November, 2015

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3 reasons you should let Millennials manage

Achievers

Are you hesitant to put Millennials in managerial roles because of their youth and lack of experience? This hesitancy is certainly understandable. As an experienced professional manager, you’re well aware that years in the industry provide insights that no newcomer can automatically acquire. However, it turns out that your company can still benefit from the unique skills younger staff members can bring to leadership roles.

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Terror strikes my hometown and neighborhood - AGAIN

Ahmed's Universe

PARIS My second city's tribute to my hometown To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, for a global city to be hit by a terror attack once a year can be considered a misfortune; to be hit twice smacks of gross negligence. Add to that that my neighborhood is the only one with the dubious honor of having been targeted twice makes me wonder if time hasn't come for me to move permanently to my second home, Rio de Janeiro.

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8 Reasons Employee Well-Being Must Be Self-Managing

HR Bartender

One of the things that I took away from this year’s WorkHuman conference hosted by Globoforce is that well-being must be employee centric. Organizations cannot mandate well-being. They do need to create the environment for well-being to thrive, then let employees embrace it. That being said, there are a few specific things organizations should consider when it comes to supporting employee well-being.

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6 Essential Traits Your Future Leaders Must Have to Be Successful

Insperity

You’ve come to a decision and you’re sure you’ve made the right choice. That employee who always delivers her results on time, above expectations, with a fresh perspective – you’re going to make her team manager because you know she will be a “leader.” A month goes by and she’s struggling. Projects are stagnating, there’s confusion among her direct reports and her usually upbeat attitude has now dissolved into a state of constant frustration.

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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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Notes and Closing Comments from #HRevolution 2015

UpstartHR

This weekend was a whirlwind of activity as HRevolution swept through Saint Louis. It was one of the best yet (I’ve heard from some that this one was the most impressive), and as I head back to work I want to keep a few of the great conversations and topics in mind. Here’s what you missed: Nearly 50 practitioners and leaders in the space got together to crowdsource problems, build stronger networks, and get a new outlook on the future of this great profession.

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HR, get the C-suite’s attention by keeping the bottom line in mind

Achievers

Today’s HR professionals should think of themselves as business leaders who happen to work in human resources. When they behave that way, they will be perceived that way by the C-suite, according to Jennifer McClure, president of Unbridled Talent LLC. McClure spoke at Achievers Customer Experience 2015 about “Getting the C-Suite’s Attention: 7 Strategies for Transforming from HR Leader to Business Leader.

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What PeopleStrategy Employees Are Thankful For

PeopleStrategy

With Thanksgiving this week, it seemed appropriate to do a “What Am I Thankful For” blog. The list below are comments from a recent employee engagement survey conducted by an independent third-party, Workplace Dynamics. PeopleStrategy employees are thankful for: The fact that we have a great product and that there is such an intense focus on serving our clients.

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CEO Lessons: Culture, Values and Profits are Intertwined

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Tens of thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries – including more than half of the Fortune 1000 ® – use Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.

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Hiring Military Veterans: The Hidden Skills That Make Them Remarkable Employees

Insperity

Much of the public pictures veterans in one-dimensional images: Someone in fatigues armed with a rifle and a grenade launcher. However, there’s much more to job candidates with military experience than the skills depicted in today’s Hollywood. Jobs in the military actually reflect those jobs throughout our country. The U.S. military needs and trains HR specialists, doctors, purchasing agents, police, IT professionals, mechanics, building engineers, linguists, recruiters and administr

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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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How to Coach Employees and Managers on Career Options

UpstartHR

As I look back on the past five years and all of the people I’ve met, I have made some interesting conclusions about career choices. My background as an HR pro has helped to expose me to a wide variety of experiences, people, and career options. I was talking with a friend a few days ago about some of the HR positions I have had over the years.

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Job Seeker’s Guide to a Confidential Job Search

Talent Culture

Are you trying to look for a new job while employed and struggling with how to do so without attracting attention from your boss or other stakeholders at your current company? Our new ebook, Job Seeker’s Guide to a Confidential Job Search can help. Learn how to leverage LinkedIn for your search without making your search efforts obvious and discover other do’s and don’ts for conducting a successful search.

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How to motivate employees during the holiday season

Achievers

The winter holiday season is often a distracting time for employees. They may be hosting family members or planning to travel, the kids are home from school, and they may be working under generalized holiday stress. The common outcome for business is a high absentee rate and a distracted work force, leading directly to lowered productivity. As a manager, it’s your job to find positive ways to keep everyone on task.

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PeopleStrategy Successfully Completes Type 2 SSAE 16/SOC 1 Audit

PeopleStrategy

Atlanta-based Human Capital Management solution provider has undergone a rigorous examination by an independent third-party to ensure that it meets attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (Atlanta, GA) November 30, 2015 – A leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of end-to-end Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions for mid-market employers, PeopleStrategy, Inc.® understands the importance of compliance with rigorous operating standards

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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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Lack of Leadership Has Created the Skills Gap

HR Bartender

I was facilitating a meeting recently where we were talking about the qualities that are essential for employees. Then we started talking about the essential qualities for managers. At first glance, you might think the conversations would be identical, but they weren’t. Which raises the question, should they be? It reminded me of my interview with Elad Levinson.

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Reasons Why Your Workaholic Culture Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It

Insperity

One thing workaholics tend to share: The belief that their extra hours are necessary, productive and harming no one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since Henry Ford first studied what constituted the most productive work-week, studies have shown that anything more than 40 hours, worked consistently, isn’t productive at all. Still not sold?

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Stop Wasting Time Measuring HR Data

UpstartHR

Please. For goodness sake, please stop measuring HR data. See, I know why you’re doing it. You heard this “ big data ” thing it was a good idea, and you started gathering information. Then you realized how easy it was, so you started pulling together even more from a variety of sources. You’re hitting up your applicant tracking system, payroll system, and other data feeds to get what you want.

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Career Solvers Wins 2 Top Resume Writing Awards

Talent Culture

September and October were great months for Career Solvers! In September I received the National Resume Writers’ Association ROAR award for outstanding achievement in resumes and in October I was nominated for 3 TORI (Toast of the Resume Industry) awards by Career Directors International and won in the Best Information Technology Resume category.

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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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3 tips for recruiting Millennials through LinkedIn

Achievers

by Melanie Savas, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist. Now that Millennials are becoming one of the biggest talent pools in the US workforce, organizations are realizing they need new and innovative ways to attract Gen Y candidates, employing both active and passive techniques. This generation brings a new list of requests to potential employers, including top-of-the-line technology, a wider array of benefits, more frequent feedback, growth opportunities, and flexibility.

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'Cowboy as Religion' and 5 Other Classic Employee Misunderstandings of Employment Law

Business Management Daily

HR professionals live in a world where sentences like, "Oh no, the EEOC says we violated the FMLA and ADA, and the DOL is looking at our BYOD policy," actually trigger fear instead of just wide-eyed confusion. So HR may be taken aback by how little some employees understand about the laws that are meant to protect them in the workplace. This fall, we asked HR professionals to share their best stories of situations in which employees totally misunderstood, misinterpreted or completely maligned an

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Job or Career: Which One Do You Have?

HR Bartender

I recently read a remark that individuals who work at fast food restaurants or deliver newspapers do not have careers. The author of the remark said they have jobs. It made me wonder exactly what the difference is between a job and a career. So I looked up the words in the dictionary. Job : a paid position of regular employment. Career : an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.

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Employee Assistance Programs: A Powerful Employee Perk

Insperity

No one exists in a vacuum. Your employees will inevitably face distracting personal problems and responsibilities during their employment at your company. And while you may wish that employees could just ignore these things once they cross your threshold, that’s not always possible. But there are ways to help your employees stay at work and stay productive during difficult times.

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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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Why Candidate Experience is Least Important for Many

UpstartHR

One of the most common terms around recruiting these days is candidate experience. If you’re late to the game, it’s basically a look at how candidates are treated as they enter your recruiting funnel all the way to getting an offer, if they move that far. It’s comparable to the customer experience: how they are treated, how they feel about the organization, etc.

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The Top 3 Employee Engagement Quick Wins You Can Get Started With Right Now

SnackNation

The Top 3 Employee Engagement Quick Wins You Can Get Started With Right Now. Click the play button to check out our simple tips for creating an atmosphere where your employees are more engaged: Once you’ve finished watching the video, leave a comment below and let us know how you’re going to implement some of these tips in your office. Here’s to you having a highly engaged team!

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Is meditation magic? It can quiet the brain, lower job stress, and increase focus

Achievers

Imagine having a panic attack : a sudden feeling of terror that can strike without warning, even during sleep, and that can make you feel like you are having a heart attack or going crazy. Now imagine having one on live television with 5+ million people watching. That’s just what happened to Dan Harris, ABC news correspondent, co-anchor and author of 10% Happier: How I tamed the Voice in my Head, Reduced Stress without losing my Edge, and Found Self-Help that Actually Works. .

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'Cowboy as a Religion' and 5 Other Classic Employee Misunderstandings of Employment Law

Business Management Daily

HR professionals live in a world where sentences like, "Oh no, the EEOC says we violated the FMLA and ADA, and the DOL is looking at our BYOD policy," actually trigger fear instead of just wide-eyed confusion. So HR may be taken aback by how little some employees understand about the laws that are meant to protect them in the workplace. This fall, we asked HR professionals to share their best stories of situations in which employees totally misunderstood, misinterpreted or completely maligned an

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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.