January, 2012

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Why Wall Street and the City are beyond salvation

Ahmed's Universe

'What about "Save the People? After all, financiers have only themselves to blame for the crisis they inflicted on themselves and the rest of the world RIO DE JANEIRO I have been a keen reader of The Economist for a good quarter-century. I have always loved their writing style and irreverent humor, even the rigor it often brings to its analyses. I am less keen when it unashamedly behaves as the mouthpiece of big business and banking giants, as it does in this week''s cover story and leader whose

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Evolve old workplace traditions to engage employees

Achievers

“Although the workforce has evolved and is now consumed by over 50% of Millennial employees, companies’ recognition practices have remained the same. Retaining talent and driving results have become two obstacles that employers constantly struggle to overcome. To boost engagement, drive performance, and get results, employers must move beyond Traditional Years of Service awards and implement a culture of everyday feedback.” The post Evolve old workplace traditions to engage employe

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Ten Reasons Why Your Resume Isn’t Working

Talent Culture

I don’t know what it is about resumes. People seem to get so caught up in what they think a resume “should” be that they overlook what a resume can be…an entree to a new role, a new career, a new life. Some people seem to treat their resumes like they are their tax returns…break a rule and get penalized; enter information in a different place and suffer the consequences…it really doesn’t need to be so formulaic…and it shouldn’t be.

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What is Co-Employment?

Insperity

If you’re like most employers, you spend an inordinate amount of time on payroll, recruiting and other human resource (HR) tasks at the expense of what truly matters—growing your business. If HR duties are keeping you from being more competitive, a co-employment relationship with a professional employer organization (PEO) might be the best solution.

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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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You say goodbye and I say hello: The secret to retaining your workforce

Achievers

Fact: job dissatisfaction is directly related to life dissatisfaction. “We”, by Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse, observes that employees who are stressed, micromanaged, and disengaged at work suffer negative repercussions in their external relationships, health, and general life happiness. Not to mention, employees are increasingly being diagnosed with work-induced anxiety and stress disorders.

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Satisfied employees meet the bar; Engaged employees set the bar

Achievers

A , We’re working with our managers to get them to recognize their teams more, but management don’t seem to see the value. They feel like everything is fine as is. How can I explain to others exactly what the term “engagement” means? Yours truly, Miss Engagement. Miss Engagement, Differentiating satisfaction from engagement is the most important part of understanding “ employee engagement ”.

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Top 5 HR trends for 2012

Achievers

Guest post written by: Sarah White. Each year millions of people set New Year’s resolutions for themselves. These resolutions are traditionally based on what is valued in someone’s society and community at that time. For sociologists, they can take a look at economic and social trends to make predictions for expectations that will be most popular each new year.

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Infuse your team with a sense of mission

Achievers

“Effective management is critical to driving motivation. Historically, successful management was defined as the ability to obtain compliance from employees. Today the science of motivation overrules this notion by illustrating a significant gap between compliance and engagement. The key to successfully building employee engagement is by instilling autonomy in employees.” The post Infuse your team with a sense of mission appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagem

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Flashy HR Tech is in store for 2012 but will it be useful tech?

Achievers

Guest post written by: Lance Haun. Those darned kids with their laptops and their iWhatevers and their telephones that play that mean bird game. When will they learn to grow up? For folks who harken to the day when you had to go to a dedicated computer terminal to get HR information (or, dig through stacks of files and archive boxes), 2012 looks to be another brutal year of technological advancement in the HR software space.

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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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These are a few of our favorite things

Achievers

If you talk to any employee, you’ll hear that everyone has a favorite reason for working at A chievers. We show off our popcorn machine, we brag about our great people, and we boast about our Top 100 Reasons Why It’s Great To Work at A chievers list (we even made a video about it!). But did you know that the hills are alive, with the sound of A chievers?

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Rewarding a cross-generational workforce

Achievers

Hi A , How can you target different generations with recognition? We’re finding in our workplace, with rewards and recognition, that what motivates a baby boomer may not motivate a Gen X’er or Millennial and so forth. Thoughts? Sincerely, Ageless Concern. Ageless Concern, There are many different intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate people differently.

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This just in: Your employee engagement is down

Achievers

Can’t keep it up? You’re not alone. Employers worldwide can’t keep it up either. If you’re experiencing snowball effects such as: Increased turnover rates. Decreased employee empowerment. Unsatisfying performance results. Poor team culture. …then it’s time you admit that your employee engagement strategy needs a makeover. Aon Hewitt recently released their disturbing analysis on employee engagement levels in 2011 in workplaces across the world.

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2012 HR predictions

Achievers

Guest post written by: China Gorman. chinagorman.com/about/. I’m not big on predictions. I’m big on surveying the environment, looking at the data, and then figuring out what needs to be done and doing it. But it’s that time of year. Predictions are everywhere. Want to know what venture capitalists think is looming large in 2012? Read this. How about the top 10 issues for small businesses?

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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New year, new you! Personal Top 1s at Achievers

Achievers

We all know what defines a SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound) goal. We apply this methodology to business goals, but for some reason when we hear ‘personal goals’, logic goes out the window. If any of your personal goals or New Year’s Resolutions included…. Win the lottery. Get married and have two children this year. Start a goat farm.

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Welcome to our blog!

Achievers

We’re A chievers and we love employee engagement. Waking up and not wanting to go to work is a thing of the past (talk about SO yesterday)! We’ve discovered the go-getter secrets to employee engagement and want to share it with everyone to help Change the Way the World Works. Each day of the week, the blog has a different theme to help you rethink your workplace’s engagement arrangements.

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Remaining competitive by identifying recognition trends

Achievers

The equation is simple: engaged employees produce greater business results. But as job happiness rates hit an all-time low, employers and HR professionals are constantly evaluating how to motivate and drive performance among the workforce. Now, more than ever, Board of Directors and the C-Suite measure engagement scores to determine the health of an organization, with recognition being one of the most significant contributors to a happy and engaged workforce.

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The Tech industry needs to change

Achievers

Despite the current economy, when it comes to the technology industry, the job market not only has recovered — it’s booming. Now, with the biggest competition for technology companies headquartered in Silicon Valley, employers are finding themselves contending for the industry’s top talent. Hiring and retaining employees in a competitive market significantly depends on understanding the needs of the Next Generation – Millennials – who now occupy more than the majority of the workforce.

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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.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions

Achievers

As we embark on a new year, it poses the perfect opportunity to revaluate our lives, goals and direction – and this extends to the workplace. This year, when it comes to rewarding your employees and fostering an engaging workforce , consider these New Year’s Resolutions to create a culture of recognition where employees drive results. Don’t Just Be a Boss, Be a Coach.

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Ten Job Search Strategies for 2012

Talent Culture

The holidays are behind us. And maybe you’ve made a few New Year’s resolutions…Lose weight, save more money…or maybe look for a new job. There are many simple, painless changes you can make in 2012 to increase your chances of finding your next job. Here are my top ten. Update your resume. The last week of December was one of my busiest weeks ever.

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Bette White: Relevant and Employable at Age 90

Talent Culture

At age 88 Betty White had a leading role in the TV show Hot in Cleveland , a memorable Snickers commercial that first aired during the Superbowl, and a guest host spot on Saturday Night Live. And in the two years that have followed, Bette White continues to be everywhere and the job offers don’t seem to be slowing down. Today is Betty White’s 90th birthday and she’s still working.

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How Would You Get an Elephant Into a Refrigerator and Other Off the Wall Interview Questions

Talent Culture

I’m really enjoying Glassdoor’s Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions of 2011 , complete with suggested responses from Glassdoor readers. Here are some of my favorites: Q. How many people are using Facebook in San Francisco at 2:30pm on a Friday? A. More than are using Google+. Q. Name 5 uses of a stapler without staple pins. A. Nutcracker.

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5 Trends to Help Your Organization Boost Job Satisfaction and Productivity

Treating your workforce as the organization’s top priority improves customer satisfaction and revenue growth and can boost job satisfaction and productivity. Read about five trends that are helping organizations around the country improve their people’s career well-being.

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Leaving Your Job? Leave Your ID Badge, Bathroom Key and Twitter Handle at the Door

Talent Culture

I recently came across this SHRM article Former Employees Claim Ownership of Twitter Handles, LinkedIn Connections describing the tug-of-war between employers and employees over ownership of Twitter handles and followers and LinkedIn accounts and connections once an employee leaves the company. While more and more companies seem to be creating more formalized social media policies, it’s obvious that there is still a lot of gray when it comes to deciding what rightfully belongs to the indi

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Is Your Personal Brand Fake?

Talent Culture

I recently came across a video called Sh*t New Yorkers Say. The video is a funny account of what it’s like to live in New York City. It touches on all that is magical and all that is annoying about this city in less than 3 minutes. It’s accuracy is uncanny and as a native New Yorker I’ve undoubtedly uttered at least 90% of the same things about this city during my time here.

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Politics in the Workplace: Why it’s Important to Keep your Political Preferences Private

Insperity

As the next presidential election nears, politics will become a regular topic of conversation around the water cooler. And while good-natured discussions should be encouraged at the office, it is important for employers to recognize the impact their beliefs can have on employees. An administrative assistant at a Colorado insurance agency almost resigned after her boss unknowingly put her in an uncomfortable situation.

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9 Ways to Communicate Employee Benefits

Insperity

You’re happy with your benefits package and are comfortable with the associated costs. But have you considered how easy the enrollment process is to navigate, or whether your employees truly understand what is available to them? Here are nine ways to ensure your staff members take full advantage of the benefits your company offers: 1. Communicate.

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.