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3 in 10 workers fall asleep at their desks, Ragan
- Getting less than six hours of sleep could add the equivalent of one cheeseburger a day to your diet.- Sleepiness lowers testosterone levels an average of 10 to 15 percent.- Risk of stroke increases...
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How to use Social Media for Employer Branding, Sophia Kenvold Mindjumpers
Using social media for employer branding and recruitment provides the following benefits:- An opportunity to enter into dialogue and engage/attract potential candidates.- Creates a common understanding...
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What’s wrong with using resumes for hiring? Pretty much everything, John...
The top five factors that most negatively impact the quality of hire:- Resumes are at best, self-reported descriptions of historical events.- Resumes frequently contain untruths and half-truths.-...
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Five steps to a Talent Management strategy, Aaron Sorensen and Steve Strelsin...
1. Articulate the business needs and realities.2. Define the desired talent management end-state.3. Picture the power of an integrated talent management Program.4. Describe the support that will be...
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5 reasons why recruiters should use video for employer branding, SocialTalent
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How to find undervalued talent, Rasmus Ankersen
1. Great talent is not necessarily right talent. It is hard to identify the critical success factors.2. What you see is not necessarily what you get. What is the reason behind the facts and how will...
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Only 35% of employees are engaged at their job, TowerWatson
- Technology continues to escalate the pace of change and alter the nature and structure of work itself, but the work environment and experience aren’t keeping pace.- Cost pressures are intense and...
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7 trends in employer branding, Daniel Wägerth & Joao Araujo at Universum
1. New players will take up the space left by those that retreat due to the uncertain market conditions.2. Employer Branding definitely becomes “glocal”3. “Do or Die” for employer branding & social...
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How to improve the HR department to meet the company needs, Richard Swartzbaugh
Customer and shareholder expectations continually increase, and a variety of forces continuously shape industry competition.Despite these realities, many organizations do not have alignment of: (a)...
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The problem when HR plays God, Chuck Csizmar at Compensation Cafe
What’s the reasoning behind HR strict control of pay decisions?- Managers can’t be trusted to spend the company’s money effectively or efficiently- Managers tend to make emotional vs. business...
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What to do when a rising star falls, Kevin D Wilde Talent Management magazine
Unfortunately, the rising star had fallen. Staying in the role was no longer an option, and there was only one question left: removal from the company or a second chance? - Did Jon cross the integrity...
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Look for these traits to identify exceptional employees, Ragan
- Quirkiness. Creative, innovative employees often seem a little bit “off.”- Not tied to their job descriptions. Look for evidence of curiosity and a willingness to follow questions wherever they lead,...
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5 reasons why Employer Branding matters, Employer Branding Today
Five reasons why employer branding is important:1. Shortage of skilled labour. Companies or organisations that are perceived to be attractive employers will have an easier time to recruit top talent.2....
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What-to-do with workers who won't leave, Ragan
In some organizations, incompetent employees are shuffled from department to department while managers hope they either improve by magic, or “get the hint” and leave. This may seem easier than...
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Social technologies can increase productivity with 25%, McKinsey
Two-thirds of this potential value lies in improving collaboration and communication within and across enterprises. The average interaction worker spends an estimated 28 percent of the workweek...
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Watch out for the Zombie writers, Helen Sword NewYorkTimes
Nouns formed from other parts of speech are called nominalizations. Academics love them; so do lawyers, bureaucrats and business writers. I call them “zombie nouns” because they cannibalize active...
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3 tips to resolve conflict & find common ground, Brian Katz at OC Tanner
Bbservations that might help you when a conflict arises:1. Compromise. If you are the person negotiating the matter, don’t try to “win” and instead try to resolve the conflict.2. Identify the problem....
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5 remedies for a lackluster e-newsletter, Mary Gorges at Ragan
Here’s what to rethink:1. Make it all about the content.2. Make it social.3. Make it interactive.4. Create a mobile-friendly version.5. Get smart about building an audience.See it on Scoop.it, via...
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Take responsibility for the work ethic of your staff, Ragan
- Identify your core values. - Review your hiring process.- Train for values, not just skills. - Talk about your work ethic often.- Celebrate success.See it on Scoop.it, via Employer Branding News
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5 keys to communicating with employees as adults, Kelly Mollica at Ragan
1. Let employees know what's going on in the organization.2. Pay attention to rumors.3. Tell employees why their job is important.4. Give feedback.5. Ask for feedback.See it on Scoop.it, via Employer...
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Talent shortages are impacting profits, PricewaterhouseCoopers
This is the talent crunch. It’s a complex and frustrating challenge and it’s being felt worldwide. To give a measure of the scale of the problem: more CEOs are changing talent management strategies...
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How smart leaders translate strategy into execution, Randall H. Russell at HBR
Too many CEOs and other leaders today are uncertain about their role in executing strategy. - Lead the Leadership Team. - Share the Story of the Strategy. - Leverage Strategic Performance Feedback.See...
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It's not about the money, Laura Schroeder CompensationCafe
So, why don’t companies just provide more opportunities to more people? It really comes down to three things:1. Managers - In most companies, managers are still the first line of input into who gets...
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How to motivate teams, Margaret Heffernan at Inc
1. Build competence gradually. We all want to hit home runs but it's a bad idea to set tasks that are simply too daunting.2. Don't help too much. Smart people cherish autonomy, you shouldn't rush in to...
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10 skills for the future workforce, Apollo Research Institute
Sense-making, social intelligence, novel & adaptive thinking, cross-cultural competency, computational thinking, new-media literacy, transdisciplarity, design mindset, cognitive load management,...
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60 inconvenient personal development truths, Mark & Angel
2. You can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.3. A good idea without action is nothing at all.4. It’s not so much about finding opportunities as it is about creating...
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The science of talent management, Talent Technologies
- 83% of companies polled admit that alignment of their talent management strategies with the business objectives is not taking place to the desired leve.- 58% of HR spends more time on admin than...
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The happy secret to better work, Shawn Achor at TED
TED Talks We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires...
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Integrating social media in corpoarte communications can empower and engage...
2014-10-14 Only 13% of workers feel engaged by their jobs. The vast majority, 63%, is not engaged. Moreover, 24% are actively disengaged.Compared to those at companies that are not socially active,...
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6 rules for successful meetings
2013Experimentation with meetings in the past decade by startups and Fortune 500 companies alike has produced a new set of rules to consider. 1. All meetings must have a stated purpose or agenda. Bring...
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