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3 Types of Compensation Packages To Consider and Why

Achievers

Most of us receive a paycheck, so it’s easy to assume compensation packages are pretty black and white. Some folks are hourly, some are salaried, and depending on what role they play, others receive bonuses or commissions based on their performance. Simple, right? Not so much. As Katey Maddux, founder and CEO of Millennial Accounting, writes in her recent employee compensation and benefits guide , “When it comes to employee compensation, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Why Flexible Office Solutions Are Being Adopted By More Businesses

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Trends and information are moving faster than ever before in the contemporary business world. To keep your head above water or, better yet, to succeed in this environment, it is necessary to keep your processes flexible and economical. This applies to both your workforce and your physical infrastructure and whether your company is based in […].

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15 great HR lessons from America’s largest human resources conference

Business Management Daily

Didn't make it to Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) annual conference in Las Vegas? Our editors were there to scoop up all the HR wisdom for you. The post 15 great HR lessons from America’s largest human resources conference appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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3 Ways to Support a Simpler Application Process for Job Seekers

Hireology

The tight labor market has created an Applicant Economy, meaning now more than ever, employers need to sell job seekers on the opportunity joining their team presents, rather than the other way around. This begins with a strong employer brand that excites top talent about joining your team. Your employer brand should include a compelling career site, list of company benefits, outlined career paths, training opportunities, and more. .

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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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Three technologies that are changing the workplace as we know it

cipHR

Organisations need to adopt AI, cloud-based systems and mobile-friendly software to keep pace with digital change, writes contributor Shawna Davidsen. As the rate in which tech innovations increases, staying up to date about new trends and becomes more challenging – especially for organisations with limited resources. Introducing new technology often causes significant alterations to the ways you and your teams complete your work, making modernisation a risky process and difficult adjustment at

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45 Top Employee Award Titles: Explained With Types and Examples

Vantage Circle

Every great work done and milestones achieved by an employee deserves utmost appreciation and respect. And nothing compares better than giving out employee award titles when it comes to extending the same appreciation and respect. In this blog, I’ll be discussing the importance of employee awards along with its types and example award titles that you can consider.

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How to write a Post-Interview Thank You Note

HR Digest

Getting a job of your dream these days may require more than just performing exceptionally well at interviews. More than one-in-five (22%) of hiring managers in the US say they are not likely to hire candidates that didn’t send a post-interview thank you note, according to a 2011 survey by CareerBuilder. While some managers may say it’s not a criterion, TheHRDigest believes that writing a post-interview thank you note is a way of being more clinical and professional in any job hunt.

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How to create a successful employee referral program

Insperity

In sales, your most qualified leads usually come as referrals from satisfied customers. In recruiting, a referral from one of your satisfied employees can be just as powerful. Employee referral programs bring qualified talent to the table and cultivate a sense of company loyalty in both the referring and prospective employee. An employee referral program can significantly increase your company’s qualified talent pool.

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Ways to Decrease Employee Turnover

Take It Personel-ly

Employee turnover is something that unfortunately all businesses experience. Individuals may suddenly leave, leaving your business at risk. Not only does this affect your business internally, but the reputation of your business will go down, making it harder to attract new employees. In order to keep your employee turnover rate low, it’s important to prioritize […].

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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 Netflix and Starbucks Are Leading the Way with Employer Branding

Hireology

Job seekers today complete significant research when considering career moves, meaning any company’s employer branding is critical to hiring success. In fact, 69 percent of job candidates would reject a job offer from an organization with a bad employer brand. . Effective employer branding offers you the opportunity to excite top talent about joining your team, helping you stand out from other employers in today’s competitive hiring market.

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Why – and how – to prioritize weekly one-to-one meetings

BerniePortal

Check out this column in Inc. Performance management is invariably a hot topic in the HR world, and there are a lot of different ways administrators can ensure that teams are on track, and employee goals are being met. That said, one thing is for sure: The annual performance review is not optimal for today's workforce. Continued feedback is critical and more effective in keeping teams and organizations on track.

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How to Handle Employee Pay Rise Request

HR Digest

A content employee is the most valuable asset to a company. In a high performing organization, it is the manager’s responsibility to constantly track what matters most to the employees. Unlike other priorities, managers consider employee pay rise request as one of the hard situations to manage. Let’s create a basic structure to deal with this tricky compensation task.

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10 Ways to Decrease Stress from Studying

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Whether you are a high school student or a final year student in college, you will have experienced study stress at one point or another. Finals are around the corner and there aren’t enough hours in the day to cram all that knowledge into your brain. The stress sets in and before you know it, […].

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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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It’s National Sunglasses Day

Benefit Resource Inc.

In honor of National Sunglasses Day, we wanted to highlight eligible vision expenses you can pay for with your pre-tax accounts. As an overview, a pre-tax account is a type of benefit your employer may offer to help you cover out-of-pocket expenses. There are a variety of different plans and accounts available. Almost all of them allow you to pay for eligible vision expenses not covered by insurance.

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eBook Preview: 15Five’s New Comprehensive Objectives & Key Results Guide

15Five

On July 20, 1969, the first two humans walked on the surface of the moon, with one of them remarking, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Nearly 50 years later, NASA declares “we are going to the moon—to stay,” heralding the delivery of permanent tech to the lunar surface. So we have to wonder, how do monumental feats of achievement like these occur?

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How can women negotiate salaries professionally?

HR Digest

Most women find salary negotiations intimidating and job threatening, not realizing that a satisfying career requires them to negotiate salaries. Aside from the dominant gender preference in the workplace today, not negotiating salaries professionally partly contribute to the gender pay gap in our various sectors. In a nutshell, salary negotiation skills are crucial in making a good career.

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How Does Meditation Improve Your Work and Home Life?

Take It Personel-ly

As of 2017, only 8% (or 18 million) adults in the U.S. said that they use meditation. Although the popularity of the practice has risen in the past decades (as reported by Forbes), many individuals are not yet harnessing its incredible, proven benefits to create a work-life balance. For those who are new to meditation, it […].

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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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7 Ways to Prepare for Hurricane Season

AssuredPartners

Last year millions of people dealt with the effects of Hurricane Florence. Not only were lives lost but it was estimated that $24 billion of wind and water damage were caused by Hurricane Florence. Scientists have predicted that there will be 14 named storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes this year. With hurricane season right around the corner, it’s crucial to take the initiative to ensure that you’re protected against the costly effects that may arise.

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Best-Self Management Podcast, Episode 1: Creating Healthy Leadership Teams

15Five

Over the past seven years, we have written countless articles and spoken on dozens of stages on the subject of company culture, leadership, and employee performance. And now, we are excited to feature our thought leadership on a new platform. Introducing, the Best-Self Management Podcast! What’s the podcast about? Best-Self Management is a journey of self discovery and ultimately, transformation for everyone in business, from CEOs to managers, and people working their first jobs.

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20+ Low-Cholesterol Snacks For A Heart Healthy Diet

SnackNation

20+ Low-Cholesterol Snacks For A Heart Healthy Diet. Low-cholesterol snacks make up part of any healthy diet—whether you want to lower your levels or maintain healthy balance. Even if you honestly have no idea what cholesterol really is, you can still benefit from changing up your snacking game to include more low-cholesterol snacks. Keep reading to learn more about cholesterol and to discover some low-cholesterol snacks that have so much flavor, they don’t taste “low” on anything.

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Small Business Payroll Made Easy: A First-Timer’s Guide to Processing Payroll

Take It Personel-ly

Think about the exciting parts of having a growing business. I bet the idea of setting up a small business payroll system isn’t leaping to mind. But just because it’s not the most exhilarating part of running a business doesn’t mean it’s not important. For better or worse, when you have employees working for […].

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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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How China is Hiring in the World’s Largest Labor Market

Global People Strategist

Even though China is the most populous country in the world, their government and leaders of industry are increasingly concerned about China’s working-age population which has, of late, been shrinking each year. Furthermore, the effects of the trade war between China and the United States in the form of tariffs on imports, has made it easy to imagine that in an environment of uncertainty and overall economic slowdown, there will be negative effects on the Chinese labor market.

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An HR professional’s guide to data privacy compliance and security

Insperity

As an HR professional, you work daily with sensitive, highly confidential employee and business data. But how knowledgeable are you about HR data privacy compliance and security? Think about every data point you regularly touch regarding employees (Social Security numbers, salaries, health care and retirement plans , background checks, etc.) and proprietary business information (customer data, mergers and acquisitions, planned layoffs, etc.).

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8 Essential Objectives Of Performance Appraisal

Vantage Circle

Performance appraisal is imperative to a company seeking increased organizational growth. That’s why it’s of utmost importance that we understand the objectives of performance appraisal and what it entails. Performance appraisal is the systematic evaluation of employees on the basis of the quality and quantity of their job performance. The performance appraisal process is also popularly referred to as performance evaluation , performance review , merit rating , and employee assessment.

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How to Get Professional Results on Your Next Outdoor Fashion Photography Shoot

Take It Personel-ly

Outdoor fashion photography shoots have their own charm and excitement. Different professional photographers have different reasons behind their preference for outdoor photography. Some like it as they want to capture that beautiful backdrop in their photography. Some prefer as they love the challenge of shooting at a new place. Whereas many photographers prefer outdoor shooting […].

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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.