Achievers
JANUARY 22, 2019
When it comes to the retail industry, your frontline workers literally can make or break the business. These workers are the ones that have the most direct contact with the customers, and they have the best chance of converting a prospective customer into a paying customer. It makes perfect sense for retail managers to work hard to build an engaged and motivated front-line team.
HR Bartender
JANUARY 25, 2019
(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. Want to create an inspired workforce? Check out Kronos CEO Aron Ain’s new book “ Work Inspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work ”. Enjoy the article!). Years ago, I worked with a CEO who, every year, asked the company to give him a performance review.
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Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 23, 2019
When it comes to mental health, there are a lot of things that you can do to try and maintain a delicate equilibrium and improve your health in general. Gardening is one of those things. It doesn’t matter if you have a more extensive garden, and allotment that needs tools and extras like something from […].
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 24, 2019
How would you feel if it’s your birthday and no one ends up wishing you? Obviously, that will be quite disappointing and it may ruin your mood for the rest of the day. Amidst a busy schedule, it’s quite obvious for us to miss out on special occasions. However, as professionals there’s one special event that we shouldn’t forget i.e. the work anniversary of your colleagues and employees.
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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.
Achievers
JANUARY 22, 2019
When it comes to the retail industry, your frontline workers literally can make or break the business. These workers are the ones that have the most direct contact with the customers, and they have the best chance of converting a prospective customer into a paying customer. It makes perfect sense for retail managers to work hard to build an engaged and motivated front-line team.
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Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 25, 2019
Are you the planner and organizer among your friend group? Do you love the feeling of making sure everything is on track? If so, you are likely to flourish in a career that challenges you to think ahead and get stuff done. Here are four career options that may be a perfect fit for any […].
Insperity
JANUARY 24, 2019
The impact of automation on employment is inevitable. Long gone are the days when you could get a position at a company, do the exact same job for 30 years and retire. Like anything, times change. And with the pace of technology and innovation, more and more positions are being automated. This means companies can now do more with less people. Think back to Henry Ford’s moving assembly line where workers continuously executed simple, repetitive tasks.
UpstartHR
JANUARY 22, 2019
Candidate experience is a booming business. Anyone with the ability to create a more positive experience for a company’s job applicants is in a great position right now, and that won’t change any time soon. In the last ten years, interest in the candidate experience has grown exponentially, as evidenced by Google Trends data. On top of that, we’re seeing more evidence that the candidate experience is more than just a “nice to have” for businesses serious about profitability.
Hireology
JANUARY 23, 2019
Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. When it comes to building a productive, profitable team, hiring top talent is only part of the battle. Once you have team members on board, it’s critical to keep them engaged and excited to do great work every day. But unfortunately, according to a recent report from Gallup , up to 85 percent of U.S. employees consider themselves to be disengaged.
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Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 24, 2019
Modern business is almost nothing like the business our grandparents, or even our parents would imagine. Gone are the days of sharp suits, stuffy offices and endless meetings. While there may still be a hierarchy in many businesses, we understand that great ideas can come from anywhere and everyone has something to add. As the […].
Winston Benefits
JANUARY 22, 2019
More than 1 in 6 American workers also work as unpaid caregivers, spending some portion of their day caring for elder loved ones. And with the population aging — an average of 10,000 people turn 65 every day — this trend will only continue. With this sweeping demographic change, more employers recognize they need to be proactive in supporting their employees with elder-care benefits.
BerniePortal
JANUARY 24, 2019
Client Success + Broker Partner. BerniePortal is more than just a software platform to its licensees—it’s a partnership! In order to demonstrate our commitment to this partnership approach, we’ve asked broker partner, Jonathan Davis of Workplace Benefit Solutions, and his Client Success Team Member, David Terry, to share their experience as a team. Jonathan and David have worked together for almost a year—here's what they have to say about it!
Insperity
JANUARY 22, 2019
In a tight job market, losing a good candidate to a counteroffer from their current employer is common. It’s even more likely to happen if the person’s expertise is highly specialized or hard to find. How should your company react to counteroffers? How can you win over job candidates when it happens? What are the best strategies for talking to candidates in this situation?
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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.
Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 21, 2019
You are looking to sharpen your skills in management and leadership, so you can effectively impact a company, but you already have or do not want to have a degree in just general business. You want a degree that lets your management skills shine brightly, helping you to better impact a company. There is a […].
UpstartHR
JANUARY 23, 2019
Hackathons are often seen as a tool for creating new software products, but did you realize that they could be used to create a more engaged workforce as well? . In today’s show, Ben interviews Toni Eberhart, Executive Director for Urban Engine. In the show, they talk about how things like coworking nights, hackathons, and other social activities can help to crosspollinate ideas and create more satisfaction for technical talent. .
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 22, 2019
Effective performance management is the key to unlocking your employees’ full potential. The term “performance management” is used widely without understanding its true meaning. A leader has to recognize and value its role in increasing employee job satisfaction levels and improving the organization’s bottom line. Evaluating employees’ overall performance and monitoring their development is crucial that you cannot oversee as a manager.
Best Money Moves
JANUARY 21, 2019
How do employees pay for unexpected expenses? Less than half use their savings and the rest turn to credit cards, personal loans, or borrow from friends and family, increasing debt and worsening financial stress. More than a third of U.S. employees faced an unexpected expense, like a car repair or emergency room visit, that cost $5,000 or more last year, according to a recent survey by Bankrate.
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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?
Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 25, 2019
In designing a workplace, the most important thing is to make sure that it’s engineered for productivity. This can mean many things, and in fact we’re still learning about how to optimize space for this purpose. Given an office carefully designed to accomplish this purpose however, the next thing to think about is how to […].
UpstartHR
JANUARY 22, 2019
I love answering questions from readers , because they encourage me to explore topics I might otherwise not touch on, such as today’s discussion. Have a question of your own? Share it and I’ll try to work it into the schedule! Does HR care more about the employees or protecting the company? HR’s Primary Role. When someone is hired into the HR profession, their primary role is to support the “people” functions of the company, such as hiring, training, and retaining e
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 21, 2019
Ever since millennials have crossed the threshold of childhood, they have constantly been under the radar. They are probably the most over-scrutinized, over analysed generations of all times. Marketers term them as the “hardest target audience to engage” and managers call them the “hardest bunch to manage”. If you are an employer or a manager having a tough time managing and retaining the millennial employees, you’re in the right place!
Best Money Moves
JANUARY 23, 2019
Is Rehiring a Former Employee a Good Idea? They’re familiar with organizational operations, company culture and need less training to get up to speed, but only half of employees would consider returning to a former employer. Most senior managers are open to rehiring boomerang employees—staff members who previously left the company on good terms, according to recent research from Accountemps.
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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.
Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 22, 2019
It is no great secret that home offices are popular nowadays. For one, it saves one a lot of money from commuting, and it allows a person to have full control over his/her schedule. For that reason, more and more people are setting up their workspace at home, specifically the bedroom area. However, having your […].
HR Digest
JANUARY 21, 2019
While the unique role of dads in the lives of their children is well acknowledged, more companies make little or no effort to support their male employees to effortlessly assume this role. This is an ugly situation, mostly for new dads. But there is good news. Some companies are providing full parenting benefits for fathers, including paid paternity and adoption leave, childcare options, etc.
Business Management Daily
JANUARY 22, 2019
These recent court cases are a good reminder that under the Whistleblower Protection Act, employees have a legal right to blow the whistle without retaliation or harassment. The post From the courtroom: Take care when disciplining whistleblowers appeared first on Business Management Daily.
Best Money Moves
JANUARY 23, 2019
What value do boomerang employees bring to the workplace? They’re familiar with organizational operations, company culture and need less training to get up to speed, but only half of employees would consider returning to a former employer. Most senior managers are open to rehiring boomerang employees—staff members who previously left the company on good terms, according to recent research from Accountemps.
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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.
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