HR Bartender

AUGUST 25, 2015

I feel very fortunate that I learned about public speaking early in life. One of my first jobs was being a tour guide at an aquatic marine life theme park who has an Orcinus orca as their mascot. (I’ll let you guess which one!) While I didn’t realize it at the time, the experience was priceless. After attending a few events lately, I wanted to share a few observations about public speaking.

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UpstartHR

AUGUST 24, 2015

As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for discussing how it is actually performing. Recruiting, in some ways, is actually easier to measure because it is very similar to sales: you either have results or you don’t. Today I want to talk about first year retention, a measure that I believe is going to continue to grow as a recruiting metric, even though many companies wouldn’t c

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Insperity

AUGUST 26, 2015

Skilled, well-mannered, conscientious employees have choices about where they work, and for whom. Your company, as an employer with skilled managers, competitive pay and benefits, has choices, too. In today’s competitive hiring environment, are you plumbing all the possible places to find top candidates? Have you considered former employees? Every company should have a formal, legally vetted policy to address the hiring of former employees.

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Business Management Daily

AUGUST 26, 2015

Three questions about overtime pay in California. The post What are California’s unique overtime rules? appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 27, 2015

( Editor ’s Note: Today’s post is an excerpt from my book, “ Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers.” The book is available on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle , in the iTunes store, and directly from the publisher.”. Yes, it’s true. The meeting after the meeting does exist. It’s not an urban legend. In fact, the meeting after the meeting (or let’s call it the MATM for short) can actually be more important than the original meeting.

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Insperity

AUGUST 26, 2015

Skilled, well-mannered, conscientious employees have choices about where they work, and for whom. Your company, as an employer with skilled managers, competitive pay and benefits, has choices, too. In today’s competitive hiring environment, are you plumbing all the possible places to find top candidates? Have you considered former employees? Every company should have a formal, legally vetted policy to address the hiring of former employees.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 23, 2015

We’ve written about notice periods and final paychecks before on HR Bartender. You can find those posts here , here and here. Today’s reader question puts the two of them together in an interesting twist. An employee gave notice on a weekday advising us that their last day would be four (4) workdays later. In the same email, the employee stated they would not return to the office on their scheduled on-site office date, nor any other day through their last day.

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HR Bartender

AUGUST 28, 2015

Mr. Bartender and I just returned from our annual strategy session. Every year we take a little time off during the summer to plan for the next twelve months. We talk about our company, ITM Group , the blog and goals. While many organizations use Q3 and Q4 for budgets, strategies and plans, we’ve found that the summer is best from a scheduling perspective.

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Insperity

AUGUST 26, 2015

Skilled, well-mannered, conscientious employees have choices about where they work, and for whom. Your company, as an employer with skilled managers, competitive pay and benefits, has choices, too. In today’s competitive hiring environment, are you plumbing all the possible places to find top candidates? Have you considered former employees? Every company should have a formal, legally vetted policy to address the hiring of former employees.

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Insperity

AUGUST 24, 2015

The best way to avoid charges of discrimination from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or other fair employment practices agencies is to proactively establish consistent employment practices and policies that spell out the expectations for workplace interactions and communications. Providing awareness training for employees and managers should also be a top priority.

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Insperity

AUGUST 24, 2015

The best way to avoid charges of discrimination from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or other fair employment practices agencies is to proactively establish consistent employment practices and policies that spell out the expectations for workplace interactions and communications. Providing awareness training for employees and managers should also be a top priority.

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PeopleStrategy

AUGUST 27, 2015

Around 10:15 two nights ago, my daughter was talking to herself, which I thought was odd since she was supposed to be wrapping up her homework. When I asked what she was doing, she replied, “I am having Siri type my final draft,” to which I responded, “What?”. “I am having Siri type my final draft,” she repeated. “So you are verbally reciting your paper into Notes, and then what do you do, email it to yourself?

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