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Gelling as a team – from strangers to squad in 7 steps

Insperity

From time to time, you may need to reorganize your teams, bringing in new members from a different part of your organization. To work cohesively and collaboratively, the people involved will have to first learn each other’s personalities and work styles. If handled poorly, these transitions can lead to conflict and slowed productivity. That’s why you need clear strategies for helping people gel as a team.

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8 Ways to Give Feedback Effectively

DecisionWise

All of us, at one point in time, have received feedback that made a significant difference in our behavior or outlook on life. But what is the difference between feedback that causes change and feedback that goes unnoticed? Effectively giving feedback is a disruptor – it makes us think differently about our behavior. Most times, we have gained something from feedback even if it was painful to hear at first.

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More-Limited Definition of Independent Contractor May Be Imminent

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Department of Labor may be on the verge of narrowing the definition of who is an independent contractor.

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What if we hired employees like NFL teams draft players?

The Tim Sackett Project

The NFL draft, kind of like college football recruiting, is still mostly a crap shoot. I mean, you kind of know what you’re getting, but you truly have no idea if that player is going to be a great success or a colossal failure! It’s all a game of statistical chance. Our hope is this player is more likely to be successful than this other player, but there are no guarantees.

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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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Organizations: Use Online Forms to Capture Valuable Data

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by JotForm , a full-featured online form builder that makes it easy to create forms and collect data. They’ve just launched a new product called JotForm Approvals that automates approval processes with ease , something every HR department loves to hear. Enjoy the article!). One of the keys to good decision making is having the right data and information.

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The Tale Of Performance Management Tools: 15Five, Lattice, and Many More…

Josh Bersin

The market for online performance management software has been fascinating. For more than a decade vendors have been building new tools to enable goal management, check-ins, feedback, and alignment. And now we’ve added surveys and feedback to the mix. This week 15Five, one of the fastest-growing vendors, announced the acquisition of Emplify , a leading.

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Ways to keep a good specialist if a competitor pays a higher salary

Hppy

The success of an organization is determined by the level of its employees’ competence, motivation, and performance. Therefore, it is especially important to be able to keep good specialist in the organization. However, this task sometimes might be complicated. One of pitfalls of keeping a good specialist in the organization is the impossibility to give employees a raise when all competitors pay much more money for executing the same kind of work.

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Sights and Sounds: Carnival of HR – April 2021

Robin Schooling

A carnival, to me, brings to mind sights, sounds and smells. Carnivals have bright lights, laughing (and/or shrieking) voices coming from folks on rides, live music, and tantalizing aromas wafting forth from tents and food trucks. Sadly we’ve had to miss out on these events and experiences for the last 12 months; here in my corner of the world we’ve cancelled French Quarter Fest (times 2), the Baton Rouge Blues Festival , the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival , the Rayne Frog Festival and the ever

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Requiring employees to return to the office? Get ready for them to quit

HRExecutive

Employers considering bringing their employees back into the office might want to reconsider. A whopping 58% of workers say they would “absolutely” look for a new job if they weren’t allowed to continue working remotely in their current position, new data finds. According to FlexJobs, which surveyed more than 2,100 people who have been working remotely during the pandemic, 31% aren’t sure what they would do and only 11% say not being able to continue working remotely is not a big deal to them.

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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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OIG Exclusions Screening: Best Practices for Healthcare

Accurate Background

Healthcare is an industry, perhaps more than most others, that is particularly prone to concerns about how individuals’ past behaviors could predict, or impact, their future interactions. It’s an industry, after all, that involves not just working with people but interacting with them at times when they are often at their most weak and vulnerable. It’s a highly regulated industry and for good reason.

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6 Systems Your HR Department Must Have

Hppy

Successfully running an HR department in any business is a challenge, but you can improve the department’s performance by establishing systems. From actively recruiting employees to managing payroll, having the right systems in place can increase your staff’s productivity and help your HR department better support the entire business. Here are six systems your HR department needs.

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Workforce planning: how to create a more agile recruitment and talent strategy

HR Zone

Development Preparing for the workforce of tomorrow.

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Leadership and the return to the office

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

“It’s great to welcome you back to the office now that we’ve all been vaccinated, and the pandemic is under control! Take a few minutes to get settled, and then we’ll catch up in the conference room.”. Leaders around the world will soon be saying something like this. Their people will listen attentively — but apprehensively — as they get ready to resume their old roles in a new world.

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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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Pre-employment Marijuana Screens Will Be Outlawed for Many in Philadelphia

SHRM Resources

The Philadelphia City Council approved a measure April 22 prohibiting most employers in the city from testing new hires for marijuana use. The bill makes it illegal for companies “to require a prospective employee to submit to testing for the presence of marijuana” before hiring them.

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What Is Recruitment Marketing Automation: 4 Practices You Should Follow

Hppy

Recruitment marketing automation allows you to automate and streamline repetitive tasks in the recruitment process. Effective recruitment marketing automation will help your HR team save time by taking time-consuming tasks off of their hands. Saving time on repetitive tasks will free up personnel to do other activities. For example, promote job openings through other marketing channels.

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WFH Burnout and Zoom Fatigue: Much More Complex Than We Think

TalentCulture

Have you or your employees been feeling WFH burnout and Zoom fatigue these past months? It’s too common, despite the supposed convenience of working from home and using videoconferences to […]. The post WFH Burnout and Zoom Fatigue: Much More Complex Than We Think appeared first on TalentCulture.

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4 Quick Organization Tips When Your Office Is a Mess

Take It Personel-ly

A disorganized office can lead to reduced productivity and low employee morale. That’s why it’s important to spend the time and money required to get your office perfectly organized. When considering the best way to keep your office organized, you have plenty of options available. To get well on the way toward great organization, here […].

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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 Oracle’s new platform predicts about the future of EX tech

HRExecutive

Employee experience was already a fast-growing focus for HR before the pandemic , but the crises of the last year have made EX an even more pivotal piece of HR strategy—and jumpstarted competition among technology providers, which experts say is only going to get hotter. Take the recent announcement from Oracle of its Oracle Journeys platform, which, according to the company’s official release, “helps organizations create a one-stop shop for employees as they navigate all aspects of work and com

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Employee Feedback To Manager: How to Get Honest Feedback From Colleagues

Hppy

In any workplace, feedback is critical. Although we typically think of managers providing feedback to their employees, employee feedback to managers is just as valuable. Feedback helps both managers and employees to identify areas for improvement and achieve their best possible performance. . There are good and bad ways to provide feedback for managers and employees.

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5 Essential 2021 Workplace Soft Skills (And How to Recognize Them)

TalentCulture

Yes, workplace soft skills still matter. In fact, amid our ever-changing “new normal,” the intangible qualities that focus on behavior, personal traits and cognitive capabilities are more in-demand than at […]. The post 5 Essential 2021 Workplace Soft Skills (And How to Recognize Them) appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How to Add Self-Care Into Your Busy Schedule

Take It Personel-ly

Do you feel like you’re overly focused on work lately that you forget to address your own needs? Do you have the desire to slow down and take care of yourself more, but don’t know where to get started? If so, you came to the right place. Being busy and living with stress has become […].

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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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Your Street Address Doesn’t Belong on Your Resume Anymore—Here’s What Does

The Muse

Writing your street address on a resume is no longer necessary. Why you should add your location instead, how to do it, and what to do if you’re relocating.

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HR Professionals Couldn’t Be Tired … Could We?

SHRM

HR professionals are exhausted. Over the last year or so, those in HR have faced numerous workplace challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, protests and civil unrest, equity and inclusion, workplace shootings, and the list goes on. Leaders and employees have looked to us to set an example and to be calm, cool and collected. The truth is that HR professionals deal with emotions, angst and uneasiness just like anyone else.

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My Boss Favors My Coworker. Can I Do Anything?

Evil HR Lady

A reader question: So I started working as a dog washer in March, with my goal to become a groomer. If you wash 200 dogs, you get moved up to the “academy,” where you will begin your grooming training. Groom 200 dogs, then you move up to commission grooming. From there, you can be a salon leader or just groom with commission. I feel my salon leader is either singling me out or just not interested in me learning.

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6 Tips To Protect Your Business’s Finances

Take It Personel-ly

Your business needs money to survive and thrive. So, it is important to take measures to protect your finances. However, this is often easier said than done. There are numerous threats that could compromise your financial state. Additionally, there are plenty of unforeseen circumstances that could upend the way you do business. The following six […].

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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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9 Tips for Your Resume Email Subject Line (So Someone Actually Reads the Thing)

The Muse

Want them to open your email and read your resume? Whether you’re submitting an application or following up with a networking contact, these tips can help.

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New Manager Training: Coaching & Difficult Conversations

Workology

A study by CareerBuilder.com reports that a whopping 58 percent of managers said they didn’t receive any management training after being promoted. For companies, this can lead to a high turnover on. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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How to contain employee benefits costs (and why most businesses struggle)

Insperity

There’s no getting around it – employers pay a hefty sum to provide health care benefits for their employees. The average private-sector employer spends an average of $2.65 per hour, per employee, for health-insurance costs, according to Sept. 2020 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These aren’t low numbers. And the smaller a company is, the more consequential these numbers get.