Don’t Forget the Sizzle with Your Job Description Steak
With today’s top job candidates besieged with offers, how you go about writing job descriptions may determine your chances of winning the talent you need.
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Navigating the New M&A Landscape: A People-First Approach
Developing the right merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy is never simple. Combining two complex organizations—each with distinct business processes, goals, company cultures, and team structures—can be an intricate process, one that brings both significant opportunity and potential risk for organizations of all sizes. Radical market changes over the past 2 years have only increased these […]
The Middle Ground: Strategies for Supporting and Developing Middle Managers
Middle managers are often described as the “connective tissue” of an organization, translating executive strategy into actionable initiatives for frontline employees while also voicing the needs and concerns of their teams to leadership. This dual-facing role makes middle management uniquely demanding, requiring those in this role to juggle competing priorities, manage expectations from both directions, […]
The Rise of FOBO: Why Workers Are Eyeing AI-Proof Careers
As AI tools continue to reshape work across industries, a new anxiety has entered the professional lexicon: FOBO—fear of becoming obsolete. While the term may sound buzzword-y, the concern is anything but abstract for today’s workforce. According to new data from Kickresume, 21% of respondents say they’ve either lost a job due to AI or […]
3 More Trends Transforming Training
In yesterday’s HR Daily Advisor we began to explore trends that are transforming the world of training. Today, we’ll look at a few more.
Off the Clock? Not So Fast: Compensable Time at Company Conferences
Q: One of our hourly, nonexempt employees is attending our company’s annual conference that includes activities after 5 p.m. Are we required to pay them for the time spent traveling to the conference, as well as for the events attended after 5? Would this time count toward overtime? Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), […]
Leveraging Automated Data to Help Make Background Checks More Efficient
Most employers are all too familiar with the challenges of hiring. It’s difficult to reach out to and attract candidates, to find candidates that have the right skills and experience for a role, and to choose potential employees that align with the company’s culture. Additionally, considering that the best candidates are typically only available for […]
Mind Over Matter: Lessons from the Olympics
When I flipped on the television last week to check out the Olympics, I found myself watching the men’s Super-G Alpine skiing. By the time I had tuned in, the celebrated American skier Bode Miller was safely at the bottom of the slope and sitting in first place. This is believed to be the final […]
Employee Digital Privacy Rights and Expectations, Part 1
What rights do employees have in the workplace when it comes to the privacy of their digital lives? Can they expect that their e-mails won’t be read by someone else at the company? Does that answer differ for company e-mails versus e-mails that are personal but sent from a company device? What about texts sent […]
10 Tips and Best Practices for Giving Employees Valuable Feedback (Part 2)
Yesterday’s post offered five tips and best practices for giving your employees valuable feedback. Here are five additional tips: 6. Make it Timely and Relevant When providing feedback, ensure it’s timely and relevant. Don’t procrastinate in giving feedback, even if it’s challenging. For example, if brand-new customer service representatives fail to follow a certain script […]