May, 2018

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11 Benefits of Employing Veterans

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Companies that don’t employ veterans miss out on a host of benefits. Veterans are hardworking, highly responsible, intuitive and adaptable, among other valuable traits. The experience veterans bring to the table is unparalleled, and more employers need to see that. While 76 percent of employers want to hire veterans, they have their doubts about the […].

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Where HR Tech Is Headed

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Are you ready for the future of human resources? HR tech is “on the precipice of a total reinvention,” according to Josh Bersin, author of a pivotal Bersin by Deloitte report. The amount of resources being poured into that market bears out his statement: He notes that in 2015 alone, investors sank $2.4 billion into HR tech vendors, a figure that represents a 60 percent increase over the previous year.

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Employee Engagement and Commitment Are Not the Same Thing

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As recruiting remains a challenge, I believe organizations will focus their resources toward making sure that they can keep the employees they have. Just like it’s easier to retain a customer (versus getting a new one), organizations will realize the same about employees. . So retention will be a priority for companies, which means employee engagement will be a priority as well.

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Why Company Leaders Should Focus On Boosting Workplace Happiness

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Humankind has long struggled to find the secret to living a happy life, but what about workplace happiness? Have you ever wondered how your employees feel at work ? Perhaps you’ve tried to create a fun and satisfying environment, with activities like foosball and ping pong or by offering free lunches and snacks. But if you haven’t found success, it may be because those perks focus more on downtime, rather than creating a productive work environment.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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Six reasons why fun in the office is the future of work

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Happy employees are healthier and more productive – so don’t overlook the importance of having fun in the workplace. While most people, generally, would rather spend time with their friends and family than be at work, there’s no need for work days to be all doom and gloom. Investing time and effort into making your workplace a more enjoyable place to be can have tangible positive benefits for employees, teams, and your wider organisation.

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10 Tips to Help When Working from Home

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Working from home seems like a blessing. You’re in a comfortable space, you get to eat whenever you want, and your hours are more flexible. The downside of working from home is that it’s easier to get distracted, which means that your productivity levels can be lower. There are a few, small things that you […].

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Why Leaders Need to Be Conversationalists Not Communicators

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It’s an open secret leaders are often poor communicators. “I’m not a people person” or “I’m not good with words” are often cited as reasons for avoiding conversations with staff and colleagues. Even though it’s well documented employee performance increases when leaders give staff feedback , many in authority choose not to put in the extra effort. Why is this?

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How to Turn a New Company Policy from Negative to Positive

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. For the first time, Kronos was named one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For according to global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work. Congrats to them! Enjoy the article.).

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Webinar Recap: Cultivate A Healthy Company By Focusing On Employee Growth And Development

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Whether you’re a farmer, have a fruit tree or two, or simply enjoy fresh produce, you likely know that cultivating crops requires more than just sticking seeds in the dirt. (Yes, this is going to be a metaphor about employee growth and development.). First, you have to prepare the ground and make sure it’s a fertile environment. Loosen the soil so that the seeds have room to sprout.

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Understanding Group Medicare for an Aging Workforce: Key Considerations for HR Leaders

Speaker: Shawnequa Albert

As our workforce evolves, so must the way we support it. With more employees choosing to work beyond age 65, HR leaders are increasingly being called upon to guide aging employees through one of the most complex transitions in their professional lives - from employer sponsored plans to Group Medicare. Without clear guidance, confusion around eligibility, coverage options, and cost implications can lead to uncertainty and missed opportunities for optimized benefits.

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Seven ways HR can increase employee productivity

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Low productivity is a persistent problem in the UK, but there are simple measures HR can take to make a big difference. Barely a month goes by without another major report into the UK’s persistent productivity problems. In May 2018, a study by Ricoh and Oxford Economics estimated that the country could achieve a 1.8% increase in GDP – £36.8 billion – through workplace optimisation.

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Overworked employees: 6 warning signs to watch for

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Are you overworking your employees? It’s natural to want your employees to be as productive as possible, and every company will have occasional times that are busier than others. But don’t make the common mistake of wearing out your top talent. To avoid employee burnout , balance your high expectations with solid strategies to prevent employees from becoming overwhelmed.

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4 Ways To Push Your Employees Up The Career Ladder

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Your employees are central to your business, and without them, your business wouldn’t be where it is today. There’s a lot to be said about company loyalty these days, and with people far less likely to enjoy a ‘job for life’ at one company like they used to, it can be difficult to retain talented […].

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Why Today’s Incentive Thinking Is Different

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Ever since people started working for each other, supervisors have tried to figure out the best way to reach their performance goals and keep workers on task. Too often in human history, this meant that people with less power were simply compelled to work, and incentives — if they existed — consisted merely of being allowed to survive. After several evolutionary waves, we have a deeper insight into what truly motivates people, and today’s incentives are about far more than compensation.

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Candidate Experience: It Includes Job Interviews

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You guys know that we’re experiencing a candidate-driven job market. This means that the conversations we’ve been having about employment branding, realistic job previews, and the candidate experience are significant to our future recruitment efforts. As much as we might be tempted to label the term “candidate experience” a buzzword, we have to resist the urge.

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Will Increasing Financial Literacy Reduce Overall Financial Stress?

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Financial Literacy Can Reduce Overall Financial Stress and Increase Financial Wellness, Survey Says. Nearly 90 percent of Americans believe financial literacy courses should be a high school graduate requirement. An annual consumer survey highlights growing concerns about financial stress. The survey, which was conducted by Equifax, follows a 2017 American Psychological Association study that found money to be one of the top stress-inducing concerns for Americans.

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Unhappy at work? Here are 10 ways to brighten up your day

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When you’re feeling the pressure it can be difficult to stay positive. Here are a few simple ways to enjoy a better day at the office. Most of us spend a great deal of our time at work, often in an office environment. Remaining happy in your job and knowing how to cope with all of the stresses and strains of working lives is essential to remaining physically and mentally healthy.

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6 creative recruitment strategies to find better candidates faster

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Recruiting big-time talent to small businesses is often a struggle. But, with a few creative recruitment strategies on your side, you can level the playing field and compete for top talent. The best candidates may be more likely to apply to companies whose names they’re already familiar with; however, that shouldn’t discourage you. All you need is a little ingenuity to grab their attention and learn what they’re looking for in a career and office culture.

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The Great Disruption: Leveraging AI To Better Your Benefits Strategy

Speaker: Joana Ardelean, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP, CC

The benefits landscape is shifting rapidly, and AI is at the center of this transformation. From optimizing health and wellness programs to predicting future benefits needs, AI is empowering HR and total rewards leaders to make smarter, more proactive decisions. The challenge? Understanding where AI fits in your strategy and how to leverage it effectively while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

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What You Should Consider Before Accepting That Job Offer

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When you’re in the middle of a tough job search, you may get discouraged if you don’t get any offers after months of looking. Eventually, when you finally get an offer, you may be tempted to immediately accept it and put your search to an end. Instead, it’s important to carefully consider any offers you […].

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5 Data-Based Reasons to Make Employee Education a Priority

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If you’re not offering employees education opportunities then you might want to reconsider. Today’s generation of workers have put employee education and development high on their list of the most-desired benefits that a company can offer. Offering educational opportunities has a wide variety of benefits for both employees and companies, and gives a competitive advantage from a recruiting standpoint.

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Accomplish Your Recruiting Goals: Think Like a Marketer

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We all know recruiting is tough right now. No need to belabor the point. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it. We need to! We should focus our attention on finding solutions that will fill our talent pipeline. Today, I want to share a new model that might provide some creative inspiration towards those solutions. And a technology product that can make implementing it easy.

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What GDPR Means to Payroll

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What does the introduction of GDPR mean for Payroll? Last Friday, 25th May, the European Union (EU) brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into force. This is one of the biggest changes to data protection rules over the last two decades, changing the way businesses collect, process, store, transmit and use two types of data: Personal data and, its subset, Sensitive data.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Planning an Office Move? Here’s What You Need to Know

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Planning an Office Move? Here’s What You Need to Know. Office moves start out exciting. You envision the finished product—everyone in your company working and thriving in a shiny new, perfectly organized office. The panic sets in when you realize you have to figure out how to move and organize everything in that shiny new office. Office moves involve an overwhelming number of literal and figurative moving parts.

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5 fail-safe tips for motivating employees in uncertain times

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Motivating employees can be difficult, especially in uncertain times or when change is on the horizon. Some organizational changes are self-initiated, like mergers, acquisitions or layoffs. Others are uncontrollable, like natural disasters, lawsuits or legislative changes. However, any or all of these circumstances can easily impact your employees’ level of engagement and motivation – and, when mishandled, not for the better.

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Slash Start-up Costs with Tech

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Capital is one of the main things preventing start-ups from launching and also from progressing as far and as fast as they could do. Start-up entrepreneurs spend so much time trying to get loans from banks and other investors, with many setbacks along the way, only to find when they do raise the money they […].

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10 Fun Ideas for Celebrating Work Anniversaries

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On the inside, you’re full of warm-hearted gratitude for the loyalty of employees who stick around for the long haul. The question to ask yourself is whether your team knows how much you appreciate their efforts. They can’t read your mind, so celebrating employee milestones and work anniversaries is a way to showcase your positive energy and spread it around.

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Where You Can and Absolutely Cannot Cut Costs Corners in Benefits Administration

Managing benefits administration is costly, and cutting corners in the wrong places can lead to disengaged workforces and the risk of non-compliance. This eBook from Selerix highlights areas where you can save without compromising the value of benefits. Proactively Thinking: Make decisions for the long run. Discover ways to be proactive in your decision-making to save money in the future, not just temporarily.