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7 remote onboarding tips to improve the new-hire experience
Onboarding new hires is one of the trickier aspects HR teams must face when using a work-from-home model. These seven tips on remote onboarding provide guidance. Continue Reading
18 HR cost reduction ideas for the 2020 COVID-19 recession
The COVID-19 recession demands creativity to stay competitive. Here's a look at 18 HR cost reduction ideas -- including freezing HR tech projects -- that have the potential to help. Continue Reading
5 post-pandemic workplace changes due to safety concerns
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a profound effect on workplaces. Here are five of those changes and what they mean for HR teams. Continue Reading
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5 tips to foster remote employee engagement
COVID-19 has left many businesses no choice but to send their employees home to work. Here are some things that HR can do to keep remote employees engaged and productive. Continue Reading
How companies can use tech to ramp up remote work productivity
With the sudden spike of employees working from home, companies need to get creative in how they keep employees connected and productive. Here's advice on how to do just that. Continue Reading
Josh Bersin on employee experience, fighting HR tech overload
The fever pitch surrounding employee experience -- combined with the glut of tech promising to deliver it -- has left HR overwhelmed. Here's advice to help simplify matters.Continue Reading
How to attract top talent in a competitive hiring market
Finding the best candidates can seem impossible in today's competitive hiring landscape. Use these methods to help you attract even the choosiest candidates.Continue Reading
5 performance management challenges and how to fix them
Performance management is an area fraught with misunderstanding for HR, managers and employees. Here's what HR and other leaders should understand to avoid making common mistakes.Continue Reading
Top 3 ways talent pros can adapt to changing recruitment trends
Emerging technology in recruiting -- such as recruiting AI and chatbots -- is gradually becoming the norm. Here are some skills that recruiters can develop to stay competitive.Continue Reading
6 employee activism lessons HR needs today
Employee activism spiked last year, and experts say that as the 'age of purpose' gathers force, more workers will follow suit. Here are a few of the lessons HR should learn now.Continue Reading
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HR must contend with enterprise social network challenges
Enterprise social networks like Slack and Yammer are gaining steam as alternatives to traditional email, but they can raise some concerns for HR managers.Continue Reading
Eliminating bias in AI is no easy feat, but fixes do exist
As more companies turn to AI to reduce workplace and recruiting bias, it is important to be aware that the data AI tools draw from may have bias baked in.Continue Reading
HR data issues caused by lack of customization in HR systems
As more HR systems move to the cloud, organizations may be unable to customize certain features to ensure accurate data capture. This can cause reporting errors or poor decision-making.Continue Reading
Technology can aid diversity and inclusion in HCM, with caveats
Vendors are increasingly building AI applications to be bias-free to address concerns around diversity and inclusion. The technology may help raise awareness of inequities that go beyond discrimination.Continue Reading
7 steps to improve the onboarding process for new hires
While recruiting and onboarding are two separate processes, combining them can create a better experience for new hires. Technology such as AI and machine learning can also help.Continue Reading
Cybersecurity education: How HR can plan for the inevitable
Cybersecurity is a major concern for any organization, but employees continue to be a top threat. HR can help mitigate insider risks by providing regular training and reminders.Continue Reading
Workplace engagement yields employee diversity and inclusion
Vimeo's Charmien Fugelsang uses various survey and analytics methods to measure employee engagement, foster a culture of belonging and root out unconscious bias.Continue Reading
Will Kronos AI improve life for hourly employees? Experts are split
The idea of AI in HR seems ubiquitous today, but mostly for salaried workers. A new Kronos AI platform takes aim at the hourly workforce, but can it help? Here's what three experts said.Continue Reading
Reporting harassment at work eased by new enterprise chatbot
New tool Spot uses natural language processing -- an AI technology -- to help people file harassment and discrimination complaints, as well as the ability to do it anonymously.Continue Reading
5 barriers to creating data-driven HR -- and how to overcome them
Savvy HR leaders know that data is the foundation of a killer people strategy. Here's why that's hard -- and how you can make it easier.Continue Reading
How Infor Talent Science works for hiring -- at Infor
An AI-powered screening tool can make a difference with hiring and retention. Here's what happened when Infor used its Talent Science tool internally.Continue Reading
4 ways CHROs and their teams can bust through the HR AI hype
The AI washing of technology is real, and it's confusing tech buying teams across companies, including those looking for AI in HR. Here's how to get past that hype.Continue Reading
Company wellness programs are broken, here's a potential fix
Is an employee wellness program that works actually possible? Yes, if companies start to look at the whole person and focus on specific diseases, according to a new survey.Continue Reading
What HR must know about team collaboration best practices
Step away from Slack -- at least sometimes. That's the message from researchers who say always-on workers may not be helping companies innovate and compete.Continue Reading
How ADP's Executive and Manager Insights tool might disrupt HR
ADP's Executive and Manager Insights mobile app feature is delivering workforce analytics into the hands of both HR and other business leaders, and creating a more strategic business.Continue Reading
How Citi's wellness challenge led to employee engagement
It was tough to keep Citi's 200,000 employees across 95 countries engaged and connected. Here's how the company used a wellness challenge as a place to begin.Continue Reading
Nine strategies to increase employee engagement and retention
Keeping your workers happy enough that they don't look elsewhere is critical considering today's economy. Here are nine tips to help ensure your success.Continue Reading
Automated recruiting solves Groupon's sourcing talent woes
Building a talent pool through effective sourcing is a major effort by Groupon. It is using a recruiting automation tool to find passive candidates.Continue Reading
Three keys to an effective succession planning strategy
Here's what companies and their HR leaders must know about effective succession management, including why it's important and which business and HR functions should be involved.Continue Reading
Succession planning best practices you need today
Michael McGowan, who leads the leadership and talent practice at BPI group, a talent management consultancy, shares important advice on how to get succession management right.Continue Reading
How to create an effective employee retention plan
The unemployment rate is low, and your workers are likely being courted by other companies. Here's how to create retention strategies that will make your workers want to stay put.Continue Reading
Tech can spot workplace diversity issues, but actions count
The #MeToo movement spurred HR to tackle harassment and boost diversity. Conference speakers said software that calls attention to problems and aids conversations only goes so far.Continue Reading
Four strategies for boosting diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Fidelity Investments' head of talent acquisition weighs in on the importance of inclusiveness, how recruiting can be biased and why technology is critical.Continue Reading
Six secrets of competitive recruiting best practices
If you're in the market for great talent, you need a stellar recruiting process. Annie Rihn, VP of recruiting at the Zillow Group, offers an inside look at just that.Continue Reading
How to solve six of the biggest employee retention challenges
Recruiters are enticing workers with new opportunities on an increasingly frequent basis. Give your employees plenty of reasons to stay by addressing the top retention challenges.Continue Reading
Why mobile HR apps are key to engaging deskless workers
Creating a positive experience for deskless workers rests partly on making HR-related tasks easier for them. Here's a look at how mobile technology can help.Continue Reading
Five recruiting strategies HR needs in a tight labor market
If you want to hire top talent, you need to get strategic. Here's what organizations and their HR departments can do to win at the game of recruitment.Continue Reading
Workday payroll system covers Minnesota healthcare network
A big physicians group affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical School opted for a Workday cloud payroll system to handle the complexity of doctors' employment status.Continue Reading
Workforce data analytics is a struggle, says Ithaca College
Improving workforce data analytics capabilities is a goal for Ithaca College's HR department. But Ithaca College's problem with analytics is similar to many other organizations. Upgrading analytics capability is a long process.Continue Reading
Four pillars of a strategic HR framework
As power shifts to candidates, the HR tech landscape explodes and the economy improves, HR professionals are being forced to reinvent their roles. Here's how they should do it.Continue Reading
Wurk delivers tools to help cannabis industry manage business
A growing startup, Wurk, markets an HR software platform for the cannabis industry that handles the complex payroll, compliance and workforce management needs of the business.Continue Reading
AI-enabled recruitment management systems seek out bias
Software for recruiters is seen as a tool in identifying hiring bias and improving diversity. The goal is to improve problem-solving capabilities and meet societal needs.Continue Reading
HR plays to win with gamification for learning
At some companies, corporate education has become a tool for engagement and employee experience. See how gamification is putting the 'fun' in learning fundamentals.Continue Reading
Secrets of winning at your employee experience strategy
Marketing software company HubSpot has landed on numerous best places to work lists, but press about its workplace hasn't been all rosy. CPO Katie Burke shares thoughts on both.Continue Reading
How some companies reap rewards of people analytics tools
Using people analytics to gain insight is incredibly tricky, and it's not necessarily for the reasons you might think. Here's a look at how some companies are approaching the issue.Continue Reading
What the Hawthorne effect reveals about employee experience
The phenomenon of the Hawthorne effect is used to support ideas about employee needs, including your potential HR technology choices. Here's why you should be wary of that.Continue Reading
Why a stellar HR technology strategy is a must for success
You want people management success and a competitive edge, not HR technology disasters. Here's advice on how to avoid the latter and win the talent war.Continue Reading
Tie talent analytics to customer metrics to boost sales
Echo Global Logistics uses analytics to correlate customer satisfaction with the employee experience and boost performance on both sides of the sales and service equation.Continue Reading
Secrets of tech-enabled workplace mindfulness programs
As part of their employee wellness programs, some companies are using technology to promote mindfulness at work. Here's a look at how they're doing it.Continue Reading
Twelve HCM system changes that affect analytics
Here's an in-depth look at 12 changes you might make to your human capital management system that are likely to affect your HR-related analytics data and reporting.Continue Reading
Employee experience technology helps ex-cons track jobs
Employee experience app helps national nonprofit track work performance of ex-cons whom the group helps get jobs. App also lets employers and former prisoners record job results.Continue Reading
Five steps to kick-start your employee experience strategy
To win the war for talent, you need a great employee experience strategy that addresses culture, workspace and technology. Here are some essentials you need to get started.Continue Reading
HR self-service software exits Texas college from email era
Big Texas community college system moves out of email era into automated HR self-service and HR project management with SaaS software from cloud services vendor.Continue Reading
Employee engagement technology can improve benefits administration
Employers seeking to improve benefits administration should use employee engagement technology and integrate wellness programs to help acquire and retain talent.Continue Reading
Gamification platform aims to engage employees and boost performance
Cato Networks uses quizzes, puzzles and a racetrack on GamEffective to motivate sales development representatives to achieve weekly targets for calls and scheduling meetings.Continue Reading
Learning management platform helps keep Unisys employees up to date
The vast majority of employees at Unisys said they were more effective at their jobs after completing training on the cloud-based Skillsoft learning management system.Continue Reading
HR data analytics can lay the groundwork for workforce improvements
Emilio J. Castilla, a professor at MIT, urges executives to use data for decisions about employees, instead of relying on intuition, experience or advice.Continue Reading
How HR can improve the candidate experience in recruitment
Everything from your applicant tracking system to how the company welcomes and trains new hires has an effect on job seekers and employees. Here's why it all matters.Continue Reading
Predictive HR analytics prescribes employee healthcare remedies
Castlight Health's predictive analytics sheds light on segments of an employee population prone to certain ailments and privately suggests cost-effective healthcare options.Continue Reading
HR analytics tools bring increased employee privacy concerns
Companies can be well-intentioned when they collect data on employees, but they also face the prospect of overstepping their bounds when it comes to privacy.Continue Reading
Bringing HR and finance together
HR and finance information has traditionally been siloed, but organizations are finding that to be competitive, they have to break down the long-standing barriers between the two departments.Continue Reading
How HR can craft effective BYOD policies
Although the management of BYOD programs has primarily fallen on IT, experts say HR must now get involved to create BYOD policies for employees.Continue Reading
Corporate learning teams should tackle new role as curators of context
With free, on-demand learning content widely available online, corporate learning leaders should provide direction, said HCI conference speakers.Continue Reading
Houston uses Kronos time and attendance to survive budget crunch
In a video, hear how America's fourth largest city automated workforce management from Deputy Director Don Pagel, the man who led the project.Continue Reading