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10 Ways to Improve the Candidate Experience

Recruitment is a two-way street–put your best foot forward to impress your top candidates! Too often, companies forget that recruitment and hiring is a two-way street–companies interview the candidates, but candidates are interviewing them too, as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) points out. Up until 2016, A full 47% of candidates wouldn’t hear […]

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13 Ways to Upgrade Your Onboarding Process

Take your onboarding process from “gets the job done” to “primes tomorrow’s leaders for success.” Just 41% of recent hires believe their organization’s onboarding primed them for success, a 2016 Oracle study found. “Employees ultimately decide if they would like to stay with a company within the first two weeks of employment,” says Gretchen […]

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How to Give More Effective Performance Reviews

If performance reviews feel like just a formality, learn how to give feedback that strengthens an adds value to employees’ performance. Too often, performance reviews are just a formality. And all too often, both the employee and supervisor dread them. According to Gallup, only 29% of employees believe their performance reviews are fair, and […]

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The First 90 Days: 12 Ways to Set Up New Hires for Success

Ensure New Employees Have Clarity in Their Roles and Feel Like Part of the Team. Image source The first 90 days are a critical period for acclimating new hires to your workplace culture and getting them up to speed in their roles. During this time, it’s also vital to convince them that your company […]

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Upskill Your HR Team: 10 Essential Trainings for Your Staff

Take your HR staff to the next level with these 10 key trainings. According to Deloitte, reskilling the HR team should be a critical area of focus for most organizations. “Only 7% of HR leaders surveyed feel their teams can consistently deliver innovative programs that drive business impact,” Deloitte states. “Business leaders agree: Only […]

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The right way to give employees more autonomy

Whereas the micromanaging boss is usually the villain in water cooler stories, a company that gives employees freedom to make decisions can be the star. Research has shown independence to be among the things that workers value most in a job. According to one study, the average person is nearly two and a half times […]

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Ten exceptional books for your 2018 business reading list

As 2017 draws to an end, there’s a brief period when a busy professional can take a breather before the ambitions and challenges of the new year come into view. It’s a great opportunity to sort out some of the little things, like catching up on your reading. Here are 10 highly-rated books that can […]

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The Rise of the Skill Pool

According to Psychology Today, a job is traditionally conceptualized as fulfilling a clear function consisting of particular tasks that require a defined set of competencies. Such jobs are sometimes referred to as “static jobs.” The traditional view of a job also places it on a distinct career ladder, where the step below and the step […]

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10 Creative Recruitment Tactics That Really Deliver

You’ve set up booths at job fairs. You’ve posted ads on job boards. You’ve taken out an ad in a trade magazine. Yet you still aren’t getting the candidates you’re looking for – or worse, perhaps you’ve made the wrong hire. You’re not the only one experiencing this challenge – according to a 2017 Jobvite […]

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Get the Most from Your Meetings with These 14 Facilitation Tips

Meetings are the most universally dreaded aspect of work, but as organizations increasingly rely on teamwork, meetings are likely to become even more pervasive. Think of all the time and energy wasted on inefficient meetings – not to mention the frustration they create. Moreover, bad meetings don’t only lead to bad decisions (or a lack […]

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6 Functions HR Departments Are Outsourcing

If your human resources department is feeling swamped, it may be doing too much. According to a 2017 survey, HR is now taking a more pivotal role within organizations than it once did. Rather than being viewed as a department that sets policy and handles administrative tasks, HR is seen as having a vital role […]

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The Rise of the Decentralized Organization

Around the world, hierarchy has long been known as the standard organizational structure. However, organizations from startups to multinational corporations are coming to view flatter, more egalitarian structures as much more effective than hierarchies. In today’s increasingly fast-paced business environment, companies are experimenting with a variety of decentralized structures. In some cases, decentralization represents the […]

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