August, 2021

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Creating an Employee Engagement Action Plan that Works

Achievers

Ever wondered why your employer hasn’t asked for your opinion on pressing problems? You’re not alone. Failing to collect feedback takes an enormous toll on employees. So much so that disengaged employees cost U.S. companies up to $550 billion a year. Luckily, many companies are beginning to adopt a culture of feedback, and it’s working ? giving employees a voice through employee surveys makes them 4.6 times more likely to feel empowered to perform their best work.

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What Is Social Security Disability?

Attorney Charlie Hall

WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY? Social Security is a vital income security net for Americans. As of 2019, there were 64 million Americans, including disabled workers, retired workers, and survivors receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA). The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the Federal Government.

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10 Ways to Recruit More Effectively Against the Competition

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. A recent article from CNBC indicated that there are 1 million more job openings than people looking for work. We all know there are various reasons that people are searching (or not searching) for new opportunities. The bottom line is that organizations need to focus on their recruiting strategy in a highly competitive labor market. l’ve always had to recruit in highly competitive business environments.

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Join Us in Person for Elevate 2021

Hireology

We’re excited to share that Elevate is back in person! Join us Tuesday, October 19 in Chicago for the only retail automotive event focused on giving you the knowledge you need to attract, hire, and manage your best team. . This year’s conference is all about the future of human capital management in a post-pandemic world. As the economy recovers from the events of 2020, it’s never been more important to get the right team in place for your organization.

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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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Post-pandemic employee turnover: Why it’s happening and what to do about it

Insperity

Even with the arrival of the COVID-19 variants, workplaces are starting to establish and navigate their new, post-pandemic normal. Yet there’s another rising issue with which employers must prepare to contend: post-pandemic employee turnover. According to the 2021 Employee Engagement and Retention Report , commissioned by the Achievers Workforce Institute, 52% of employees in North America will look for a new job in the near future.

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Changing Organizational Culture: How to Create Cultural Change

Achievers

The best companies in the world have the best cultures. Their employees are engaged and high-performing because they love where they work. But these organizations didn’t get there overnight. They prioritized changing their organizational culture, even when it was already leading to success, to meet new challenges and keep their employees happy and motivated.

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How can HR avoid creating a culture of overworking?

cipHR

The pandemic resulted in many employees working longer hours than needed. To avoid this from happening in the first place, HR should follow these four steps. When working from home, UK workers have increased their working week by almost 25% and are taking shorter lunch breaks, working through sickness, and unable to separate work and leisure time. More and more employees are overworking to the point of burnout, which is why a report from the thinktank Autonomy has called for two amendments to be

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Performance Management: 5 Drivers for Success

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Regardless of your opinions about the traditional annual performance appraisal, organizations still need to have a process for managing performance successfully. The process of performance management is a way to provide feedback, accountability, and documentation for performance outcomes. Even organizations that are “ditching” the annual review aren’t abandoning accountability, feedback, and documentation.

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4 Factors to Consider When Building an Employee Referral Program

Hireology

Are you thinking about building an employee referral program at your company? If so, smart decision. Employee referral programs are an incredibly lucrative source of great talent. Your best employees have a network of former colleagues, friends, and classmates who are just like them and a great employee referral program enables you to tap into those connections.

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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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17 inspiring leadership quotes from top scientists

Insperity

Science is a diverse and often difficult field of study. Thus, there are many hurdles to becoming a professional scientist. But many of the men and women who have done so in the past have achieved great things for the good of all and helped to shape lives around the globe. Today, many of business leaders share similar aspirations – the drive to discover just how far we can go as a society and to leave the world better than they found it.

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Information and Features to Add to Your Business Card

Take It Personel-ly

In this article, we take a look at some of the important details your business card should preferably include. We also mention a few design tips to help you understand new features that can be added to your business card.

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HR Chatbots: Using AI to Engage Employees

Achievers

Our world keeps moving online — and work is no exception. While it has its benefits, working remotely removes the opportunity to bump into each other in the hallway, have an impromptu chat, or even take colleagues out to lunch. Without frequent two-way conversations, it’s tough for managers to establish and maintain relationships with their employees, make meaningful changes, and encourage better performance.

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Influence of employee onboarding and its benefits

HR Digest

Employee onboarding is the process of integrating recruits into the company. It involves familiarizing the hires with the organization’s workings and how they can become productive members of the team they join. Onboarding is sometimes confused with an orientation where the employee finishes the recruitment process , including all paperwork and meeting all admin compliances and getting a look at his colleagues and team members.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Just How Much Does an Employer Pay in Payroll Taxes?

Patriot Software

You know that paying someone comes at a cost. In addition to giving employees their paychecks, you also have the cost of payroll taxes. So, how much does an employer pay in payroll taxes? Keep reading to learn more about the employer cost of payroll taxes. How much does an employer pay in payroll taxes? […] READ MORE.

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How to Market Your Hotel Roles to Young Talent

Hireology

As more and more individuals resume traveling, hotels are looking to staff up to ensure they’re able to provide a great guest experience. But as we’ve seen across nearly every industry, a hiring crisis has caused a surplus of unfilled roles. . Some industries are rethinking how they’re marketing their roles to talent, and many are focusing on attracting young job seekers to find the perfect start to their careers.

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Information overload: How to manage it

Insperity

Culturally, the concept of information overload has been around since the ‘70s when Alvin and Heidi Toffler first coined the term in their book Future Shock. At that time, car phones were about to become the latest communication craze, just like the computer before it. Information, it seemed, was about to come from everywhere. And now it does. What does information overload feel like?

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5 Top Resources for New Businesses

Take It Personel-ly

The birth of a new business is the lifeblood of the economy, a real step toward living the American dream and the most exciting moment of an entrepreneur’s life. There are so many things to think of that any little shortcut or added assistance that keeps you from having to reinvent the wheel is met […].

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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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7 Ways to Improve HR Communication at Work

Achievers

When your employees want to learn more about the performance review process, their benefits, what career progression looks like, or upcoming company-wide initiatives, they turn to human resources. Handling all these incoming requests can be tricky, even for companies with a substantial number of HR employees on staff. But it’s on HR to regularly ask employees for feedback, highlight employee success stories, and build a culture employees actually feel connected to.

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Latest COBRA Subsidy Guidance May Prompt Filing Amendments

Corporate Synergies

Employers and plans sponsors have already spent several months reviewing and implementing these rules. See what the latest COBRA subsidy guidance changes. The IRS recently issued guidance clarifying the rules for how employers can claim the tax credit for the. Read More. The post Latest COBRA Subsidy Guidance May Prompt Filing Amendments appeared first on Corporate Synergies.

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Will health insurance be more expensive for the unvaccinated?

PeopleKeep

As the world continues to feel the effects of the global pandemic, health insurance professionals are speculating whether changes in health insurance costs could be coming soon for unvaccinated Americans. With the large majority of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the U.S. among the unvaccinated, some suggest that the increased risk for unvaccinated employees could cause a spike in group health insurance premiums, or even cause an increase in individual health insurance premiums for the u

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July Jobs Report — People Want Good Jobs

Hireology

The Bureau of Labor Statistics July Employment Situation showed encouraging job growth, reporting an addition of 943,000 jobs and a tick down in unemployment to 5.4% from 5.9%. This increase is the most we’ve seen since August of 2020, and an increase from what economists expected from the month. Additionally, revisions to the May and June reports were adjusted to include 119,000 additional jobs that weren’t accounted for, bringing the total number of recovered jobs to 16,7 million, or 74% of th

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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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Are your one-on-one meetings falling flat? Try these tips

Insperity

As a leader, you know how beneficial one-on-one meetings can be. Whether with staff or colleagues, the challenge is how to hold effective one-on-one meetings. Tips and tactics abound, but ultimately, the goal remains the same: support. Whatever you do in planning, facilitating and following up on your meetings, the goal should revolve around support.

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6 Print Media Ideas to Kickstart Your Marketing

Take It Personel-ly

In this digital age, it’s easier to connect with your market. Every brand you can think of is boosting its social presence online. While it’s a sentiment to many that the era of print is over, think again. Apparently, print advertising has a higher level of brand recall at 77% versus digital at 46%. Having […].

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Activate the Five Pillars of Belonging at Work

Achievers

The past two years has brought enormous challenges and changes — new ways of working, distance from coworkers, and opportunities to find new ways to drive success. None of us were prepared for this watershed experience and HR leaders have been on the frontline of this tsunami of change. Today, as the flood waters recede, what fresh treasures will we find left behind?

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6 Ways To Develop A Successful Team In The Workplace

Vantage Circle

Successful teams are the cornerstone of a high-performing business. The logic behind it is simple. Good teams work hard, think critically, and face any obstacles head-on. All in all, investing in building great teams is a solid formula for success. With the current pandemic, team cohesion has taken a massive hit. Employees have been forced to work from home, which has made teamwork difficult.

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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.