Achievers

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

By: Jessica Barrett Halcom. Many of the emerging HR trends for 2017 are being driven by the millennial generation. Now representing the largest portion of the workforce , millennials value different things when it comes to their careers. What they want and what they look for — things like being recognized and making an immediate impact — have created a strong demand for employee engagement and recognition platforms that many leading companies are now adopting.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

One of the things that often happens when you become a supervisor or manager is that you’re invited to participate in the recruiting process. It could be because you’re now responsible for a team of employees. Or another manager will ask you to participate because you will work closely with one of their employees. Regardless of the reason, there are a few things that new managers need to understand about their role in hiring.

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UpstartHR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

After looking deeply at the research on generations in the workplace, I have come up with some findings that will help everyone to perform their jobs better. It seems like a new study comes out every day attempting to explain how to approach each generation of workers, what matters to them, etc. This blog is a synopsis of everything I’ve read on the topic.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In a recent survey , more than two-thirds of hiring organizations indicated that they’re having a difficult time recruiting for job openings, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). With a lower unemployment rate and more job openings, it’s becoming increasingly critical for employers to make sure they get noticed in the crowded job market.

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15Five

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Dov Baron is recognized as one of the top 100 leadership speakers to hire and a brilliant corporate cultural strategist. He is the founder of Full Monty Leadership , and provides essential soft leadership skills to good leaders who are committed to becoming great while growing their people and the bottom line. This is the second part of my interview with Dov.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

By: Leigh Burger. Senior Implementation Manager, Achievers. Change is a funny thing, isn’t it? We frequently resist it, yet progress is impossible without it. In fact, we can’t really move through life without it. The desired approach for most of us is to experience change in small, bite-size chunks. Otherwise, it can wreak havoc on us when there’s too much at once and we’re not prepared for it.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

I’ve mentioned before that I used to work for a boss who had me issue the same memo every year about tacit approval. The memo was designed to remind everyone of their responsibilities as a manager and leader as well as the basic principles of business. I was reminded of tacit approval recently and dug out the memo. Believe it or not, some ten plus years later…I still have it.

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UpstartHR

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I just finished reading a brand new book called The Employee Experience. It’s a great look at the relatively new concept of creating an experience for employees, not just trying to engage them or do some other one-off program that doesn’t deliver long-term results. 7 Powerful Lessons on the Employee Experience 1) Congruent customer and employee experiences I’ve long said that the customer experience will never exceed the employee experience.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Efforts to hire for diversity can be challenging. You, the business leader, know you need a workforce diverse in age, skill sets and culture for your business to thrive. But what if hiring managers balk, as in the case of one high-profile tech company ? How does a company get hiring managers comfortable with the idea of hiring outside their comfort zones?

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SnackNation

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Here are 17 Quick Ways to Improve Communication in the Workplace. Denise had thought of everything. Her architecture firm was on the verge of landing a big new client, and she was in charge of making sure that their RFP meeting would dazzle them. She was having the proposal printed and bound, had ordered a custom welcome sign, and was even having the meeting catered by the prospective client’s favorite local restaurant.

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Take It Personel-ly

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Here’s a riddle: how is a business card like a car? Okay, so it’s not really a riddle—there’s a legitimate answer to this question. Just like today’s cars are faster and more high tech than the first Model T that rolled off Ford’s assembly line, today’s modern business cards are more cutting edge than ever. … Continue reading Why You Need to Take Networking to the Next Level With Business Cards [#Infographic].

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The balance of power between employee and employer has shifted in recent years, especially in tech-related fields. As a human resources professional or manager, you’re probably all-too familiar with the job-hopping ways of highly skilled employees who feel they can pick and choose the job they want. And that’s reflected in the fact that more than half of all business owners feel that competition for talent is stronger than it’s ever been.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. Their testing system, HireSelect, is a SaaS (software as a service) solution that enables organizations to increase recruiting effectiveness using state-of-the-art technology. Criteria Corp has clients in all 50 U.S. states and 30 countries.

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Asure Software

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The needs of the workforce are changing. Driven by increasingly powerful and versatile technology, corporate employees are more mobile and less tied to their desks than ever before—making the idea of a permanent office for every employee increasingly outdated. Today’s mobile professionals don’t need one static, individual office space—they need flexible access to a variety … Continue reading "How Much Office Space Do You Really Need?".

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

You’ve spent long hours building your company, and your community has played a role in your success. Is it time to think about giving back – not only because you think it’s the right thing to do, but also for all the great things that can happen as a result? Companies that put their values into action through corporate giving and volunteerism see increased employee engagement, greater brand visibility and higher employee retention, according to a report by the Boston College Center for Corporate

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PeopleStrategy

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Picking HR technology hasn’t always been an easy process, but it was indeed simpler in the past. System admins and other stakeholders would take a look at a system, see if it met their needs, and make a decision based on that alone. However, that didn’t always lead to positive results. Today we have this concept of the employee experience and companies are starting to factor in the opinions and needs of not only the employees and the admins, but also the executives as well.

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Take It Personel-ly

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In today’s fast-paced and increasingly digitized world, it seems that everyone has a very short attention span, making it hard for business owners to get people’s attention and hold it. To ensure that people pay attention to your messages and respond to them, you always need to be on the lookout for ways to improve … Continue reading Cat Got Your Tongue?

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

In our previous posts, we focused on Pivotal Habits (ones that prepare us to perform by making us healthy, happy and secure) and Work Habits (the ones that make up our jobs). We discussed the critical role these habits play in creating superior performance for employees and competitive advantage for companies. We explored why habits are frequently missed by businesses as the fundamental driver of performance, and recognized that adopting new habits is in some sense hard for people to achieve, an

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

There are lots of articles that tell human resources professionals, “This is what you need to know.” And that’s fine. We need to be committed to lifelong learning. Our profession is constantly changing because business is always changing. There’s no harm in being made aware of emerging trends in our profession. But let me add, knowledge isn’t enough.

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Asure Software

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Worker productivity is a key health indicator for any organization and ultimately has an upstream impact on national and global economies. How much your employees are able to produce in terms of goods or services in a given hour, day or week can and does fluctuate. In some organizations or within specific types of departments, … Continue reading "Getting the Most Out of Your Workforce in 2017".

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Sometimes business leaders concentrate so much on acquiring the next big account, they forget to actually plan to protect and nurture the company’s culture. To optimize any expansion, it’s important to create specific plans – before the growth takes place – that focus on issues of infrastructure and personnel. Otherwise, you’re likely to look up after the dust settles and realize you’ve lost key personnel and that “special something” that helped define your company.

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Ascender

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Anyone in HR knows it’s hard to find the right people. But holding on to them isn’t getting any easier either. This simple guide will help you hold on to your best talent through 2017 and beyond. . What’s changed? There is more diversity of age and background in the workforce than ever before. Millennials, Gens X and Y, and Baby Boomers are now mixing in an environment disrupted by the cloud, mobile phones, faster broadband speeds and social media platforms.

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Take It Personel-ly

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

It’s no wonder that more and more individuals are choosing to become self-employed. It can provide you with the freedom to work wherever and whenever you want, lets you cut out the dreaded commute and enables you to become your own boss. In reality, however, there are still a number of challenges that come with … Continue reading The Key Steps to Self-Employment Success.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By: Jessica Thiefels. Small Business Freelancer, Content Marketing and Strategy Consultant. In today’s competitive market for talent, office culture is everything. With employees spending most of their time (some upwards of 50 hours a week) in the office, it’s should come as no surprise that HR leaders consider developing and nurturing corporate culture and employee engagement to be their number one challenge.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I’ve always (jokingly) said that the one thing I can count on is an employee not refusing a pay increase. Well, this reader note shows me that’s not always the case. Hello! I have a problem I’m hoping you can help me with. I told my boss that I wanted to refuse my salary increase of 1% which amounts to less than $700/annually (gross). He said that I need to speak with HR, who said they can’t take the pay increase back because it’s a law in Massachusetts and would look like the company is discrim

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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.

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