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The Problem With Making a Poor Fit Hire — and How to Fix It

Hireology

Hiring and recruiting are two of the most challenging and time consuming aspects of your business, but they often get the least number of resources dedicated to them. If you are like many resource constrained healthcare organizations, hiring and recruitment may not be as high of a priority compared to all of the other responsibilities that you have to your patients, their families, your existing employees, and your business as a whole. .

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How to develop your public leadership brand (and why it matters)

Insperity

Whether you embrace it or avoid it, running a company means having a public leadership presence in your community or industry. And you aren’t just the head of your company. You’re also a person with goals and motivations that go beyond growing your organization. Maybe you even have new ways of approaching your industry, and you want to be at the forefront of future innovation.

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5 Ways To Ensure You Get the Pay Raise You Deserve

Take It Personel-ly

No matter what type of industry you work in, you likely want to prove yourself as a worthy employee. Not only will you feel personal and professional satisfaction, but you will also be more likely to get pay raises and promotions. Being a good employee is a multi-faceted endeavor. You cannot pretend to play the […].

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Learn How to Learn – Part 5, Self Management Series

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Whether you work in an office or remotely, self management involves doing a lot of things independently such as resolving your conflicts, figuring out the solutions to your problems, and creating your most productive work. It also involves thinking about your future and generating your own professional development plan.

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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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Diversity and Inclusion Trends to Look Out for in 2021

Vantage Circle

In recent years, employers and business leaders around the world have been trying to predict the diversity and inclusion trends that will impact their work cultures the most. The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global lockdown, major events, protests, and conversations surrounding racism, systemic inequalities, and injustices, a new normal of remote working, an economic recession: there was a lot that the world had to grapple with.

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What Is FMLA? The Rundown You Need to Know as a Small Business Owner

Patriot Software

As a small business owner, you may have a lot of questions about FMLA, starting with, What is FMLA? To help you better understand FMLA and your roles and responsibilities as an employer, here are the basics of the law, eligibility requirements, and how to remain compliant as an employer. What is FMLA? So, what […] READ MORE.

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Seven reasons for rising healthcare costs

PeopleKeep

According to data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), total health expenditures in the U.S. have been on the rise. In 1970, health spending totaled $74.1 billion, but by 2019 that number had rocketed to $3.8 trillion.

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Root out ‘tall poppy syndrome’ – it could save your company

Insperity

Has tall poppy syndrome taken root in your company? If there’s a tendency to cut ambitious high achieving employees “down to size,” the answer is likely yes. Tall poppy syndrome takes its name from the idea that gardeners often trim back the tallest flowers to the height of the rest, to maintain a uniform look. That may be a good practice for a formal landscape, but in the workplace, it can lead to low employee morale, workplace toxicity and higher turnover among your top talent.

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Online Job Posting Checklist Every Recruiter Needs

HR Digest

Today’s employers are competing with a labor shortage and skills gaps while racing to adapt to the future of work. In order for companies to identify, assess and hire talent, companies are investing in recruitment strategies to streamline their overall efforts, improve hiring efficiency, and pick up the pace. The real question is: how? The most important tool in achieving this is a great job description.

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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 Importance of Hiring From Within Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

Your business is growing, and that’s great! You have even decided that it is time to hire a new manager or supervisor. However, if you are considering hiring, before you put an ad on a job site, you should look within your company. If you weren’t thinking about this already, you should – here are […].

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2021 federal poverty guidelines

PeopleKeep

Each year an updated chart of federal poverty guidelines is released to help you understand if your household income qualifies you for several different types of federal aid. However, with the passing of the American Rescue Plan , these guidelines are being used a little differently moving forward.

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Why The Wrekin Housing Group chose CIPHR HR and CIPHR Payroll

cipHR

The Wrekin Housing Group, one of the West Midlands largest providers of social housing and care, selected CIPHR to address both their HR and payroll challenges. We spoke to Wrekin’s Sherene Glynn, payroll consultant, and Madeline Murphy, HR manager, to find out what challenges they were facing and why they selected CIPHR to help them meet those challenges.

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Phishing Attack on Naukri Portal Leaves Tech Company Vulnerable and 100s of Duped Candidates

HR Digest

Cyberspace crime is a serious fallout of the digitization of our world. Hacking and stealing of data for nefarious purposes have become a bane for individuals and organizations both. Almost all major sectors, including banking, finance and commercial facilities, postal services, transportation, e-retail platforms, etc. have fallen victim to this crime.

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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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How to Reduce Overhead Expenses in Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

Even though you have to use your money to make cash in a business, if the expenses outweigh the income, then there is a problem. It isn’t easy to eliminate the expenses. However, there are numerous ways you can use to minimize the overhead costs. Overhead costs refer to the expenses that your business incurs. […].

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Six HR Skillsets for the Remote Work Era (and How to Improve)

Flimp Communications

What are you planning on doing with your workforce post-COVID? Do you have the skill sets to manage this transition? Are you going to bring them all back into the office? Keep them all remote? Something in between? PwC asked those questions in their recent survey , and here’s what they found: • 17% – Back to the office as soon as feasible. We’re at our best on-site and in-person. • 26% – Prefer limited remote schedules but people like it, including future talent. • 32% –

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Restaurant Revitalization Fund: How To Apply for Grants | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

The new COVID-19 stimulus bill includes a separate relief fund called the RESTAURANTS Act, which sets aside approximately $28 billion for a Small Business Administration (SBA) grant program that helps support the food and drinks service industry impacted by pandemic shutdowns. Dubbed the Restaurant Revitalization Fund , applicants must consider a few key details before submitting applications, including the covered period, what constitutes an eligible entity, and how to apply.

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benefitexpress 2020 Top 10 Benefits Administration Companies

WEX Inc.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — benefitexpress™, the market-leading benefits administration solutions provider with first-class customer service, industry-leading technology and deep domain knowledge, announced today that Manage HR magazine has named it among the Top 10 Benefits Administration companies for 2020 , based on the assessment of a panel of industry experts, professionals and technology leaders.

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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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7 of the Most Practical Ways to Save Money

Take It Personel-ly

Photo by Michael Longmire on Unsplash Are you trying to be better about saving money? You’ve heard the same advice, time and time again: spend less. But the question now is, how? “Spend less” is vague, and you have expenses to pay that you can’t just eliminate, as much as you’d like to. Here are […].

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Fireside Chat – How to Upskill & Reskill your Workforce in the New Future of Work | Ascender on demand Webinar

Ascender

In partnership with. Join two leading experts as we have an open discussion around workforce development in this new future of work. With the introduction of new technologies, changed workforce processes and remote working, what we knew before has changed so quickly. This had led to many employees not knowing how to properly operate to maximum output.

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What Should Employers Know About the New OSHA Program | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released details of a new national emphasis program that will help protect workers who are considered “high risk” from coronavirus and address employers who retaliate against employees who have safety concerns about their working conditions. What do employers need to know about this new program?

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How to find a benefits administration partner | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

How to find a true benefits administration partner. Can you confidently say you have the best benefits administration partner in the business? Someone who is always "looking around the corners" for you? A partner who helps you build a great reputation for your department, with easy enrollment and immediate responsiveness to not only your needs, but your participants'?

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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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6 Ways to Improve Employee Morale and Productivity

Take It Personel-ly

Employee morale entails the attitude, confidence, outlook, and satisfaction your employees feel at work. Employee morale is positive and high when they are optimistic about their work environment. A successful business is made of motivated employees. Employees with low confidence are dissatisfied and have a negative attitude towards their work. They are also difficult to […].

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Communicating with Employees About the COVID Vaccine

Flimp Communications

Are you concerned about navigating the COVID vaccination cycle? The flu vaccine is simple, but spend ten minutes browsing HR publications and major media sites and you’ll realize the COVID vaccine isn’t. Employers around the nation are struggling with: • How to determine whether they can (and should) mandate the vaccine for workers returning to the office. • How to educate employees on the vaccine given the polarized political reality of COVID-19. • How to incentivize employees to ge

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Harmony Day: A Week to celebrate Cultural Diversity at Work

Vantage Circle

Do you see your coworkers wearing something orange-ish at work today? Does it seem unusual? If you were born and brought up in Australia, I am sure you know what I am talking about. Yes, orange is the color people wear to show support for Harmony Day or rather Harmony Week. What is Harmony Day or a Harmony Week? In the current world of globalization, where people travel worldwide and stay away from their birth places, embracing diverse cultures becomes very important.

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5 Rules to Run Effective Meetings

HR Digest

Here’s a fact: Meetings are a part of life. Whether you’re an employee or entrepreneur, meetings are an indubitable part of life. In fact, a study by MIT suggests that only around 50% of meeting time is effective, well used and engaging. There’s plenty of evidence pointing towards the ineffectiveness of meetings, and even more so when it comes to virtual meetings.

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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.