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These 3 words just cost an employer $50K

HR Morning

A recent lawsuit taught managers what not to say as the EEOC showed, once again, that a small comment can end up costing an employer big. . Diverse Lynx, an IT staffing firm in Princeton, NJ, was slapped with an age discrimination suit after rejecting a older applicant. ‘Age will matter’ According to the EEOC , after learning how old a job applicant was, the company emailed him saying he would no longer be considered for the position because he was born in 1945.

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How to Support the Creative Process of Ordinary People

HR Bartender

I loved this Harvard Business Review white paper by Teresa Amabile titled, “ In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity ”. From a business context, we’re constantly focused on creativity and innovation. We place value on it. My takeaway from the white paper is that we tend to label people as “creative” versus looking at a creative process that anyone could use successfully.

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Recruiting Technology: How Video Can Attract Active and Passive Jobseekers

HR Daily Advisor

Is your company using video in the recruiting process? If not, you may want to consider incorporating this technology into your recruiting strategies, as we are living in a digital age that is currently faced with a competitive candidate-driven market. Talent acquisition professionals are “mining for gold” it seems when searching for top talent. Really, there are two groups that you are looking to attract when searching for qualified candidates: chombosan / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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Top 3 Initiatives for Healthcare HR in 2018

Precheck

Top 3 Initiatives for Healthcare HR in 2018 Mar. 13, 2018. Bryan-Barajas.jpg. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. The challenges in healthcare HR are clear: an ongoing talent crunch, shifting regulations and reimbursement models, and ongoing mergers and acquisitions. To meet these challenges, HR leaders must focus on their core strengths and roles to implement talent strategies that support the bottom line.

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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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In Professional Services, It’s All About Having Mad Skills

Workday

It may sound like a phrase straight out of Urban Dictionary, but in the world of professional services , nothing is more vital than having a deep pool of “mad skills” available for clients. These mad skills encompass the entire range of talent attributes your employees need to be successful—not just hard skills but also competencies, behaviors, languages, certifications, and more.

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Why Having HR Measurements is No Longer Enough to Grow HR's Strategic Role

Cornerstone On Demand

When Google Analytics debuted in 2005, the ability to look under the hood, and see who was viewing your website (and for how long), was all at once foreign and exciting. In fact, it was so exciting there was a waitlist to access it—for nearly a year. Over a decade later, our collective obsession with metrics and analytics remains: data reigns supreme across industries with promises to improve strategic decisions.

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How To Focus On Employee Experience (And Sell It To Your CFO)

15Five

Don’t get me wrong– your CFO isn’t the bad person here—most likely, your finance guru wants the same thing you do—an organization that runs at its peak efficiency, with employees who are productive and committed to helping the company succeed. It’s just that you may come at that goal from different directions. You believe that intentionally creating a positive employee experience (EX) is necessary to make the organization competitive—and to do that, you may need to invest in organizational

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How to Ask for Constructive Feedback

Reflektive

Imagine that you were going to an optometrist and you weren’t able to tell them when the lens they applied worked best – do you think they would be able to write a prescription that would actually work well for you? During your visit to an optometrist’s office you will normally get asked, “can you see it now…. how about now,” by doing this, they are changing lenses to better understand your vision needs, but in order to do this they need to know what isn’t working.

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Know When to Upgrade Your Technology – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of quality workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. For the fourth consecutive year, Kronos has been named one of the Best Workplaces for Women according to global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work. Congrats to them!

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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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Want Your Recruitment CRM to Be Effective? Focus on Relationship Building

Cornerstone On Demand

While applicant tracking systems (ATS) have enabled companies to organize applicants in one system, magnified reach from digital advertising and job boards have created other challenges. In our effort to get more applicants, we've moved away from quality—HR teams simply can't evaluate 250 applications per job posting. Because of this, relationship building between company and candidate is often lost.

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8 Reasons to Marry an HR Professional (From the Archives)

UpstartHR

Last year my wife and I celebrated our tenth anniversary. Four kids, three houses, two sets of in-laws, and hundreds of silly arguments about toothpaste, dirty clothes, or what to eat for dinner later. And we’re still going strong. Several years ago I wrote a piece on funny reasons to marry an HR pro. After having to pull out my HR skills to handle yet another conversation this week with my wife’s former employer about retirement benefits, this has been top of mind for me.

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How Authentic Leaders Inspire Employee Growth

Reflektive

Where does employee growth come from? As human resources leaders see their best talent leaving for growth opportunities, this question is top of mind. In an article for HR Daily Advisor article I covered where leaders play a part in the growth of employees. There’s no question that executives influence – for better or worse – the next generation of leaders.

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6 Reasons to Attend the 2018 SHRM Talent Conference – #SHRMTalent

HR Bartender

I know there’s a lot of conversation right now about the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference taking place June 17-20, 2018 in Chicago. I’m excited to be attending this year. But I want to talk about a conference that happens before SHRM Annual. It’s the SHRM Talent Conference & Expo. This year’s event will be taking place April 16-18, 2018 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

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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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Office Hours: Is Your Organization Too Focused on Culture?

Cornerstone On Demand

This post is part of our biweekly " Office Hours " video series, featuring quick career, workplace and leadership tips from talent management experts and business leaders across the globe. It's pretty certain that office environment affects the way employees think, act and work. One result of a cutthroat office culture, for example, is almost 50 percent higher health expenditures when compared to other organizations.

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Employee Engagement — Capturing Hearts, Spirits, Minds, and Hands - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

We see more and more organizations working to “get employees engaged.” On the one hand, it’s good to see most organizations today recognize that the employee experience is at the core of organizational success. Unfortunately, often these “employee engagement initiatives” consist primarily of throwing perks at engagement woes. Visiting trade shows—Human Resources, in particular—will quickly provide proof that the terms “employee engagement solutions” and “employee experience” have been usurped by

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Are Your Supervisors Focused on the Right Customer?

Achievers

87% of millennials say their development in a job is essential. As a new generation of employees is promoted to their first supervisory or management role, organizations continue to fail to set them up for leadership success. One of the first lessons I learned as a new supervisor at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company was that my customers were no longer my most important priority—it was now my employees (or my internal customers).

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Breaking Down the Difference Between HMO and PPO

Justworks

When choosing health insurance for your company, there are many decisions to make. One of the first may be what type of plan to choose. If you’re shopping for health insurance, you’ve probably come across the acronyms HMO and PPO. HMO stands for Health Maintenance Organization, and PPO stands for Preferred Provider Organization. Knowing the difference between HMO and PPO is an important first step to determining which kind of plan is right for your company and employees.

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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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5 Ways Managers Can Guide the Talent Development Process

Cornerstone On Demand

When a young Marine officer becomes a company commanding officer, it is his first experience with leadership. Being responsible for the lives of more than 200 Marines in times of peace and, more importantly, during war is a heavy weight to bear. The consequences of failure are staggering. That's why a young Marine officer's most crucial task is ensuring that those under his command have the knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to succeed.

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7 Definitions of Employee Engagement - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Have you ever wondered why there were so many definitions of employee engagement? Organizations around the globe are striving to build a culture of engagement, yet the various definitions often cloud their efforts. Rewards and recognitions, learning and development, health and fitness, perks and benefits are all categories that commonly use employee engagement to describe their initiatives.

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The Shift from Years of Service Awards to a Culture of Recognition

Achievers

We’ve all been there. Your coworker Sam is moving on to a new opportunity. Goodbyes are being said. Personal email addresses are being exchanged so everyone can “stay in touch”. Sam’s cardboard box is filled with the usual suspects: family photos, a mousepad with the Dallas Cowboys logo, the chrome stapler he secretly lifted from the supply closet and a Ziplock bag full of client business cards he has gathered over the years.

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It’s All Connected: Unearthing The Potential in Hidden Collaborative Networks

Visier

Lois Weisberg, Chicago’s commissioner for cultural affairs from 1989 to 2011, passed away at age 90 in January 2016. She was made famous in part by Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book “The Tipping Point,” who described her as the quintessential “connector.”. Her connections included Tony Bennett, Allen Ginsberg, Arthur C. Clarke, as well as doctors, lawyers, environmentalists, real estate moguls, politicians, activists and street peddlers, according to her obituary in the New York Times.

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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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Decision Toolbox is now. Engage2Excel Recruitment Solutions 

Engage2Excel

In late 2016, Engage2Excel acquired Decision Toolbox, a recognized leader in integrated recruiting solutions. This addition complemented our existing HR solutions for employee recognition and surveys and significantly expanded the capabilities of our Talent Acquisition division, launched in July 2016.

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Remote control: how to build culture across a team of remote workers

HR Zone

Culture. How to build culture in your remote teams.

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Evernote's Head of 'People' Explains How the Company Employs Tech Tools to Reinforce Its Values

Entrepreneur

Technology and data can help make work productive, fulfilling, supportive and inclusive when proclaiming company values only goes so far.

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How to Design an Office for Maximizing Employee Happiness

Hppy

Workplace happiness is not a new concept. You can already measure it through productivity rates, surveys and collaboration between colleagues and departments. Happy employees are more creative and don’t settle with getting the job done. Design trends focus on enhancing employee happiness through proposals regarding company buildings, and the actual office.

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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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Keeping an Eye on Restaurant Labor Laws

nettime solutions

Do you remember the proposed overtime changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 2016? Once in effect, the rule was predicted to extend overtime protections to 4.2 million workers who were not previously eligible under federal law. Plenty of workers were excited about the changes, while many companies were a little concerned. And one sector that was particularly worried about changes in labor laws was the restaurant industry.

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Nudge theory and HR: using nudges as part of HR

HR Zone

People. Nudge theory and HR: using nudges as part of HR.

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HR: Handling tough conversations with employees

PeopleStrategy

At some point in your career as an HR professional, you will need to have challenging, awkward or uncomfortable conversations with employees. It’s part of the job. Sometimes employees behave inappropriately, do not perform as needed, or butt heads with co-workers. Skilled HR professionals are able to talk to employees about these issues in ways that are clear, direct and productive.