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The 4 C’s that Should Define your HR Department

Achievers

Since publishing my new book, Culture Hacker , a couple of months ago, I have had some great conversations and brainstorming sessions with Human Resource leaders and Executives across organizations about how to hack their culture and improve their overall employee experience. One outcome has been the development of my ‘Four C’s’ that I believe highlight the required direction of Human Resource leaders and their departments in the future.

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Organizations Can Use Assessments to Bridge the Skills Gap

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. They recently launched an app called JobFlare (iOS, FREE) that allows users to play “brain games” that are scientifically created to test the cognitive abilities that are considered the key predictors of job success.

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How to Make Your Coworker’s Next Work Anniversary Unforgettable

SnackNation

How to Make Your Coworker’s Next Work Anniversary Unforgettable. With everything on your plate, it can be tempting to let anniversary celebrations fall to the wayside. But neglecting them can turn out to be a costly cultural error. That’s because celebrating work anniversaries isn’t just a nice gesture for your employees or coworkers – there’s a strong business case to be made for making work anniversaries a priority at your company.

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Lawson Hammock Tent! Be Free, Be Adventurous, Roam More

Take It Personel-ly

I live in the Outaouais region. It is a beautiful area to live in if you love nature and the outdoors! Gatineau Park is basically my backyard. For those of you not familiar with Gatineau Park, it is 361 square kilometres (139 square miles) of wooded area that was created in 1938. Part of my […].

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Take the Quiz: Are You Missing Steps in the Hiring Process?

Hireology

Did you know? A standardized hiring process enables you to fill vacant roles up to 36% faster. Make sure you’re following a proven, consistent hiring process each time you hire a new employee. Steps to follow include: regularly reviewing applicants, administering skills tests, completing compliant interviews, running background and reference checks, and digital onboarding, among others.

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3 Keys to Creating Engaging Learning Experiences [Webinar]

UpstartHR

By now you’ve most likely heard about and begun thinking about the employee experience, because you can’t turn around without reading an article or hearing someone speak about it. In essence, it’s a deeper look at the practices you use across the board to create lasting value for employees in the workplace. Within that conversation, one area that I think is going to really explode in growth in the coming year is the learning space.

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Mentoring, Talent Shortages and Employee Engagement

Hppy

Organizations continue today to be challenged to attract and retain talent in time to meet the exit of employees of the Baby Boomer era. In addition to this dilemma is the ever increasing need to create an organizational culture that engages, empowers and holds employee accountable. That organizational culture is what fuels employee engagement and creates an environment of continuous learning and development.

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How Employers Feel About Health Insurance

Winston Benefits

When it comes to employee benefits, employers have had to face several challenges in the past few years. Evolving healthcare legislation, rising costs and changing technology have all combined to complicate the process of providing employee benefits. If you feel like getting your employee benefits right isn’t easy, you’re not alone. According to Aflac’s latest WorkForces Repor t , employers are juggling several issues when managing health insurance: strategy, cost and tech.

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Bookmark This! Your Fall Business Reading List

HR Bartender

Summer is winding down. The kids are back in school. And fall conference season is right around the corner. I don’t know about you, but I tend to read more fun, lighthearted books during the summer months. Then I break out the business books in the fall. So, I’ve been looking for recommendations for my business book list. Personally, I think I’m off to an awesome start.

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Balancing Cost and Care: 3 Key Considerations for Cost Optimization in 2024

Discover essential strategies for employers to balance cost optimization with care. The top priorities for employers in 2024 are retaining talent, growing revenue and sales, and attracting talent. To achieve these goals, employers are turning towards comprehensive total rewards strategies informed by data-driven insights. Hear from industry experts on cost optimization strategies and how to leverage these approaches for a healthier workforce.

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For Effective Employee Onboarding, Don’t Just Focus On Your Company

15Five

Every year more than 25% of the working population moves to a new company. But unfortunately, not all these transitions are smooth sailing. In fact, about half of all senior external hires fail in their roles within 18 months and half of all hourly workers leave their new jobs within the first 120 days. How can employee onboarding make a difference?

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This Is What Happens When People “Talk” The Customer

Hppy

If your culture is like most organizations, you have your own language. Whether you are in the communications business, the law profession, or medicine, over time people develop a vocabulary specific to what you do; it is understood by all. The issue is that your unique language is reflective of looking inward to your products, technology, systems, and operating procedures rather than outward to your customers.

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AssuredPartners Announces Acquisition of Herlong Bates Burnett Insurance

AssuredPartners

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"LAKE MARY, FL – September 7, 2017"},{"insert":" – AssuredPartners, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Herlong Bates Burnett Insurance (HBB) in Greenville, SC. Herlong Bates Burnett Insurance is a full-service insurance agency providing business, personal, health and life insurance products from a variety of trusted companies.

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Gartner's HR Magic Quadrant: A (Strong) Rebuttal

Ahmed's Universe

BUENOS AIRES For someone whose HR technology career includes a couple of years as an analyst with a Gartner-like outfit (Paris-based CXP), I keep an eye out for what Gartner, IDC, Forrester and a flurry of new analyst entrants produce. Apart from some comments in LinkedIn discussions, I hadn't dedicated a full post on these research firms. Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant dedicated to cloud HR gives me the opportunity to share some inconvenient truths (some of which I already aired in my book, Hi

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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. Download the template today!

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Why Investing in a Talent Management System Should Be a Priority at Your Dealership

Hireology

As a dealer, you likely frequently face the debate of how to allocate your budget and resources to make your dealership more profitable. Most dealerships have between nine and 25 systems in place to effectively run the business – and the decision of which new technology to invest in is often overwhelming. With hundreds of technology solutions available to dealerships today – including dealership management systems, inventory management systems, website providers, CRM systems, reputation manageme

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How Well Do All-Remote Teams Work?

Hppy

The remote work trend is only becoming more common every year, as Wi-Fi becomes more readily available, and more jobs can be done online. However, most offices still limit remote work, and have their team members come in at least once a week. Only about 31% of American workers are remote full-time. Even that is changing, however, as more teams are discovering the perks of working fully remotely, including reduced costs and better opportunities to recruit top talent.

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AssuredPartners Announces National Employee Benefits Practice Leader

AssuredPartners

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"LAKE MARY, FL – September 5, 2017"},{"insert":" – AssuredPartners, Inc. today announced that David Wetzler has been named National Employee Benefits Practice Leader and Senior Vice President. Wetzler will lead the firm’s employee benefit practice which serves more than 3,000 clients in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom.

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4 ways to stop hiring clones and hire for cultural fit

Insperity

By the time you get to the place in your career where you’re doing the hiring, you’ve had a fair amount of success in your professional history. Without realizing it, your success may begin to influence your perception. You might be prone to think that following the path that led you to success is the only way for someone else to be successful. With that logic, you might try to replicate your success by repeatedly hiring others who are like you.

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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.