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The Positive Spiral of Frequent Employee Appreciation

Achievers

What if just one change to your workplace culture could foster employee engagement, boost productivity, strengthen teams, and positively impact your company’s bottom line? Does this sound too good to be true? Case studies prove otherwise. Employee recognition is already known to improve worker satisfaction and boost retention rates, but it’s the spiral effect of frequent appreciation that makes a huge impact on business outcomes.

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Technology: Do Not Let Your Company Become Obsolete

HR Bartender

While you know that I love my technology, there are some activities that I enjoy doing what some might term “old school”. Like I enjoy having a paper planner. I take handwritten notes during conferences. Some might say that I’m behind the times. Others will cite the research that says writing things down helps with retention. Frankly, I like it and it works for me.

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How Small Business Owners Can Keep Team Members Happy?

Take It Personel-ly

Do you want to know the secret of a successful business? Believe it or not, there isn’t a big mystery there – if employees are satisfied, the business will flourish! It sounds relatively simple, doesn’t it? When you are entering a business world, your main wish is to succeed in whatever you are doing and […].

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Constructive Feedback: Killing Softly With Faint Praise and Loud Criticism

HR Digest

Constructive feedback is a positive and negative observation of performance given in a manner that the person receiving it is ready to do better in both cases. Praising or criticizing someone should not be mixed up with constructive feedback. A harsh reprimand or a pat-on-the-back for some well-performed task works short term. Appreciation or criticism needs to be validated in some form for it to register and give results.

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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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How To Have Transformational 1-on-1 Meetings With Your Employees

15Five

Did you know employees are three times more likely to be engaged at work if they have managers who hold regular meetings with them? While many managers do hold 1-on-1 meetings with their direct reports, it’s far too common that they are rushed, tactical, and transactional. When organizations are able to conduct transformational 1-on-1s, performance, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement are significantly boosted.

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Work-life balance: The times they are a-changin’

Business Management Daily

Look up “work-life balance” on Dictionary.com, and you’ll get this definition: a situation in which one divides or balances one’s time between work and activities outside of work. Sounds rather straightforward and feasible, right? Anyone who has tried to create harmony between professional and personal obligations knows it is rarely that simple. The term first gained popularity in the United States back in the 1980s, but how to obtain it is an ongoing discussion that experts and real-life worker

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Smart Hacks to Maintain Your House On a Budget

Take It Personel-ly

Your home is presumably your most valuable asset, and maintaining it is propitious in many ways. But note, with proper maintenance, you can lengthen the life of your appliances, improve its value, and make it more comfortable and safer. For example, there are several notable places you need to take note of; these are windows, […].

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Gig Economy: A Cost-Cutting Measure or Adding Value to the Workforce?

HR Digest

Is the gig economy a result of the tightening of economic opportunities and job slowdown or are more people opting for it because of the flexibility it offers and to achieve a life-work balance? . Gig economy, the lexicon, has origins in the music industry where singers and bands scored a gig or a contract to play at a venue for a day, hours or for a set period of time.

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Boomerang employees: tips for hiring and onboarding

Insperity

Have you considered hiring “boomerang employees?” These are former employees who left your company and are seeking to return – usually at a more senior position. Either they decide to apply for an open position, or your HR professionals ask them to consider returning for a hard-to-fill job. Here’s why you should (and shouldn’t) rehire boomerangs and how to onboard them into your company.

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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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Four Tips to Your Employees Heart Healthy

WEX Inc.

Sponsored by the American Heart Association, February's Heart Month celebration was the perfect time for employers to pause and reflect on how heart healthy their employees are, and implement a plan of action to support healthy habits throughout the year. Whether you’re just starting an employee wellness program or you want to expand current efforts, there are plenty of initiatives that can promote heart health for employees—and they don't have to be time-consuming or expensive.

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8 Strategies to Skyrocket Your Sales Through Social Media

Take It Personel-ly

Social media is one of the leading marketing platforms for businesses. They can use it to create brand awareness and to develop a loyal client base. Besides, a social media campaign is cheaper than other marketing strategies. If you plan to take this path, then here are eight strategies to start you off: Know Where […].

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How Digitalization Makes Every Organization a ‘Tech’ Company

HR Digest

Technology and digitalization have fast changed the face of the globe, with advancements in every field. As such, there is a high probability that tech jobs would soon take up the lion’s share of the job market in the United States. From the period of 2012 to 2017, and there has been an incredible rise in the technology sector of the US job market with a 17% increase.

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PeopleStrategy Delivers the Benefits of Technology to Those in Need Through Its Laptops of Love Program

PeopleStrategy

EDISON, N.J., Feb. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In 2016, PeopleStrategy CEO, Randy Cooper along with his wife, Lisa, and son, Kiefer, created “Inspire Reuse,” a program through which they donated gently used household items to better serve those in need within their local community. Wanting to extend the reach of the program, Randy coordinated with PeopleStrategy’s IT department to procure laptops that could be periodically awarded to students located in the U.S.

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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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The workplace culture checklist: 8 steps to recruit & retain the best

Business Management Daily

Workplace culture matters. A great one produces happy, engaged employees who give their best efforts, meet their goals and delight customers. A toxic culture will create miserable, unmotivated clock-watchers and job-board checkers. In fact, a recent Glassdoor survey found that 56% of workers ranked a “strong workplace culture ” as more important than salary—and three-fourths said they’d consider a company’s culture before applying there.

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3 Unique Venues for Business Conferences

Take It Personel-ly

There are more than 250 convention centers that businesses utilize in the United States. Convention centers have become a normal venue for business conferences, and the trend is beginning to fade. Instead of going with a traditional conference venue, why not choose something that will be more memorable? Continue reading to discover some of the best and […].

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Office Drinking Etiquette Every Person Should Follow

HR Digest

Alcohol consumption may be frowned upon during work hours, but it has always played an important part in the business culture. Right from celebrating a deal or snagging an important client, account or reaching a milestone, people celebrate the wins with an after-work drinks party or a team lunch that becomes a lazy afternoon of drinking joy. If you want a team bonding session, then after-work drinks are the obvious choice.

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Help Us Grow Our Best-In-Class Team! | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

Here we grow - again! We are seeking exceptional talent and service-oriented individuals to help contribute to our many client teams. And what better way to source quality talent than to reach out to our readers and clients who have proven success in the benefits administration industry? Maybe you know an experienced professional in your network who is actively looking for a change, a college graduate just starting their career, or perhaps it is you who is ready for your next challenge.

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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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Using Employee Engagement to Motivate Staff

Professionals Alternative

As as a premier recruiting firm , we know that constructive, honest feedback is not always easy to give – or take. However, tactful feedback that strikes a balance between the positive and negative is critical. In the effort to continually raise the bar on your team’s performance, your managers must learn how to deliver this feedback effectively. Delivering feedback is not always easy.

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A Guide for Staying Organized in Daily Activities

Take It Personel-ly

Our daily lives are constantly filled with distractions, and the hardest part of our day is sifting through those interruptions and trying to stay on task. Whether this be through our work lives or our personal lives, productivity is always the goal. One of the most important traits of a productive person is consistency. Something […].

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How to wish a Co-Worker a Happy Retirement?

HR Digest

How to wish your co-worker a happy retirement, and let them know how much they’ll be missed? Retirement is a crucial part of a person’s life. It is the period when after long years of service and building a career, a person takes off from service forever and reflects on the achievement. A retirement leaves ample time for a person to do the things they always loved to do.

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2020 HR Compliance Deadlines: 8 Key Dates for HR

BerniePortal

Full list of HR 2020 Deadlines. As 2020 begins, most HR departments are focusing on getting — and staying — organized, and keeping up with the many dates and deadlines required to keep their businesses compliant.

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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 Steps In Building An Employee Rewards And Recognition Program

Vantage Circle

Having an employee rewards and recognition platform is the best thing you can do for your company. According to Globoforce , 83% of HR leaders say that an employee recognition program benefits their company values. Developing An Employee Rewards And Recognition Program That Actually Works. Now that we have established the need of the hour is to have employee rewards and recognition program for your company that works.

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Keeping Spirits Up: Six Tips for Boosting Employee Job Satisfaction Levels

Take It Personel-ly

There’s no denying that the happier your employees are, the more productive they are, the more successful your business will be, but raising your employee satisfaction rates is no easy feat, and will time, energy, and resources to rise up. It takes a long-term commitment to make these changes, and you need to be willing […].

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Office Email Terminology: Do you know them?

HR Digest

You use the email almost every day, send one receive one. But are you well aware of the email terms that appear on the screen or which are mentioned there? Like the APOP and the IMAP? If not, then read along as we bring you specific email terminologies. The electronic mail or the email, as it is popularly referred to, appeared years ago. An essential element of interoperability, it is a process of how computers exchange information as well as resources through LANs.

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Privacy, Cost Concerns Compete With Incentives in Health Programs

Wellable

According to a survey by Aite Group of 766 American consumers, employees have financial and privacy-related concerns when it comes to using fitness trackers or devices. However, if financial incentives were a part of a health program, it would increase people’s willingness to share their fitness data.

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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.