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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 […]

Culture

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 […]

Culture

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 […]

Culture

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 […]

Compliance

Get ACA Compliant! Your Guide to Staying on the Right Side of the Law

Both Large and Small Businesses Need to Follow Specific ACA Guidelines–Find out How Your Business Can Avoid Penalties for Noncompliance. Although some have speculated about what might happen to the Affordable Care Act in 2018, it’s still in effect, and employers still face penalties if they don’t comply. In fact, companies that failed to comply […]

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6 Steps to Get Your HR Department Up to Speed with GDPR

As GDPR takes effect, here’s how HR departments can ensure compliance. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new set of data protection regulations implemented by the European Union, took effect on May 25, 2018. Intended to protect the data privacy of EU citizens, it requires businesses worldwide to comply with the new regulations in […]

HR

Find Out Instantly If You’re Withholding the Right Amount of Taxes

Check out GoCo’s W-4 Withholding Calculator to instantly see if you’re withholding the right amount for your taxes. In 2018, the IRS updated their recommendations on how much money you should withhold from your paycheck so you’re not stuck with a big tax bill at the end of the year. But the IRS isn’t known to be […]

HR

Five methods for handling layoffs more gracefully

There’s no sugarcoating layoffs. They’re an unavoidable part of running a business that, like most hard decisions, tend to leave a bad taste for everyone involved. But it’s possible to ease the process a great deal with the right approach. The key is to take every affected party into account, from the employees being let […]

Culture

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 […]

Compliance

Understanding Employment Compliance

Everyone knows that the laws and regulations dictating employment standards are necessary for our country to be able to provide fair and safe workplaces for all. Without them, and without compliance, we put people at risk of harm or their right to earn a living. In the United States, most regulations are set at the […]

HR

An altogether different kind of employee wellness program

Employee wellness programs have historically concentrated mainly on workers’ health and encouraging physical activity. Nowadays, however, businesses are increasingly extending the focus to the other, more elusive factors that influence the well-being of their personnel. This trend has given rise to a novel new concept that is rapidly gaining steam in the talent management world: […]

Culture

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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