Sat.Jun 13, 2020 - Fri.Jun 19, 2020

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Leaders as Thoughtful Facilitators: Here’s Why and How to Get Started

Achievers

As we evolve into our new virtual world and become reliant on communications technology to host our meetings of all shapes and sizes, I’ve been wondering how we will position our many fantastic leaders. As I’ve watched them perform, I’ve realized that we need facilitators now more than ever before—not speakers, experts, trainers, nor managers. In other words, right now, businesses and teams need thoughtful facilitation.

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Career Development: 5 Activities You Can Do Today

HR Bartender

Right now, many of us are concerned about our career. Maybe you’ve been furloughed or laid off. Maybe you’re still working but are starting to hear rumors. Or maybe you’ve been thinking about making a career change for several months. Regardless of your situation, you should be thinking about your career and how to position yourself for opportunities.

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7 Simple Ways to Attract the Best Candidate for Your Job Opening

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Whether you’re an entrepreneur with a growing business approaching the staffing process for the first time or you’re a seasoned hiring manager, recruiting the “best-fit” candidate for your job opening is tricky. But it doesn’t have to be a painful or time-consuming process. Below, we will explore seven tips that will simplify and streamline your […].

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Top 30 Inspirational Work From Home Quotes

Vantage Circle

If you are here, searching for work from home quotes, chances are that you are feeling just as demotivated as me. And that’s okay. The world has changed dramatically in the fast few months and feeling lethargic, stressed out, or uninspired is very common. The pandemic has forced maximum forms of work to shift its base to a work from home arrangement.

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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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From Response to Resilience: Helping Your Workforce Find a New Normal

Achievers

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and new global challenges erupt around the world, such as the police brutality protests, your workforce needs unique support. We are settling in to a “new normal”, which has some organizations looking forward to a Recovery stage. However, our research suggests that we cannot consider ourselves in a recovery stage with the pandemic still in full play.

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5 Work-From-Home Marketing Jobs to Consider During Corona Times

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At the moment, the COVID-19 pandemic is rampaging across the world, due to which most companies transfer their employees to remote work or send them on vacation. But there are professions for which remote work outside the office is a very convenient and natural option. Most likely, when you are thinking about the essence of […].

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A Brief Guide for New Managers

Vantage Circle

Ask any young professional the highlight of her career. Most of them are going to say that they being promoted to a managerial position was definitely one of the key moments in their career. While being promoted to a manager is thrilling, new managers are often susceptible to mismanagement due to their lack of experience. New managers tend to take up the middle management roles and are crucial to the proper structuring of the organization.

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What Coronavirus Questions Can You Ask Your Employees? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

While the global pandemic has completely upended the economic landscape in the U.S., local employers are finding it increasingly difficult to toe the line between keeping their workers safe and remaining compliant with ever-changing guidelines. Find out what you can and can’t ask your employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

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10 ways to save time at work

cipHR

It can often feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Reclaim your precious time by working smarter, not for longer, with these helpful time-saving tips. UK workers are under more time pressure than ever; according to a 2017 survey by TotalJobs , two-thirds (68%) of UK workers skip their lunch breaks because they have too much to do or have to deal with unexpected, urgent tasks.

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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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10 common onboarding mistakes that deflate new hires

Business Management Daily

Want to increase the odds of your new hires sticking around and making valuable contributions to the organization for years to come? Pay greater attention to their first 90 days by onboarding with intention rather than “winging it” and later suffering for errors. New hires who participate in structured onboarding programs are 69 percent more likely to remain with the company after three years than those who do not.

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30 Hr Quotes to Uplift and Motivate HR Professionals

Vantage Circle

We all need our regular doses of motivation to keep us get going. Like Zig Ziglar rightly quoted, " People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That is why we recommend it daily. " We live in a world where there is an ample amount of motivation that you can consume from podcasts, motivational videos, or blogs. It is upto you which medium you are comfortable in to get your daily motivation.

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Distance learning: How to lead continuing education for remote workers

Insperity

How do you train your people when no one’s in the office? Setting up effective continuing education for remote workers can be a challenge, even for trainers with years of experience leading in-person sessions. Here are some best practices for planning, designing and running your organization’s distance learning programs, whether you’re orienting new hires, cross-training your existing staff or introducing new procedures and tools.

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IRS releases HSA limits for 2021

BerniePortal

The IRS has released the 2021 cost-of-living adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs).

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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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Eco-Friendly Business Ideas

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Gone are the days of businesses being exempt from taking responsibility for their environmental impact. As the climate change crisis mounts and consumers are becoming more conscious than ever of their spending power, companies that can actively fly their ecofriendly colours will always come out on top. Luckily, going green isn’t difficult and doesn’t have […].

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How to Conduct Proper Employee Counseling in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

The uninterrupted efficiency and success of a company depend a lot on employee well being. This is why employers try their best to maintain their workforce’s health. But, most employers mainly checkup on physical health and fail to address the issues affecting mental health. For corrective measures to address this issue of mental health, employee counseling is the need of the hour.

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Proposed rules could deliver HRA tax savings to millions

PeopleKeep

A newly proposed regulation, Certain Medical Care Arrangements , could greatly expand the value and reach of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) by letting employers use pretax dollars to reimburse employees for direct primary care arrangements, membership costs for health care sharing ministries, and costs for several government-sponsored programs.

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How to Address and Stop Discrimination in the Workplace | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With a greater focus on inclusivity and fighting discrimination than in recent memory, HR professionals can utilize tools, resources, and training to help make their workplaces safer for everyone.

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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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Surviving College: Eight Tips to Make College Life Easier

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If you think surviving college is easy, think again. College is much harder on most people than they’re willing to admit, and the first year or two is usually the most difficult. While you’re running around buying dorm supplies and researching the best essay writing service, you should take some time out and read up […].

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Let the benefits renewal process begin

PeopleStrategy

With the unanticipated challenges facing HR professionals today, starting the employee benefits renewal process is probably not at the top of the to do list. But the reality is, deciding what benefits you will offer employees for the 2021 plan year is perhaps more critical than ever. So even though Open Enrollment is still a couple of month away, there are steps you can take now to make your renewal easier while also ensuring the plans and programs you select meet the needs of your employees, th

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#HRSummerSchool: Time for Extra Credit!

UpstartHR

Two weeks ago we ran a live, virtual event that has already been seen by tens of thousands of HR professionals, talent leaders, students, and more. One of the sessions gave us technical issues, so we are running what we are lovingly calling an “extra credit” session and I would love to have you attend! If you didn’t attend HR Summer School, you missed an epic experience.

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2020 Tax Returns, 2019 HSA Contributions Due July 15 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With many companies and organizations scrambling to keep their operations afloat during the pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) postponed the tax return deadline until July 15. Likewise, the IRS also announced the same date as the extension deadline for 2019 HSA contributions. Here’s what you need to know.

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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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5 Ways the Coronavirus Has Affected Small Businesses

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It’s no secret that COVID-19 has changed the world. This pandemic has altered the way we live our lives – from how we work to how we socialize. As a result, small businesses have had to transform themselves, and they’ll continue to do so for the foreseeable future. So what can we expect to see […].

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A new way to save on feminine care products

Benefit Resource Inc.

Thanks to a recent wave of legislation that passed back in March, all products for “that time of the month” can now be purchased at a 25 to 40 percent discount. This change takes place exactly 100 years after the historical 19th Amendment was ratified , allowing women the right to vote. All you need to start savings is a tax free account.

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Are background checks hindering your hiring?

cipHR

Automating background checks can prevent delays to the hiring process and reduce the risk of errors. Right-to-work checks, criminal record checks and credit checks are just some of the background checks that need to be carried out during the recruitment process. These checks verify that candidates are who they say they are, ensure the right hire has been made, and ultimately protect organisations from any risks or threats.

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How Can Employers Limit Pandemic Legal Liability? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With many employers considering reopening their places of business during the pandemic, employees and customers alike may be at greater risk for infection and spread. What can employers do to limit their legal liability in the event that a breakout occurs among their staff?

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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.