Sat.Aug 19, 2017 - Fri.Aug 25, 2017

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Emotions in the Workplace

Achievers

The emergence of the millennial generation in the contemporary workforce has led to a greater need for companies to emphasize an employee-centric workplace. The importance of organizations understanding the expectations of an employee is greater than ever before, leading to stronger ties between corporate and private life. This phenomenon is not just limited to human interactions.

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Bots

HR Bartender

I’ve been looking forward to writing this post. Since this HR technology series has started , we’ve talked about enterprise resource planning (ERP) , application program interface (API) , cloud computing (aka “the cloud”) , and many more. Bots (also known as internet bots or web robots ) have become mainstream vernacular. But what are they really and why should human resource professionals pay attention to them?

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Auto Dealership Jobs: The True Cost of Service Technician Turnover

Hireology

Service technicians are among the most challenging auto dealership jobs to fill and retain. Only 5% of today’s job seekers are interested retail automotive careers, and Baby Boomer technicians are retiring at a rapid rate, meaning dealerships are facing difficulties identifying and hiring quality auto technicians. And once technicians are hired, dealerships also struggle to retain employees in service roles for the long haul.

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Empathy in the workplace

PeopleStrategy

Empathy: It’s absolutely essential to fostering positive relationships – inside and outside of the workplace. Understanding the reasons why employees are dissatisfied or disengaged is key to creating a productive and motivated workforce and retaining top talent. Once managers and HR professionals realize the frustrations that their employees feel, they can strive to eliminate them, creating a win-win for everyone.

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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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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey: Strengthening Employee Engagement

Achievers

Is your workforce recognized at an acceptable rate? According to Gallup’s analysis, probably not. In a recent survey, they found that only 1 out of 3 U.S. workers feel they received adequate recognition in the past seven days. Even worse, employees that aren’t recognized at a satisfactory level are twice as likely to leave their job compared to those that are.

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Podcast: Anytime Fitness Co-Founder and CEO Talks Loving Work

Hireology

Note: This post includes an excerpt from our sister site, The Best Team Wins. Visit TBTW for the full post, and be sure to subscribe to Adam’s weekly podcast on building your best team. Each week, Adam Robinson, co-founder and CEO of Hireology and author of The Best Team Wins , speaks with entrepreneurs and industry leaders about business and building their best teams.

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Guest Post: Be Here Now by @TheMoodElevator

Take It Personel-ly

Staying present, focused and in the now is something that I am working at this year. I am trying to be more intentional and live better. The Mood Elevator is by far one of my favorite books of 2017 so far! The lessons in the book are helping me to stay focused, build better relationships and … Continue reading Guest Post: Be Here Now by @TheMoodElevator.

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The Cost of Not Focusing on Employee Engagement is Higher Than Ever

Hppy

There has always been data supporting the impact of employee engagement on the bottom line. Even so, some organizations thought they could get by ignoring it. Maybe they could attract employees regardless of the fact their culture wasn’t right. And maybe they could afford to replace them when they inevitably churned. Also read: Accountability in the Workplace and How it Ties into Employee Engagement.

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Organizations Need to Intentionally Embrace Diversity

HR Bartender

I’d like to believe that most businesses understand the advantages of having a diverse workplace. Organizations that have diversity realize new ideas and find different ways to solve problems. They benefit from exposure to different cultures and ways of life. And they gain a global perspective that is absolutely necessary in today’s business environment.

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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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Hireology Product Update: Our August Release Notes

Hireology

Our team continuously makes improvements across the Hireology platform. Here are some of the latest updates: A Better Sourcing Experience. Hireology Job Posts Now Support Google Jobs. Like many hiring managers, we were excited to hear that Google is making it easier for applicants to find companies looking to hire by releasing a jobs search engine in June.

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Performance Management, Culture, and Business Results [New Research]

UpstartHR

This summer at Lighthouse we’ve been working our way through a number of research studies, but to be honest one of the ones I’ve been incredibly pumped about is focused on performance management. It’s probably because I get a sense of the discontent around this practice regardless of where I go and who I speak with. It’s incredibly hated at so many companies by HR, management, and the employees.

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The Latest Trends in Vision Benefits

Winston Benefits

Eye care is healthcare, so it’s vital that employers offer the kinds of vision benefits employees are looking for. August is National Eye Exam Month, which makes now the perfect time to examine the vision benefits your company offers and ensure they match up to industry standards. It’s not too late to talk to your benefits partner about the vision benefits at your company to see if you want to make some changes before open enrollment.

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Being Progressive In Modern Business

Take It Personel-ly

The Internet provides many benefits to a business. It gives you a place to sell your goods, without having to open a physical store to do it. It enables you to reach out to more customers, without expanding your business. And, of course, it also helps you to find and buy better stock from across … Continue reading Being Progressive In Modern Business.

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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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5 Unbelievable Reasons You Want To Be Divergent

Hppy

Standout organizations commit themselves to creating a culture that is consistent with their long term strategy; if culture and strategy are not directly linked, achieving strategic goals is impossible. Also read: How To Create A Culture Of Imperfection. But the cultural development journey is a long arduous one; it normally begins with a mosaic of beliefs, behaviours and values in the organization that must be evolved into the one that reflects the strategic journey it has chosen.

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Dump Your Old Savory Snacks for These Healthier Versions

SnackNation

Make the Most of Cuffing Season: Dump Your Old Savory Snacks for These Healthier Versions. It’s healthy to admit when you’ve outgrown a relationship. We’re willing to be there’s one fling in your life that needs major reevaluating. You know, the one you feel you just can’t drop, that on-again off-again relationship with those tired, unhealthy snacks.

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Benefit Snapshot - 8/22

WEX Inc.

Wellness Programs | Enrollment Meetings | Voluntary Benefits. Every day on our LinkedIn , Twitter , and Facebook pages, we share need-to-know industry information for benefits pros.

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Employee Engagement Is the Key to Innovation – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Enjoy the post!). We’ve all seen the reports that engaged employees are more productive. But let’s pause a second to think about what greater productivity means for the business. At the individual level, it means that an employee is producing their work outputs effectively.

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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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Are Memos Relevant Anymore?

Hppy

Memos used to be the reigning champions when it came to workplace communications, but today, they have become much less common. Many companies are going paperless, and even those that aren’t tend to use digital tools that lead to fewer memos in the workplace overall. So, the big question is: are memos still relevant, as newer tools start to take over?

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Less Than a Month Until Elevate 2017: See What We’re Unveiling

Hireology

Elevate 2017 , the retail automotive industry’s first event focused exclusively on human capital management, is less than a month away. At the event, Hireology , along with Cox Automotive and NADA , will bring to gether more than 100 dealership General Managers, Dealer Principals and HR leaders to discuss strategy and tactically build their 2018 human capital management plans.

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8 mistakes to avoid when buying HR technology

Insperity

As your business grows, so do your human resource needs. Using HR technology to automate repetitive processes (such as payroll, onboarding, time-tracking and benefits enrollment) can relieve some of your business’s administrative burden and free up more time for revenue-generating activities. But how can you be sure you choose the right software or platform for your business?

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These 13 Skills Will Make You an Insanely Effective Executive Assistant

SnackNation

These 13 Skills Will Make You an Insanely Effective Executive Assistant. Gatekeeper. Guardian. Goal tender. Traffic cop. As an Executive Assistant, I’d bet you’ve been called one of the above labels before. It must be frustrating. While there’s a grain of truth to the idea of the EA as “gatekeeper,” this description barely scratches the surface of all the value that you provide.

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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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[Infographic] Do You Know How Your Employees Feel About Their Jobs?

Hppy

Your profession can define a big part of who you are. When introducing yourself, one of the first questions people commonly ask is, “What do you do?” Employees spend 40 plus hours a week in their work environment and more time thinking about it. We are immersed in the industry we have chosen. With so much time and energy invested, how do employees really feel about their job?

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Creating a more connected HR environment

PeopleStrategy

HR professionals have a lot to deal with every day. From payroll to compensation, to employee administration and compliance, HR services and functions play a critical role in the performance and success of a business. So it’s critical to ensure that the practices, methods and policies HR uses are as accurate and efficient as possible. Over the last decade, technology has significantly changed the way we manage and conduct business both internally and externally.

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6 dos and don’ts of responding to negative employee reviews

Insperity

Master carpenter Norm Abrams made famous the old saying, “Measure twice, cut once.” The careful thought implied in this good advice also applies to how and when a company should respond to negative online reviews from employees. The consequences of rash retaliation can be significant. For instance, the EEOC recently sued a company for the way it responded to an employee’s negative review on Glassdoor.com.

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Glazed Porcelain Terracotta Tiles by Ragno at Rubble Tile

Take It Personel-ly

Rubble Tile is pleased to spotlight the Epoca Collection by Ragno, a well loved designer and manufacturer of high quality tile.

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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.