May, 2015

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5 Microlessons from HR Innovators at Cornerstone Convergence 2015

Cornerstone On Demand

After three days' worth of talent management trends and takeaways at Convergence 2015, our brains are brimming with fresh ideas about the new world of work. Now the question is: With so much to consider, where do you start? Major forces of transformation like mobile technology, collaborative learning and Big Data are changing the workplace, and transforming HR as we know it.

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Recruiting Is Your Competitive Advantage [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Finding and retaining top talent is a necessity for today’s businesses. We’ve talked about creating contingent workforce strategies and the benefits to buying, building, and borrowing talent. It’s equally important to talk about developing your recruiting team. Recruiters need to have lots of tools to help them do their job quickly and efficiently. They need solid partnerships with department managers.

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A Day in the Life of a Recruiter

UpstartHR

This is the second in a series of posts on a day in the life of an HR pro. Today we’re turning our sights to the recruiters out there. Below I have profiled several readers who recruit for a variety of industries and companies. If you missed it, the first edition focused on the work of a human resources manager. Read on below to learn about what recruiters do all day, including some funny comments, in-depth descriptions, and other helpful details.

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4 Ways to Teach Your Candidates Better Interviewing Skills

Spark Hire

As a recruiter, it is important that we provide not only value to our clients, but to our candidates as well. One way that we can provide value to our candidates is by guiding them through the interview process and providing them with tips that will help them to interview successfully. There are 4 key ways you can help your candidates to develop better interviewing skills: 1.

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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 5 Ways to Multitask with a Cloud-Based Time and Attendance System

nettime solutions

If you use an advanced, cloud-based time and attendance software platform –– with integration to your HR software and payroll software –– here are the top 5 ways to multitask and make the most out of your day: Generate schedules quickly and efficiently. A visual scheduler makes it easy to create schedules and allow for breaks and meals in compliance with labor management.

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William Tincup: 7 Steps to Define Your Personal Brand

Cornerstone On Demand

HR leaders spend a lot of time thinking about how to support and enrich other people's careers. But it's also important to turn the lens on ourselves, making sure we're fully present and fulfilled at work. To wit, we asked William Tincup, principal analyst at Key Interval Research , for his advice on polishing up your personal brand: Would you hire yourself?

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Future Leaders Need Organizational Mindfulness

HR Bartender

The business world today is experiencing a leadership gap. We talk about the skills gap and the challenges facing recruiting. What about leadership? It only seems logical that if there are gaps at other levels of the organization…there will be a gap at the leadership level. I don’t hear anyone saying, “We have plenty of great leaders; we just don’t have any good employees.”.

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3-Steps for Hiring Managers with Emotional Intelligence

ClearCompany HRM

As more studies reveal the benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace, companies are beginning to take notice, and the myth of IQ leading the way is coming undone. For example, 58% of job performance is based on a person’s EQ, and 70% of the time, those with mid-level IQ outperform those with the highest IQs.

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4 Ways to Develop Strong Relationships with Your Candidates and Clients

Spark Hire

In the recruiting business, it is important not only to provide top talent to our clients, but also to build strong relationships with clients and candidates. When we have built those solid relationships, we have the greater chance of understanding what both our clients and candidates need throughout the interviewing and hiring process. Having this information allows us to provide enormous value to all parties by ensuring the right placement is made.

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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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Top 5 Ways to Multitask with a Cloud-Based Time and Attendance System

nettime solutions

If you use an advanced, cloud-based time and attendance software platform –– with integration to your HR software and payroll software –– here are the top 5 ways to multitask and make the most out of your day: Generate schedules quickly and efficiently. A visual scheduler makes it easy to create schedules and allow for breaks and meals in compliance with labor management.

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5 Ways You Can Proactively Work to Improve Your Employee Retention

TLNT: The Business of HR

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 2.8 million people quit their jobs in March 2015 , putting it back to pre-recession levels. This is expected to accelerate as employees grow more confident in the economy amid a rising number of job openings. That’s why employee retention should really worry companies, from a talent drain perspective and from a competitive standpoint.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Star Employees From Walking Away

Cornerstone On Demand

When you have a great team, the last thing you want to do is see them go on their way. We talk a lot about recruiting great talent, but when it comes down to it, your recruiting efforts are worthless if your company is a revolving door. You need to retain your top talent in order to make your business grow. Below are five key ways to create an engaging workplace that allows your star employees to thrive. 1.

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5 Business Lessons Learned From Adult Coloring Books

HR Bartender

I’ve noticed a few themes emerging in the professional development space that center around the need for individuals to find ways to decompress, de-stress, and detox from their digital lives. One of the ideas I heard was adult coloring books. Now before you laugh, check out these articles on CNN , Huffington Post , the NY Post and the LA Times about the popularity of adult coloring.

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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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What to Do if You Can’t Manage Talent… But Have to

ClearCompany HRM

Not everyone can be a manager. It’s why only 1 in 10 people possess high talent to manage , and why companies don’t choose the right person for management jobs 82% of the time. Very few have the ability to lead teams, engage them, and handle the stressful workloads of working between employees and corporate. But if you’re not the lucky 1 in 10 who can manage talent effectively, what do you do?

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2 Reasons Why Your Recruiters Need to be Active on LinkedIn

Spark Hire

Regardless of what industry or type of recruiting your staffing agency is involved in, every single one of your recruiters needs to be on LinkedIn. For two key reasons, being on LinkedIn can help your recruiters and your business to be more successful. . 1. Top talent is not on the boards. If your main source for finding talent is a job board, then you are way behind the times and you will likely only come across marginal talent in your searches.

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Q&A With Ray Wang: What Digital Transformation Means For HR

Visier

The digital era has created a peer-to-peer economy , forcing organizations to re-think business operations from the ground up. As Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research, explores in his newly released book, Disrupting Digital Business , the leaders in this new economy have moved from selling products or services to focusing on experiences and outcomes.

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Breaking the (HR) Rules: Making Friends at Work

UpstartHR

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Alabama SHRM Conference. It was a great experience, and I love taking notes from other speakers throughout the day as well. My friend Dawn Burke from Daxko was speaking about stress on our employees and most notably on the HR staff. There are several reasons we face stress, including the work we do (terminations and investigations, anyone?

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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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Why Freddie Mac is Recruiting Employees with Autism

Cornerstone On Demand

Today, it's widely cited that one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. But less discussed in the media is what happens when these children grow up. A report published in April found that young adults with autism had significantly lower employment rates than people with other disabilities. Compared to a 58 percent employment rate of twentysomethings with autism, 74 percent of young people with intellectual disabilities, 95 percent with learning disabilities and 91 percen

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Your Blueprint for Employee Performance Meetings

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is an excerpt from my book, “ Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers.” The book is available on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle , in the iTunes store, and directly from the publisher.”. Employee performance meetings happen all the time in business. At least, they should happen all the time in business. We’re not talking about meetings that address employee discipline or terminations.

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Technology Makes Succession Planning Successful

ClearCompany HRM

The future of a business can be scary, even when that business is successful. Sometimes, organizations that are doing well feel an even more overwhelming pressure to get the right plan in place and avoid any succession problems. The good news is, for every CEO and business owner who develops a succession plan, there is a talent management team thrilled to see it.

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4 Ways to Ensure Your Recruiting Agency is Being Competitive

Spark Hire

In recruiting, it is important that your business is competitive and staying on top of the game in order to provide the best talent to your clients. With so many different recruiting agencies going after the same business, it’s important to ensure that your business is competitive by understanding and keeping track of several things. . 1. Know the latest trends in advertising.

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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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High-Impact Visual Storytelling for Recruitment: Bringing HR Numbers To Life, Part 1

Visier

Editor’s note: Cold, hard numbers about critical workforce trends can seem theoretical. But these numbers represent real life situations: whether it’s people exiting the company to seek opportunities elsewhere, or candidates turning down job offers because the head office is nowhere near a hip urban city center. This blog post series by Visier’s UX team will help you use the right storytelling approach, to make your data memorable and shape day-to-day decision-making about your people.

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So, I Auditioned for Family Feud in Birmingham, AL

UpstartHR

A few weeks ago I received a strange text from my cousin. He wanted to know if I would be interested in trying out for a game show called Family Feud. Of course my instant reply was “YES!” We had to put in some effort up front and submit our interest. We got together and created little jingles for each person to sing to introduce themselves and did some humorous stuff to try to stand out, then we submitted our video and waited.

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8 College Majors That Didn't Exist 5 Years Ago

Cornerstone On Demand

English, Biology, History. These college majors of yore are taking a backseat to a new wave of highly specific—and timely—areas of study. As the work landscape changes, the educational landscape has to adapt as well. Just in time for graduation (which will likely bring a flood of resumes to recruiters' inboxes), here are a few majors that probably didn't exist when you were in college—and why they're relevant to the growing workforce: 1.

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You Can’t Have Self-Managed Teams Without Self-Managed People

HR Bartender

It seems that the idea of self-directed work teams is coming back into vogue. I ran across this article recently about the companies that have embraced the practice. It’s called “ Why self-managed teams are the future of business ” and it’s worth a read. Many years ago, one of the companies I worked for decided to move toward self-managed teams. A group of managers, including myself, spent months working on how self-managed teams could be incorporated into our culture.

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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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6 Must Haves for Talent Management in 2015

ClearCompany HRM

2015 is already well under way with its own set of trials and errors, but it’s never too late to reexamine what your organization needs to improve. Talent management is a constantly evolving company matter. It has to remain fluid in congruence with the changing organizational workforce. The way the company develops leadership and its employees as well as the alignment to company goals to create a robust succession plan all play a major role in talent management.

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3 Ways to Find Talent in Technical Recruiting

Spark Hire

Sourcing technical talent is growing more and more competitive as companies are fighting for the best candidates. As shown in the Talent Puzzle infographic in Mashable’s article , annually, there are 122,300 tech jobs in the US, with only 59,731 computer science graduates. For technical recruiters, this means that our challenge to find and place top talent in this field is huge.

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The Best Way to Prove the Worth of the Talent Function

Visier

The company with the best talent will often win, but talent alone is not enough. Talent is wasted if those who possess it are not given the freedom to do what they believe is right, or are not aligned with the company’s strategy. Great HR leaders understand this and can demonstrate how workforce dynamics impact business outcomes. At the same time, talent is very expensive.

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