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3 Types of Compensation Packages To Consider and Why

Achievers

Most of us receive a paycheck, so it’s easy to assume compensation packages are pretty black and white. Some folks are hourly, some are salaried, and depending on what role they play, others receive bonuses or commissions based on their performance. Simple, right? Not so much. As Katey Maddux, founder and CEO of Millennial Accounting, writes in her recent employee compensation and benefits guide , “When it comes to employee compensation, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Why Flexible Office Solutions Are Being Adopted By More Businesses

Take It Personel-ly

Trends and information are moving faster than ever before in the contemporary business world. To keep your head above water or, better yet, to succeed in this environment, it is necessary to keep your processes flexible and economical. This applies to both your workforce and your physical infrastructure and whether your company is based in […].

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15 great HR lessons from America’s largest human resources conference

Business Management Daily

Didn't make it to Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) annual conference in Las Vegas? Our editors were there to scoop up all the HR wisdom for you. The post 15 great HR lessons from America’s largest human resources conference appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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3 Ways to Support a Simpler Application Process for Job Seekers

Hireology

The tight labor market has created an Applicant Economy, meaning now more than ever, employers need to sell job seekers on the opportunity joining their team presents, rather than the other way around. This begins with a strong employer brand that excites top talent about joining your team. Your employer brand should include a compelling career site, list of company benefits, outlined career paths, training opportunities, and more. .

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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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Three technologies that are changing the workplace as we know it

cipHR

Organisations need to adopt AI, cloud-based systems and mobile-friendly software to keep pace with digital change, writes contributor Shawna Davidsen. As the rate in which tech innovations increases, staying up to date about new trends and becomes more challenging – especially for organisations with limited resources. Introducing new technology often causes significant alterations to the ways you and your teams complete your work, making modernisation a risky process and difficult adjustment at

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How to create a successful employee referral program

Insperity

In sales, your most qualified leads usually come as referrals from satisfied customers. In recruiting, a referral from one of your satisfied employees can be just as powerful. Employee referral programs bring qualified talent to the table and cultivate a sense of company loyalty in both the referring and prospective employee. An employee referral program can significantly increase your company’s qualified talent pool.

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eBook Preview: 15Five’s New Comprehensive Objectives & Key Results Guide

15Five

On July 20, 1969, the first two humans walked on the surface of the moon, with one of them remarking, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Nearly 50 years later, NASA declares “we are going to the moon—to stay,” heralding the delivery of permanent tech to the lunar surface. So we have to wonder, how do monumental feats of achievement like these occur?

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How to write a Post-Interview Thank You Note

HR Digest

Getting a job of your dream these days may require more than just performing exceptionally well at interviews. More than one-in-five (22%) of hiring managers in the US say they are not likely to hire candidates that didn’t send a post-interview thank you note, according to a 2011 survey by CareerBuilder. While some managers may say it’s not a criterion, TheHRDigest believes that writing a post-interview thank you note is a way of being more clinical and professional in any job hunt.

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Ways to Decrease Employee Turnover

Take It Personel-ly

Employee turnover is something that unfortunately all businesses experience. Individuals may suddenly leave, leaving your business at risk. Not only does this affect your business internally, but the reputation of your business will go down, making it harder to attract new employees. In order to keep your employee turnover rate low, it’s important to prioritize […].

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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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How Netflix and Starbucks Are Leading the Way with Employer Branding

Hireology

Job seekers today complete significant research when considering career moves, meaning any company’s employer branding is critical to hiring success. In fact, 69 percent of job candidates would reject a job offer from an organization with a bad employer brand. . Effective employer branding offers you the opportunity to excite top talent about joining your team, helping you stand out from other employers in today’s competitive hiring market.

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Best-Self Management Podcast, Episode 1: Creating Healthy Leadership Teams

15Five

Over the past seven years, we have written countless articles and spoken on dozens of stages on the subject of company culture, leadership, and employee performance. And now, we are excited to feature our thought leadership on a new platform. Introducing, the Best-Self Management Podcast! What’s the podcast about? Best-Self Management is a journey of self discovery and ultimately, transformation for everyone in business, from CEOs to managers, and people working their first jobs.

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Why – and how – to prioritize weekly one-to-one meetings

BerniePortal

Check out this column in Inc. Performance management is invariably a hot topic in the HR world, and there are a lot of different ways administrators can ensure that teams are on track, and employee goals are being met. That said, one thing is for sure: The annual performance review is not optimal for today's workforce. Continued feedback is critical and more effective in keeping teams and organizations on track.

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10 Ways to Decrease Stress from Studying

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Whether you are a high school student or a final year student in college, you will have experienced study stress at one point or another. Finals are around the corner and there aren’t enough hours in the day to cram all that knowledge into your brain. The stress sets in and before you know it, […].

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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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8 Benefits Companies Should Drop (Or Update)

Wellable

Businesses are always searching for the Holy Grail of benefits that will entice prospective employees to join the company and will keep current employees invested and happy. Beyond the basics of medical and dental insurance, companies offer additional health and wellness benefits to address physical, mental, financial, and social needs.

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How to Handle Employee Pay Rise Request

HR Digest

A content employee is the most valuable asset to a company. In a high performing organization, it is the manager’s responsibility to constantly track what matters most to the employees. Unlike other priorities, managers consider employee pay rise request as one of the hard situations to manage. Let’s create a basic structure to deal with this tricky compensation task.

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It’s National Sunglasses Day

Benefit Resource Inc.

In honor of National Sunglasses Day, we wanted to highlight eligible vision expenses you can pay for with your pre-tax accounts. As an overview, a pre-tax account is a type of benefit your employer may offer to help you cover out-of-pocket expenses. There are a variety of different plans and accounts available. Almost all of them allow you to pay for eligible vision expenses not covered by insurance.

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How Does Meditation Improve Your Work and Home Life?

Take It Personel-ly

As of 2017, only 8% (or 18 million) adults in the U.S. said that they use meditation. Although the popularity of the practice has risen in the past decades (as reported by Forbes), many individuals are not yet harnessing its incredible, proven benefits to create a work-life balance. For those who are new to meditation, it […].

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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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Rx for Well-being: Go Outside for Two Hours A Week

Wellable

Want to be healthier and happier? Spend time with nature. Specifically, stay outside for at least 120 minutes per week.

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How can women negotiate salaries professionally?

HR Digest

Most women find salary negotiations intimidating and job threatening, not realizing that a satisfying career requires them to negotiate salaries. Aside from the dominant gender preference in the workplace today, not negotiating salaries professionally partly contribute to the gender pay gap in our various sectors. In a nutshell, salary negotiation skills are crucial in making a good career.

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45 Top Employee Award Titles: Explained With Types and Examples

Vantage Circle

Every great work done and milestones achieved by an employee deserves utmost appreciation and respect. And nothing compares better than giving out employee award titles when it comes to extending the same appreciation and respect. In this blog, I’ll be discussing the importance of employee awards along with its types and example award titles that you can consider.

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Small Business Payroll Made Easy: A First-Timer’s Guide to Processing Payroll

Take It Personel-ly

Think about the exciting parts of having a growing business. I bet the idea of setting up a small business payroll system isn’t leaping to mind. But just because it’s not the most exhilarating part of running a business doesn’t mean it’s not important. For better or worse, when you have employees working for […].

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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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20+ Low-Cholesterol Snacks For A Heart Healthy Diet

SnackNation

20+ Low-Cholesterol Snacks For A Heart Healthy Diet. Low-cholesterol snacks make up part of any healthy diet—whether you want to lower your levels or maintain healthy balance. Even if you honestly have no idea what cholesterol really is, you can still benefit from changing up your snacking game to include more low-cholesterol snacks. Keep reading to learn more about cholesterol and to discover some low-cholesterol snacks that have so much flavor, they don’t taste “low” on anything.

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An HR professional’s guide to data privacy compliance and security

Insperity

As an HR professional, you work daily with sensitive, highly confidential employee and business data. But how knowledgeable are you about HR data privacy compliance and security? Think about every data point you regularly touch regarding employees (Social Security numbers, salaries, health care and retirement plans , background checks, etc.) and proprietary business information (customer data, mergers and acquisitions, planned layoffs, etc.).

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How China is Hiring in the World’s Largest Labor Market

Global People Strategist

Even though China is the most populous country in the world, their government and leaders of industry are increasingly concerned about China’s working-age population which has, of late, been shrinking each year. Furthermore, the effects of the trade war between China and the United States in the form of tariffs on imports, has made it easy to imagine that in an environment of uncertainty and overall economic slowdown, there will be negative effects on the Chinese labor market.

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How to Get Professional Results on Your Next Outdoor Fashion Photography Shoot

Take It Personel-ly

Outdoor fashion photography shoots have their own charm and excitement. Different professional photographers have different reasons behind their preference for outdoor photography. Some like it as they want to capture that beautiful backdrop in their photography. Some prefer as they love the challenge of shooting at a new place. Whereas many photographers prefer outdoor shooting […].

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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.