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Tag: human resources (page 8)
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The Digital World of Work: 6 HR Leaders Share Their Visions and Fears
The era of digital HR is arriving fast, bringing together social, mobile, analytic and cloud technologies. Digital HR will bring with it new ways to improve employee productivity and the effectiveness of business processes but the power of HR tech transformation is only beginning to emerge.
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Internal Communications Returns to Its Marketing Roots
Once upon a time, Marketing and Communications were tightly woven together under the name of “Marcomms.” Then Internal Communications split away as its own department and aligned more closely with Human Relations, with a focus on internal branding and engaging employees.
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How HR Supports Professional Development in the Workplace
Online courses, podcasts and new tech tools give employees more ownership over their professional development than ever before. So what role should human resources (HR) play in learning and development (L&D)? Even if HR does not directly administer employee education, the department can still play an important facilitator role.
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Serial Entrepreneur Aims to 'Bring Moms Back to Work'
SAN FRANCISCO — Kristen Koh Goldstein created a startup to address what she describes as a "huge labor pool of highly educated and credentialed moms" who need flexibility in their life. The former Wall Street trader and mother of three is the founder of HireAthena, an on-demand labor marketplace that aims
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Overhaul Human Resources to Meet Today's Challenges
Human Resources used to mean processing payroll, sending birthday gifts, arranging company outings and making sure forms were filled in. But human resources' role has evolved from administrative to strategic. Human resources now employs people, trains them, compensates them, develops performance management policies and develops retention strategies.
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Should Human Resources Manage Digital IDs?
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, we’ve heard measured, well-reasoned, tempered suggestions that the IT security team within an organization should coalesce or collaborate or do something with “co-” as a prefix with the human resources (HR) team.
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Cutting Employees Some Slack With Workplace Technology
Don't look now, but the topic of employee engagement is coming up again. We've already told you how employees seem to be more than ever "quitting in their seats." New research only appears to confirm this, with employees actually trying to quit by leaving their seats.
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Speed Read: How to Keep Americans Happy at Work
So the nap pods and slides aren't working? Not even beer? Americans are still not happy at work — as evidenced by the fact that one out of four of your colleagues are thinking about quitting this year. Unhappy, Unmotivated Scottsdale, Ariz. business operating systems provider Bolste released a
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Putting the Human Back In 'Human Resources'
“It’s enrollment season again. Did you file your paperwork yet?” “I cannot tell the difference between plans, except for how much it is going to cost me.” “Tell me about it. I try to get answers from our HR department, but I am not getting anywhere. I have to fend for myself…” “Yeah, now we have to use an app to get answers, but no one understands me when I have questions about my plan.” Stop me if you've
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Versal Moves From Classrooms to Business
Employee training can be quite the drag. Think large binders filled with laborious instruction or dry presentations that can drone on for hours. Versal wants to build a better way for employers to offer online training and empower team members collaborate more fluidly with their peers.
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New Platform Promises to Woo Tech Talent
Recruiting platform for tech talent
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4 HR Tech Trends To Watch This Year
HR tech trends to watch in 2016
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Looking Back: An Odd Year For Women In Tech
There were plenty of examples of online harassment -- and pay discrimination was spotlighted again -- but there was one feel-good moment at the end.
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6 IT Skills Employers Will Pay Anything To Get
IT skills are in high-demand anyway but some skills are so rare that the person who has them can write their own ticket.
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