Sat.Mar 21, 2020 - Fri.Mar 27, 2020

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40 Essential Tools for Working from Home

BambooHR

Workplaces everywhere are implementing and expanding programs to help their employees work remotely. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting that COVID-19 effects.

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How COVID-19 Impacts Your Student Loans

Best Money Moves

How COVID-19 impacts your student loans. What you need to know about the new federal freeze on student loan interest and student loan payments. While you may have seen the breaking news about a freeze on student loan payments during the COVID-19 crisis, it would serve you well to read the fine print. Earlier this week, the Trump Administration announced that Federal Student Loan Interest rates will be reduced to 0 percent for a period of 60 days beginning March 13, 2020.

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Helping Your Virtual Employees Adjust to Remote Work

Kevin Sheridan

The Coronavirus has forced hundreds of millions of people worldwide into working remotely. The Coronavirus has also forced millions of Managers into the role of Virtual Manager, wrestling with how to manage, motivate, and engage their new virtual workforce. Thus, so many employees and Managers are struggling with this sudden virtual workplace. Being the author of The Virtual Manager and best-seller Building a Magnetic Culture, in addition to being the CEO of a partial remote workforce company

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When We Stopped Being Human

Workology

I have a sad, serious question to ask. When did we stop being human beings in the world of recruiting? When did we change the narrative to robotic behavior? We are recruiting and sourcing HUMAN. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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5 Remote Work Setup Hacks You Need In Your Life

Kintone

Everyone remembers their first time working from home. It’s a monumental day in your career, when it sinks in that you can finish your workload from the comfort of your home. Maybe you played that Fifth Harmony song “Work From Home” on repeat while you took your inbox down to zero from the comfort of your bed. Instead of that unpleasant 45-minute bus ride to the office, you used that time to tackle your next project and start a load of laundry.

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exactly where to report employers for violating shelter-in-place orders, by state

Ask a Manager

When I wrote on Wednesday about what to do if your employer is violating shelter-in-place orders , commenters were a wealth of information for individual states. Here’s crowd-sourced info on where to report non-compliant employers, by state. I will verify and add additional info here as I get it. • In California , if your county declared a shelter-in-place order before the governor did (e.g., the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and others), report the violation to the County Public Health officer.

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6 Answers to Common HSA Questions

PeopleKeep

If you have questions about the regulations behind your health savings account (HSA), you are not alone. There is quite a bit of confusion regarding contribution and distribution rules for HSAs—and understandably so. Healthcare regulations change frequently, and it can be difficult to keep the details straight. Here is what you need to know about current HSA regulations.

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A recruiter’s guide to video interviews

Hppy

As the battle for acquiring top tech talent continues, recruiters are leveraging all resources to ensure that they get the best candidates on board. Among the most powerful tools for recruiting talent is video interviews because of their ability to save time and money, remove geographical barriers, automate candidate screening, and more. LinkedIn’s 2018 Global Trends Report had surveyed and interviewed over 9,000 recruiters and hiring managers across the globe.

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Superpowers Every Worker Needs, Right Now

Allegis Global Solutions

We can’t go back. Even if COVID-19 miraculously stopped in its tracks today, there is no return to business as usual. Some changes will be challenging, but many will be positive. In fact, workers have more potential to impact their companies and the world around them than ever before. Contractors, freelancers, and employees across all levels of the organization can bring forth innovative ideas, stellar execution, and transformational results.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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Video interview tips for candidates

Workable

Great, the company where you applied for your dream job about a week ago just replied and wants to schedule a… wait, what? Did they say “video interview”? Video interviews are becoming a popular method among companies that want to evaluate candidates remotely. And there are benefits for you, as a candidate, too; you cut back on commute costs and time and you get the chance to interview at – and work for – a company that’s across the world.

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Job Seeking Over 50

GetFive

Losing your job after age 50 is about as unsettling as it gets. You should be on the home stretch toward retirement, and instead you’re wondering if you’ll have to dip into your 401(k) just to make ends meet. Competing with millennials can seem a daunting prospect. Age discrimination is real out there, both in the workplace and in the job seeking marketplace.

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Three Talent Engagement Technologies for a New World of Work

Allegis Global Solutions

With social distancing now a regular part of our conversations, it’s a changed world. And the impacts are far-reaching. As COVID-19 containment efforts continue to unfold, companies, and the workers they engage, face real challenges -- not only in how people function as workers, but also as human beings. Isolation is the new norm, and limitations on physical interaction are forcing many organizations to prioritize virtual work.

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Does Your Time & Attendance Software Include Self-Service Features?

nettime solutions

Self-service features are the hallmark for most cloud-based time & attendance software. Such features are designed to be employee-facing, letting workers engage with the software in ways that improve their user experience, as well as their employee experience. Many self-service features are designed to create new levels of mobility, simplicity, and ease.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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COVID-19 pushes employers to virtual interviewing

HRExecutive

As the coronavirus takes its toll on the workforce, and even with unemployment benefit claims breaking records, employers are turning to virtual job fairs and hiring in response to the pandemic. There is no doubt that the coronavirus outbreak is having an ugly effect on the job market, writes TechTarget’s Patrick Thibodeau. But there’s another side to the economic fallout: Some hiring continues—nearly all of it with the help of virtual hiring tools.

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Challenges in ACA Compliance during the Covid-19 Pandemic

ACA Times

3 minute read: As businesses across the country shutter their doors, reduce their hours and move to remote working to comply with various state or local stay at home orders to combat the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers are assessing their options for workforce management. This includes considering furloughs, leave policies, terminations and more.

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Creative Staffing Solutions: Paid and Unpaid Leave, Layoffs, and More

Justworks

COVID-19 has caused upheaval in all corners of life, and the small business community is no exception. Business owners are facing uncertainty as to what their staffing needs will be. Remote work, while perfectly feasible for many business models and roles, may be untenable for other companies or teams. You might be having to face the painful reality of reductions in employees’ working hours, or cutting positions altogether.

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Improve the Employee Experience by Providing Answers

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Paycom , a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software. For the seventh consecutive year, Paycom was named a top workplace in Oklahoma. Congrats to them! Enjoy the article.). Last month, I wrote an article titled “ 5 Ways Strategic HR Can Bring Business Value ”. Number four on the list was for HR to support customer-friendly policies.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Steve Boese: Coronavirus and the challenge to HR everywhere

HRExecutive

In my last column , I wrote the following: “I really hope that by the time I have to draft the next monthly Inside HR Tech column the assessment and analysis of the technologies and companies in the HR tech market and how organizations are leveraging HR solutions to help them achieve their business and talent strategies will be top of mind again.”. Well, that is obviously not what has transpired in the last month.

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5 Ways To Improve Employee Development At Your Company

15Five

Every company has it’s own set of priorities to help take it to the next level. For some, that’s a unique focus on specific departments, a product, or even their customers, but planning what will have the greatest impact can be tough. In the midst of what may feel like organized chaos, where things can fall of the radars of those whose efforts are hyper focused, remember to keep employee development high on the list.

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How to Build Trust and Community While Working Remotely

Achievers

While there is no business as usual this week, and as we all settle in to a new normal, transitioning into yet-to-be-discovered best practices can be a quite difficult. And for many of us working remotely for the first time, perhaps with kids and significant others, working from home can be awkward, clunky, and a new experience that everyone needs to get used to.

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Free Access to HR Certification Courses and Other HR Tools

UpstartHR

[Update 3/23 at 9:29am CST] We have already given away our first $1,000 but are doubling down and offering a total of $2,000 in courses at this time. We are hoping to bring something positive out of such a negative and worrisome time for our workforce. Over the last week I have had over a dozen calls with HR practitioners to check in and connect as humanly as possible while we are all quarantined in our respective areas of the world.

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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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Can SuccessFactors Lead The HCM Market Again? It Could Be Coming.

Josh Bersin

If you’re buying HR technology right now, I’m sure your budget is unclear, and many companies will slow down or postpone purchases. What this usually means is that the “incumbent” or bigger vendors win out, since you already have their product. Which leads us to SAP and SuccessFactors. I’ve been working with SuccessFactors for two.

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Six ways companies are living their values in response to the coronavirus

HR Zone

Culture Living your values through a crisis.

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How to Work From Home Effectively  | Engage Blog

Achievers

Remote work is the new norm. In our latest blog post, we walk you through the value of remote work and how to work from home effectively.

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Rising Up to Embrace Our Humanity

UpstartHR

“Come on. You can do it. I know you can. I believe in you.”. I’m watching my baby make the transition to “toddler,” and it’s a bittersweet moment. No longer will she stay where she’s put. She’s going to start exploring the world, and that exploration will only speed up as time goes on. This moment, this incredibly precious moment, is forever burned into my memory.

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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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Message To HR Tech Vendors: Focus On The Problem, Not Your Product

Josh Bersin

There is so much going on I’m barely keeping up. I’ve already talked with more than 20 companies this week and we’re doing a major webinar next Tuesday The World Changed Overnight: HR and Leadership in a Time of Crisis with five CHROs talking about their strategies. But there’s one more thing going on. HR. Read more» The post Message To HR Tech Vendors: Focus On The Problem, Not Your Product appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Thinking furlough? Here’s your questions on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme answered

HR Zone

Retention Thinking furlough? Here’s what you need to know.

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5 Ways to Engage Remote Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

DecisionWise

Yeah, I know. Using Tom Hanks and the film Cast Away as a metaphor for the mass migration over to working remotely is a bit twisted considering he and his wife, Rita Wilson, are among those who contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. The latest word is they are doing well and apparently eating too much Vegemite on their toast, so I’m not going to feel too bad about it.