HR Digest

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The current candidate-driven market is affecting how hiring managers must work to access top quality talents. Job openings continue to outnumber the qualified talents available as the unemployment rate hit its lowest point. However, there has never been a better time to find the right candidate easily. But will giving in more time be beneficial? Based on the recent workable data, hire rates is at 51 days for IT roles and 60 days for engineering roles.

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Ascender

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Download our free guide to a Payroll Health Check. All too often, companies neglect conducting a payroll health check, especially when employees are getting paid on time and the business is operating as usual. This has led to numerous companies being caught out and penalised for not properly accounting for payroll taxes withheld or underpaying employees.

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Take It Personel-ly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As much as companies love word of mouth marketing, and they do what they can to fuel it, they also fear it. The truth is, businesses don’t try to get word of mouth, they want GOOD word of mouth. And that little word makes all the difference. No one likes negative reviews. Sadly, it’s […].

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Best Money Moves

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The number one workplace fear for more than 60 percent of Americans is being underpaid, according to recent research from Business.org. It’s a valid concern, The Economic Policy Institute reports employers underpay employees $15 billion each year through overtime and misclassification violations. Business.org also found that younger workers ages 18 to 34 were roughly 30 percent more likely than Baby Boomers to fear being underpaid.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

The growth of every organization is reflected by the individual and cooperate growth of their employee. Hence, it becomes a major concern for every organization to ensure their employee’s growth and development. In trying to achieve that, there are lots of employee development ideas that can be used. Some can actually constitute a high budget for the organization while there are still some employee development activities that are certainly low-cost programs.

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Take It Personel-ly

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Your employees perform many duties that help your business function. They’re dedicated to the success of your daily operations by performing their assigned tasks. The success of your business depends on them showing up every day, being able to work with other employees, and knowing their assigned job duties. Mundane daily tasks can become routine […].

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15Five

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What are you good at? I mean really good at? Oddly enough, that’s not usually the focus of most employee reviews. Traditionally, these reviews focus on two things: 1) what you’ve done in the past and 2) where you need to improve. Maybe that is why traditional annual employee reviews are not effective. Managers, employees, and HR all agree : the typical formal appraisal process doesn’t work for multiple reasons: Feedback can be limited, inaccurate, or outdated.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Innovation is the only key to unlock development. Its abstraction is about the improvement or amelioration of any process. When introduced into a system, it does not in any way reduce the system; corporate innovations increase the chances of a breakthrough. In a simple term, people innovate for the purpose of improving lives or systems. Despite how congenial innovation sounds, it doesn’t come by chance.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

#MeToo and concern over sexual harassment in the workplace continues to be a hot topic. To protect your organization, consider taking these actions. The post One year later, what employers can do to address #MeToo appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Take It Personel-ly

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

It can often seem that as a small business you don’t have the resources to promote your business as the multinational corporations do. Of course, their marketing budgets will always be bigger, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t use similar approaches to digital marketing to get the job done. In fact, the four points […].

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Hireology

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

This post is part of our Hireology employee spotlight series. Stay tuned to learn more about a day in the life as a Hireologist! Name: J ames Cahill. Team: Sales, SMB. Role: Account Executive. James has been with Hireology since February 2017. Read on to learn more about James and his impact on our SMB Sales Team. James, can you tell us a bit about what you’re working on?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Candidate sourcing strategies must be comprehensive enough before they can provide recruiters with an excellent pool of qualified candidates. But in many cases, recruiters miss out on some groups of top candidates because they settled for the overcrowded and muddy strategies for candidate sourcing. There is a growing competition in the hiring landscape and that makes it crucial for organizations to continually review their sourcing techniques and hiring strategy regardless of how efficient it wa

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15Five

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Culture is a marathon, not a sprint. But in recent years, a trend has developed around treating culture as a commodity — one that can be purchased and distributed. Like a well-stocked mini kitchen and weekly happy hours. In many ways, it makes sense to the C-Suite. Competition for top talent has become increasingly fierce, and cool perks and rewards , high salaries, and unlimited PTO seem a simple way to win people over.

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Take It Personel-ly

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The relationship with your clients is at the heart of your business growth and success. In fact, you live in an area where the constant desire for personalisation and tailored solutions has made it impossible to ignore what your clients want. Besides, online reviews platforms such as Google Maps for businesses with a physical location, […].

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Hireology

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For each day a dealership has an open role, an average of $1,000 in gross profit is lost. And dealerships are facing more challenges than ever before when it comes to hiring, due to a record-low unemployment rate, few job seekers interested in retail automotive careers and baby boomer employees retiring at a rapid rate. In today’s competitive, applicant-driven economy, Fox Motors understands the importance of prioritizing its people strategy and creating a top-notch candidate experience.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Every organization wants to maximize the potential of her employees in the best possible way. And the most effective approach is the use of proven talent management strategies. Without a proper talent management approach, employees will lack proper engagement and development potentials which eventually hurt the company they are employed. Talent management involves candidate sourcing, recruitment, employee engagement and retention strategies deployed to achieve a sustainable and utmost productivi

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

PEOs may not be a fit for every business under the sun. But, for growing businesses, they can provide welcome solutions to the new, more complex challenges that come with growth. Employers with 50 or more full-time employees generally find themselves subject to regulations they likely didn’t have to deal with before they hit that milestone. There are additional requirements to comply with, such as those related to health care reform, once you cross that threshold.

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Winston Benefits

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For employees, open enrollment can be a stressful time as they try to navigate the different options, figure out how all the available plans work and what they all cost, and determine which to select. Employees often come to their employer armed with questions about the process, about the choices they have to make, about terminology and about costs.

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cipHR

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

A recent Court of Appeal case is a timely reminder of employers’ liabilities at work-related events. With Christmas not far around the corner, and office Christmas parties on the horizon, a recent Court of Appeal case ( Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd ) serves as an important reminder that an employer may be vicariously liable for its employee’s actions during a party – even if the party takes place outside of company time.

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Wellable

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

It’s been a little more than a month since World Mental Health Day (October 10). In the spirit of fulfilling the goal of the day, Wellable wrote a four-part series to increases awareness on mental health in the workplace. A new study on the connection between social media and depression would have been a nice addition to those blog posts, but since it was not able to be included, a new post is necessary.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Employers must reasonably accommodate disabled workers so they can perform the essential functions of their jobs. But at what point does absenteeism make it impossible for the worker to perform the job? The post Accommodating employee disability: Advice for employers from recent court cases appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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SnackNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The Foolproof Plan for Setting and Achieving Your Administrative Assistant Goals. You know you want to move up in your career. Don’t we all? Figuring out exactly what administrative assistant goals you should set to get from where you are now (point A) to where you want to be (point B) is often the tricky part. Sure, coming up with a solid list of goals can be harder than it seems.

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UpstartHR

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Note from Ben: my wonderful wife, Melanie, recently wrote this as a personal tribute and “thank you” to those veterans closest to our family. She’s taken to doing more writing of late to share personal stories with our kids both now and in the future, and I am always touched by the words she crafts to explain emotions, feelings, and more.

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Wellable

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Two weeks ago, more than 20,000 Google employees staged a walkout in protest to the how the company chose to pay millions of dollars in exit packages to male executives accused of misconduct while staying silent about the transgressions. In response to the fallout, Google CEO publicly recognized how the company “clearly got some things wrong” and announced that the company would stop forcing employee harassment complaints into arbitration.

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Corporate Synergies

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Rising commercial vehicle insurance rates: yet another complication of driving in the corporate fast lane. [caption id="attachment_3102" align="alignleft" width="500"] As Seen In[/caption] >. When it comes to commercial vehicle insurance, it’s a rocky road. Many companies felt the shock of rising insurance rates in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Unfortunately, 2018 hasn’t been any better.

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