Sat.May 04, 2019 - Fri.May 10, 2019

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How HR is Becoming a Science

HRExecutive

HR is becoming a proper science. Between the newfound ability to connect HR initiatives to business outcomes and the explosion of intelligent tools, technology is making it increasingly possible to understand and predict the organization and its behavior. We’re still in the early stages, yet it’s easy to imagine an evolution in which HR can help business leaders anticipate the results of their people-related decisions and guide them through complex decision-making.

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Dealing with difficult employees: A 5-step plan

Insperity

As a business owner, manager or HR leader, you need to be an expert at dealing with difficult employees. A difficult employee is not just a problem between one employee and another. If one person makes life difficult for the company, discontent can fester and become a major distraction. The air of dissent affects everyone and can cause a dramatic decrease in productivity and the departure of other employees.

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75% of Candidates Prefer Human Interaction When Searching for a Job!

The Tim Sackett Project

TA Leaders and Executives, this is the dirty little secret that your Recruiters and the Talent Acquisition Technology industry does not want you to know! Candidates actually prefer to have human interaction when searching and applying for a job. From a study done by ASA: “Three of the top five ways job seekers land a job are “high touch,” according to the survey findings.

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my coworker is pushing me to hire her daughter, my office is too quiet, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker is pushing me to hire her daughter. I am the hiring manager for an entry-level position. The daughter of the front desk manager applied for the position. Her resume was great, but her cover letter had two words misspelled, including in the organization name. The position requires proofreading and careful data entry.

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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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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

According to a 2011 court case, NLRB v. Pier Sixty, LLC, Hernan Perez, a server at New York-based event venue Pier Sixty, vented his frustrations with his manager in an expletive-laden Facebook post he published during a scheduled break. Ten of his colleagues saw this post, and it eventually made its way to his manager, Robert McSweeney, the target of the vehemence.

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How to Hire Your First HR Staff Member (and who NOT to hire)

UpstartHR

Last week I had a great conversation with a $10M startup company about how to make their first HR hire, and I thought those ideas would be worth sharing here. Many of you are already HR leaders at your own firms, but you probably haven’t given much thought to this idea of starting up an HR function from scratch, and it’s a good discussion to have.

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Podcast: Understanding the Vision and Goals

DecisionWise

In this episode, we discuss the idea of understanding the vision and goals of an organization. We tackle questions like: How do you align leaders around a common direction? How do you set organizational goals that are meaningful to your team? What can managers do to help their direct reports understand the vision of the company? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this insightful conversation between DecisionWise consultants, David Long and Charles Rogel.

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People Analytics and AI in the Workplace: Four Dimensions of Trust

Josh Bersin

AI and People Analytics have taken off. As I’ve written about in the past , the workplace has become a highly instrumented place. Companies use surveys and feedback tools to get our opinions, new tools monitor emails and our network of communications (ONA), we capture data on travel, location, and mobility, and organizations now have. Read more» The post People Analytics and AI in the Workplace: Four Dimensions of Trust appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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10 Essential Tips for Effective 1:1 Meetings with Your Manager

Reflektive

Employees often approach 1:1 managerial meetings with dread–as indeed do many managers. At their worst, 1:1 meetings are boring, tense affairs in which nothing of consequence is discussed or accomplished. At their best, however, 1:1 meetings are opportunities to gather feedback, discuss career goals, and build rapport with your manager. DOWNLOAD THE E-BOOK: The Ultimate Guide to Employee Engagement Surveys.

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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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How to Work From Home: Tips to Increase Productivity Outside the Office

Justworks

For many of today’s workers, being physically located in a specific place is no longer a requirement. With the abundance of laptops and wifi, working remotely is an option for more and more of us. At Justworks, for example, managers are free to create flexible work schedules for their teams that allow for enhanced productivity. Remote work offers plenty of positive benefits for both employers and employees, whether it happens daily or only occasionally.

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Keep Your Employees Wanting to Stay

Hppy

Worker turnover is one of the biggest issues confronting any smaller business. The Wall Street Journal estimates that it is more than twice the sum of the employee’s pay to deal with each instance of turnover. Turnover lowers organization productivity, increases the work of remaining personnel and diminishes institutional knowledge. So how do you keep your employees?

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Facial Recognition Technology Can Help You Stop Time Theft

nettime solutions

Companies everywhere are concerned with time theft. One of the ways that time clock fraud can happen is through “buddy punching,” when an employee clocks in or out for other employees. Facial recognition technology is designed to help you prevent buddy punching. Do your employees know how much buddy punching costs your company? . Buddy punching can go right to your company’s bottom line: Time fraud can cost businesses up to 5% of gross payroll, according to the American Payroll Association (APA

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Taking communication offline to improve workplace relationships and productivity

HR Zone

Change. How to take communication offline.

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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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Flexible Workers Need Skills Development, Too

Allegis Global Solutions

Learning and development is a perennial challenge for companies as workers’ skills can grow stale with each passing year. In fact, one study found that the average “half-life” of a skill today is only five years. In other words, the effectiveness and impact of a skill begin to erode immediately. The challenge is not lost on employers. For decades, companies have provided opportunities for employees to advance their capabilities, whether through training, coaching, mentorship, or a myriad of lear

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How to Drive Real Results with your Engagement Survey

Reflektive

While many companies use engagement surveys to assess employee sentiment, HR leaders still struggle to drive organizational change with these survey insights. In fact, 40 percent of HR leaders have difficulty bringing the employee value proposition to life in employees’ day-to-day work. Change Management is Complex. Getting large, cross-functional initiatives off the ground is a huge undertaking for HR leaders.

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New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act Ruled Not to be Retroactive

Trusaic

The recently enacted Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act in New Jersey has been ruled not to be retroactive by a federal court, but the ruling leaves open the possibility that state courts may decide differently. The ruling came at the closing of a case involving Darla Perrotto and her former employer, Morgan Advanced Materials and Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Inc., in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Employee benefits: why annual leave is an untapped rewards opportunity

HR Zone

Retention. How leave makes employees stay.

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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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What Is Your Management Style Based on Your Enneagram Type?

Kazoo

Raise your hand if you’ve ever given out (and taken!) a personality test for a new job or as a team-building exercise at work. Chances are, many of you have – and with very good reason. In a professional capacity, personality tests can be a powerful tool for discovering your management style, especially for those who are in leadership positions and responsible for driving the development of others.

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Facial Biometrics Can Bring Greater Accuracy and Flexibility to Time & Attendance Software

nettime solutions

What does the future of working look like? For many companies and workers, the future is all about flexibility. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent study, “ The Millennial Mindset ,” in which a whopping 92% of individuals said they want to work from home, while 91% said that flexible working — not being forced into traditional 9-to-5 days — is important.

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Wooing top tech talent: Recruiting in the Boston tech scene

Workable

A memorable Workable event on tech recruiting opened with some surprising statistics, courtesy of Culture Amp’s Joshua Bach : “10% of people [leave] within the first six months of starting a new job. And many people decide if they’re going to leave a job within the first six weeks.“. This isn’t just a problem for employers; it’s a problem for recruiters as well both in terms of cost and overall disruption.

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Mental Health Awareness Week: How to better tune into your mental and emotional health

HR Zone

People. Tuning into your emotional health.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Candidates Sound Off on Recruitment Processes

Engage2Excel

Candidate Experience has emerged as the buzz-worthy term of choice among thought leaders in recruiting. In today’s highly competitive market for talent, creating better candidate experiences can reduce your drop-out rate. More engaging, two-way candidate experiences can help you better assess job-fit to reduce voluntary turnover rates. And, candidate experience is also an important aspect of your employer brand, which is particularly important if your candidates are also customers or prospective

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Buckeye: Espionage Outfit Used Equation Group Tools Prior to Shadow Brokers Leak

Symantec

Windows zero day was exploited by Buckeye alongside Equation Group tools during 2016 attacks. Exploit and tools continued to be used after Buckeye's apparent disappearance in 2017.

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People analytics is hard & HR "data management" is your kryptonite

Hire Road

Recently, I had a conversation with someone who has been in the HR Tech game a long time and he was looking to learn more about people analytics. We’ll call him Charlie for purposes of this blog. Charlie said to me “when I was with HR Tech Co "XYZ" we had all of these customers asking us for better data integration and APIs - which we built - but at the end of the day, there were few who actually made good use of them”.

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How to Create an Effective Internal Communication Strategy & Plan with 13 Best Practices

Imaginasium

Developing a well-thought-out, intentional internal communications strategy and a plan to execute that strategy is critical to the success of your business. The best internal communication strategies do more than simply manage and distribute information. They can foster an engaging environment ripe with relationships built on trust. That trust, in turn, creates a strong company culture.

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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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Creative and Compliant Ways to Check References

SHRM Resources

Reference checking is a necessary evil of the hiring process, but it’s fraught with challenges. There are ways, however, that reference checkers can creatively and compliantly gather meaningful information to help employers make informed hiring decisions.

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Why I Choose Freelancing Instead of a Traditional Career Path

Workology

The term freelancer often comes with a stigma. It’s painted to be a picture of gig work or someone who wants flexibility and craves the work-life balance, but this isn’t the only reason people choose. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Don’t Rule Out Remote Workers—Get the Most from Your Remote Staff

BambooHR

It’s easy to assume remote workers aren’t as dedicated to the job as their on-site peers. For some bosses, working hard is synonymous with being.

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