January, 2017

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Why Employees Love Social Recognition

Achievers

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?

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How To Improve Employee Engagement in the Workplace [#Infographic]

Take It Personel-ly

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].

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The One Thing You Need to Learn How to Do Well in 2017

HR Bartender

…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.

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3 proven ways PEOs keep your business momentum going strong

Insperity

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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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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Who Performs Better At Work, Introverts Or Extroverts?

15Five

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.

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The Demands of Millennials Make Our Workplaces Better

Achievers

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.

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The Best Stressbuster Might Be A Career Change In 2017

Take It Personel-ly

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.

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Your Company Culture is Responsible for Attracting and Retaining Talent

HR Bartender

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.

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6 tips for finding your best hires through networking

Insperity

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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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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20+ Job Interview Do’s and Don’ts That Good Candidates Follow

UpstartHR

As an HR professional, I am used to being on the interviewer’s side of the hiring table. That makes it easy for me to forget all the hard work candidates put into preparing for their interviews—well, some candidates. There are also people who waltz in totally unprepared, which makes me wonder whether they really want to be hired. These 21 tips from Company Folders reveal the things prepared candidates do before, after, and during their interviews.

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10 Years Later: Are People Really More Productive Working Remotely? (Infographic)

15Five

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.

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7 Creative Ways to Attract Top Talent

Achievers

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.

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The Best Stressbuster Might Be A Career Change In 2017

Take It Personel-ly

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.

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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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The Top 7 Things on HR’s To-do List for 2017

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Capella University. Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you in the best position to succeed in your field. They offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees as well as certificate programs for human resources and business professionals.

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How to self-coach using the power of neuroscience

Insperity

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.

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New Research: What Candidates Really Want from Employers

UpstartHR

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.

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5 reasons business leaders can no longer hide from employer branding

cipHR

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.

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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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Staying Engaged During Corporate Change (Part 1)

Achievers

By: Courtney Clark. When change sweeps through an organization, it often causes confusion, frustration, and fear. Even when dressed up with fancy words like “transformation” and “innovation,” employees know the end result is one thing: change. One reason corporate change is uncomfortable is that it requires disconnecting. All change is, in disregard, disconnecting.

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Mastering These Skills Could Get You Hired In A Jiffy

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Recently, Linkedin along with the World Economic Forum put together a list of the jobs that they thought would be most in-demand in 2017. Having these skills, they argued could be the difference between getting a job or not. Whether you are currently employed and looking to build on your existing career, or hunting for … Continue reading Mastering These Skills Could Get You Hired In A Jiffy.

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The 3 Key Metrics in HR Predictive Analytics

HR Bartender

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.

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Busting 7 common myths about leadership

Insperity

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.

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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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How A Strong Company Culture Promotes Success

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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.

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40+ Free HR Training Sources: Case Studies, Podcasts, and More

UpstartHR

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.

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Harness Your Great Culture as a Hiring Tool

Achievers

By: Melissa Ricker. When it comes to attracting talent, competitive pay and great benefits are two big factors. But there’s a third factor that’s high on the list: company culture. For some professionals, the opportunity to work for an organization with a productive culture that aligns with their own values and work style may even outweigh compensation when it comes to deciding on whether to take a particular job.

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Is It Possible To Cut Learning Time In Half?

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Back in 1879, Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German scientist, decided to create a bunch of incredibly long nonsense words for an experiment. The idea of the experiment was to see how much harder sets of words were to learn, the longer they got. It turned out that as the gibberish words got longer, the amount of … Continue reading Is It Possible To Cut Learning Time In Half?

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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.