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HR Insights

Everything That You Really Need to Know About LinkedIn

by Laurie Ruettimann on May 22, 2013, 9:12 AM  |  1 comment
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I’ve been on LinkedIn since 2004. I use my Ron Burgundy voice and tell people that I’m kind of a big deal, but when it comes to my personal LinkedIn profile, I am a hot mess.

Hold on, I can explain myself.

I am not looking for a job. I don’t want to see you humblebrag on your career. I am just on LinkedIn to spy on you.

But I am different than you. You work in Human Resources (or whatever) and you need to take your professional career seriously. Read more…

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HR Insights, HR Management

My Rules For Hugging at the Office

by Tim Sackett on May 21, 2013, 8:05 AM  |  2 Comments
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Hello. My name is Tim Sackett, and I’m a hugger.

Being a hugger can make for some awkward moments. What if the other person isn’t expecting a hug, or doesn’t want to hug, and you’re coming in arms-wide-open!?

Fast Company had an article recently titled To Hug Or Not To Hug At Work?, that delved into this subject. Here’s a piece from the article:

Awkwardness is … ‘the uncomfortable feeling you get when you realize that your concept of your relationship with someone else doesn’t match their concept. The intensity of awkwardness roughly corresponds to the magnitude of difference in relationship concepts.’ ” Read more…

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Recruiting and Staffing

The 5 Rules of an Engagement-Oriented Recruiting Strategy

by John Touey on May 20, 2013, 9:12 AM  |  2 Comments
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Let’s face it — the active candidate has become a second-class citizen.

Conventional wisdom says that there continues to be a glut of in-transition executives in the job market. Just post a job on Monster.com and you can expect an avalanche of resumes to bury your inbox. Or, set your corporate recruiter loose on LinkedIn and within a few days, she will be sitting in your office with a stack of profiles from which you can choose your next VP of [insert job title here].

The only catch is that the vast majority of these candidates are either out of work or have something going on in their current companies that is pushing them out the door. Read more…

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HR Insights, HR Management

Exit Interviews: The 2nd Most Worthless Activity HR Has to Handle

by Barbara Milhizer on May 17, 2013, 7:00 AM  |  21 Comments
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Let’s be clear, the most useless HR activity is Performance Management. Hands down.

But since I have been an enthusiastic beater of that horse already, a close second has to be the Exit Interview.

Let’s review all of the reasons for their sacred cow status:

  • Good, actionable data on why people are leaving;
  • Closure for employees;
  • Risk mitigation for the company;
  • Goodwill and future employee referrals;
  • Knighted as one of the “Best Practices” by people who know things. Read more…
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Here’s Why Bullies Are Taking Over Your Organization

by Crystal Spraggins on May 16, 2013, 8:10 AM  |  8 Comments
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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve heard plenty about bullies in the workplace.

You’ve heard how bad it is. You’ve heard about the missed work days and the increased medical costs and the disability claims and the lawsuits. You’ve heard about the disruption and the drama and the colossal waste of hours employees spend managing others’ aggression instead of producing. Instead of creating. Instead of innovating.

You may have even read the statistic that workplace bullying costs U.S. employers nearly $250 million annually.

And you’ve decided that you don’t give a crap. Read more…

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Recruiting and Staffing

Getting Onboarding Right: Another Reminder That It’s Not Rocket Science

by China Gorman on May 15, 2013, 9:12 AM  |  No comments yet
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As HR and other leaders grapple with high turnover rates among the Gen Y/Millennial cohort (see last week’s post here), all kinds of issues get raised.

Is the turnover due to “special” characteristics inherent in Gen Y? Is the turnover due to lack of education and training opportunities? Naivete on the part of Millennials – the world of work doesn’t match their expectations? Could a lack of thoughtful onboarding play a part?

The Aberdeen Group published Onboarding 2013: A New Look at New Hires last month and author Madeline Laurano provides data that might help organizations become more effective in retaining the youngest of their workforce. Read more…

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HR Insights, Talent Management

True Work-Life Balance? It’s a Myth We Need to Quit Worrying About

by Eric Chester on May 14, 2013, 8:10 AM  |  No comments yet
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Work-Life balance.

As a Baby Boomer teen born to Depression-era parents, I never heard that term once.

It didn’t exist back then and, if it had, it would have never come out of my father’s mouth. Hard work was his life, and when he had a day off, he worked. To my dad and those who were his age and older, balance was something you did to your checkbook when the statement arrived.

It wasn’t until the late 1980s when this three-word term entered the American lexicon, and it wasn’t popularized until the late 1990s. Now, those three words are said in conjunction as frequently as pass the salt. Read more…

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Recruiting and Staffing

What Happens When You Find the “Right” Job Candidate Too Fast?

by Tim Sackett on May 13, 2013, 9:12 AM  |  4 Comments
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Here’s the scenario:

You have an opening and you do your recruiting thing. You find a candidate, and lo and behold, they are great!

What luck, you think to yourself. The hiring manager is going to thrilled. Boy, my job is easy!

Do I need to even go on?

You set up the interview with the hiring manager. She also thinks the candidate is great. Done deal, you think to yourself. Then “it” happens. Read more…

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Top Performers: Here’s Why Their Employee Referrals Are Golden

by Dr. John Sullivan on May 10, 2013, 6:55 AM  |  1 comment
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Articles from academics don’t always provide practical lessons, but there have been two recent ones that everyone in talent management should pay attention to.

The results of the first one focus on the output differential produced by top performers. This study published in February in Personnel Psychology which cut across several industries, revealed that the top 5 percent of the workforce at the researched firms produced 26 percent of the firm’s total output. The top-performing 5 percent produced 400 percent more than you would expect (26 percent rather than 5 percent).

That means that top performers have an incredibly high ROI because they produce more than four times more; however, they are generally paid less than 20 percent over an average worker in the same job. Read more…

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HR Insights

Why Do We Seem to Hate All the Things That Make HR Great?

by Crystal Spraggins on May 9, 2013, 9:12 AM  |  19 Comments
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There’s a disturbing trend I’m seeing in the HR profession.

Call me dramatic, but I think HR has a self-hate problem.

What do I mean? Well, think about this question — “Why aren’t more HR people getting degrees in finance?”

Or, consider these statements —

  • “I’m a business person, not an ‘employee advocate.’ If it makes sense for the business, I’m an advocate for it. Period.”
  • “If you ‘like people,’ then HR’s not the job for you. Go work for a union instead.”

Hmmm… Read more…

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