January, 2013

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An HR Leader's Top 10 New Year's Resolutions

Ahmed's Universe

'PARIS As an HR leader it is my responsibility to make sure my company has the best tools experience can provide and budget can buy. Here are therefore my New Year''s 10 resolutions as pertaining to technology without which there cannot be any HR. 1. I will make a thorough inventory of my HR systems: What works, what doesn''t what needs to be enhanced, what needs to be discarded. 2.

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Employee Success = Business Success (and our new blog)

Achievers

Welcome to Employee Success! At A chievers we’re changing the way the world works, so we thought we’d change the way our blog works, too. So what is Employee Success? In the broad sense, Employee Success is the product of performance and engagement. It’s the Promised Land, the perfect win-win scenario: your employees love their jobs, and their hard work helps your business succeed.

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The Dirty Secret Behind Applicant Tracking Systems: Qualified Candidates Need Not Apply

Talent Culture

I recently walked a client through a company’s applicant tracking system and it was an unbelievably painful experience. Companies have made the barriers to entry so difficult that it is amazing that they receive the thousands of applications that they do. It is not unusual for the upload process for a single job to take more than an hour and the amount of redundancy between the ATS screens and the resume content is astounding.

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6 Easy Steps To Ignore If You Want Your Bookkeeper To Steal Your Money

Insperity

Embezzlers do much more to your business than slowly eat away your profits. They can destroy your company. The median loss to businesses with fewer than 100 employees is $190,000 per scheme, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. “When your business relies on a single point of failure, a single bookkeeper, you open the door to a host of problems, from human error to human deceit,” says Stephen King, president of GrowthForce, a provider of outsourced bookkeeping and controller

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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How to cope with dope: Marijuana & the Minnesota workplace

Business Management Daily

Minnesota employers are stuck in the middle of the battle between state and federal law. The tension may create confusion for employers trying to legally enforce their policies, including drug-free workplace policies. The post How to cope with dope: Marijuana & the Minnesota workplace appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Happy About My Job Search

Talent Culture

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new book, Happy About My Job Search: How to Conduct an Effective Job Search for a More Successful Career. This book offers a candid perspective of what a search is and isn’t and practical hints for building better resumes and cover letters, networking strategically, interviewing effectively, and negotiating a more competitive compensation package.

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What Looks Like a Corporate Credit Card but Might Better Suit Your Business?

Insperity

Corporate credit cards are great, right? They let you and your employees travel, entertain and pay for company expenses without the need for petty cash or for any of you to pay out of your own pockets. In addition, you get an itemized statement every month that you can attach to your expense reports to account for the money that’s been spent. But as convenient as they are, credit cards also have their drawbacks.

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Workplace Violence: 5 Simple Safety Measures You Can’t Afford to Overlook

Insperity

The recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and Lone Star College in Houston, Texas have many employers and employees asking, “How safe is my office, really?”. And they should be. Approximately 2 million American workers are victims of workplace violence each year, according to U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Are You Covered? 5 Types of Business Insurance You Shouldn’t Be Without

Insperity

Real business success doesn’t come from merely taking risks. It comes from eliminating it. And that’s exactly what business insurance does. Yet, when it comes to selecting coverage, many business leaders don’t take the time to truly understand their options. “Nearly every conceivable risk a business might face is covered by a type of business insurance,” says Darrell McGee, program manager at Insperity Insurance Services.

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4-Week Roadmap for New Hires

Nearly one-quarter of employees (23%) admit they’ve cried within the first week! Give new hires a positive start with this four-week onboarding roadmap. This schedule outlines all the turns, detours, and speedbumps new hires can expect in their first month. We’ve included suggestions for each week to help you make your new employees’ highway to success an easy road.

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The Secret to Being a Better Boss: Better Org Charts

Insperity

For many of us, org charts are seen as cold, flat representations of a company’s hierarchy. Names, titles and reporting relationships – that’s all they’re good for. Static, mildly informative org charts can create distance between you and your employees. Your people are the pulse of your business, and keeping up with the beat is crucial. Effective org charting software not only gives insight into how your workforce is performing, it can also provide a closer understanding of your employees thems