Sat.May 12, 2018 - Fri.May 18, 2018

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About GDPR

HR Bartender

No matter where you are, you’ve probably seen some mention of the General Data Protection Regulation (aka GDPR). The aim of the GDPR is to protect all European Union (EU) citizens from privacy and data breaches in an increasingly data-driven world. It’s an extension of a 1995 law from a time when, I think we’d all agree, technology was vastly different.

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Why Today’s Incentive Thinking Is Different

Achievers

Ever since people started working for each other, supervisors have tried to figure out the best way to reach their performance goals and keep workers on task. Too often in human history, this meant that people with less power were simply compelled to work, and incentives — if they existed — consisted merely of being allowed to survive. After several evolutionary waves, we have a deeper insight into what truly motivates people, and today’s incentives are about far more than compensation.

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6 stay interview questions that top employers ask

Insperity

If you’re just learning about “stay” interviews, you may be imagining yourself in your office, facing a key member of your team who has just resigned, trying to convince that employee to “stay” with your organization. However, you don’t need to wait until an employee is leaving to hold a stay interview, when there may be little you can do to change his or her mind.

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4 Ways to Improve Candidate Engagement Throughout the Hiring Process

Hireology

Effective candidate engagement and a positive hiring experience are both critical elements to building your best team. Rather than waiting until a candidate signs an offer letter to kick off your engagement strategy, you should start engaging with each candidate as soon as they apply for the job. If your business doesn’t continuously engage with candidates throughout the hiring process, you risk candidates losing interest in joining your team and looking elsewhere for their next career move.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Recruiting: Are Organizations Lowering Their Expectations

HR Bartender

I came across a post recently from The Conference Board titled, “ Downskilling: Employers can no longer have their cake and eat it too ”. It’s a thought provoking read. The post shares data that implies employers are lowering their educational requirements when it comes to recruiting. While we’d like to think that employers are aligning educational requirements with the job duties, I think we can also see the logic.

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Can ergonomics in the workplace boost employee retention?

Insperity

Business leaders may be inclined to think of ergonomics in the workplace as a safety or comfort issue. Picture comfy chairs and computer wrist support pads. But there’s much more to it than that. In fact, it’s well-documented that an ergonomic workplace can positively impact employee performance and overall wellness. This makes sense if you think about it.

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Why Internal Communications is the Center of Any Successful Organization

Hppy

Employees are the center of every organization’s success, but zoom in a little closer and you will see the unsung heroes, the employee communicators that keep the circle intact. Real Talk: Internal communications is the most valuable position in a company. Why? Well, let’s look at how information and experiences travel through an organization. For a company to grow its circle of influence, it must start at the core, and at that core are your employees.

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Getting Passed Over For a Promotion – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Today’s reader note is a long one, but it’s also a subject that’s come up more than one time in my career. What do you do when you’re passed over for a promotion ? The story has a few nuances along the way as well. My employer has been asking me repeatedly to accept an assistant manager position. I’ve turned it down multiple times because I wanted to go back to school.

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The Job Offers To Look For Online

Take It Personel-ly

The online world has a lot of jobs to it, even if we think of it as an invisible web where things just get done. There’s a lot of app developers and software makers out there that keep the internet running of course, but a lot of people aren’t qualified to fit this bill. It’s […].

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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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Webinar | COBRA Pitfalls: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

WEX Inc.

Leaving the organization isn't the end of the benefits cycle for employees. This webinar focuses on how to avoid one of the most common compliance pitfalls in benefits. COBRA administration.

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Fixed Ops Employee Success Stories: AutoNation CEO Started as an Auto Technician

Hireology

Whether considering a career as an auto technician or any other role, today’s job seekers demand clearly defined career paths and opportunities for continuous growth. And most people both inside and outside the retail automotive industry often make the mistake of thinking technicians have limited long-term career prospects. What today’s job seekers don’t realize is, starting out as an auto technician can offer significant career growth both within the fixed ops department and across the dealersh

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Learn How to Teach – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

A huge thanks to our friends at Kronos for this Time Well Spent. Earlier this month was Teacher Appreciation Week. You might have seen some hashtags with #ThankATeacher on Facebook and Twitter. At least, I hope you did. Education professionals, like teachers, play an important role in our personal and professional lives. Many of today’s teachers go far above and beyond the job description to make sure that students get a good education along with the tools they need to learn.

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Episode 34 | How to Use Data and Sampling to Turn Insights Into Sales, with Vegetarian Traveler CEO Christy Krejci

SnackNation

Episode 34 | How to Use Data and Sampling to Turn Insights Into Sales. with with Vegetarian Traveler CEO Christy Krejci. This week on Brand Builder we’ve got Christy Krejci, the co-founder and CEO of Vegetarian Traveler. In many ways, the Vegetarian Traveler origin story is a classic entrepreneurial tale. Christy and her husband/co-founder Chuck had been committed vegetarians for many years, and had always been looking for an easy way to add plant-based protein to their meals.

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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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Does Your HR Career Leave an Impact? [Podcast]

UpstartHR

If you know anyone who is considering an HR career transition or has recently moved to a new HR or recruiting role, this is the episode for them! In my 10+ years in the workplace, I still screw things up. Do you? It’s usually driven by urgency rather than slowing down to take a strategic look at how to make a decision. While I will say I haven’t really made career choice mistakes that way, I could have probably done some of the transitions better.

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Help Your Employees Get More Sleep!

Best Money Moves

A toxic workplace creates insomniacs. A recent study from the American Psychological Association found that workplace incivility – like verbal abuse – increases insomnia in employees. Since 98% of U.S. employees have experienced some form of hostile behavior in the workplace, it’s a serious problem. Lack of sleep is also linked to health issues like cardiovascular disease, increased blood pressure and fatigue.

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10 persuasion techniques to use as your professional super power

cipHR

Having trouble getting buy-in for your latest big HR idea? These simple tips will help. Whether you’re trying to secure a pay rise or promotion, or convince busy line managers of the value of your new HR initiative, your ability to persuade colleagues, peers and senior leaders plays a significant role in achieving success. Some people are naturally persuasive and are easily able to steer a strategy or conversation in their preferred direction.

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Finding the Right People: Overcoming Common Recruitment Hurdles

Hppy

Recruitment is one of the most important yet challenging aspects of running any business. Without the ability to find the right people, businesses will not be as easily able to grow and innovate. Below is a guide for companies that are looking to overcome common recruitment hurdles and find the talent they need. Communication. Communication can be one of the biggest hurdles in recruiting.

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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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3 Polished Picnic Themes and Complimentary Snack Menus

SnackNation

3 Polished Picnic Themes and Complimentary Snack Menus. Springtime and picnics are like peanut butter and jelly – a classic combination that you will never get tired of. But as perfect as the PB&J pairing already is, it’s never a bad call fun to add a little twist. Bananas? Duh. Nutella? Yes, please. Bacon? Shut up and take my money. The same is true for picnics.

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Small Business Tax Q&A: June’ 18

Business Management Daily

Limit on state tax options. Max out Section 179 deduction. Avoid tax underpayment penalty. Parental guidance on education credits. The post Small Business Tax Q&A: June’ 18 appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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What You Need to Know About Benefits Enrollment Technology

Winston Benefits

Benefits are a crucial part of your company’s compensation package, and could be the reason employees select you over a competitor. However, the benefits enrollment process can be tedious for HR, and both tedious and confusing for employees. Benefits enrollment technology can streamline this process, making it more efficient and less cumbersome for everyone.

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7 Ways to Support Employees on Paternity Leave

Hppy

Back in the 1950s, a man wouldn’t dream of taking paternity leave. Most households were supported by one income, and men weren’t expected to want or need the time off. Fortunately, more men today want to be involved in their child’s first weeks at home, and Americans are starting to voice their support for paternity leave. In one Pew survey from 2017, 69% of Americans believed that fathers should have paid paternity leave.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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Episode 34 | How to Use Data and Sampling to Turn Insights Into Sales, with Vegetarian Traveler CEO Christy Krejci

SnackNation

Episode 34 | How to Use Data and Sampling to Turn Insights Into Sales. with Vegetarian Traveler CEO Christy Krejci. This week on Brand Builder we’ve got Christy Krejci, the co-founder and CEO of Vegetarian Traveler. In many ways, the Vegetarian Traveler origin story is a classic entrepreneurial tale. Christy and her husband/co-founder Chuck had been committed vegetarians for many years, and had always been looking for an easy way to add plant-based protein to their meals.

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Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC Practices

Asure Software

Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC Practices Hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) reveal the severity, complexity and interaction of… The post Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC Practices appeared first on Asure Software.

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Weren’t invited to the wedding? Well, you’re in on the divorce

Business Management Daily

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repeals the deduction for alimony for couples who divorce, beginning in 2019. That’s putting a lot of pressure on couples to get their ducks in a row this year. And it also means that you may be facing an onslaught of qualified domestic relations orders, or QDROs. The post Weren’t invited to the wedding? Well, you’re in on the divorce appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Feature Storage to Biophilic Design – Office Design Trends That Can Transform Your Workspace

Hppy

Office design has always been an important consideration for business leaders, yet in more recent times there is an increased acceptance of the fact that the physical workplace can have a significant impact on productivity, morale and even the physical and psychological well-being of employees. For this reason, it is important to stay up-to-date with office design trends.

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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.