Tag: Culture

Survey Reveals HR Departments Increase Focus on Engagement, Company Culture

For the second consecutive year, from the annual SHRM Conference & Exposition, Paychex released the results of its Pulse of HR Survey, offering insights on the challenges and priorities of today’s HR leaders. The survey, which collected over 300 responses from HR leaders (managers and up) in small and midsize organizations across the United States, […]

Can AI Help Drive More Employee Engagement?

Employee engagement is as necessary to a business as a paycheck is to a worker—but the mere necessity of these two doesn’t make them effortless by default. As explained by the Institute of Employment Studies, employee engagement is a two-way street, where both the organization and the employee have the right to decide on the […]

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Recruiting Top Talent in an Age of Low Unemployment Rates

With the unemployment rate at less than 4%, jobseekers are currently in the driver’s seat and are being more selective with their potential job opportunities. And now, employers must turn to more passive candidates and look at long-term goals and strategies if they’re interested in acquiring top talent.

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Why Traditional Classroom Training Falls Short

Picture what it was like to go to class in school—the rigid routine of getting up early to sit and listen to lectures for what seemed like unending hours. Now, imagine going through this same experience as an adult in your workplace training program.

HR

The HR Professional as an Experience Designer

As Courtney Branson writes for HR Daily Advisor, the role of HR is undergoing a transformation. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise to those serving in HR roles—it’s a profession that has been impacted significantly over the past few years by technology, as well as the economy and other forces.

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Companies’ Reduction in Employee Flexibility Is Misplaced

Companies vary greatly in their willingness to allow employees flexibility in their work, as well as in how that flexibility manifests itself—from working from home all the time, with unlimited paid time off (PTO), to flex work and the ability to work from home on certain days or on a certain number of days per […]

Don’t Make the Mistake of Workplace Inflexibility

There are as many variations of flexible workplaces as there are workplaces. Some places allow working from home once a week, or all the time, or when earned, or not at all—for example.