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4 Small Ways Companies Can Improve Team Morale

Hppy

Team morale is an essential element in building any successful venture , but it is also one of the most neglected elements in smaller companies, unfortunately. An event, an activity, or a step that boosts team morale doesn’t always have to be anything that costs a lot of money or resources either, it can be something small but meaningful as well. On that note, let’s now discuss four small methods that HR can use to boost team morale effectively.

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Interviewing Tips for Those Painful Questions

GetFive

What are your strengths? What’s your greatest career accomplishment? What are your career goals? If you think these are tough interview questions, you’re in for a big surprise. These are what most career coaches consider basic questions and every job seeker should be able to answer them with a near flawless response. So what happens when the interviewer throws you a curve ball?

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4 Tips to Achieve Phone Interview Success

GetFive

More and more hiring managers are using phone screenings or interviews as the first step of the hiring process. Many view phone screening as an efficient way to narrow down the applicant pool. Instead of wasting an hour-long interview time slot, they can get the initial information and interaction they need from a brief phone call. While this may be a time-saver for hiring managers, it’s yet another hurdle for candidates to overcome on the way toward getting a job.

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7 Myths That Are Holding You Back From Becoming the Confident Individual You Wish to Be

Take It Personel-ly

It’s been proven through research that people who are confident are more successful in all areas of life when compared to those who don’t consider themselves confident. Better career success, stronger relationships, and a greater sense of happiness are all likely to result from confidence. However, becoming and remaining confident are no easy tasks.

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Here Are the HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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How Loyalty Stems From Transparency In The Workplace

Thrive Global

In my years of management, I have noticed one trend- what you give out is what you get back. If you show your dedication to your employees, they will, in turn, be more dedicated to the organization they work so hard for, If you are more engaged in their work, they will be too! I feel that this is how honesty works as well. When you are honest with someone they will feel comfortable in telling you about their life.

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6 Effective Financial Management Strategies for Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

A business cannot run without money. That is why before you opened your company, you had to gather finances and purchase a few office items. Interestingly, only 2 out of 10 new businesses make it past the first year. What makes these ventures fail? The most common reason is poor financial management. These firms run […].

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Advancing Innovation in Healthcare in the New Decade

Precheck

Advancing Innovation in Healthcare in the New Decade Jun. 9, 2020. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. Both the clinical and administrative sides of healthcare are constantly evolving, from screening job candidates to conducting patient visits to training medical students. As we enter a new decade marked by a global pandemic, these advancements create significant challenges and opportunities for all parts of a healthcare organization.

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Sumser tech spotlight: This hiring tool ‘distinguishes itself’

HRExecutive

Baltimore is the very last place that I’d expect to find groundbreaking technology for the labor market. The metro area hosts the Social Security Administration and is next door to the NSA. There is a deep well of technology, but it is really big tech. Signal processing, security, radar, satellites, sonar, test equipmen, and other electronics engineering disciplines are at the heart of the tech sector.

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Ways to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses

Zenefits

As protests calling for structural reform to fight institutionalized racism and police brutality continue to take place across the country, there’s been a call to support Black-owned businesses. There are 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the United States, according to a 2015 U.S. Census Report. As small businesses have been closed around the country because of COVID-19, supporting these businesses can help keep people employed and help them stay open.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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ENGAGEMENT MAGIC®: The 5 Keys of Employee Engagement

DecisionWise

In our blog, “ Are Your Employees Engaged or Just Satisfied ,” we reviewed some of the differences between employee engagement and employee satisfaction. Satisfied employees operate under a transactional relationship—“Because the company gives me X, I am willing to give X worth of effort.” As Herzberg would say, these elements are “hygiene factors ”—they must be present, but do not necessarily result in engagement.

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Four Inclusive Workplace Practices for Your Virtual Team

Allegis Global Solutions

As companies continue virtual work in response to COVID-19, many employees may be left disconnected and disengaged. In fact, an April 2020 study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that a full 65 percent of employers say maintaining morale has been a challenge due to the switch to remote work, and more than one third face difficulties with worker productivity.

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Asynchronous communication in the workplace: benefits and best practices

Workable

Asynchronous work and its unique issues – for example, communication delay or tech hiccups – are not new territory for many businesses. Many employers have had distributed teams for years now and they’ve been willing to share their best practices to shed some light on remote work first-timers’ biggest problems and solutions , including tips for effective asynchronous collaboration.

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Two simple and cost-effective ways to improve employee wellbeing

HR Zone

Employees Two cost-effective ways to improve wellbeing.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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8 Tips for Writing the Perfect Executive Assistant Resume (Plus an Example!)

The Muse

Follow this advice to highlight your past achievements as an executive assistant and tell a compelling story about why you’re the best candidate for this new job.

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Create Boundaries Between Home and Work—Even When You Work from Home

SHRM Resources

?Travis James Fell was on a Zoom call with his colleagues when an image of a disembodied arm appeared beside his head. After an awkward silence, a co-worker asked Fell if his home is possessed.It is not. One of Fell's daughters was tapping his shoulder while asking him a question, and the Zoom settings transformed her limb into a horror movie prop. Fell said he loves his two daughters, wife and dog, though their frequent interruptions break his concentration, leaving him longing to return to the

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Home office ergonomics – everything you need to know

Insperity

With more people working remote, home office ergonomics is taking on a new level of importance. Yet creating a space with ergonomically correct, comfortable furnishings can prove challenging. Although convenient, dining tables, hard chairs and tall kitchen counters aren’t comfortable for long stretches of time. And, if you’re routinely uncomfortable, will you perform your best?

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Unlocking the wider potential of employee advocacy

HR Zone

Employees Are your employees advocates of your brand?

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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How Long Should Your Resume Actually Be? Here’s an Easy Guide to Follow

The Muse

We’ve got expert advice on how to decide how long your resume should be (and how to cut it down if needed).

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A Beginner’s Guide to Machine Learning for HR Practitioners

Analytics in HR

When you hear Artificial Intelligence (AI) the first thing that comes to mind are robots; in particular, the Steven Spielberg movie titled A.I. where a robot child is built that can love and behave just like a real human. This idea appears to be closer to a dream than reality. Truth is, AI is more ubiquitous than we might think. It ranges from self-driving cars, movie recommendations on Netflix, e-mail spam detection to voice-controlled assistants such as Apple’s SIRI.

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The New Normal: Facing Challenges in HR With Illnesses

Workology

The World We Now Live In… The New Normal… Your Challenges in HR With Illnesses Although we are experiencing the worst plague that any of us have ever seen, there is still the reality that other. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Embracing values-based leadership through Covid-19

HR Zone

Culture Eight ways to create a values-based organisation.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Leaders Guide on How to Manage Workplace Conflict

6Q

Most people can handle just about any amount and type of work that comes their way. It’s not the work that puts them over the edge – it’s a conflict with a coworker or coworkers. Conflict in the workplace, or anywhere, is inevitable. Conflict is part of being human. Some people are more comfortable with it than others, and some people tend to be “conflict carriers”.

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Coronavirus resource spotlight: Kaiser Permanente’s meditation app

HRExecutive

Here’s a look at Kaiser Permanente’s new tool that aims to help people manage stress—available free of charge for Kaiser Permanente members. What it is: Kaiser Permanente’s Calm app. The insurer’s new app—available to Kaiser Permanente members for free—focuses on mindfulness, meditation and sleep. Overall, Kaiser says, the tech tool “supports people looking for ways to manage stress and build resilience, particularly in uncertain times.”.

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Jobless Claims Continue to Fall, Still at 1.5 Million

SHRM Resources

Around 1.5 million U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending June 6. First-time claims have been gradually falling since hitting a record 6.8 million in late March, indicating that the downturn triggered by a near shutdown of the country in mid-March to control the spread of COVID-19 is bottoming out.

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How Employers Can Show Their Character and Stand Out in Trying Times

ADP

During the global health event, employers are being presented with a unique opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to their employees. There are.

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.