Sat.Sep 14, 2019 - Fri.Sep 20, 2019

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Diversity in leadership: 6 steps to make it happen

Insperity

Does your company have diversity in its leadership? If not, you could be missing out on a host of business benefits, like more innovation, higher revenues and stronger talent acquisition opportunities. However, potential benefits and enthusiasm around the issue haven’t yet translated into more diverse C-suites. Representation of women and minority populations in executive roles at American companies remains low.

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Pass It On: The Importance of Business Cards

Take It Personel-ly

This is the digital age – who needs business cards when everyone has a smartphone? You do! Even in our tech world, the importance of business cards has not diminished. Successful business people use them, and no, they are not old-fashioned. The Networking Imperative Networking is not confined to in-person industry conferences and events. You […].

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4 Secrets for Handling a Behavioral Interview

HR Digest

A behavioral interview is a major part of the candidate assessment process. Employers and hiring managers rely on behavioral job interview questions in order to find out if the candidate has the skills and competencies needed for the job. In a typical behavioral job interview, the interviewer will want to know how you handled a situation, instead of how you might handle it in the future.

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Boosting Employee Engagement Through Career Conversations

15Five

Want to increase employee engagement? It’s time to look at the career conversations you’re having with your employees. Traditionally, career discussions have been tagged onto the annual performance review process, meaning they occur far too infrequently and with an already painful process. As more companies realize continuous growth and development conversations are a priority for employees, companies are shifting the way they handle reviews altogether.

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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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Why You Should Hire Employees Who Don’t Meet All Your Job Requirements

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. Job seekers have their choice of opportunities in today’s tight labor market. And to attract top talent in the competitive job market, employers need to rethink their hiring strategies. According to a new study from staffing and recruiting firm Adecco, employers across the U.S. are facing challenges hiring employees meet their requirements.

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How to Avoid Office Drama

HR Digest

One of the best decisions you can make in your life is to choose to not get involved in petty office drama. Unfortunately, no matter how close-knit you are with your coworkers, you’re still going to struggle to keep your cool and your dignity, when it seems like everybody around you is acting like they’re in a time-jump episode of Gossip Girl. Limiting your interactions with catty colleagues to work-only conversations will do little to help you keep from being sucked into the black hole.

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Five techniques and tools to boost your productivity

cipHR

Want to achieve more in less time? Who doesn’t! We look at some tried and tested tools and techniques to help you be more productive. We all lead busy lives and sometimes it can seem extremely challenging to tick off all the tasks on our to-do list each day. But, don’t despair: here are some simple tips and tricks to really boost your productivity and help you breeze through your workload. 1.

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Vendor Reference Check Questions | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

Vendor Reference Check Questions. You've made the request for a proposal, completed a software demo and perhaps even conducted several finalist meetings. That's great! You're well on your way to switching benefits administration providers or choosing a ben admin partner for the first time.

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How To Create The Best Newsletter With A Stunning Newsletter Template

Take It Personel-ly

Creating an irresistible newsletter can be an easy task with the right guidance. Know exactly what newsletter template is working for so many people here. Looking for your new marketing dream tactic? Here it is. You might not know the statistics about e-mail marketing, but you should. Some people might think email is dead, but […].

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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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Workplace violence prevention: Practical steps employers can take

Business Management Daily

Workplace violence takes many forms. There are the headline-grabbing shootouts that have managers and workers alike wondering if it could happen to them. More often, it’s two employees pushing each other during an argument. In between, there are petty thefts, serious fights and sexual assaults. Some industries are also more prone to workplace violence, sometimes coming from customers or even patients.

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5 Things You’ll Never Hear an HR Department of One Say…

UpstartHR

For those of you not in the know, an HR department of one is just what it sounds like: an HR department where one person covers all the bases from an HR, talent, and recruiting perspective. I have a special place in my heart for the HR department of one, because that’s where I came from. When I worked in the HR profession, I had the opportunity to wear all (and I mean ALL) the hats, and while it was challenging it was also a lot of fun.

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6 Reasons to Monitor Office Space Utilization

Asure Software

With rising costs of office space coupled with agile, flexible employee desk and room sharing trends, it’s a facilities management… The post 6 Reasons to Monitor Office Space Utilization appeared first on Asure Software.

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Inspire Innovation with These Leadership Tips

Take It Personel-ly

What does it mean to be a leader in the workplace? Is it someone who strongarms their employees to do what they want and doesn’t recognize hard work, only the failures? Or is a leader someone who encourages their employees to meet their goals, even the hard ones, and recognizes employees for their hard work. […].

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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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The value of taking a holistic approach to operations leadership

Business Management Daily

Businesses are often extremely complex—in my case, it takes an army of people, machines and innovations to get a product to market. In order to deliver a seamless customer experience, companies require the right leadership , a range of departments, employees with varying skill sets, and the appropriate tools and resources. With all these intersecting parts, how can operations leaders implement changes and decisions that take each arm of the business into account?

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Management of Resident Transportation Services

AssuredPartners

{"ops":[{"insert":"The aging process may slow us down a bit, but it doesn’t stop our desire or our need to remain a part of our communities and the world around us. Aging adults still enjoy shopping, need to attend appointments, and travel to various attractions and activities away from their senior living or skilled nursing facility. In 2010, the CDC conducted a National Survey of Residential Care Facilities and found that only 4% of residents continued to drive.

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Baby Boomer Retirement Statistics and Financial Stress

Best Money Moves

Baby Boomer retirement statistics and financial stress. Their chief concern is retirement savings but they have other sources for their financial stress, like healthcare costs and emergency savings. Baby Boomers, those between the ages of 59 and 75, still make up a significant portion of the U.S. workforce, despite many having hit retirement age. As one of the largest generations in history, Baby Boomers are faced with their own set of unique financial stressors. .

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Keeping Your Business Files Organized And Accessible

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We have all had to ask ourselves the question “where did that file go?” It is very frustrating to not know where your business files are when you need them that very minute. Then you have to waste time looking through different files and folders trying to find what you are looking for. This is […].

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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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How supervisors can support employees with ADHD

Business Management Daily

When hearing the term “ADHD” (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), does the image of a pencil-tapping third-grader staring out the window while fellow students focus on a math lesson come to mind? While the condition does affect many children, plenty of adults (roughly 2.5%, according to the American Psychiatric Association) struggle too. And as Generation Z—the group roughly defined as born between 1995-2010 —enters the workforce, experts predict adult ADHD will become an even greater con

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General Motors terminates healthcare of striking UAW members

HR Digest

In a desperate attempt to kill the United Automobile Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors , the Detroit automaker announced a decision to shift healthcare costs to the union. Now that the GM healthcare benefits have been terminated, UAW will be forced to reach into its strike fund to pay the bills. This invalidates GM’s confirmation to UAW negotiators on Monday that workers’ benefits would be covered through the end of the month.

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Creating a comprehensive benefits package to attract and retain top talent

PeopleStrategy

“Great benefits are essential for attracting the best talent.” The competition for new talent in a crowded job market can be intense. No one knows this better than HR professionals who often are tasked with recruitment, applicant tracking and onboarding. To overcome this challenge, you need to do everything you can to make your company stand out in ways that your competition simply can’t match; offering a comprehensive benefits package is one of the best ways to reach that goal

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The New Sales Journey – Putting the Customer First

Take It Personel-ly

Sale representatives and marketers all over the world know the importance of putting their customers first. Companies are well familiar with this phase and try to go to great lengths to make sure that their customers are always feeling satisfied with the services they provide them with. If you are trying to increase your sales […].

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Reasonable accommodation can require additional leave

Business Management Daily

Reasonable accommodations for a disabled employee can include paid time off or unpaid time off. In fact, an employee who is disabled should not be automatically terminated once she’s exhausted all leave available. That’s true whether she’s a new employee who hasn’t earned leave or an employee out of paid or unpaid leave. Has she used all eligible FMLA leave ?

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Stop Battling for Talent and Start Asking Questions That Matter

BetterUp

Growing up, my family dinner conversations were very different than my peers. While most kids picked at their food, while their parents probed them with questions about what happened that day at school, my parents were serving mashed potatoes with a side of deep conversation – about self esteem and emotional awareness, of course. If I brought up a seemingly mundane story from the playground while asking to pass the green beans, my parents would dissect it and ask questions to make me think

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Confused about IR35 and off-payroll working? CIPHR’s new guide is here to help

cipHR

Discover why regulations will change in April 2020, how to prepare your processes, and how CIPHR can help you manage off-payroll working. If you need guidance on how changes to off-payroll working (IR35) legislation will change in April 2020, look no further than CIPHR’s new paper: Off-payroll working: a guide to IR35 changes for HR and payroll professionals in the private sector.

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How to Design a Good Business Card: 5 Key Tips

Take It Personel-ly

There’s more to designing business cards than just being creative. Keep reading for how to design a good business card: 5 key tips. Whether you manage your own business or work for someone else, a business card is an essential tool to carry in your wallet, backpack, or briefcase. A good business card is an […].

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How to Implement Pay Transparency: A Comprehensive Guide

With pay transparency legislation on the rise globally, it can be difficult for organizations to navigate how to share salary ranges due to administrative complexities, lack of clear job architecture, employee reactions, and more. To help make this process easier, Barley's comprehensive guide shares how to begin implementing pay transparency while staying true to your compensation philosophy.