Sat.Aug 08, 2020 - Fri.Aug 14, 2020

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7 Corporate Wellbeing Trends of 2020

Hppy

E ? mployee Engagement – ?Employee dissatisfaction on the job is a major concern for most businesses. According to ? Forbes ? , employees that are disengaged in the workplace cost U.S. companies a loss of up to $550 billion in annual revenues. Disengagement affects everything from productivity to customer satisfaction. Strategizing ways to make employees more inclusive and empowered bolsters a sense of identity and alignment with their companies.

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How to Increase Productivity for Your Remote Workers

Kazoo

Welcome to How We Do at Kazoo, our series where we share actionable insider tips to make the workplace awesome. Today, we’re talking with Kazoo Chief Marketing Officer Casey Carey about how remote work made him rethink team meetings, and how he updated his remote team’s work from home schedule to increase productivity for his remote employees.

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Creating Career Agility

Fuel50

The post Creating Career Agility appeared first on Fuel50.

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California Court Orders Uber and Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees

SHRM Resources

A trial court judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction blocking Uber and Lyft from continuing to classify drivers as independent contractors under California’s employment laws. The judge briefly delayed enforcement, however, so the ride-hailing services will have time to appeal the order.

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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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PTO in a Staycation World

Compensation Cafe

2020, the year of the forced staycation. While some people have been able to take real vacations this year, those of us with multi-generational families, who are immunocompromised or have other concerns about our health and welfare have had very limited options. In the world of Total Rewards, this creates some real concerns. There is the basic issue of ensuring people have the time and privacy to recharge (I discussed “performance fatigue” in a recent article ).

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Hiring again after wide-scale layoffs

Insperity

Whether it’s a pandemic such as COVID-19 , an economic downturn or a major market or industry shift that has challenged your business, letting valued team members go is always a tough decision to make. If you’ve had to lay off a significant portion of your workforce recently, you’re all too familiar with this unfortunate situation. However, the conditions that force your business to reduce its headcount can evolve and improve over time.

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Why is Proper Applicant Screening So Important for Small Businesses?

Hppy

You’d be hard-pressed to find a small business owner who doesn’t want to staff their enterprise with the best possible applicants. However, despite these lofty aspirations, a staggering number of small businesses place employee screening on the backburner. Far too often, businesses fail to conduct background checks, opting instead to take applicants at their word and overlook a litany of red flags.

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6 Key Principles for Organizational Decision Making

HR Bartender

Organizations are always making decisions. And when faced with unique circumstances, they might have to make some more – including some really tough ones. Decision making isn’t easy. Some people avoid making decisions at all costs. And avoidance is a decision in itself. There are times when the outcome from no decision can be worse. At some point last year, I attended a conference where the speaker shared six principles for decision making.

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my company is incredibly weird when people resign

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: For the past seven years, I’ve worked for a small marketing agency with five full-time employees and two partners who own the businesses. It looks like (fingers crossed!) I’ll be receiving an offer for a new position with a different agency soon, working on projects that I’m excited about with a substantial pay increase and benefits.

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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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Podcast: Don’t Step on the Daisy – Employee Engagement Lessons from “Joe Vs. The Volcano”

DecisionWise

In this episode of the Engaging People Podcast, we’re starting a new segment called “Employee Engagement Goes to the Movies,” where we consult the silver screen for powerful lessons on what to do and what not to do to create the right employee experience. This week, we examine the 1990 film “Joe Vs. The Volcano” starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. In this movie, Joe (played by Hanks) works a horrible, dehumanizing job and after being told he is dying of a rare disease, quits his job and accepts an

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10 Essential Remote Working Tips

Achievers

Remote work can be an unexplored territory for many people. If you’re new to remote work , make sure you’re well-equipped with the right tips and tools in place. We dive into 10 essential remote working tips. . 1. Practice frequent recognition . Recognition is a key takeaway when it comes to remote working tips. Remote workers can feel isolated and Gallup shared that 21 percent named “loneliness” as the biggest struggle with working remotely.

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To Propel Your Business, Learn What’s Driving Employee Performance

15Five

Companies with high engagement show a 21% higher profitability, have 41% lower absenteeism, and outperform those with low engagement by 202%—yet, only about a third of employees today are engaged. So, what’s missing? Most engagement surveys today aren’t measuring the behaviors that actually drive employee performance. 15Five aims to bridge this gap with our new Full Potential Index , a research-backed survey feature helping leaders measure the qualities that promote high engagement. 15Five’s Ful

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Diversity and inclusion: managing gender transition at work

HR Zone

Culture Managing gender transition at work.

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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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L&D During COVID-19: How to Keep Your Team Engaged

Justworks

From commuting to office banter, COVID-19 has put many of the activities that define the everyday employee experience on hold — not the least of them professional development. Whether your team is in its fifth month of remote work or starting to return gradually to the office, it’s unlikely that employees are packing a conference room to capacity to hear a guest speaker, or traveling to conferences and industry events.

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The Human Experience: HR’s Next Frontier

eni

Our CEO Gene Raymondi discusses holistic wellbeing solutions on Hr.com’s webinar. The days of “What happens at home stays at home” are gone. Employers are coming to term with the fact that the lives of their employees’ spill over into the office, and employees are beginning to look to their employers for holistic solutions to address their lives as they happen and enhance their total well-being.

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how can we get dinner privacy with a live-in nanny?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Due to COVID-19, we decided to hire a live-in nanny, “Jane.” Jane, though very sweet, takes so long to clean up at night that it is eating into our privacy. My husband and I both work during the day, and dinner is our time to be together after we feed our toddler. When we initially hired Jane, she expressed that she would like to go on walks around 7 or 8 pm.

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Does your organisation need an employee wellbeing manager?

HR Zone

Acquisition Why you may need a wellbeing manager.

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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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How to Become an Unquittable Company: Debut Book Teaches Talent Do’s & Don’ts

EDSI

Have you ever been in awe of a company that seems to do everything perfectly? In this blog, EDSI's Jim Bitterle will answer questions about the findings from his book research and share best practices and “unquittable” tips companies can use to ensure their talent management strategy is effective and competitive in the 21st century.

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How Online Electronic Signature Software is Useful to Different Industries

SutiHR

Business is evolving more rapidly in the present market than ever before. Millions of dollars in funds get pushed towards the digitization of each industry-small or big. Internet and mobile service providers have impacted the technology market in such a manner that continuous evolution has become the new norm. One such digital solution is eSignature software.

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Innovative Ways Companies Convey Culture When Hiring Remotely

SHRM Resources

?Both employers and job candidates have come to consider culture, and culture fit, as important elements when making or accepting offers. But in a world where much hiring is taking place remotely—often via video conferencing and tools like Zoom and Skype—how can companies adequately convey their culture?It's a challenge that many HR professionals have taken on, and they have important insights to share.Start with the Basics"Corporate culture has never been more important to recruiting talen

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Why vulnerability is HR's superpower for supporting employee mental health

HR Zone

Employees Why vulnerability is HR's superpower.

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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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8 Interview Questions About Diversity and Inclusion Every Job Seeker Should Be Able to Answer

The Muse

Companies are asking candidates for jobs of all kinds at all levels about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Here’s what they’re asking, why, and how to answer.

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Why “REAL LIFE” Support For Your Employees Is A Great ROI

Workology

It’s critical that you support your employees not just because it’s a good idea from a human being perspective because the financial/operational ROI that is a product of that support can not. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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New Unemployment Claims Fall Under 1 Million

SHRM Resources

States reported that 963,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Aug. 8, a decrease of 228,000 from the previous week. The total number of workers continuing to claim unemployment benefits fell to 15.4 million last week after peaking at nearly 25 million in early May. Another 10.7 million people continue to claim unemployment under the newly created Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program providing jobless benefits to workers previously not eligible for unemp

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10 ways to create a fully inclusive remote onboarding process

HR Zone

Retention Inclusive remote onboarding in 10 steps.

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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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How to use AI, data to drive inclusion

HRExecutive

With two decades of hands-on experience in D&I and culture change , Tolonda Tolbert knows how to put data into action. The co-founder and head of strategy and culture at Eskalera, Tolbert previously served as senior director of the Inclusive Leadership Initiative for Catalyst, partnering with global organizations to build their capacity to create and sustain inclusive workplaces.

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What HR Can Do About Racism and Microaggressions at Work

Workology

You can learn more about microaggressions by subscribing to our Workology Podcast so you can hear about our upcoming podcast episode with Kim Crowder. Subscribe to us on Stitcher | PocketCast. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Looking for Your Next Job? These 29 Companies Are All Hiring Right Now

The Muse

See who’s hiring, check out job openings, and get your applications ready.

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