thing. The tough part, especially in managing employee goals and performance, is the battle may be up a long, steep hill and some goals will not be successful. Whatever the case may be, sometimes employees (and managers) need a little extra push to keep themselves engaged and working towards the performance goals they’ve taken so much time and energy to plan and pursue.

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Everything Leaders Need to Know About Mindfulness

HR Bartender

Last year, I published an extremely popular post titled “ Future Leaders Need Organizational Mindfulness.” Since then, I’ve seen several articles about mindfulness and leadership. It made me think that this might be good time to step back and ask some basic questions about this practice and its place in business. So I reached out to Elad Levinson , who helped me with the first post.

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Coaching: The Four Essentials

All Things Workplace

What makes coaching successful? Success is often attributed to mutual chemistry, technique, and readiness to learn. I agree that those are important ingredients in the process. But in reality, they are steps to achieving results. And that's what we're looking for, right? How do we reach the movement and momentum we want? I was discussing performance management on an HR.COM webinar.

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5 Tips for Setting Achievable Professional Goals

Kazoo

Its goal-setting season and I’m sure many of us are putting off establishing them until the deadline arrives and it’s finally time to have a conversation with our managers. I personally have found this process to be arduous at times, so I am here to tell you that you are not alone. Here is what happens to me. The week after I have set goals, I am all gung-ho, giving myself a pep talk every day about how I can achieve them and acting as my own personal cheerleader.

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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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4 Expert Tips for a Successful Hiring Process

Trinet

There are many steps hiring managers must take to fill an open position. These include sourcing applicants, screening candidates, interviewing, skills assessment, writing the offer and onboarding the. Visit site for full story.

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How HR Can Improve The Business Bottom Line?

Visier

When customers start using Visier, they often tell us the stories that led them to seek out a workforce intelligence solution. One such story clearly describes a core inefficiency that is common to many companies. At this company, the leadership team wanted to develop a new product line and asked Finance if they could afford the startup costs. Finance’s response was that there was no money to spare.

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Why Aligning Corporate Goals Takes More than Just Software

ClearCompany HRM

Most of the time when we approach goals, we do it from a corporate angle. After all, that makes the most sense. The reason you hire people is to reach the organizational goals of the company. It’s why they get a paycheck, says traditional thinking. But we know today that engagement skyrockets and employees are more fulfilled (and productive) when they understand those organization goals.

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Here Is What the Future of #HR Looks Like

HR Bartender

A wide variety of articles exist about the need for human resources to change. Often those articles talk about the need for HR to be more of a “business partner” or “strategic” or “transformational.” But rarely do we see articles that address what the future jobs in human resources will look like. Well, a group of human resources professionals has taken on the task.

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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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What Forecasting Teaches Us About HR

UpstartHR

You know I’m a big fan of Freakonomics. I talk about them fairly often. This is due in part to the nature of the content–it’s not explicitly about HR, recruiting, or business. It just ties in nicely with what we do, as you’ll see in this post. During a recent episode , the host talked with a professional economic forecaster about what it takes to be great at forecasting.

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Surveys Matter, But Actions Matter More

Engage2Excel

Surveys dominate the news these days. In the midst of one of the most unique primary seasons in U.S. electoral history, the results of voter surveys have upended the political process. Why is this?

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The 5 Types of Bosses Employees Hate Most

Trinet

Employees don’t leave companies; they leave bosses. You may have heard this old business adage before. But what types of bosses do people leave? And, more importantly, are you one of them? The diva I. Visit site for full story.

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Prepare for Nurse Retirements and Shortage with Intelligent Workforce Planning

Visier

With baby boomers heading into retirement — by 2050 an estimated 88.5 million people in the U.S. will be 65 or older — healthcare providers have an increasingly large influx of patients entering their doors. But there is another retirement population that is perhaps even more worrying to them: nurses. According to a survey by the National Council of State Board of Nursing and the Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers, 55% of registered nurses (RN) are age 50 or older.

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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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A Look Back at Effecting Employee Engagement with Goals

ClearCompany HRM

Hey, haven’t we discussed this before? This is a ClearCompany lookback article, where we build off learnings from years and trends past. Sometimes we’ll discover that our talent acquisition trends were right on the money; other times we may see that our musings around talent management and workforce predictions were a little off. Either way from recruiting statistics to management research , here’s a lookback at some of our greatest content.

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7 Ways to Manage Expectations Effectively

HR Bartender

HR Bartender is published on a WordPress site. It’s reported that WordPress runs about 25% of all global websites. So understanding WordPress is an important investment in managing HR Bartender. The WordPress community in South Florida puts on a conference each year called WordCamp Miami. If you’re interested in learning more about WordPress, you should see if your city is hosting a local WordCamp event.

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HR Professionals – You Wouldn’t Like Them When They’re Angry

What is Paul Thinking

Seems HR gets more than their fair share of abuse. From HBR running their ongoing series on why HR sucks or how HR needs to change to why everyone hates HR. What exactly did HR do to Harvard Business Review? Please apologize so we can get some good press going for HR. HR is the department (and the people in some cases) we all love to hate. For too many, HR people are like politicians.

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Looking for a reason to recognize employees? Look up.

Engage2Excel

We sometimes sit in amazement at the frequency with which we encounter employee recognition programs that aren’t tethered directly to a company’s enterprise strategy. Examples include recognition programs that reward values rather than behaviors that are linked to performance. This makes it nearly impossible to measure business impact. Also quite common are programs that have been deployed on a one-size-fits-all basis.

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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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Wellness Matters: How Caring for Your Employees’ Health Can Help Your Company’s Bottom Line

Trinet

February is American Heart Month, a time when caring organizations and individuals work to raise awareness about heart disease and ways to prevent it. This time of health consciousness is also a good. Visit site for full story.

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What HR Can Learn from the Grammy’s and Oscars

Kazoo

It’s awards season, which means that we’ll soon be inundated with red carpet interviews, bad fashion choices and of course, winners’ speeches. And with those things also comes news that a few of the oldest awards shows around – the Grammy’s and Oscars – are making big changes. The Grammy’s, first held in 1959, recently announced that this year’s winners will receive the iconic gramophone trophy with a GoPro camera inserted at the base.

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Part 4: Organizational Goals and Performance Management

ClearCompany HRM

We’re back with the final installment of the ClearCompany goals series. Hopefully, you’ve learned a great deal over the last few weeks and we’ve given you plenty to think about when it comes to aligning, setting and monitoring goals in your company. We’ve also addressed some of the reasons that goals can fail within the enterprise. If you haven’t had a chance to read the entire goal focused series, you can get all the posts here and learn more about building a goal-focused organization.