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Can AI Improve Training

Engage2Excel

Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are all around us, and we are more used to it than we realize. For example, the internet searches we conduct, working with virtual assistants, or even shopping online and checking out recommended purchases. Interestingly, in a recent survey to HR professionals by Engage2Excel Group, when asked which technology trends HR professionals most were interested in learning about, 81 percent responded with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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How to captivate employees during the pandemic

Hppy

This year has been challenging for many, especially those running a business. During these unprecedented times, nothing seems certain and this can cause problems for your business. One thing is for certain: you need your employees to be firmly on your side. Employee retention is crucial at the moment; there is no point in fighting to keep your business afloat if you have no staff to keep it going.

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California Voters Approve Gig Drivers’ Independent-Contractor Status

SHRM Resources

California voters passed Proposition 22, which will allow gig-economy companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to classify app-based drivers as independent contractors despite a strict new law that a court recently said makes such drivers employees.

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Workforce Planning for Your Next Fiscal Year in a Time of Uncertainty

Cisive

While it is challenging to have strategic business conversations around budget, staffing and headcount while we are working in a time of uncertainty, we still have to be able to plan for our company’s future. HR leaders and our teams are struggling to plan and prepare for either a surge or a shortage of talent, a boom or bust economy, a major election that has a direct impact on federal policies, and the potential for a pandemic second—or even third—wave.

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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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Calculating the Cost of a Bad Hire – What’s Your Formula?

Hireology

If you’ve been in business for a while, chances are you’ve made at least one hiring mistake you wish you could take back. Whether a new employee was a complete disaster or just didn’t live up to expectations, a poor fit can cost your business time, resources, and of course, money. When hiring is rushed, it’s easy to pick the wrong individual for a role.

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Video: Jobs and Skills Masterclass

HR Examiner

Video with full transcript. In this video, John Sumser presents a masterclass on the jobs and skills needed in today’s organizations as we navigate the world of work during the coronavirus pandemic. I’d love to hear your thoughts about the discussion we had in the interview. Post your comments on HRExaminer.com or my YouTube Channel » Full Transcript.

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Bookmark This! The Rise of Human Experience Management #HXM

HR Bartender

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we’re human. And we want to be treated as such. This includes our work experience. Yes, we’re technically an employee or a manager or maybe a freelancer, but we want to be treated as a human. Our friends at SAP SuccessFactors launched a LinkedIn Live series recently called “The Rise of HXM – Human Experience Management”.

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The Criminal Justice System Killed My Son

Thrive Global

Property of WBRC. My son lost his life to the festering wound, that is our criminal justice system. The injustices, and extreme risk of injury and death ooze like puss throughout the entire infected establishment. The rampant violence, contraband, and corruption, untimely medical care, the staffing crisis, inappropriate prisoner placement, and lack of supervision, to name just a few, have turned our correctional institutions into dead zones.

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Appreciation in the Workplace: Why It Matters

Achievers

I’m lucky to have two beautiful daughters and since working nearly 15 years advocating for appreciation in the workplace , I’ve been implanting into their brains the importance of recognition and why you need to treat people the right way. A few years back, I was on vacation in Mauritius, a beautiful island with incredible hotels. We came to the end of our two weeks stay and my daughters, aged 8 and 10 at the time, wanted to write a personal thank you note to the workers of the children’s club t

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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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Remember the Titans

DecisionWise

THE MANAGER's GUIDE TO. Winning with the Employee Experience. Download this companion guide to our discussion of the film “Remember the Titans” and learn more about fostering a strong organizational culture built on respect and unity. Download the Guide. More “Employee Engagement Goes to the Movies” Videos. DecisionWise consultants, Kenna Bryan and Adam Koozer discuss team-building and leadership lessons from the 2000 film, Remember the Titans.

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3 Steps to Choosing the Best Hiring and Talent Technology

Allegis Global Solutions

Hiring has changed beyond all recognition since the pandemic struck earlier this year. In response, hiring organisations have been forced to adopt new digital strategies to engage, hire and onboard talent, which will inevitably have a long-term impact on the industry. Today’s talent leaders are challenged on how to effectively harness talent technology within a new operating model; one that supports the end-to-end talent process and drives strong performance.

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What is Recruitment Marketing and how should employers use it

Hppy

Recruitment management can be defined as the process of finding new employees. Businesses place job ads to locate new talent, review resumes, and invite potential candidates for interviews. The recruitment process can be separated into five activities that may vary depending on the company’s needs. . The process starts with finding new people. Online job boards have many people looking for work, and companies post ads on relevant websites when they have an opening for a new position.

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my employee doesn’t wear a bra on Zoom meetings — should I say anything?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m a man who manages a team of eight. We are all remote since COVID started. It’s become noticeable in the last few months that a woman on the team, let’s call her Samantha, is not wearing a bra during zoom calls. She isn’t dressing provocatively or sexy. I do find it a little distracting sometimes, but not so much that I would bring it up with her.

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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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How to bridge digital internal communications skills gaps

HR Zone

Employees It's time to bridge the digital IC skills gap.

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Balancing Life and Work: How to Support Your Employees

Achievers

As a CEO, I’ve been focused for quite some time on helping employees reposition their work experience as important but not all-consuming. I’ve come to call this initiative “putting the work back in its place.” This work–life balance philosophy runs counter to the historical management mantra of arrive earlier, stay later, and do more. Below I share why I adopted this philosophy and offer top tips for balancing life and work.

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Want to adopt AI in the workplace? Start small, experts say

HRExecutive

In theory, it sounds good to implement AI in an organization. But many HR leaders are worried about adopting data and automation technologies: Is it burdensome? Time-consuming? Does it take the human out of human resources ? Fear not, HR Tech speakers said during the HR Technology Conference & Exposition, held virtually. Advertisement. When used to their full potential, data and analytics can help HR advance its position as a critical value creator, providing data-driven insights that will b

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4 Essential Soft Skills for Successful Remote Work

SHRM Resources

?The shift to remote work has been one of the most conspicuous HR trends of 2020. Many industry forecasters believe a significant percentage of work will continue to be performed remotely in the years ahead, even after the coronavirus threat is contained. In this new normal, it's important to know which soft skills are critical for effective remote work and how managers can best identify and bring out those skills in their direct reports.Soft skills have always been a factor in hiring decisions.

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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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How HR can tackle employee loneliness when working remotely

cipHR

From communicating openly, to raising awareness of loneliness, here’s how HR can support employees who feel isolated or alone. How many of us have felt isolated or lonely during the pandemic? Between 3 April and 3 May 2020 , 2.6 million adults in the UK reported that they “often” or “always” felt lonely. Lockdown meant no socialising with others in person and while this might have come as a relief to some, to others it resulted in increased feelings of loneliness.

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15 Things to Avoid When Letting Employees Go [Infographic]

TalentCulture

Especially during our prolonged pandemic, and right before we begin the holiday season, firing someone is not fun. The impact on the person getting fired is both obvious and tragic. […]. The post 15 Things to Avoid When Letting Employees Go [Infographic] appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How Influencer Marketing Can Benefit Your Social Strategy

Take It Personel-ly

Even if you have never engaged in influencer marketing in your own business, you have likely been impacted or influenced by it. Today, this is one of the best ways to build your brand online while raising awareness among your audience. Today, influencer marketing, such as individuals discussing information about your product, like “what is […].

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Unearth Your A.I. Ethics with these Questions

HR Examiner

“In the 20th Century, having an ethics committee or oversight function meant having a way to generate a set of rules. From a policy perspective, ethics boiled down to ‘this is good and that is bad.’ We’ve begun to move at a rate that requires us to include more uncertainty in our decisions and proclamations.” - John Sumser. Asking Ethical questions about your Values of People and Technology.

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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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4 Things You Can Do to Get Candidates to Open Your Emails!

SHRM

I found some cool data that probably got overlooked a while back from CB Insights [1]. Now, this data is from 2016, but it’s super relevant! CB Insights did some testing with their own email newsletter that went out to 175K+. A very big sample and the reality is they have the exact same goal as we all do, Get Candidates to Open Our Email! These 4 things work really well in getting people to open your email: 1.

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Part 5: Work Design

Sergio Caredda

Our Ultimate Q uest for the Meaning of Work has started with a Brief History of Work , where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of work across time. I have then explored the framework of The Discourses of Work that I built, to underline how the meaning of Work evolved through history. I then I went deeper into the fifth discourse: Work as Job and in the last post, I analysed The New Discourse of Work that is currently emerging.

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These 5 pandemic-driven trends are reshaping business

HRExecutive

Throughout history, major global events have tended to dramatically shift the cultural narrative in the business world and beyond, says Piyush Mehta, CHRO of professional services firm Genpact. Such events first create a “seismic” impact, followed by a recovery based on significant changes to how we live and work—changes that happen much faster than one might expect, as they quickly become ingrained in the social fabric.

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I think my employee is overpaid

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have an employee who is overpaid for her position. I inherited this employee from a former manager who hired her two years ago. Our business revenue has declined dramatically in the past 12 months, and I know I could hire someone to do the same job for about $20,000 less per year. Saving $20,000 would really help towards our budget.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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3M’s SVP of HR Kristen Ludgate on a Better Way to Attract Top Talent

HR Digest

COURAGE UNDER CHANGE. Kristen Ludgate, who leads 3M’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the “15% culture” philosophy that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. The HR Digest: 3M is said to have a passionate work culture fit for the industry’s most driven workers.

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Ep 251: How to Make Work Human When We’re Leading Remote Teams

Workology

We’ve spent the past several months supporting our teams who are dispersed and working from home due to the coronavirus. HR leaders have been faced with how we train employees who have never worked. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. We’ve spent the past several months supporting our teams who are dispersed and working from home due to the coronavirus.

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Does Your Hiring Process Have Diversification Bias? (Diversifi-what!?!)

The Tim Sackett Project

One of the really great things that have happened in 2020 is the giant spotlight D&I has gotten in organizations, especially around hiring a more diverse workforce. Obviously, organizations have been working on this for a while, but with limited success. What researchers are discovering is that many organizations might have “Diversification Bias” in their hiring process.

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