October, 2021

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7 employee behaviors it pays to recognize

Achievers

Recognition is essential to retaining and engaging employees, but few organizations provide enough of it. A startling 82% of employees wish they received more recognition for their efforts. Before your company can implement an impactful recognition program, it must define what behaviors it wants to recognize. Ninety-two percent of employees agree that when they’re recognized for a specific action, they’re more likely to repeat the action again.

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Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies for the "New" Work World!

Vantage Circle

Retain your best employees with these Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies and build a positive work atmosphere to promote engagement.

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How to Write a Personal Finance Book

Money Talk

Two years ago, I was in the early stages of writing my latest personal finance book, Flipping a Switch , about 35 transitions that people experience in later life. I was in between houses and living alone at the Rutgers University Inn for 13 weeks with plenty of time at night and on weekends for research and writing. Last year, I co-presented an on-demand recorded workshop about book publishing with Axton Betz-Hamilton , author of The Less People Know about Us , at the 2020 AFCPE Symposium.

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3 Types of Employee Referral Campaigns You Can Power Using Hireology

Hireology

Employee referral programs have always been a great source of talent for all types of businesses. By tapping into your existing employees’ networks, you can connect with talent you might not otherwise be able to through traditional channels like job boards. Plus, referrals end up being better performers once hired and they stick around longer, ultimately increasing productivity and reducing churn at your organization.

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Individual Development Plan Template

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Downlady the template today!

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Virtual Activities Have a Permanent Place in Onboarding

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. My local newspaper recently published an article “ Will virtual onboarding for new workers be the norm post-pandemic? Some experts think so.” My big takeaway from the article was that, just because we’ve started doing some virtual activities due to the pandemic, that doesn’t mean we have to stop doing those activities as we become more mobile and begin returning to the office.

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8 company culture examples to follow

Achievers

Company culture can make or break your organization ? particularly when the job market is competitive. Forty percent of people are considering leaving their employer this year. If employees don’t feel safe, valued, and challenged at your organization, you’re just giving them the extra nudge they need to leave. If you instead treat employees with respect, appreciate their individuality, and give them the flexibility they need, they’re much more likely to stick around.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The New Business Imperative

HR Digest

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is not a new concept. But historically it has been seen often as tangential to, rather than integral to, talent and business strategy. For the first time, a critical mass of companies are starting to view equity and inclusion as an imperative to attracting and retaining top talent. Over the past few years, DEI and racial equity, in particular, have become more and more central to our national dialogue, and businesses are recognizing that the role of the cor

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6 important questions to guide your strategic HR plan

Insperity

Having moved from strictly administrative functioning toward a more strategic role long before the pandemic began, a strategic HR plan is increasingly regarded as a powerful factor in a company’s success. Indeed, leaders have been driven to depend on and value HR guidance more than ever before. HR no longer owns just the transactional and compliance-focused activities of organizations, but has stretched to take greater responsibility for: Employee experience and wellbeing Company culture E

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How Hireology’s Integration with WellSky Makes Hiring and People Management More Efficient

Hireology

ClearCare is now WellSky Personal Care, and with this rebranding, we wanted to take the time to outline what Hireology’s integration with the organization has to offer for you and your facility. The integration is set up to ensure Hireology and WellSky Personal Care customers are able to attract and hire qualified caregivers, and effectively manage their workload.

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The Ultimate 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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Talent and Technology [Episode 1B]: Employee Feedback is Currency

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Welcome to a mini-season of The HR Bartender Show! A huge thanks to everyone for your support. We had a really great response to Season 1 of the show, which was focused on The Future Workplace. So, we decided to put together a few episodes talking about the intersection of talent and technology. To get the conversation started, let’s think back to March 2020.

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Forced career change: how to think creatively about your future

Take It Personel-ly

Unfortunately, in recent times the chance to face what is called a forced career change has increased. Quite often, unexpected events break our routine and jolt us out of our comfort zone. Furthermore, there may be fewer opportunities for those with a specific skill set in the world with changing trends and the fast development of […].

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14 incredible ideas for work anniversary recognition

Achievers

Congratulations, you just made it to your tenth year at your job! Unfortunately, your boss barely took notice. You got a brief shoutout in a team meeting, and that was it. That’s a real blow to morale after a full decade of service, isn’t it? Lackluster work anniversary celebrations are an all-too-common experience for employees. Failure to recognize big milestones leads to lower morale, engagement, and retention.

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What is the gig economy and what does it mean for gig workers?

HR Digest

The gig economy is a widely popular term for contractors and freelancers these days. Today’s labor economy is divided into many segments, and one of them is reserved for the gig economy. This economy is characterized by aspects that are not connected to the traditional workforce. Then, we wonder what the gig economy is? It is an economy that is related to independent contractors, contract firm workers, online platform workers, and temporary workers.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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National Gratitude Month: 20 Ways To Celebrate It At Work

Vantage Circle

November ushers in the season of celebrations and gratitude. While you may be thinking about Thanksgiving, there is another equally important holiday— National Gratitude Month! And it's the perfect time to celebrate this wonderful sentiment in the workplace. Each November, the US observes National Gratitude Month. For many of us, it's an opportunity to reflect on what we're thankful for in our professional and personal lives.

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Using personality tests in the workplace

Insperity

In a tight recruiting economy, the pressure is on employers and their HR teams to hire the right people and engage them in their organizational culture. Using personality tests in the workplace can often address both of these needs. As a hiring tool, assessments may help you select better candidates and positively affect your bottom line by reducing turnover.

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Your Technology Strategy Needs to Include Building the Perfect Tech Stack

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Organizations need to have strategies. Common ones include a business strategy, workforce strategy, and a technology strategy. To me, a technology strategy is the plan that outlines how technology will help the organization – and the employees working in it – accomplish their goals. Depending on your industry, the company’s technology strategy could include hardware types, software platforms, social media programs, point of sale systems, etc.

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Using Social Media Marketing to Your Advantage

Take It Personel-ly

The digital age has been one characterized by rapidly advancing technology, and that has come with its fair share of advantages, surprises, and problems. From the perspective of a business owner, all of that cutting edge tech can be leveraged to optimize operations in numerous ways. However, the average person isn’t all that technologically savvy, […].

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Examples of ADA accommodations

Business Management Daily

While most organizations with 15 or more workers know they are subject to the terms of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), confusion sometimes exists regarding accommodation requests. Employers may struggle with how phrases such as “reasonable accommodation” and “undue hardship” apply to the situations they encounter. Fear of botching the accommodation process can even lead to companies shying away from hiring people with disabilities.

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Key HR Trends for 2022 and Beyond

HR Digest

Learn key HR trends to stay ahead of the curve in 2022. More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. At the core of his management theory was the idea that employers should turn their workplaces into psychology labs, measuring and monitoring employees’ every move to boost their productivity and reduce their stress levels.

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5 ways to support and manage employees with chronic conditions

Pacific Prime

The lines between employee health and safety quickly became blurred when the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm. Employers had to increase their efforts to care for the health of their workforce by offering hand sanitizer, implementing social distancing measures, and allowing employees to work from home. As offices are starting to reopen, employers.

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Virtual leadership coaching: How to assess and coach for success

Insperity

With the widespread prevalence and acceptance of remote work , senior managers are confronting a fresh challenge with frontline managers: How to tackle virtual leadership coaching? For instance, you may be wondering: How can I help managers improve their performance and skills, and ultimately lead their teams better, in this not-so-temporary situation?

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6 Steps to a Better Compensation Strategy

Compensation is one of your biggest expenses as a business, but it is also your biggest investment in your people and your culture. A great compensation strategy can be an incredible asset that supports your business goals and lays a foundation of trust between your company and your employees. Whether you already have a compensation strategy in place or you’re building one from scratch, this guide will help you level up your approach through these 6 steps: 1.

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Employees Want to Know Their Organization is Focused on Workplace Safety

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at HRdirect , a trusted source for employee-related compliance, administration, and motivation tools. They serve as a one-stop shop to make employee management easier. Enjoy the read!). While compliance is important when we’re hiring someone , there are also other moments during the employee life cycle when we must think about compliance.

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Tips for Managing Customer Payments for Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

In today’s society, consumers want to pay for the products they buy through a variety of methods. This includes online payments and in-person transactions. To keep up with customer demands, you need a robust payment system to handle all these different types of transactions. If your business is struggling with this task, here are four […].

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ADA reasonable accommodation checklist

Business Management Daily

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps people with disabilities receive the same rights and equal opportunity as everyone else. At the heart of the ADA, as it pertains to employment, is a section known as Title I. Title I presents two key issues. First, the act prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in applying for jobs, hiring, firing, and job training.

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Why is your CV getting rejected – and how to fix it

HR Digest

You may be wondering why your CV gets rejected in times where everyone can get information about drafting the perfect CV example online and offline. There are many sources of information on ‘How to draft the perfect resume’ so if you think about it, CV rejection might not seem like a huge issue, but unfortunately, it is. Many people ask the same question. ‘ Why is my CV rejected?

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.