Wed.Sep 16, 2020

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Your remote new hire onboarding plan: Build those connections

Workable

That’s not to say the challenges aren’t there. Onboarding remote employees – in many cases, without having ever met them in person – is no easy task. In Workable’s New World of Work survey , 37.4% cited remote onboarding and training as major issues when hiring in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, while 49.7% said candidate onboarding would be problematic in recruiting in the post-COVID work world.

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2020 Trends: College and University layoffs

Intoo USA

Do universities share the same fate as department stores? Because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of in-person instruction, some experts are predicting that much in the way retail department stores have had to reinvent themselves as shopping has moved online, the future of higher education will be dramatically different as universities and colleges are forced to reconceptualize how they teach.

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New IRS Notice Addresses COVID-19, Medicaid, and the ACA

ACA Times

2 minute read: New IRS guidance addresses the intersection of COVID-19, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a bid to increase COVID-19 testing in the U.S., one facet of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) passed in March 2020 included creating a new group of persons eligible for Medicaid assistance, specifically pertaining to COVID-19 testing and diagnostics.

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2020 Trends: College and University layoffs

Intoo USA

Do universities share the same fate as department stores? Because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of in-person instruction, some experts are predicting that much in the way retail department stores have had to reinvent themselves as shopping has moved online, the future of higher education will be dramatically different as universities and colleges are forced to reconceptualize how they teach.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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4 Tips to Increase Employee Morale

Hppy

Whether good or bad, employee morale is infectious, making it one of the most important areas for a company to focus on. When a workplace has high employee morale, it is usually more efficient and effective. Not to mention, it’s just an all-around more pleasant place to work. Keep reading to discover four strategies for improving employee morale in the workplace.

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Employee experience: how to make your organisation H.A.P.P.Y in challenging times

HR Zone

Culture Creating a H.A.P.P.Y workplace.

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how do I quit when my boss won’t speak to me?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Let me preface this by saying, I love my job and I adore my coworkers. My boss and I go back a while; I’ve been their right-hand man for almost a decade. I have worked hard to earn the trust and respect of the folks I work with. We’re definitely one of those places that has insisted “we’re a family.” Over the last two years, my boss has become increasingly erratic, quick-tempered, and secretive.

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If I Refuse a 20 Percent Pay Cut, Is it a Resignation or Termination?

Evil HR Lady

I would appreciate some advice for my particular case. My company recently got bought out by a big corporate company. Today I got an offer letter that offers a 20% pay cut and that would increase my benefit premiums from $0 to $200/month, all for the exact same role and tasks. . As you can imagine, I am not happy about it. And it was a bigger slap in the face when the HR person from the new company didn’t even know I existed (I work remotely, while 90% of the company is in another city). .

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How to Answer “Do You Consider Yourself Successful?” Without Feeling Like a Show-Off

The Muse

This question might catch you off guard. Use these tips to plan your answer and convince the interviewer you’re a great fit for the job.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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How Your Business Can Adopt New Procedures from COVID-19 Long Term

Take It Personel-ly

Businesses have put in place managerial and health measures to facilitate business continuity as they begin to open up amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The health measures put in place include setting up disinfecting stations, encouraging social distancing between employees, and having people work from home. Technology has come in handy in this fight against the […].

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10 Secrets to Mastering Time Management

HR Digest

There is no secret for time management; it all depends on the person how they handle their routine and tasks and manage their time efficiently and productively. However, there are specific tips that one can follow to save time and be productive always. The hard part is to follow these habits consistently. Follow these rules, and you will surely master time management and get done more in life. .

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How HR Can Establish a Successful Coaching Culture

Digital HR Tech

Organizations often think of coaching as a development tool but it’s more than that, it’s a mindset. In this article, we’ll look at the coaching culture. We’ll share a definition and describe what it can look like, and we’ll touch on what HR traditionally has been doing in terms of coaching. We’ll also look at the ROI of coaching and how technology can support HR in building a successful coaching culture.

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14 Ways To Build More Meaningful Professional Relationships

Forbes Coaches Council

The most meaningful professional relationships you develop are often the most beneficial. How can you build more meaning into yours? Check out these tips from Forbes Coaches Council.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Remote I-9 Form Verification Extended 60 Days

SHRM Resources

Employers with entirely remote workforces as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have until Nov. 19 to take advantage of relaxed document inspection requirements for the Form I-9 when onboarding new hires.

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how to set boundaries with a very chatty coworker

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work with a dedicated and conscientious person. We have the same title and role and interact a lot for our jobs. I like her but she is extremely chatty. She is clueless as to how it impacts me and our joint workload and it’s starting to wear on me. A typical conversation will be her asking “How was your weekend?” Upon anyone’s response, she is off and running and can’t be stopped.

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New California Supplemental COVID-19 Sick Leave Poster, Guidance Available

HRWatchdog

The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has issued both guidance on the new COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave requirements and model posters that employers may use to comply with the new law’s notice requirements. As previously reported , on September 9, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 1867, a bill that requires covered employers to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave to their employees for certain qualifying reasons.

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How To Create Good Trouble And Drive Equity: Leadership Lessons From John Lewis

Forbes Coaches Council

Today’s leaders need to be able to build and grow robust networks across diverse racial and cultural groups that are at the crux of taking action and creating change.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Incentive Solutions Releases New ROI Calculator: Projecting Business Growth for Your Channel Incentive Programs

The Incentive Solutions News blog

Introducing Incentive Solutions’ new and improved ROI calculator! Here at Incentive Solutions, our mission statement is simple: to inspire growth. One of the most essential parts of the growth process is to seek out learning opportunities and find ways to improve. We collected market research, consulted our clients, and the newly improved ROI calculator was born.

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How to Be an Emotionally Intelligent Remote Manager

Criteria Corp

When it comes to hiring and promotion, organizations often undervalue emotional intelligence. Especially when organizations have to decide who to promote into management positions, some qualities routinely take priority – qualities such as technical proficiency, business knowledge, or even the person’s network. . While these can be incredibly important at predicting an individual’s success in their role, emotional intelligence should not be overlooked, especially for management roles.

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OFCCP Announces ERCA with Significant Back Pay

Berkshire Associates

This week, the Dallas, Texas office of Southwest and Rocky Mountain region of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement with Microsoft Corporation to resolve ten open reviews at establishments in Texas, Washington, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, and Florida.

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Bonusly Data Before and After: How the Employee Experience Has Changed During COVID-19

Bonusly

We’ll cut to the chase. These are strange times. The COVID-19 global pandemic has prompted a quick shift to remote work, and for many U.S. employees, this will continue into 2021. There are dozens of articles and think pieces out there about the Future of Work, Zoom fatigue, and the perfect home office set up. We even have a few of those. ?? But in this resource, we’ll take a closer look at the numbers.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Major Benefits of Resume Parsing & How to Do It Right

Skillate

Whether you operate as a small-scale venture or an international company with multiple offices around the world, hiring and onboarding new talent can be challenging. HR managers and interviewers are often misunderstood in what they do in regards to processing and selecting viable resumes for available positions. According to Small Biz Genius , average corporate job posts receive around 250 resumes, while 45% of employers said they can’t find candidates with proper skillsets.

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14 Ways To Build A Solid Crisis Management Strategy

Forbes Coaches Council

A solid crisis management strategy needs to be flexible enough to adapt to rapidly evolving situations. To help you lead your team through any crisis, read these tips from Forbes Coaches Council members.

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What Is ‘Windowed Work’ and Why It Could Be the Key to Your Remote Work Success

Netchex HR Blog

The 9-to-5 workday may now be a thing of the past—and good riddance! It’s time for businesses to really adjust to the fact that your remote employees aren’t working nonstop during so-called normal business hours. Fortunately, “windowed work” can boost productivity and the quality of work performed by remote employees. . What is ‘windowed work’? Instead of constant work-related activity, remote employees can schedule blocks of time, or “windows,” that match their personal obligations, individual

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Advice for Landing a Job from a CEO (who never hires…)

The Tim Sackett Project

I get it, you’re the CEO of a sexy brand so all the media companies want to interview you, but when you give advice out that your HR and TA leaders would never give, you’re basically just spewing B.S.! Pulled directly from the headlines of CNBC , 1-800-Flowers CEO (wait, is that a sexy brand!?), Chris McCann, has to hire 10,000 seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season to fill the rush of orders they anticipate: “The ambitious hiring plans will fill part- and full-time r

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Six months

HRGem

Tomorrow, it is six months since I transitioned to working from home. Like many, I still haven’t been back to the office. Those early months were all about crisis. Getting through and making do.

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Five Tips to Maintain Morale Through Challenging Times

Emergenetics International

Organizations have experienced a lot of ups and downs this year with economic and pandemic challenges. Leaders have had to focus on navigating a volatile, unfamiliar business landscape while making adjustments to support the long-term health of their companies. It’s no surprise that employee morale may also ebb and flow as organizations adapt to challenging […].

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Careers That Make a Difference: How This Nurse Led With Compassion During the Pandemic

The Muse

Byran Vinson, a nurse and center manager for Satellite Healthcare, created and ran a COVID-19 unit during the pandemic. Here’s how he did it.

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