July, 2016

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The Real Cost of a Bad Hire

Paycor

Red Adair, the renowned oil fighter who rose to prominence in the ‘50s and ‘60s once stated, “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Although this quote comes from a time and profession far removed from those in which we operate today, the message may hold more truth now than ever before.

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People Analytics: Tapping into a Powerful Resource

TalentCulture

HR has relied on the use of data and analytics for years but has only recently begun to embrace people analytics. Defined as using a data-driven approach to inform your people practices, programs and processes, people analytics is a powerful resource for HR. After all, human capital is the source of all business success—it makes sense to analyze people to understand and even predict enterprise performance.

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Team Building Exercises Aren't Just for Fun—They're Critical to Employee Engagement

Cornerstone On Demand

Companies and employees are increasingly focused on finding a healthy work-life balance, but that doesn't mean the two need to be entirely separated. We spend the majority of our days in the workplace—which means we spend a majority of our days with our coworkers, and it turns out, we're happier if these coworkers are our friends, too.

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5 Ways to Cultivate Your Work Culture & Engage Your Employees

ClearCompany HRM

Creating an amazing work culture that clearly shows who you are as a company all starts with leadership. When leaders create a work culture that matches what they envision, it starts to become part of the company DNA. Most companies are working towards creating an engaged work environment to stand out and improve their culture which helps attract candidates and retain their current employees.

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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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7 Things You Must Be Doing To Create A Happy Workplace

15Five

Would you believe me if I told you that the happier your employees are, the more successful your company will be? It may sound like the definition of a “Care Bear” management style, but study after study has shown that employee happiness has a direct correlation to your bottom-line. Consider this: Companies with happy employees outperform the competition by 20% , and happy salespeople close 37% more sales.

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6 Golden Rules to Select the Right HRIS System for your Organisation

EmployeeConnect

Which HRIS should you choose? Confronted to the variety of solutions available, we offer you six golden rules. Simply follow these steps in order to find the one system that will be the best fit for your organisation and HR needs. HR Managers are busy and do not always have the necessary time to research consciously their HRIS solution. Most of the time, decisions are solely made on the basis of two factors: cost and speed of implementation.

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How HR Can Recruit for IT Departments of the Future

TalentCulture

I’ve written a lot about Millennials and the massive impact they are having on the future of work. The largest generation in today’s workforce, they are the generation perfectly matched to ride the wave of digital technology and mobility that came of age more or less at the same time they did, and they’ve helped turn traditional business practices on its ear.

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Rearrange Desks, Increase Revenue: Study Finds Seating Charts Impact Performance

Cornerstone On Demand

Could the secret to boosting your human capital—the economic value of your employees' skill sets—be as easy as rearranging a few chairs? According to a new report from Cornerstone and Harvard Business School, the answer is yes. The report, which analyzed data on more than 2,000 employees over a two-year period, found that placing the right type of workers in close proximity to each other generated up to a 15 percent increase in organizational performance.

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13 Experts Who Inspire Us to Fight for a Better Candidate Experience

ClearCompany HRM

4 Things Philz Coffee Does to Create a Memorable Candidate Experience by Sid Lipsey ( @SidLipsey ). See how this San Francisco-based coffee house, frequented by Mark Zuckerberg, provides a one-of-a-kind candidate experience that makes applicants come running! One of their most notable differences is that they actually record the interviews to see how well the interviewer aligned with the Philz brand.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Purpose-Driven Companies Are Driving The New Economy

15Five

As 2015 came to an end, The Atlantic published an article entitled, 2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being. Indeed for many of us things are better than ever — so good, in fact, that more and more of us have an opportunity to seek the highest levels of personal fulfillment — even at work. While things are looking better on average, plenty of people are still suffering.

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5 Data Points You Should Know If You Recruit Contractors

Linkedin Talent Blog

According to a U.S. government report , a whopping 40.4% of the U.S. workforce today is contingent. This is a 36% increase over the past decade, and includes on-call workers, agency temps, contractors, self-employed professionals, and part-time workers. And this trend is reflected on LinkedIn, where the number of contractors has grown dramatically in recent years.

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Why Millennials Matter and 7 Ways we are Motivated

Pomello

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. Millennials matter because we will be the ones defining the culture of the 21 st century workplace from our career aspirations, work ethics, and knowledge of new technologies.

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4 Effective Ways to Take the Struggle out of Setting and Achieving Corporate Goals

Trinet

Establishing corporate goals and aligning all employees to them is critical to driving an accountable, performance-based culture. But let’s find out if you are unknowingly one of the many small. Visit site for full story.

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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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3 Ways to Reinvent Performance Reviews

Cornerstone On Demand

Every employee needs feedback—including both constructive criticism and praise for a job well done. Traditionally, this feedback is given during the annual performance review, in which managers and employees set time aside once a year to discuss their mutual goals and expectations. Recently, the annual performance has come under attack.

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5 Questions With Company Culture Expert Anese Cavanaugh

Reflektive

Evolving your human resources processes sometimes means updating to the latest tools and introducing new systems to your workforce. But, for many companies, new tools come with new skill sets. For example, filling out a performance review once per year is something most managers have learned, as using performance reviews is fairly pervasive across industries and has been for many, many years.

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What Creating 300 Blog Posts Taught Us About Content Marketing

15Five

Today we celebrate a huge milestone… this is our 300th Blog Post (cue celebratory trumpets, virtual balloons, and superfluous exclamation marks)!!! We’ve come a long way since our first blog post was published in April of 2013. Below, I share what we learned on the path to 300 and the 8 lessons you can apply to your own content marketing strategy. 1) Give ‘Em What They Want.

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Monica Fochtman on the “Paul”Cast… What I wish I had been told…

What is Paul Thinking

Are you taking responsibility for your own engagement at work? Are you the craftsperson of your own happiness? It seems from what we read today that companies own employee engagement and employee happiness. But not so fast says Monica Fochtman, Ph.D., adjunct professor and career coach and mentor. Monica joins me on the “Paul”Cast to talk about how you can control engagement at work.

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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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Should Employees Give Notice When They Quit?

UpstartHR

I just wanted to say “thank you” for the last few years. I have enjoyed my work and appreciate the opportunity to contribute. As of today I am turning in my two week notice… Like you probably have, I have had multiple versions of that conversation with managers over the years. Sometimes it’s painful, and other times it’s a relief to put in your notice to depart.

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7 Ways HR Can Better Manage Gen Y Employees

EmployeeConnect

Taking into account the more individualistic expectations of Generation Y and Z means that HR will have to play a role of coordinator in order to respond to their needs while maintaining the collective value of their organisation. How are HR going to evolve in the coming years? It’s a question that can be easily asked given that organisations now have to manage multiple generations with divergent values and expectations under the same roof.

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What Corporate Offices Can Learn from Coworking Spaces

Cornerstone On Demand

Freelancers, entrepreneurs and gig-economy workers used to call everything from coffee shops to kitchens to airports an office. But today, they have a new option to add to the list: coworking spaces.

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Motivation Through Meaning: Retain Employees With Meaningful Work

Hppy

Finding meaning is one of the great existential questions of life. Some people work their whole lives trying to figure out what their purpose is. Meaningful work has been continuously recognized as a key employee engagement driver. The forth report in Deloitte’s Talent 2020series, surveyed 560 employees across virtually every major industry and global region.

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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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Helping Employees Deal with Being Passed Over for a Promotion

Everwise

Not everyone up for a new position and promotion will be lucky enough to land the role. Helping team members who are passed over for a promotion cope with disappointment and rejection is vital, because while they might not have been right for a role now, they might be the perfect fit for future opportunities. Essentially, employees who miss out a promotion still remain in your talent reservoir – they’re skilled individuals who will likely take on more significant roles with the passage of time

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3 Ideas for More Generosity at Work

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – A culture of generosity is one aspect of a more human workplace that is a natural fit, but also needs to be curated. There are many different ways that organizations can become more human, evidenced by the sheer diversity of ideas across our WorkHuman speakers and thinkers , as well as our own research. One idea seems to sit at the core of several of these approaches: a culture of generosity.

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a coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: We have a fridge at work. Up to this point, nothing I had in it was stolen (I am quite new, and others have told me that this was a problem). My food is always really, really spicy. I just love it that way. Anyway, I was sitting at my desk when my coworker came running out, having a hard time breathing. He then ran into the bathroom and started being sick.

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Data Proves that Culture, Values, and Career are Biggest Drivers of Employment Brand

Josh Bersin

We just completed a detailed analysis of Glassdoor data among more than 6,000 companies and 2.2 million employees and I wanted to share a few important findings. If you consider “Would you. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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Remove the Fear, and Other HR Advice from Josh Linkner

WorkHuman

When we talk about defying tradition in the business world, how often are we referring to HR? What opportunities are there to elevate the role of HR and encourage more entrepreneurial thinking? These are topics close to Josh Linkner’s heart. As the founder and CEO of four tech companies (and author of bestsellers The Road to Reinvention and Disciplined Dreaming ), Josh Linkner has extensive experience in adapting quickly and taking risks.

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The 7 C’s of Change Management: Making Change Easier With Neuroscience

Hppy

Change is rarely easy, especially when a habit has been formed. Just think about how difficult, stressful, and even annoying it can be when someone asks to change your morning routine or you are forced to change it. That is just one person. So imagine the challenges of trying to implement a change management process in an organization, where all people have different responses to change and ways of coping with it.

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Starting Out With a Challenging Manager

Everwise

A great manager advocates for you, teaches you, challenges you, and motivates you. So the benefit of having a healthy, positive relationship with your manager is clear – it sets you up with a foundation for success. A bad manager – someone who doesn’t provide helpful feedback, adds stress instead of helping relieve it, and isn’t focused on supporting his or her team reach personal development goals – stalls your professional growth.