January, 2018

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6 Recruiting Activities That Will Help Companies Hire Top Talent

HR Bartender

According to the December 2017 jobs report, U.S. unemployment is at 4.1 percent , a 17-year low. Obviously, this is good news. We want everyone who wants a job to have a job. However, it’s also a challenge. Really low unemployment means that recruiting is tougher. A lot tougher! It can take much longer to find qualified candidates and fill open positions.

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3 Things CEOs Need from HR Leadership

Reflektive

“Our company’s most important asset is its people” — CEOs have been saying it for decades. But this sentiment isn’t always reflected in company priorities. Now, as job seekers are getting more discerning and top talent is harder to recruit and retain, CEOs are refocusing on the importance of their people — and looking to HR leadership to help make sure they’re doing it right.

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2018 – The Year When AI Will Humanize the Workplace

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

As we enter 2018, there are two competing forces that are impacting the world of HR. On the one hand, the rate of social and business changes is accelerating, resulting in an ever more complex business environment. On the other hand, employees are pushing for even simpler, more engaging, and human-like experience from their enterprise applications. For HR to survive, they will need to leverage emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robots, and chatbots to s

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7 Programs to Inspire Employee Health

Namely

This year, over 62,776,640 people Googled “get healthy.” Doing so is part of a familiar nationwide declaration that this will finally be the year to lose those five pounds, cook every night, cut out sugar, exercise four times a week, the list goes on. But more often than not, life gets in the way of the commitment it takes to execute on these goals.

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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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Dear ReWorker: My Former Employee is Bad-Mouthing Me

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, Help! I'm dealing with a disgruntled former employee. She was fine while she worked here, and I even agreed to be a reference for her in the future. But since she left she has bad-mouthed me and my company—even leaving a terrible Glassdoor review. Meanwhile, she quit without a new opportunity lined up and still doesn't have a new job.

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Job Seekers: 12 Things that Recruiters are Looking For Right Now

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I was facilitating the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) seminar on “ Talent Acquisition: Creating Your Organization’s Strategy ” and we got into a discussion about candidate preparation for interviews. Obviously, we spent time during the seminar talking about how recruiters and hiring managers need to prepare for interviews.

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People Quit Managers, Not Jobs — 4 Keys to Effective 1x1s

Reflektive

The sun was beaming, the water shimmering and the roar of the crowd echoed in the background. I was in my first one-on-one with my new manager at Reflektive and we were partaking in what would become a regular highlight of my week, our walking one-on-one meetings around the San Francisco Giants stadium by the water. Since joining Reflektive last February I have noticed a marked shift in the effectiveness of meetings with my manager than in previous roles.

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The Top 3 Factors Influencing Employee Satisfaction And Retention: An Interview With Colleen McCreary

15Five

How do you look at The Employee Lifecycle ? Are you detached like a seasoned clinician who views patients in terms of mechanics, or are you involved like the newly graduated nurse who is focused on the experience of the person and the wellbeing of their body? Both have the best interests of the patient in mind, but there is a difference. Of course we are not talking about birth, adolescence and adulthood.

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Which HR Certification is Better? An Analysis of the SHRM-CP and PHR

UpstartHR

Last week I received an interesting question that echoed what I’ve seen from dozens of people around the new year: I came across this discussion while trying to formulate an argument supporting the value and credibility of the SHRM-CP credential. I have years years of HR experience and about five years ago, I started looking at HRCI and the PHR certification.

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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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What Female Employees Really Want in the Workplace

Achievers

This is not the 1960s, but it’s difficult to convince many female employees who function within outdated corporate Human Resources policies. The policies read like a military manifesto by describing rigid schedules and failing to mention recognition and reward systems or establishing promotion policies favoring men. The HR policies form the unforgiving backbone of an organizational culture that disengages the modern woman, even as the organization struggles to understand why it cannot meet gende

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How to Shoot, Edit, and Share VR Videos from your Phone

PeopleStrategy

One of the most important aspects for selling a product to a consumer is convenience and simplicity. The average person won’t attempt to record a 360 video if it requires 6 cameras, advanced video editing software, and lots of time. Smartphones like the iPhone make our lives much more convenient. The need for a physical camera is no longer needed. Virtual reality (VR) industry is making it easier to shoot footage on your own and upload it online all on your phone.

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The Future of HR: 10 Strategies for Every Human Resources Team

HR Bartender

I ran across an INC article titled “ What Does the Future of Human Resources Look Like? ” I thought it was an interesting read, in particular the last paragraph where the author talks about job title changes. Their takeaway is that moving from job titles like chief human resources officer to chief experience officer signal a change in the profession.

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Prediction 1: Agile organization models will start to go mainstream.

Bersin with Deloitte

Why is “agile” organization design so important in 2018? Companies are only a few years into a decades-long shift away from corporate hierarchy into a world of “company as a network.” Embracing the idea of “team at the center” and building “squads and tribes” that help keep teams aligned is a profound and different model […].

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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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Integrating the Robots into a More Human Workplace

RecognizeThis!

By Lynette Silva. Recognize This! – AI can help us realize our humanity more fully in the workplace. It’s that time of year – the World Economic Forum at Davos. This year’s theme is “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” which covers a lot of ground. Most interesting to me is seeing the proliferation of discussions around the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and creating more human work environments.

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How Does A Caring Culture Make You Wildly Successful?

Hppy

Organizations struggle with how to be successful. They craft a strategically brilliant plan that would make the pundits proud. It’s replete with industry and competitive analysis, internal strengths, weaknesses and a set of objectives that are time bound with accountabilities assigned. Then they launch their plan but are disappointed in the results they achieve; they are unable to deliver the results they expect.

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Agile Organization Models Are Going Mainstream

Josh Bersin

As I describe in the article “Agile Organization Models Are Going Mainstream,” we are now seeing an accelerating shift in organizational structure toward what we call a “network of. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Top 3 Things HR Leaders Can Do to Impact Retention in 2018

Trish McFarlane

The best part of having a diverse career is taking what I learned as a HR leader, an industry analyst and now, a HCM product leader and marrying it together to determine what will work for CHROs and other HR leaders. I’m not thinking about “trends” here, I’m talking about tangible things that you can do today to make real impact in your organization in the next couple months.

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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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6 Business Lessons Learned From an Escape Room

HR Bartender

Mr. Bartender and I recently went on a vacation just before the holidays. It was wonderful and relaxing…but that’s not the purpose of today’s post. One of the activities we participated in was an escape room. Escape rooms are a physical adventure game where players solve a series of puzzles and riddles using clues to complete the secret plot in the room.

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Prediction 5: The integration between work and learning will need to be seamless.

Bersin with Deloitte

In many companies, learning is starting to break down the walls of the classroom and become integrated into the work that employees do every day. In 2018, however, this integration will take a leap forward—propelled by new technology and a fresh perspective on the importance of combining work and learning.[1] Taking time out of work […].

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I paid for fake references, is it rude to shush someone, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I paid for fake references. I did something stupid and paid for two fake references after a job interview. Well, as you could probably predict, it’s blowing up in my face a little bit. They both did not respond to the hiring manager in a timely fashion and the hiring manager actually called the place of employment I listed for one (!!!).

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[Infographic] 2018 Recruitment Trends According to Experts

Hppy

Right now, your team is probably in a huddle, discussing this year’s recruitment trends coming from HR visionaries and experts. Some of these might be rather obscure for you at this point, especially if you belong to other schools of thought about talent acquisition, for example. Also read: 5 Marketing Trends that Are Shaping the Recruitment Industry.

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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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Google's New Recruiting App Helps Entrepreneurs Searching for Talent

Entrepreneur

People all over the globe use Google to find everything. Now they can find employees, too.

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Sexual Harassment policy

Workable

This sexual harassment policy template is ready to be tailored to your company’s needs and should be considered a starting point for setting up your company policies. The post Sexual Harassment policy appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Bookmark This! 10 Articles that Managers Need to Read

HR Bartender

Not that we all aren’t busy, but managers are very busy people. We ask them hire, coach, discipline, and train employees. We ask them to do the work of managing, organizing, and directing the work. We expect managers to do all of this while demonstrating work-life balance and setting a good example for others. Let’s face it…it’s a very tall order. So, sometimes we’re not met with enthusiasm when we ask a manager to take it upon themselves to read blogs and books as a form of professional develop

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How to Build an Inclusive Culture at Work

TalentCulture

Raise your hand if “diversity” or “inclusion” are buzzwords at your organization. Almost every HR and business leader we talk […]. The post How to Build an Inclusive Culture at Work appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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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Minimum Wage by State and 2018 Increases

Paycor

For many medium-to-small sized organizations, managing the myriad of federal compliance regulations is a top challenge. In fact, a recent Paycor survey found that 42% of organizations have negative feelings about their compliance management practices. In most instances, compliance management falls squarely on HR’s shoulders, and with limited resources and understaffed departments, keeping up with the many changes that continue to impact the current landscape is a tall task.

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How To Make Your Products Successful

Hppy

Most organizations take products too seriously. They have a culture that believes their products convey value and stress features, cool technology and price as the reasons why people should buy from them. Also read: The Best Companies Have A Culture Of “Yes”. A product – centric strategy and organizational culture is severely flawed. Products don’t make companies great.

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Want to Design User Behavior? Pass the ‘Regret Test’ First

Steve Boese

What are the ethical responsibilities of companies that are able to manipulate human behavior on a massive scale? It’s a question one hopes technologists and designers ask themselves when building world-changing products — but one that hasn’t been asked often enough. Operant conditioning, intermittent reinforcement, the search for self-actualization — the techniques used by product […].