Sat.Feb 17, 2018 - Fri.Feb 23, 2018

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Why Employees Leave Companies in 2018 [poll results]

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I asked the question “ If you were to start looking for a new job today, what would be the number one reason? ” And the majority of employees responded…. Better compensation and benefits. So, as much as we might not want to admit that money drives career decisions, it does. And as human resources professionals, we just can’t ignore this.

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Seven benefits of having plants in your office

cipHR

Numerous scientific studies have proven the positives of having more greenery in your workspace. Here are the top seven benefits for employees – and their employers. Humans have an innate desire to be connected with nature, which scientists call ‘ biophilia ’. Unfortunately, the spaces we tend to spend most of our days – workplaces – tend to be stripped of much of their connection to the natural environment.

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What you can and can’t do when employees discuss wages

Insperity

Can your employees discuss their salaries or wages with their co-workers? Yes. Even if you have a company policy against it? Yes. In fact, having a policy against it could get you in hot water with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because such policies generally violate federal labor law. The National Labor Relations Act protects employees’ rights to discuss conditions of employment, such as safety and pay even if you’re a non-union employer.

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Guest Post by @kenblanchard : Servant Leadership: Getting Your Ego Out of the Way

Take It Personel-ly

What is servant leadership? Servant leadership happens when we act with respect, care, and fairness for the well-being of all involved, and not for our own self-serving interests. When we serve first and lead second, we help individuals and organizations achieve worthwhile results while keeping the best interest of those we serve before our own. […].

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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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5 Ways to Reinvent the Traditional Job Interview

HR Bartender

Over the past couple of years, companies have been talking about “reinventing the performance appraisal”. Well, performance reviews aren’t the only process that’s being re-examined. Let’s take a look at the job interview. According to LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends Report 2018 , fifty-six percent (56%) of talent professionals say that new interview tools and methods are changing the way they hire.

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How Social Media Can Help Your Small Business Reach Customers and Job Applicants

Hireology

The average consumer spends 30% of their total online time and more than 2 hours a day on social media. Given these consumer habits, if your small business doesn’t have a social media presence, you’re likely missing out on potential business and quality job applicants. How can your small business stand out from the competition to attract new business and job applicants?

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How to Keep Your Team Happy, So They Stick Around

Take It Personel-ly

“It’s so hard to keep good employees around these days,” you mutter to yourself, as you mull over the next influx of new candidate applications. The cycle of employee turnover seems to never stop. The process wears out company resources, funds and your patience, but it’s a necessary evil. Or, is it? Keeping your […].

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HR Pros: Your Next Workplace May Be in Space

HR Bartender

Before you read today’s title and totally dismiss the article, take a moment to think about recent events in our space program. Elon Musk launched SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy , the most powerful operational rocket in the world. NASA has a documented plan (with a timetable) to send humans to the Red Planet. It’s possible in our lifetimes that people (not just astronauts) will be able to visit and live on other planets.

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How to increase employee engagement from the top down

Insperity

Want a surefire strategy to boost employee engagement and develop a more committed workforce? Here’s a hint: It starts at the top. Before you start looking for a new business solution or industry buzzword, reach out to your managers first. Are they engaged? Do they show up to work energized, inspired and ready to lead? Or, are they so frustrated and checked out, they’re counting down the minutes until they can hit the highway and head home?

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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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Looking to Hire Fixed Ops Staff at Your Dealership? Partner with Technical Schools

Hireology

Fixed ops roles are among the most difficult positions to fill at any dealership. Between fewer young job seekers opting for dealership careers and Baby Boomer auto technicians retiring at a rapid rate, there is a shortage of quality talent on the market. And when your dealership is short a technician, it leaves a service bay open with nobody there to service customers – causing you to lose more revenue the longer a position is open.

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How To Make A WOW! Culture That Astonishes People

Hppy

Satisfying your customers isn’t good enough in today’s competitive markets. Meeting their needs falls short of earning their loyalty and turns your business into a commodity where only Price is important. Winning the competitive battle demands that customers be “dazzled”; left “breathless” whenever they engage with your organization. Also read: What Happens When Organizations Love To Get Complaints?

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The Importance of Personalization in Advertisements and Promotions

Take It Personel-ly

Marketing and advertising are the bane of many businesses, not just restaurants. For many business owners, effectively communicating with consumers is a mystery. Some people just assume it’s a matter of budget, while others believe you need a stroke of marketing luck to find success. In truth, however, successful marketing can be done on any […].

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‘We need cognitive diversity to bring in new perspectives and ideas’

cipHR

As a third of organisations admit to being poor at recruiting neurodiverse employees, panellists at Roffey Park event discuss how to make non-neuro-typical workers feel more at home. Just 14% of organisations deliberately seek to hire people who do not ‘fit’ with the organisation’s existing culture, according to Roffey Park’s Management Agenda 2018.

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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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New Resource: The 2018 Hireology Automotive Workforce Report

Hireology

The retail automotive landscape saw change and challenges in 2017. From natural disasters impacting Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico to the end of a seven-year long sales rally, much of what the the industry experienced last year is continuing to shape the year ahead. Working with thousands of dealerships across the country, we’ve identified trends transforming the automotive talent landscape along with new insights from the Hireology network.

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5 Ways Employers Can Boost Candidate Retention

Hppy

Getting quality candidates to apply for your positions can sometimes feel like a job in itself. It starts before you even post an opening by ensuring you have proper employer branding and continues through every interaction you have with candidates (including emails and phone calls), ending with an on-site interview and the ultimate goal of gaining a new employee.

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How to Make a Resume: A Step-by-Step Guide (+30 Examples)

Take It Personel-ly

For most people, writing a good resume is tough, and it takes time. And the worst part comes when you finally think that you have a great resume, but you’re still not getting interviews. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could figure out how to make a resume that would get you an interview almost […].

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How to Help Employees Make Benefits Decisions

Winston Benefits

Your employees make a lot of decisions during their work day, but one of the most important decisions they’ll make comes once a year: what to do about their employee benefits. If an employee enrolls in a high-deductible health plan without really understanding the ins and outs of how it works, they may get sticker shock the first time they visit the doctor.

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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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Feel-good Songs & Snacks for a Healthy Heart Month

SnackNation

Feel-good Songs & Snacks for a Healthy Heart Month. February is American Heart Month, and we’re celebrating with a list of good-for-you snacks and feel-good songs. The snacks provide healthy ways to satisfy your hunger; the music will get you smiling and dancing. Trust us – smiling, dancing, and eating well are all things your heart wants you to do.

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How Nonprofits Can Stay Competitive in the Hiring Market

Hppy

Business is booming in the nonprofit sector. Charitable donations rose after the most recent Presidential election, and 51% of nonprofits expected to increase their staffing last year. While that’s all good news, it’s not the full story. Finding the right people for these roles is often difficult for nonprofits. Also read: Mentoring and Hiring the Right People.

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Are Federal Regulations Looming for Assisted Living Providers Serving Medicaid Residents?

AssuredPartners

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report released in January found that a review of half of the 48 states providing Medicaid assisted living services were unable to provide information related to critical resident incidents. This has resulted in a recommendation that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) engage to improve state reporting.

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3 ways to amp up your recruitment strategy

PeopleStrategy

According to Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen, the U.S. is near full employment. It’s a candidate-driven market right now, meaning employers have to fight harder to attract top talent. Here are three things you can do to strengthen your recruiting strategy in 2018: 1. Make it easier to apply . In a world inundated with apps, job seekers are no longer tolerating lengthy and cumbersome application processes.

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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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Webinar Recap | Healthcare Check In: The Latest Developments in Health and Welfare Plans

WEX Inc.

We work in an exciting industry—which means quick changes are the norm, and adaptability is a necessity. Watch our one-hour webinar and keep your compliance plan up-to-date with a download of recent health and welfare plan legislative changes. We cover legislation that's passed, what's on the way, and what it means for your organization.

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The Senior Managers and Certification Regime: what’s changing?

cipHR

As the SMCR is set to extend to 47,000 firms by the end of 2018, Lucy Gordon, senior solicitor at ESP Law, explains what HR professionals can do to prepare. The Senior Managers and Certification regime (SMCR) was introduced to UK banks, building societies, credit unions and some investment firms in March 2016. The government has committed to extending this to a wider number of companies in 2018; estimates put the number of companies likely to be affected at around 47,000 , which includes any com

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What’s really happening with employer-based medical costs? (In English)

AssuredPartners

‘Less Bad’ Put simply, medical trend for the past several years is ‘ less bad. ’ It might not be the most grammatical term, but relative to a very volatile 2007 where medical trend rose as high as 12 percent, the steady 6-7 percent increase for the past five years seems somewhat more palatable. That is, until we dig into the numbers.

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Episode 21 | How Peaceful Fruits Uses a ‘Chain of Discovery’ to Connect Consumers to the Amazon

SnackNation

Episode 21 | How Peaceful Fruits Uses a ‘Chain of Discovery’ to Connect Consumers to the Amazon. with Evan Delahanty, Founder and CEO of Peaceful Fruits. Evan Delahanty is not a foodie. Yes, the man who founded Peaceful Fruits, a company that makes honest, whole fruit snacks … was not all that into food at first. So how did he end up at the helm of a company that’s changing the fruit snack game?

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.