Sat.Mar 07, 2020 - Fri.Mar 13, 2020

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Four Key Employee Engagement Success Factors

Achievers

A strong team is productive, loyal, and dedicated to customer satisfaction. An ideal team makes it their mission to go above and beyond. When everyone’s motivated to do just enough to keep their jobs, how do you motivate workers to continue to learn and grow? By understanding the factors that affect employee engagement you can motivate your workforce.

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Everything HR Needs to Know About Geofencing

HR Bartender

A couple of years ago, I was invited to attend the TAtech Conference. TAtech is a trade association for organizations that provide technology-based recruiting tools. It’s a great event and I really learned a lot. One of the concepts that the group was very focused on was geofencing. According to a report from MarketsandMarkets , the geofencing industry is expected to grow over 27% by 2022, citing “technological advancements in use of spatial data and increasing applications in numerous industry

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4 Tips For Transitioning Your Teams To Remote Work

15Five

There are many reasons to shift to a remote team. For some employers it’s a way of life; they’ve found that providing a remote option gives them the flexibility to hire and retain the best people without limiting themselves to a geographical area. For others, the decision to offer a distributed work option is a response to a temporary situation—today that’s a health scare, but it could be something as common as a power outage. .

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Small Business Relief During Coronavirus Pandemic

Patriot Software

The information in this article is current as of March 13, 2020, 1:48 p.m. EST. As new details about the pandemic and coronavirus-related legislation emerges, this article will be updated. Bookmark this page for updates! Our entire nation has been impacted by the coronavirus. Due to the quick spread of the virus, the economy has […]. The post Small Business Relief During Coronavirus Pandemic appeared first on Patriot Software.

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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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Why Leaders Should Practice Meditation

Achievers

Meditation could be just the solution frazzled leaders need. If you’re struggling with stress and chaos at work, you aren’t alone. A recent survey found that nearly one-third of all managers can’t handle high-pressure situations. This directly translates to their team. When faced with a stressed-out boss, 62 percent of employees consider leaving their jobs, 47 percent feel frustrated and angry, and 56 percent participate less.

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Employee burnout: Don’t prize productivity over your people

Insperity

A high level of productivity is a positive goal that most workplaces strive to meet. But obsessing over productivity to the extent that you neglect the people doing the work can be a big mistake. This comes at a real human cost: employee burnout. Employee burnout is the culmination of physical and emotional strength exhaustion, which can be further impacted by a lack of support and resources.

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Chief Information Officer Bill Blount is Finalist for CIO of the Year

WEX Inc.

Benefitexpress is committed to hiring the best benefits administration team in the industry, and attracting exceptional people begins at the top with our Executive Leadership Team. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Chief Information Officer, Bill Blount, has been named a finalist for the 2020 CIO of the Year by the Society of Information Management Chicago Chapter.

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5 Ways to Bridge the Generation Gap Between Employees 

Achievers

Diversity makes for a stronger workforce. However, different generations approach tasks with different attitudes, and the resulting communication gaps can lead to gridlock or worse. Since more than one-third of the workforce is made up of millennials and one-quarter is baby boomers, you may get called upon to bring some unifying magic to a team that’s at loggerheads due to generational issues.

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5 Essential Website Pages Every Small Business Site Needs

Take It Personel-ly

There are over 1.7 billion websites on the internet. If you want your website to stand out in the crowd and accomplish what it’s meant to, like convey important information and sell a service or product, then there are certain pages every small business website needs. Without these pages, there’s a higher chance the visitor will leave your site […].

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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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Prospect meetings, contract analysis and board reports: a week in the life of CIPHR’s partner manager, Megan Hope

cipHR

A working week at CIPHR is different for all of our employees. For Megan Hope – who has been part of the CIPHR team for the past three years as a partner manager – each day brings exciting challenges. Here she takes us through her week at work. Day one. I’m in the office in Marlow and start the day on a scheduled call with a payroll provider who we’ve been working with for a while to create an integrated solution for several of our joint customers.

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Top Careers for HR Professionals to Pursue

HR Digest

Are you seeking career growth in human resources? Here we have listed top careers for HR professionals to help you carve a niche in the industry you desire. If you want to follow a career in human resources, there are many options open to you. You can pursue the traditional role and become a human resource executive responsible for hiring, firing, onboarding, employee management, and engagement.

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Don’t Lose Sleep Over It: Employee Wellness and Daylight Savings

Flimp Communications

Every year, the United States and 69 countries in Europe and Asia turn the clocks forward by an hour for Daylight Savings Time (DST). The same group turns the clocks backward by one hour for Standard Time months later, impacting sleep cycles again. It’s a disruptor to employee sleep patterns worldwide, which means it’s impacting employee wellness worldwide.

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Strategies To Manage and Retain Your Employees

Take It Personel-ly

Employees are vital assets of a company as they play a critical role in the growth and development of your company. It is, therefore, essential to understanding how to manage them properly so that you can retain them. Workers who are not treated well in a company will look for another job elsewhere where their […].

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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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Prospect meetings, contract analysis and board reports: a week in the life of CIPHR’s partner manager, Megan Hope

cipHR

A working week at CIPHR is different for all of our employees. For Megan Hope – who has been part of the CIPHR team for the past three years as a partner manager – each day brings exciting challenges. Here she takes us through her week at work. Day one. I’m in the office in Marlow and start the day on a scheduled call with a payroll provider who we’ve been working with for a while to create an integrated solution for several of our joint customers.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

Flexi timings, work from home, remote work, or telecommute are all now a normal part of the conversation when hiring decisions are made. There was a time when flexi timings or work from home was not considered a savvy move. It meant cutting down on your work commitments, salary, and any chances to move up the ladder. But with digitization and the wifi, the world is a connected place.

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Coronavirus: Employer Resources to Stay Informed & Prepared

PeopleStrategy

Like the rest of the world, PeopleStrategy is closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a full-service broker and HR technology solution provider, we serve employers and, more specifically, HR, benefits and finance professionals. During unsettling situations such as the one we face today, employees rely on HR to provide guidance on how best to protect their health and that of their families.

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4 Key Steps to a Startup Growth Strategy that Actually Works

Take It Personel-ly

There are many reasons why startups fail, from creating products no one wants to use to running out of cash. However, one of the most common problems many startups face is the lack of a solid strategy that would help them scale. If you still believe that your amazing product will dictate your startup’s growth […].

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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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Buzzfeed’s Parental Leave Benefits Result In 95% Retention Rate

Wellable

Paid parental leave is a coveted work benefit because there is no federally-mandated paid parental leave in the U.S. As a result, many employers find that this benefit is one of the most attractive ones when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent. With a younger workforce that is most impacted by parental leave policies, Buzzfeed decided to implement changes that would vastly expand their support for working parents.

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Google asks all employees in North America to work from home

HR Digest

Amidst fears of the COVID-19 Coronavirus spreading, Google has asked all its North American employees to work from home till at least April 10. The United States has over 1000 confirmed cases of coronavirus already. Google employs around 100,000 people in its various offices in the US. “All offices in North America are now on recommended work from home status if roles allow,” a Google spokesperson said in an email to CNBC.

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Look Back, Spring Forward!

WEX Inc.

This weekend, most of the United States will leap ahead one hour as Daylight Savings Time begins. While you prepare to spring forward towards sunny days, we're taking a look back on all things benefitexpress social media. Take a break from re-setting your clocks and catch up on what you've missed. This week's social media topics include: 5 causes of employee turnover.

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3 Contract Red Flags to be Aware Of

Take It Personel-ly

When you work in a small business, you don’t often have the luxury of a lawyer on retainer to deal with all your contract needs. While it’s essential to carefully read through contracts before signing, it can be difficult to find the balance between spending hours laboring over legal jargon and trying to maintain […].

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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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5 Tech Tools That Are Changing The World of Remote Work

15Five

Some organizations think even a temporary shift to remote work can be scary. Many leaders fear that employees will have difficulty staying focused on their daily duties, and the relationship between managers and employees can suffer. The reality is a remote team can have a ton of benefits if managed well. The transition to managing remote employees can be made easier with advances in technology and a belief that your employees will be just as productive, and maybe even more so when you give them

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Interview Questions for Creative Jobs: What Hiring Managers Ask?

HR Digest

Prepare for your job interview with our list of interview questions for creative jobs. Here, we’ve addressed some of the most important interview questions for creative roles to help you perform better and make an impression on the hiring team. Creative jobs require professionals to think out of the box and innovative ideas. Their work is to create, form new techniques, concepts and implement them into regular life and work.

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WOH 77: Implementing the Agile Talent Acquisition Methodology at BBVA

UpstartHR

Agile talent acquisition? What’s that? . Many of the talent leaders we encounter have heard of agile as it pertains to the software development industry, but what lessons does this methodology have for today’s talent leaders? . Agile, at its core, is about prioritizing (ruthlessly) on the things that need to get done. In agile talent acquisition, managers hold more power to set priorities.

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5 Tips for Startups on Using Social Media for Marketing

Take It Personel-ly

Did you know that over 90% of startups fail? That’s not necessarily because they don’t have an awesome product or an outstanding service offer. It could simply be due to a poor digital marketing strategy. You need to make sure you’re using social media to promote your company brand. Social media for marketing isn’t the same as posting anything […].

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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.