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Top 5 HR trends for 2012

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With high unemployment & debt levels, a renewed appreciation of family & friends and emphasis on health issues in North America, it wasn’t surprising the top resolutions for 2012 are weight loss, getting more sleep, reading more books, making better money decision and journaling “awesome moments in life.”.

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Humanizing HR Technology

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Solutions that potentially solve virtually every conceivable problem within the broad spectrum of Human Resources—recruitment, on-boarding, performance management, employee engagement, recognition, talent management—the list goes on. We’ve seen an unprecedented explosion in SaaS-based HR technology in the past 5+ years.

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Employee Benefits: Then and Now [infographic] – Friday Distraction

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For the past twenty years, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has been publishing an employee benefits survey. We talk a lot about how the workplace is changing. And how as a result, we need to manage employees differently, use newer technologies, etc. But what about employee benefits?

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The Reason Companies Should Calculate Cost Per Hire

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Back in 2012, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) worked with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to create a uniform standard calculation for cost per hire (CPH). Every once in a while, I run across an article that talks about why organizations shouldn’t calculate cost per hire.

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Why Self-Esteem Is Critical to Successful Leadership

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Royal Caribbean: “Great vacations begin with great employees”

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Their Human Resources department motto is “Great vacations begin with great employees,” and it’s that attitude that has helped them become a leader in the travel industry. Especially for a service-oriented company such as theirs, engaged employees are a critical aspect of business success. Royal Caribbean’s strategy has paid off.

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5 Pillars of a Successful HR Strategy

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In fact, employee engagement as a whole increased only 3 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to the aforementioned report. Today’s human resource departments are responsible for much more than just hiring and firing employees. Employee engagement is critical to a company’s success. Be a Modern HR Professional.