Sat.Nov 17, 2018 - Fri.Nov 23, 2018

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5 Ways to Engage Employees Through Learning and Development (L&D)

Achievers

Keeping employees engaged is a serious business! Did you know 87 percent of millennials said development is important in a job and 40 percent of employees who receive poor training and limited opportunities for development will leave their job within five years? Any Learning and Development (L&D) strategy that fails to capture the hearts and minds of its participants represents a missed opportunity to nurture talent and build for the future.

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How to Not Lose Track of Productivity During Hectic Holiday Weeks

Take It Personel-ly

Let’s face it: The holidays are a difficult stretch to work and stay productive. There are parties and extra things to do. There are distractions galore. And people are excited and looking forward to gathering with friends and family to celebrate traditions. That may be why December is often found to be one of the […].

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What Are the 2019 Trends in HR?

UpstartHR

In terms of writing and reading content, I have always been anti-trends. Every year people recycle the same information over and over, and it never really reflects reality. However, this year I partnered with a team to create a list of real trends for 2019 based on where capital is being invested into HR technology, what the forward-thinking employers in the market are doing, and more.

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OSHA to Retailers: Make Black Friday Safer for Workers

HR Digest

Is a $20 Black Friday bargain worth trampling a worker who earns $9 an hour? In 2008, at a Long Island Wal-Mart, over 2,000 people trampled into the store five minutes before it was scheduled to open. The crowd pushed it open, knocking the doors off their hinges and blasting it apart. The employees all of a sudden had to form a human chain to slow down the crowd that kept pouring.

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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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With organization problems, start & end with Management

Business Management Daily

Here is the scene that often plays out: We take our best technical staff and make them managers. We don’t give them the training, coaching and mentoring they need to excel. The post With organization problems, start & end with Management appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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‘Tis The Season To Be Generous: Cracking Client Christmas Gift Advice You Need!

Take It Personel-ly

When it comes to the holidays, there’s nothing better than the satisfaction of handing over a gift that you know someone will love. When you run a business though, corporate gifting isn’t just a nice thing that you do for the season. It could make a difference to your business and it can decide how […].

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The Surprising Benefits of Human Resources Outsourcing

HR Digest

The role of Human Resources Managers in any business/organization is quite visible. However, some organizations opt not to create a grand Human Resources department due to funds; they rather choose to hire an employee to handle the HR work on a part-time basis. The importance of HR outsourcing is worth putting into consideration. Human resources outsourcing can actually be one of the best decisions an organization can make.

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Best-Self Management: Don’t Manage Employee Performance, Unlock Their Potential

15Five

I’m about to introduce you to a proven methodology called Best-Self Management , that has led to unbelievable success at my company, and for every employee. By building a culture and instituting practices that supported each person in being and becoming their Best-Self , high performance and uncommon loyalty resulted naturally across the board. But first it’s important for you to understand how I got here.

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5 steps to supercharge your strategic alliance development

Insperity

Developing strategic alliances is a proven way for businesses to run better, grow faster and make more money. By leveraging relationships with other organizations that are aligned with your target markets, your small or midsize company can gain sales momentum and outperform the competition. But how does an organization go about creating those critical strategic alliances?

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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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Being in Debt Can Hurt Your Career

Take It Personel-ly

You might think that your debt problems only affect your home life – they’re the thing you worry about when you get home and try to sleep… However, your money problems can affect your work life too, lowering your reputation and even barring you from some roles or industries. Your money problems are right there […].

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Easy Ways To Improve Employee Productivity

HR Digest

Since the industrial revolution days, companies and economists have been after means of increasing productivity. While economists seek this increase by means of better policies and procedures, companies aimed at improving employee productivity. The fact is: increased productivity is a result of smart work, not just hard work. Generally, most jobs are performed by employees who operate the machines, run business models and design new corporate procedures.

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How to Strengthen the Employee Benefits Experience to Differentiate Your Company in a Competitive Labor Market [Part 4]

WEX Inc.

If you've been following along with our four-part series, you are well on your way to crafting a strategy that aims to strengthen the employee benefits experience — all with the intention of helping your company attract and retain the right employees in today's competitive labor market. With a solid strategy developed , and S.M.A.R.T goals determined , and the right benefit enrollment system selected for your requirements, you may be tempted to remove your foot from the gas and start working on

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12 Executive Assistant Blogs You Should Be Following

SnackNation

12 Executive Assistant Blogs You Should Be Following. You can learn a lot from a good Executive Assistant (EA) blog. The Executive Assistant blog provides a rare and honest glimpse into the real life of an Executive Assistant. One Executive Assistant blog might provide a healthy dose of comedic relief in the midst of a high-pressure job while a different blog might offer helpful resources and tips that help aspiring or beginning Executive Assistants know what to expect on the job.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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5 Scientifically Proven Health Benefits Of Gratitude

Wellable

For those readers in the United States, tomorrow will be Thanksgiving, and to some, the official start of a month-long holiday season. The holiday began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year, but at that time, no one knew how beneficial gratitude is to overall health and well-being. If they did, Thanksgiving would be every day!

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This Black Friday, Don’t Forget Following OSHA’s Crowd Management Guidelines

HR Digest

Crowd-related injuries during the holiday season’s major sale events such as Black Friday have increased during recent years. A decade ago, a Wal-Mart worker died at the opening of a Black Friday, which led to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releasing an annual set of “Crowd Management Safety Guidelines” for retailers to follow.

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How to Build Your HR Budget for 2019

Asure Software

Can you demonstrate a return on HR programs? It’s the last quarter of the calendar year—a busy time for most… The post How to Build Your HR Budget for 2019 appeared first on Asure Software.

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Want to take your candidate experience from ‘good’ to ‘great’? Sign up for this free webinar

cipHR

Join live at 11am on 6 December or watch on demand. If you want to discover how to take your candidate experience from ‘good’ to ‘great’, then sign up for CIPHR’s webinar on 6 December at 11am , hosted in partnership with ThriveMap. In today’s competitive job market, delivering a great candidate experience isn’t a ‘nice to do’: it’s a ‘must do.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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The 4 Types Of Health Care Consumers

Wellable

A study from Deloitte Health Solutions describes the U.S. health system as the “Wild West” that is comprised of four types of unique consumers, each of which possesses unique characteristics and propensities to engage with healthcare technology. Although the report focuses on patients, the segmentation analysis provided in the report helps health care stakeholders understand attitudes and behaviors to attract, retain, and engage consumers.

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Japan Changes Immigration Policy to Accept Blue Collar Workers

HR Digest

More than 345,000 blue-collar foreign workers are expected to join Japan’s workforce within a five-year period under a new working visa system starting fiscal 2019. The government is considering blue-collar foreign workers to live permanently in the country with their families, as the nation struggles with a serious labor shortage amid an aging population.

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28 Amazing Employee Engagement Activities To Reinvent Your Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee engagement activities should be more about the heart than the brain. Managers are busy, employees are disengaged, and the current office culture is at havoc. In this scenario, improving employee engagement is the least likely to grow. Despite being a trend in these past decades, the level of employee engagement has barely budged. Only a meager 15% of workers are engaged at work, globally!

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CIPHR and PES announce partnership

cipHR

Employee benefits provider PES is the latest company to join CIPHR’s growing network of partners. PES, the award-winning employee benefits provider (which recently secured growth funding via Chiltern Capital) has partnered with HR and recruitment software provider CIPHR to deliver a seamless service to companies offering technology-driven employee benefits and wellbeing services.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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What is a Certified Professional Employer Organization (CPEO)?

Genesis HR Solutions

You may be familiar with the idea of a Professional Employer Organization , also known as a PEO, but have you heard of a CPEO ? (Just when you thought you had it all figured out, they went and added a new letter to it!) This new acronym stands for certified professional employer organization. So what does the CPEO designation mean, and why should your small- to midsize-business care?

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Incredibly Entertaining Office Thanksgiving Party Ideas!

HR Digest

Enough with the holiday-week grind. How about a proper, office Thanksgiving party? At The HR Digest , we have a rule that says Thanksgiving should be more than sumptuous Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. That’s why this year we’re going to give you some of our favorite ideas for the quintessential office Thanksgiving party. Best of Office Thanksgiving Party Ideas.

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25 Employee Engagement Activities To Reinvent Your Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee engagement activities should be more about the heart than the brain. Managers are busy, employees are disengaged and the current office culture is at havoc. In this scenario, improving employee engagement is the least likely to improve. Despite being a trend in these past decades, the level of employee engagement has barely budged. Only a meager 15% of workers are engaged at work, globally!

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Understanding Bradford factor scores

cipHR

HR departments often use the Bradford formula to calculate the impact of absence. But how does it work, and is it still a valid metric? What is the Bradford factor and what is it used for? The Bradford factor is a formula used by HR departments to calculate the impact of employees’ absences on the organisation. It is based on the theory that short, frequent, unplanned absences are more disruptive to organisations than longer absences.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.