15Five

JULY 19, 2016

I promised myself that I would not start another disengagement post with a rehashing of employee engagement statistics. If you are not familiar with the abysmal reality regarding engagement, you are probably one of the few lucky managers whose team is killing it. Good for you! You can stop reading now. . For everyone else, disengagement is a thing. costly one. We’ve written about it here and here.

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Josh Bersin

JULY 19, 2016

The $14+ billion marketplace[1] for HR software and platforms is reinventing itself. Fueled by mobile apps, analytics, video, and a focus on team-centric management, we are seeing a disruptive change. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. HR Technology

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ATD Human Capital

JULY 20, 2016

It’s normal for employees not to love their work. Gallup poll found that only 32 percent of U.S. workers are engaged in their jobs, for instance. Yet employees who don’t love their jobs can and should still be engaged. CustomInsight distinguishes employee engagement from employee satisfaction. ” Satisfaction relates to “love”—or how happy employees are. Endure.

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Laurie Ruettimann

JULY 21, 2016

They say that millennials don’t use LinkedIn. Who says that? Everybody competing against LinkedIn, that’s who. But I think it’s probably true. Millennials don’t use LinkedIn because they just don’t have time in their lives to look at failed professional dreams, sad profile photos, and mediocre work histories. I don’t have time for that, either. The best part of LinkedIn is getting off LinkedIn and getting back to my pathetic career. But if millennials don’t use LinkedIn to look for jobs or talk about their careers, what do they use? 1. Publications.

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Laurie Ruettimann

JULY 18, 2016

Here are 9 steps to streamline the hiring process. Don’t lose anybody. Make sure your good people don’t quit. Don’t hire stupid people. Then you don’t have to fire anybody. Use the internet. People look for jobs on the web. Read the resumes people send you. I bet there’s a winner in there. When someone hands you a referral, follow up on it. Yeah, this is important.

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QAspire

JULY 17, 2016

There is no leadership, personal or organizational, without listening. In fact, ability to truly listen (and not just hear) is the foundation of having a conversation, building trust, influencing others, resolving conflicts, driving your vision, building relationships, implementing change and learning. Yet, many of us equate listening with absorption of what the other person is saying.

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Everwise

JULY 19, 2016

Fear is a powerful thing – and it can keep employees from bringing all they have to offer to the table. Everyone wants to be the all-star in the office – the person with the good ideas and solid performance – but fear may be keeping them from following through with and displaying their talents. . Common Work-Based Fears. They’re convinced all their hard work will be spurned. Talk it through.

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ClearCompany HRM

JULY 20, 2016

Feedback is such a crucial part of the work environment and so effective at improving performance culture when done right, that it seems downright crazy that people are so darned scared of it! Performance Management

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Dice

JULY 20, 2016

Most people regard the job search as annoying at best, and a dread-filled activity at worst. Unless you’re one of those lucky souls who manages to leap from job to job simply on the strength of friends and personal references, chances are high that you’ll eventually find yourself emailing résumés and figuring out what to wear to your job interview (pro tip: never a t-shirt). Or just delete it.

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HR Morning

JULY 19, 2016

Workplace bullies have always been on the scene. But they’re now being recognized as productivity killers and potential legal threats to employers. Some researchers claim one in every three employees will experience bullying at work. And the experts say bullying costs businesses more than $200 billion a year due to decreased productivity, increased absenteeism and high turnover. The Wannabe.

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DATIS

JULY 20, 2016

Most business leaders view incentive programs as nonessential, expensive and even taboo. However, a recent shows that 90% of business leaders believe that an incentive program could positively impact their business, yet only 25% of them actually have a strategy in place. Organizations that struggle with productivity, recruitment, and retention should consider implementing an incentive program, also known as “Pay for Performance”. The appropriate program can reinvigorate your entire workforce and help to push the overall performance of your organization. Boosting Productivity. Retaining Talent.

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ClearCompany HRM

JULY 17, 2016

So you’ve taken the time to tweak your recruitment, hiring and onboarding processes in the past few months, but have you stopped to think about the candidate experience as a whole? Only 26% of employers communicate to candidates what stage of the interviewing process they are in. We’ve put together some of the best advice we’ve ever had to kickstart your efforts! Candidate Experience

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Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture.

EmployeeConnect

JULY 18, 2016

Employee happiness and satisfaction is what most organisations strive for. This is only because they know what it’ll mean in return; they’ll receive peaking performance levels through productivity. That’s correct. This understanding isn’t wrong, but what we should really think about is how do we get this employee happiness and satisfaction to take place? Let’s evaluate Alan who is a consultant at company A as an example. What makes him happy at work is that he’s making his dream career a reality by doing the work he’s passionate about. How to create durable work relationships? Engagement

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HR Morning

JULY 22, 2016

If you haven’t heard of Pokemon Go by now you’ve possibly been living in an isolated mountain cabin for the past few weeks. The game, released as an app for mobile devices, is considered an augmented reality game where players can walk around and capture digital creatures. . So what can you do to protect employees and get them to prioritize work over Pokemon? Put up signage.

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SuccessFactors

JULY 22, 2016

Even just a few decades ago, there was a very distinct correlation between compensation and a paycheck. You worked and you got paid. If you stayed at the same company and continued to work, you were likely promoted and paid more. Pretty simple. That’s how you “won” at work – you got a steady paycheck and potentially moved up the ladder. But he was onto something. Who doesn’t want to be #winning?

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 20, 2016

Due to a lack of accountability, maintaining tabs on off-site workers is necessary, but difficult. If your company is hiring a large number of these employees, you’ll want to look out for specific traits that can key you in to how much success they’ll have in an often challenging environment. Environment Recruiting Screening & Assessment Virtual & Remote Featured

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Blogging 4 Jobs

JULY 18, 2016

Six years have passed since the end of our last recession. The economy has been making a slow recovery as evidenced, for instance, by low unemployment rates. Still, we are faced with decreased labor force participation and 5.5 million job openings   as of May, 2016.  . Throughout 2014, U.S. staffing firms hired a total of 14.6 million temporary and contract employees, up 32.7% billion—5.9% economy.

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RecognizeThis!

JULY 22, 2016

by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! Regardless of industry or company size, all employees need authenticity, mindfulness and recognition. Why do we WorkHuman? Simple – how else could we possibly work? We are human, after all. And yet, our workplaces or work experiences often aren’t structured to honor, support or encourage the very humanity we bring to the office. How do we make work more human?

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Dice

JULY 19, 2016

Diversity in tech remains a hot topic, as several companies have not only acknowledged the problem but also pledged to hire more women and minorities. While there’s been slow progress in the industry, there’s still plenty of work to do. Only 9 percent of tech workers are black or Latino, and while women hold 57 percent of all professional occupations, they are only 25 percent of the tech workforce.

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Edcor

JULY 18, 2016

Higher education discussions always include the need for reform. Whether the topic is access, attainment or tuition costs, all stakeholders recognize that reforms will help students succeed, and put the US on track for increasing attainment rates. Last Monday the US House of Representatives passed five bi-partisan higher education bills to update portions of the Higher Education Act.

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Blogging 4 Jobs

JULY 19, 2016

Like millions of Americans, I’ve caught the Pokemon Go fever. You might see me walking aimlessly in my neighborhood or along the streets of Chicago where I traveled last week. You might see me wandering around with my phone out looking like a dork — see, I’m trying to get to Level 8 of Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is making waves and is the most-engaged app in the history of mobile.

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Zoho People

JULY 17, 2016

A couple of years ago, emojis were almost exclusively used by teenagers. Today, people of all ages use emojis to add some levity to their written communication. With 92% of the online population using emojis, it’s no surprise that businesses have started to use them in their marketing. Emojis have helped them to add a human, playful touch in their communications.

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Dice

JULY 22, 2016

Interested in breaking into the nascent self-driving car industry? A new online course could give you the tools necessary to train automobiles how to drive themselves. Udacity’s Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree requires students to have experience in Python “or another scripting language,” according to the course Website. background in probability, statistics, and calculus is also necessary.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 18, 2016

This past week, I joined the 7.5 million people who downloaded the Pokémon Go mobile game and began my journey to catch all 151 original Pokémon monsters. Diversity Gamification HR Insights Recruiting Training, Learning & Development

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Reflektive

JULY 19, 2016

Learning on the job is one of the most important skills anyone could ask for. But, is everyone receiving the right feedback about WHAT they should be learning and HOW to grow? In the last decade, I have been fortunate to work for a diverse set of companies – from a small startup (NexTag) to a mid-sized ad agency (Initiative Media) to a large global corporation (Facebook). believe everyone faces this challenge. NexTag (the need for structure/performance management process). Early in my career, performance management was an afterthought. Instead, we craved guidance on our future. Facebook.

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Switch and Shift

JULY 20, 2016

When it comes to gender parity in the workplace, the business case is clear: diversity is good for the bottom line, and most see it as an important objective. So why do women still have so much trouble making headway in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)? Read More» The post Gender Parity: Career Advice for Women in STEM appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Everwise

JULY 20, 2016

Climbing the corporate career ladder is inextricably linked to management roles, as well as higher pay and more attractive job titles. Management, however, is its very own skill set. New managers will find themselves having to do things well outside of their previous jobs, and they’ll also have to learn the language and techniques of management. Alternative, Non-Management “Guru” Tracks.

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Capterra

JULY 19, 2016

By some estimates, there are more than a million words in the English Language. We have loanwords from other languages, slang that’s become accepted into the mainstream vernacular, and now we even have words that were born from the internet. We have so many ways to express what we’re thinking, the combinations are almost infinite. That’s right, I’m talking about HR buzzwords. Music Band. Dynamic.

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