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Employee Retention: New Strategies for the Future of Work

Kazoo

When unemployment dips below 4%, business leaders and hiring managers start using the “R-word” more and more. That’s right – retention. So what is employee retention, and why exactly does it matter so much? Employee retention is a simple concept; it’s the act of keeping, or retaining, employees that are hired to work in your company. The flipside of retention is turnover, which is the word used to describe employees exiting a company, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

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Support employment for people with disabilities: 5 inclusive hiring tips

Insperity

By ensuring your hiring practices encourage employment for people with disabilities, you can gain access to an often-untapped labor pool. In fact, making your company disability inclusive could help your business grow. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 8 percent in 2018, more than twice the rate of those with no disability.

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4 Elements of Leadership That Are As Impactful In The Office As On The Battlefield

15Five

“What?!”. We couldn’t believe what we were hearing. This officer wanted our team of mentor-Marines to patrol the route that held the record for greatest number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ever found in our area of operations. On foot. At night. With Afghan military partners we had just met, and who we didn’t fully trust yet. Our previous set of partners had attacked us, their own mentor team, inflicting 25 percent casualties.

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New HR Certification Study Kit Mobile App: Beta Testing and More

UpstartHR

Why do I help people study for the HR certification exams? It’s simple. When I get emails like this one I received recently, there’s no way I could ever stop. Wow. So honored to be part of the process people take toward changing their HR careers for the better! Making a Good Thing Even Better. One of the things I’ve heard in the last 10+ years that I have been helping people study for the HR certification exams is that they like to study on the go.

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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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Infographic: 7 Benefits of 360-Degree Feedback

DecisionWise

Download the PDF. 360-degree feedback surveys benefit leadership, teams, and the entire organization immediately. By providing a safe, confidential, and reliable way for colleagues to provide feedback, a company gains valuable, actionable insights into current leadership, teams, and overall health of the organization. Here are 7 benefits your organization will receive by participating in 360-degree feedback. 1.

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Best-Self Management Podcast, Episode 4: Present and Impactful Leadership

15Five

At some point in our lives, we’ve all experienced what it feels like to be around someone who, for lack of better words, sucks the energy out of the room. Their negativity has an overpowering presence in even the best of environments. While this attitude can be hard to ignore, someone with magnetic positivity may be even harder to look past. Either way, our energy is what most affects the people around us, more so than the words we use.

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Heatwave: how can HR take care of their employees in hot weather?

HR Zone

People. HR: How to handle the heat.

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5 Ways to Promote Camaraderie in the Workplace (Besides Happy Hour)

Justworks

Building camaraderie in the workplace is one of the core features of a successful business. At Justworks it’s even built into our core values. It’s safe to say that most people love a little happy hour every now and then, and it can be great for team bonding and fostering authentic camaraderie within the workplace. But happy hour ends up leaving some feeling excluded.

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The #1 Way For Recruiters To Build Creditability With Candidates.

The HR Capitalist

If a recruiter is good at what they do, they'll talk to a lot of people in a given week. Some of those conversations are short, some are long. There's a variety of information traded between candidate and recruiter - it's a two-way exchange. But some recruiters are better at building credibility with candidates, which further results in trust, transparency and most importantly - great information.

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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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Increase Your WOTC Certifications with A Two-Step Process

Trusaic

The use of an online screening portal for federal Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC) certifications is becoming more common. The process is fast and convenient. However, if organizations really want to maximize their WOTC certifications, they will want to incorporate a personalized screening experience for their candidates in addition to an online screening portal.

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HR in a heatwave: what role do we play in climate change?

HR Zone

Change. HR and the climate change agenda.

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Career Coach Spotlight: Natalie

Intoo USA

“We Empower Their Self-Discovery”: A Chat with Natalie, Intoo Certified Career Coach. A good career coach can help you get another job, but a great career coach empowers you to push beyond your boundaries—and pursue your biggest career dreams. That’s the kind of work Natalie, Intoo certified career coach, loves doing. With more than 18 years of career coaching experience, Natalie brings to her Intoo clients a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

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Cut Through All the Reference BS with This Single Question.

The HR Capitalist

No one ever gives you references they expect to be negative in any way. . You know this, right? When someone calls you up for a reference check and you do anything short of saying they're unbelievable (they provided your name after all), it's not being borderline neutral. Neutral is the new negative with reference checks. And it's been that way for awhile.

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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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Campaign to Close the Gender Gap Underway in California [UPDATE]

Trusaic

Gap, Intel, Cisco and First Capitol are among the 14 companies to take the California Pay Equity Pledge, bringing the total number of companies to 27, according to a press release issued by the Office of California Governor Newsom. Other companies who have signed on to the pledge include Apple, Uber, AT&T, Square, Zynga, Salesforce and Airbnb. A full list of companies participating in the pledge can be found clicking here.

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Gens Y and Z mark the end of the alphabet

Kazoo

Gens Y and Z mark the end of the alphabet. AND the beginning of something lots of us don’t fully understand. Most organizations today are heavily steeped in a traditionalist value system. When we think someone’s got a really great work ethic it’s because we’re benchmarking against a traditionalist definition of what a work ethic is. Or if we say someone’s been really loyal to our company it’s because we’re defining it in that same way that the traditionalist did.

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Podcast: Managing Team Relationships

DecisionWise

In this podcast episode, DecisionWise Principal Consultant Dan Hoopes, M.S.O.D., discusses the topic of managing team relationships inside organizations. How do you get your employees to enjoy working with the people on their team? How do you increase a spirit of collaboration and trust? How do you navigate conflicts and different personality styles that clash with each other?

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The Top Three Millennial Stereotypes and How to Address Them

EDSI

“They’re lazy. They don’t want to work like we did and they want so much accommodation. It’s like everything is a free-for-all. You can’t even count on them to show up on time. It’s hard to believe how much support and attention they want. I just can’t work with them.” Oh, I’m sorry. Did you think that was a quote about millennials?

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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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Get a 360 View on Employee Sentiment with Onboarding, Engagement, and Exit Surveys

Reflektive

Many company leaders assume that high employee engagement and retention are due to mission-driven work or a strong work-life balance. However, there are many other variables that impact these crucial metrics. For instance, employees are 60 percent more likely to stay at an organization for more than three years when there is a structured onboarding program.

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Gens Y and Z mark the end of the alphabet

Kazoo

Gens Y and Z mark the end of the alphabet. AND the beginning of something lots of us don’t fully understand. Most organizations today are heavily steeped in a traditionalist value system. When we think someone’s got a really great work ethic it’s because we’re benchmarking against a traditionalist definition of what a work ethic is. Or if we say someone’s been really loyal to our company it’s because we’re defining it in that same way that the traditionalist did.

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can you fire someone solely for being racist?

Ask a Manager

In an interesting juxtaposition with a letter from earlier today, a reader writes: I know you have answered a few variations over this, but I am hoping for a more clear answer in reference to my situation. Recently, my company hired someone that was extremely racist. He worked with me on his first day, where he dropped the N-word six times. I was shocked, and that night before bringing this up to my employer, I did a little social media sleuthing and saw a horrifying Twitter page full of xenopho

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Techniques to Help Accelerate Engagement Throughout the Recruiting Process

Engage2Excel

The data makes it clear that organizations that cultivate high levels of engagement also deliver exceptional performance regarding productivity, revenue, profitability, retention, customer service and other key metrics. Knowing this, you want new employees to reach high levels of engagement as quickly as possible. In fact, engagement starts before the hire, whether you're being intentional about it or not.

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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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“Conference” HR vs. Real-World HR

Robin Schooling

For many years now I’ve lived simultaneously in two separate and distinct HR worlds. I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel the world attending and/or speaking at events and conferences focused on HR, Recruiting, Technology and the Future of Work. I’ve also continued to meet and work with human resources professionals and businesses that, to put it mildly, operate much as they did circa 1993.

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Everything You Need to Know About SMART Goals

Kazoo

Goal setting is a necessary component for success, especially in the workplace. Not only do goals boost employee productivity, but they also give us purpose and help us turn our aspirations into reality. But if the power of setting goals at work has been proven time and time again, then why is it that 60% of businesses say they don’t have a standard goal-setting method in place?

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How Can HR Tech Improve the Employee Experience?

HRExecutive

Influence in HR technology comes from many places, takes many forms and continues to evolve over time. When the HRE /HR Tech Conference team met over the winter to work on this Influencers list, we knew it would be important to consider all aspects of influence. Some have more of a direct and immediate effect on products, while others have a more subtle yet longer-term impact.

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11 Ted Talks to Inspire Your Leadership and Management Teams

Workology

If you’re anything like me, you may have tuned into a few (hundred) Ted Talks for inspiration, education, and perspective when you feel like you’re running out of steam at work or life. I have a list. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to the Performance Appraisal

Digital HR Tech

Performance appraisals are a reoccurring phenomenon when it comes to managing employees. In this article, we will give an in-depth explanation of what a performance appraisal is, we’ll discuss the different types of appraisals, explain how to measure job performance, and share a template for the employee performance review. Table of contents. What is a performance appraisal?

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The 10 Reasons Why People Change Jobs [By Industry Experts]

GroSum

People are willingly switching their jobs at an alarming rate and it’s not just millennials. When a person changes jobs it costs their former company 1.5-2x that person’s salary on average. The company has to hire, train, and wait for the new hire’s productivity to reach the level of the former employee. Managers are quicker […]. The post The 10 Reasons Why People Change Jobs [By Industry Experts] appeared first on GroSum Blog.

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2020 Will Be HR’s Year to Flip the Script

HRExecutive

We sure have flipped the script on HR, haven’t we? Suddenly, the whole world is going digital, everything is mobile, and the people you’re hiring and managing have better tech on their wrists than you used to find and onboard them. The entire HR-technology industry is talking about the future of work, the role of HR and next-generation technologies, AI (artificial intelligence) and IA (intelligent automation), and digital transformation.