HR Bartender

JANUARY 3, 2017

…is give and receive feedback. Regardless of what you think about performance reviews, feedback isn’t going away. In fact, organizations are encouraging more of it. As consumers, we get more opportunities to give feedback about products and services. I was recently at a hotel that sent me a text message after my first night, asking me to rate my stay so far.

Management 167

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Achievers

JANUARY 5, 2017

A business isn’t anything without its employees. So in order for your business to be successful in the long term, you have to ensure your employees are consistently performing at their best. How do you do that? By focusing on employee engagement. According to Gallup , “Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by 202 percent.” But how can you move the needle on employee engagement?

Employee Recognition 147

Employee Recognition Human Resources Media Employee Retention 147

15Five

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like most ways of being, introversion or extroversion ( properly, extraversion) is not absolute. Yet people tend to form an identity around this label, ostracizing the other for being too outgoing in the case of extroverts, or too quiet in the case of introverts. Introversion is also often confused with shyness, but shyness is just a fear of social judgement.

Engineering 85

Engineering Management Software IT 85

Insperity

JANUARY 10, 2017

Having time to focus on the vital revenue-generating responsibilities of running your business can seem like a never ending challenge. It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day administrative tasks that it takes to keep your business running and lose sight of your moneymaking initiatives. With a professional employer organization (PEO), also known as HR outsourcing, you can turn over many of your business’s time-consuming HR tasks to a dedicated team of HR specialists, so that you can concentrate

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Professional Employer Organization Health Payroll Government 82

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.

Payroll

SnackNation

JANUARY 20, 2017

How to Create a Killer Office Fitness Challenge. Employee fitness equals free money for your company. Sounds crazy, but it’s true. Organizations who invest in health and wellness actually save money by reducing healthcare costs and curbing lost productivity due to absenteeism. The Harvard Business Review found that employers who invested in comprehensive health and wellness initiatives saw a nearly 3-to-1 return in money saved.

Food 78

Food Healthcare Medical Education 78

HR Bartender

JANUARY 5, 2017

Enough can’t be said about the importance of company culture. It’s the “thing” that keeps the organization together. Well, let me clarify…if organizations truly believe and embrace their culture, then it’s the thing that brings the organization working together to achieve its goals. There could be companies out there that talk about workplace culture, but don’t live the words.

Management 145

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Achievers

JANUARY 18, 2017

By: Anna Peters. Content Manager at College Recruiter. For all the complaining about Millennials and their approach to the modern workplace, they are actually responsible for much of the change happening in the modern workforce. joining Their entry into the workforce, was accompanied by a slew of stereotypes, followed recently by a round of myth-busting, with statistics and all, aimed at debunking those stereotypes.

Parental Leave 142

Parental Leave Recruitment Education Management 142

Take It Personel-ly

JANUARY 26, 2017

If you’ve ever put salt in your coffee instead of sugar, you can understand the awful taste disengaged workers leave in employers’ mouths. When an employee plays video games or yaks it up on personal calls at work, it can feel like an insult to the company and to the hiring personnel who brought them … Continue reading How To Improve Employee Engagement in the Workplace [#Infographic].

Employment 74

Employment Human Resources IT Management 74

Insperity

JANUARY 12, 2017

These days, when you need to recruit new employees, you’re likely to turn to technology – social media, email campaigns or websites – to make initial contact with potential talent. After all, it’s less time consuming, relatively inexpensive and a lot less nerve racking than striking up a conversation with someone face-to-face. It doesn’t really matter how you make connections, right?

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15Five

JANUARY 24, 2017

We did it! We lived through that whole extra second in the last minute of 2016, and have begun setting our sights on a successful 2017. (Wait what extra second? Is it the end of days!? Nah. Every so often the Earth’s rotation doesn’t line up perfectly with the atomic clock, so scientists cheat a little.). 2016 was a highly transformational year, and the workplace was not immune from these shifts.

Electronics 57

Electronics Media Technology IT 57

UpstartHR

JANUARY 9, 2017

Last week I published some new research that frankly surprised me. When we hear about video interviews, assessments, and hiring processes, we expect candidates and employers to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. But it’s not the case. When asked a series of questions, both groups responded similarly, and the priorities for each group matched in terms of ranking, even if not in terms of exact percentages.

Employment 70

Employment Technology IT Recruitment 70

HR Bartender

JANUARY 10, 2017

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Human Resources 143

Human Resources Education Technology Media 143

Achievers

JANUARY 19, 2017

By: Andrew Sykes. Founder & President, Habits at Work. High-performance employers enjoy higher than industry average levels of productivity per employee. Measures of this success include revenue generated per head, return on capital employed, speed to market with new products and customer delight. These measures point to what a business and CEO get by BEING a high-performance employer, but they don’t explain what it takes to BECOME one.

Health 140

Health Employment Management Human Resources 140

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Take It Personel-ly

JANUARY 6, 2017

It’s a New Year and now is a great time to re-evaluate your priorities, lifestyle and work towards a healthier and better you. In case you don’t know it already, stress can cause catastrophic damage to our minds and bodies. Stress can come from a wide variety of places. Stress on its own is not technically an … Continue reading The Best Stressbuster Might Be A Career Change In 2017.

IT 72

IT 72

Insperity

JANUARY 24, 2017

Coaching is one of the most powerful tools for career and personal development. It can help you continuously improve as a person and a leader and bring your goals within reach. Neuroscience, the study of the nervous system and brain, is used increasingly in coaching to assist leaders in discovering how their brains work and how they can use this knowledge to achieve their objectives.

Health 70

Health Management IT 70

cipHR

JANUARY 10, 2017

Improved sales and productivity, reduced turnover and recruitment costs and happy engaged employees all contribute to a compelling case for an investment, of both time and money, in employer branding. However, many business leaders are still not seeing it as a priority. Here are 5 undeniable benefits that can be enjoyed by implementing an employer branding strategy and investing in the most important thing, employees. 1.

Employment 65

Employment Media Recruitment Salary 65

Hppy

JANUARY 16, 2017

Some leaders believe workplace culture is all about ensuring employees are constantly happy and satisfied. The truth is, while positive attitudes from employees is a great sign, there’s much more to it. In fact, an August Business Pulse Survey by The Alternative Board (TAB), What Makes A Culture Strong , shows 86 percent of business leaders agree company culture is a major contributor to the success of a company.

Pharmaceutical 63

Pharmaceutical Media Construction Medical 63

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

Employee Wellness

HR Bartender

JANUARY 31, 2017

For the past few years, every HR related trends post included predictive analytics. So, what exactly are predictive analytics? I like to think of it this way: HR metrics tell you what happened in the past. For example, time to fill. Or they’re focused on cost-containment, such as cost per hire. Both of these metrics are valuable, but it’s not all the information we might need to make business decisions.

Human Resources 138

Human Resources Employment Management IT 138

Achievers

JANUARY 3, 2017

By: Sara Sayegh-Moccand. Digital Marketing Specialist, SalesWings. The goal of every recruiter is to find a candidate that perfectly fits the open position. In fact, perfectly aligning a candidate with a company is the most rewarding experience a recruiter can have. When you hire the right person your company likely will not incur costs such as time lost in further recruitment efforts or in training somebody that might not be a perfect fit.

Employee Recognition 138

Employee Recognition Recruitment Engineering Employment 138

Take It Personel-ly

JANUARY 6, 2017

It’s a New Year and now is a great time to re-evaluate your priorities, lifestyle and work towards a healthier and better you. In case you don’t know it already, stress can cause catastrophic damage to our minds and bodies. Stress can come from a wide variety of places. Stress on its own is not technically an … Continue reading The Best Stressbuster Might Be A Career Change In 2017.

IT 72

IT 72

Insperity

JANUARY 17, 2017

The word “leader” in popular culture usually calls to mind a military leader, a monarch or some other person shrouded in myth and legend. Mere mortals need not apply. However, leadership can, and should, be a common occurrence, something that every manager and every individual employee exhibits. It’s time to bust through these common myths and forge a new way of thinking about leadership.

Management 66

Management IT 66

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 23, 2017

Two years ago I wrote an article that has been incredibly popular about how to learn HR for free. Today I’m updating that article here with new information and additional sources, rounding it out at just over 3,000 words–no small task! This is for anyone in HR, not just those starting out their careers, because we can all use some help now and again with sharpening our skills and knowledge across the many subdomains of HR.

Human Resources 61

Human Resources Education Technology Recruitment 61

Hppy

JANUARY 10, 2017

Culture is NOT the “unwritten laws” of an organization that people follow because they know “that’s the way things are done around here”; the subliminal “understandings” that explain what people do and how they do it. Culture is not an outcome of employee dynamics. Culture is a thoughtful, carefully crafted topology of how individuals MUST engage together if the organization is to succeed.

IT 62

IT 62

HR Bartender

JANUARY 29, 2017

Throughout my career, I’ve heard the lines “Sales is everyone’s job.” and “Recruiting is everyone’s job.” Meaning that, while organizations have sales departments and recruiting teams, there’s an expectation that everyone is working together to make sure the organization brings the maximum amount of revenue and attracts the best talent. Today’s reader note reminds me that everyone has another job.

Human Resources 137

Human Resources Healthcare Recruitment IT 137

Achievers

JANUARY 26, 2017

By: Andrew Sykes. Founder & President, Habits at Work. In our previous blog , we explored how a company’s destiny is intimately linked to the Pivotal and Work Habits that its employees practice. Employers have traditionally been inattentive to the design of employee habits, focusing instead on results produced. While this is a reasonable approach, employers have missed the opportunity to create environments that makes it easy for employees to practice both Pivotal and Work habits, which prov

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