The People Equation

JANUARY 29, 2015

'Welcome to Trust-Building Thursday, a new series on The People Equation. Each month, we’ll explore trust in the workplace and offer practical tips for building trust with your boss, colleagues, peers and team members. You can see other installments of the series here. When I was sixteen, my family moved across the state. It was the first time we’d ever moved; it was a leap of faith on my parents’ part that we would all adjust to our new surroundings.

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Spark Hire

JANUARY 31, 2015

'When your line of business is in staffing, it is of utmost importance to know what works and what doesn’t. In staffing, there is no time to flounder around, not knowing what has made you successful in the past. One of the best ways for any staffing business to understand what works is by tracking your recruiting data. . Best Known Methods (BKM ’s).

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 30, 2015

'A reader writes: I work in an industry normally noted for its stability, although our location has seen 10 people in my position leave in less than two years since current management took over. (For reference, full staff for us is 10). I am scheduled for an interview with another firm later this week and am confident it will go well and I can become number 11.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 29, 2015

'In yesterday’s Advisor , Miranda Nash shared three of her five secrets to prioritizing long-term staffing needs; today, the final two secrets along with some analysis from Nash. Nash, who is the president of Jobscience and has worked as a hiring manager, entrepreneur, and C-suite executive, wrote the following in an article published on HR.BLR.com ®. 4) Build a pipeline.

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Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 29, 2015

'The year 2014 was a great one for job growth. December alone added 252,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent. American economist Mark Zandi predicts that “At the current pace of job growth, the economy will be back to full employment by early 2016.”. That means that 2015 will be a busy year for hiring managers and HR leaders. (more…).

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Cornerstone On Demand

JANUARY 30, 2015

'The week’s top stories about workplace culture and behavior. Feeling like your boss is out to get you isn't uncommon, and new research from the University of British Columbia just might confirm that hunch. The research reveals that psychopathic people are four times more concentrated in corporate senior executive roles than their existence overall.

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Spark Hire

JANUARY 28, 2015

'If you work in the staffing and recruiting industry, you know how competitive the culture can be. Fierce. In Spark Hire’s new video “Recruit Like Dave,” we illustrate how Spark Hire’s video interviewing platform can help staffing and recruiting professionals beat the competition to achieve greatness. “Recruit Like Dave” is a character-driven David and Goliath comedy about a high-powered boss, his know-it-all assistant, and a neglected recruiter, Dave Johnson.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 30, 2015

'I’ve always been a work hard, play hard kind of girl. Sometimes though, I must admit, I feel that the scales tip a bit more into the “work hard” category and I have to remember the importance of taking time for myself. It’s not only about making time for relaxing and having fun, but it’s good for my health. A recent survey from GuideSpark found a big disconnect between wellness programs and employee participation.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 28, 2015

'In an article published on HR.BLR.com® , recruiting expert Miranda Nash emphasized the importance of long-term staffing and provided 5 tips on how to handle it effectively. Nash is the president of Jobscience and has worked as a hiring manager, entrepreneur, and C-suite executive, positions that have given her a thorough knowledge of the art of recruiting.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Back in November 2010, Monster.com asked me to write a post on a hot topic at that time — a “ Candidate Bill of Rights.” Needless to say, I’m not a huge fan of a Candidate Bill of Rights. I’m a capitalist and believe in a free-market system of HR and recruiting, and back in 2010 (remember those days?) we had candidates coming out of our ears.

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 29, 2015

'What group of professionals based on generational age do you think is the most engaged in the workplace? If you guessed the very young and the older age groups, you were right. A recent survey by Quantam Workplace identified the most and least engaged groups in the workplace based on age. Among the most engaged were young Millennials under the age of 25 and Baby Boomers over the age of 66.

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Cornerstone On Demand

JANUARY 29, 2015

'When Bank of America discovered a disparity in its call center productivity, it tried a novel problem-solving approach: outfitting employees with personal sensors. Developed by Ben Waber , MIT Media Lab alum and CEO of Sociometric Solutions , the wearable sensors are packed into an ID badge and measure social interactions in the workplace — such as how much employees move and converse throughout the day.

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ExactHire

JANUARY 30, 2015

One of the most powerful employee woo-ing tactics a company can use is maintaining a unique and rewarding organizational culture. Everyone loves a good story, and as brands compete to stand out from the landslide of content that is posted everyday, traditional storytelling has once again become one of the more effective techniques for converting prospects into customers and engaging job seekers to apply for jobs.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 29, 2015

'The next post in our “5-Day Plan” series focuses on Instagram. If you haven’t checked out the other posts in our series, you can find them here: Your 5-Day Plan to Learning Twitter. Your 5-Day Plan to Learning LinkedIn. Your 5-Day Plan to Learning Pinterest. Now, depending upon your age, you might be wondering why we should pay attention to Instagram.

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ACA Times

JANUARY 30, 2015

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data shows enrollment gains in all states, according to the Department of Health and Human Services , with more than 10.1 million additional Americans covered compared to two years ago. That is a 17.5% increase over the average monthly enrolment in 2013, prior to the opening of enrolment in the federal marketplace , the agency reported.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 28, 2015

'By Philip L. Gordon and Zoe M. Argento. With the start of 2015, new ban the box laws became effective in Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland. Ban the box laws prohibit questions about an applicant’s criminal background on employment applications and often include additional restrictions on inquiries by employers into criminal history.

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Talent acquisition and talent management are all about the A-player. Sure we’ll take the B-Player, but when you really ask the hiring manager who they want on their team, nobody says “I’ll take an average employee, thank you very much.” Enter the C-player, a bit of a misnomer for executive America, since there are very few performers below the C-player; if we were using elementary school grading they’d probably get closer to a “D”.

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Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Cornerstone On Demand

JANUARY 27, 2015

'With national unemployment at its lowest level in six years and employee confidence at a new high , now is the time for employers to get serious about how they're appealing to job seekers — particularly though the careers page. Beyond just a list of open positions, a careers page is an opportunity to highlight your company's people, culture and what sets it apart from other businesses.

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ExactHire

JANUARY 21, 2015

Well, the Super Bowl matchup is set. And although my hometown team took quite the proverbial…uh…kick in the face (is that a proverb?), I believe the two best teams from the 2014 season are headed to Phoenix. I’m still trying to purge the Colts-Patriots game from my memory and extract foot from mouth. The Packers-Seahawks game was obviously the best matchup of the two.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 27, 2015

'I think we all understand the importance of corporate culture. But do we understand the purpose? That was another big takeaway during the 2014 Great Place to Work conference. Culture must serve a purpose. And that purpose must translate into organizational success. For example, if the organizational culture is fun…that’s great…but how does a fun culture translate into success for the business?

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 29, 2015

'This post brought to you by National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. The content and opinions expressed below are that of upstartHR. Over the past few months we have discussed restaurant skills and the impact they can have on someone’s long-term career options. We have also covered some amazing topics within the restaurant industry, and I hope you have learned as much as I have about the variety of career opportunities available.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JANUARY 27, 2015

'Job search engine SimplyHired has come up with a way to measure the interaction between job seeker and employer job postings — their Employer Brand Index. The result of a complex mining of job seeker behavior and statistical adjusting, the Index is actually a ranking of employers in seven broad industry groups: automotive, entertainment, financial services, health care, insurance, technology, and transportation.

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 27, 2015

'Within the first six months of a new job, 86% of employees decide whether they’d like to stay or search for a different job. Aberdeen Group finds that an additional 69% of new employees are likely to maintain a job for at least three years if the HR, managers and IT crews perform welcoming employee onboarding.

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Cornerstone On Demand

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Ask most companies to define their most important asset and they’ll tell you it’s something intangible: humans. Yet when evaluating a given company's worth, investors still rely on performance metrics that largely ignore an organization's brainpower. Think about the problem this way: A low turnover rate sounds like a good quality for any company, right?

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ExactHire

JANUARY 20, 2015

Have you ever looked at a resume and wondered if it was too good to be true? Unfortunately, sometimes that is a legitimate question. Honesty is always the best policy. This not only applies to personal life, but to professional life as well. Recruiters have limited time to review resumes, so applicants need to convey positive attributes and display themselves in the best light possible on that piece of paper; however, lying–or even exaggerating–is unacceptable.

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