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Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide is an online recruiting company noted for its flagship Monster.com job site. Continue Reading
human capital management (HCM)
Human capital management (HCM) is a comprehensive set of practices and tools used for recruiting, managing and developing employees. Continue Reading
How can HR support the hybrid workforce?
HR has a crucial role to play in supporting the hybrid workforce. Learn how HR can help organizational leaders ensure success. Continue Reading
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Top 20 strategic L&D terms learning pros should know
Career development is key to employee retention, and effective L&D initiatives start with an understanding of important learning concepts. Here are 20 of the most important. Continue Reading
14 hybrid workplace technologies to power future of work
Hybrid work offers a positive employee experience and productivity gains but those only come to fruition with the right technology. Learn which tools are the most important. Continue Reading
Soft skills key to employability in age of automation
Soft skills will become even more important as automation increases. Learn what top workplace soft skills organizations will need and how to enable training.Continue Reading
How to offboard HCM project team post-implementation
A successful HCM implementation must include a proactive plan for offboarding temporary members of the project team. Learn what issues you'll need to address.Continue Reading
3 ways HR can support women in the workplace
The HR team's support for women has a powerful influence on gender equality and employee experience. Learn how HR can make a positive impact on your workplace culture.Continue Reading
Guide to digital badges for the workplace
Digital badges are becoming more common in the workplace. Here's how they can help HR during the hiring process and why some industry leaders have doubts.Continue Reading
10 components of an effective employee well-being strategy
Corporate wellness programs are getting renewed attention and now incorporate emotional, mental and financial health. Find out what the new holistic approach requires.Continue Reading
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Internal mobility: Benefits, tools, best practices
Internal mobility is meant to capitalize on the organization's own talent. Learn why it's important, what stands in the way and how best to support it.Continue Reading
Facilities planning process balances safety and productivity
Strategic facilities management plans embrace technologies that ensure safe, productive work environments for increasing numbers of employees returning to the office.Continue Reading
How HR can help promote a caring culture
HR's role has become increasingly strategic and part of that requires focusing on truly supporting employees. Here's some advice on how to make that a reality.Continue Reading
What technology did HR need because of the pandemic in 2020?
2020 complicated HR teams' ability to help manage employees. Here's a look at three ways technology helped, including strengthening security and using new video platforms.Continue Reading
Top 4 diversity recruiting strategies to achieve true D&I
Increased scrutiny from the public has caused employers to seek innovative diversity and inclusion strategies. Here's how to make sure your diversity recruiting strategies succeed.Continue Reading
How to handle layoffs with compassion -- or possibly avoid them
Handling layoffs with compassion and sensitivity is critical for the employee experience of those who are leaving and staying. Here's advice on how to do so.Continue Reading
7 keys to a successful diversity and inclusion initiative
Today's workforce is calling for a stop to bias and prejudice, and business and HR leaders need to take effective action. Here's a look at diversity initiative best practices.Continue Reading
Remote workforce technology boosts employee productivity
Spurred by COVID-19, companies are taking a fresh look at the benefits of a remote workforce supported by advanced HR tools and techniques that keep employees productive.Continue Reading
Top 9 technical skills required for HR
Today's HR departments are increasingly reliant on a range of technologies. That means human resources professionals must get tech-savvy -- and do so quickly.Continue Reading
Why an HR IT interface discussion is critical to implementation
When making the decision to implement an HR IT interface, you must consider cost, development and support. Ensure you're asking the right questions before the planning stage.Continue Reading
The human resources career path: From HR assistant to CHRO
HR's role has slowly gained more recognition as a strategic business partner. Learn about the typical HR career path and why technology is more important to the career than ever before.Continue Reading
How to motivate remote employees: 5 keys to success
Motivating a remote team is not the same as motivating workers in person. Here's a look at how managers should adapt and the tools they can use to do so.Continue Reading
How to design an employee journey map (with template)
This handy guide shows you how to build your own employee journey map, which is more important than ever as the coronavirus disrupts workforces across the globe.Continue Reading
5 tips for better HR software selection
Finding the right software isn't just a one-stop shop. You'll need to follow the right strategy before determining the HR software that is best for your company.Continue Reading
3 keys to employee engagement measurement
Far too many organizations and their HR departments conduct employee engagement measurement in a way that does more harm than good. Here's how to get it right.Continue Reading
HRIS department an essential bridge between HR, IT
Emerson Electric's VP of HRIS explains why it's important to have a team that can translate HR needs into the black and white of IT -- and guide HR in how to spell it all out.Continue Reading
Get smarter about HR data security
HR deals with mountains of sensitive employee data and must do a better job of protecting that information. Here's a look at how they can do just that.Continue Reading
Do you know how to improve employee experience? Test yourself
Think you know what it takes to create a positive employee experience for your workers? Take this EX quiz to test your savvy and see where you need work.Continue Reading
How to choose a payroll vendor: 8 keys for SMBs
Choosing a payroll vendor is one of the most important decisions that leaders of small and medium-sized businesses can make. Learn which factors you must consider.Continue Reading
Employee engagement process balances technology and people
Surveys and onboarding tools can help, but they're only small pieces to the employee engagement puzzle. This handbook provides a holistic view of corporate culture.Continue Reading
Pre-employment assessment tools enter the smartphone age
AI and sentiment analysis are meant to make new mobile apps better at matching candidates with your organization. But experts say to tread carefully.Continue Reading
Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)
HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute) is a U.S. based credentialing organization offering certifications to HR generalists, administrators and managers. The certifications are awarded upon successful completion of competency exams that cover...Continue Reading
HireVue
HireVue is an enterprise video interviewing technology vendor that allows recruiters and hiring managers to screen candidates and conduct live interviews over the Internet.Continue Reading
New technologies for HR managers boost employee experience
Today's tech builds on HRMS recordkeeping and talent management development models to give holistic views of the employee experience. HR's role will never be the same.Continue Reading
6 key steps to take to build an employee onboarding plan
Companies can benefit from using an application that automates onboarding by not only streamlining the process, but by also ensuring that employees are set up for success.Continue Reading
Employee onboarding automation boosts retention, recruiting
Software that automates the onboarding process has benefits that go far beyond labor savings in HR. It can be vital to a positive employee experience that impacts the bottom line.Continue Reading
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a performance management framework designed to encourage companies to set, communicate and monitor broad organizational goals and results.Continue Reading
Successful data-driven products require user-based design
As HR relies more on data, developers should design products around user needs instead of process needs to alleviate the pressure on HR to work smarter and faster.Continue Reading
8 important questions to ask HRMS vendors during evaluation
Knowing the right questions to ask before choosing an HRMS vendor can ensure that the software is implemented as planned, without incurring any additional costs.Continue Reading
Assigning your own project manager to an HRMS implementation
You may want to assign your own independent project manager before deploying an HRMS to ensure the project is successful and aligns with your goals. Here are several reasons why.Continue Reading
Director of Employee Engagement
Director of employee engagement is one of the job titles for an HR manager who is responsible for an organization's employee engagement strategy.Continue Reading
Old-school recruiting tools help Pittsburgh tech firm
LinkedIn's new emerging jobs report put machine learning skills at the top of the list. If you're a tech firm in Pittsburgh, what's a good way to poach that kind of San Francisco tech talent? A billboard.Continue Reading
5 secrets for a successful employee experience framework
The complexities of formulating a good employee experience strategy can be intimidating. Here are five tips to ease the process of establishing a great employee workplace.Continue Reading
An expert on the surprising benefits of a whistleblower hotline
New research shows that a whistleblower system can play a critical role in finding problems fast. And the earlier an HR team knows about a problem, the easier it is to fix it.Continue Reading
SaaS HR a seedbed for innovations in AI, people analytics
The leading edge of 'intelligent' HR technology resides in SaaS, fueled by the cloud's computing power and storage. But getting machines to predict human behavior is challenging.Continue Reading
digital HR
Digital HR is the digital transformation of HR services and processes through the use of social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) technologies.Continue Reading
Employee turnover prediction takes aim at rising quit rate
The economy is encouraging employees to look for new jobs, and the quit rates are rising. HR has a variety of tools and methods for detecting turnover risk.Continue Reading
Cloud-based HR systems seen as essential to HR agility
IT cost and time savings remain the underpinning, but experts say the desire to be free of old constraints and the ability to adopt modern HR practices drive many new purchases.Continue Reading
employee poaching (talent poaching)
Employee poaching (talent poaching) or job poaching is the recruiting of employees who work at competing companies.Continue Reading
Mindfulness technology helps companies bolster worker well-being
In discussing how to bring mindfulness programs into enterprises, vendors explain details on what works for employees, how technology can help and a few cautions.Continue Reading
e-recruitment (e-recruiting)
E-recruitment is an umbrella term for any electronic-based recruiting and recruitment management activity.Continue Reading
Eight human capital management functions every HR department needs
Employee self-service and wellness portals are no longer enough. Now, you need a multipronged strategy that tackles the most urgent talent issues with the right technology.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
Huge potential of video interview software comes with risks
Tech-savvy millennials' advantage over older workers risks ageism, and AI needs work handling emotions and ethnicity. But few doubt video's convenience as a data-rich vetting tool.Continue Reading
How AI and machine learning help in upskilling employees
The rapidly changing technology landscape requires companies to change their approach to L&D and deliver more individualized learning. Here's how AI and machine learning may help.Continue Reading
Workday focuses on GDPR employee data protections
Workday has focused on helping customers comply with the GDPR regulations going into effect in Europe, including providing the ability to purge and access individual employee data.Continue Reading
payroll software
Payroll software automates the process of paying salaried, hourly and contingent employees.Continue Reading
Video interview platforms make headway against consumer tech
Some recruiters prefer the familiarity of popular video tools, like FaceTime and Skype, but they may be missing out on the rich candidate profiles and analytics of dedicated systems.Continue Reading
New HR tools and techniques align employee, company goals
Emerging HR tools and techniques look at augmenting the power of purpose in business by aligning employees' sense of purpose with organizational goals.Continue Reading
Three ways the employee Net Promoter Score is an HR supertool
Employee experience borrows a number of tools from customer experience, and eNPS is one of the most powerful. Here's a look at what it is, why it matters and how to use it.Continue Reading
Expert talks tech for voluntary benefits for employees
Employees are increasingly choosing voluntary benefits, such as pet insurance, tuition assistance and identity protection. In this Q&A, an expert talks about the new benefits landscape.Continue Reading
cognitive diversity
Cognitive diversity is the inclusion of people who have different styles of problem-solving and can offer unique perspectives because they think differently. Unlike demographic diversity, which focuses on achieving a mixture of statistical ...Continue Reading
GDPR employee data rules to affect U.S. HR tech vendors
In this podcast, an HR tech expert discusses how GDPR rules governing employee and personal data for the European Union require all companies doing business in the EU to comply.Continue Reading
organizational network analysis (ONA)
Organizational network analysis (ONA) is a quantitative method for modeling and analyzing how communications, information, decisions and resources flow through an organization.Continue Reading
A definitive list of talent management software features
Go beyond the marketing hype, and dig beneath the surface to identify the not-so-obvious features you need to assemble a talent management suite that can grow with your company.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
The importance of a digital employee experience strategy
Carol Rozwell, an analyst on Gartner's digital workplace team, discusses employee experience strategy, the bigger role ahead for IT and the need to redesign workspaces.Continue Reading
Seven creative strategies for reducing employee stress
Americans are stressed, and job anxieties are a major cause. Here's what some employers are doing to make sure their employees are happy -- and not looking for their next gig.Continue Reading
Tips for automating the performance management process
Whether you have a talent management suite or are doing it in documents and email, you can build a people-friendly, efficient process if you know where to put your priorities.Continue Reading
employee engagement software
Employee engagement software helps workers feel more satisfied with their jobs and absorbed in the mission and culture of their organization, and, therefore, more productive and effective.Continue Reading
HubSpot CPO shares HR technology strategy wisdom
For marketing software company HubSpot, HR technology decisions are led by strategy and employee experience, not by shiny object syndrome. Here's a look.Continue Reading
One secret to a data-driven HR culture? Change management
Typically, the HR department doesn't have analytics experience, and analytics experts don't have HR experience. That's why change management is critical to HR analytics success.Continue Reading
workforce analytics
Workforce analytics is a combination of software and methodology that applies statistical models to worker-related data, allowing enterprise leaders to optimize human resource management (HRM).Continue Reading
The nine best ways to boost workplace mindfulness success
A corporate mindfulness program can help your employees become more productive and can support your wellness efforts. Here's a look at how to get it right.Continue Reading
xAPI (experience API)
The xAPI (experience API), also known as Tin Can API, is an open source software specification that provides a set of rules for representing the events a learner performs while interacting with a piece of learning content.Continue Reading
Workday
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that specializes in human capital management and financial management applications.Continue Reading
ADP Mobile Solutions
ADP Mobile Solutions allows employees to use their mobile devices to access records such as their pay, schedules, time cards, retirement funds, benefits, contacts and calendar.Continue Reading
Visier
Cloud-based vendor Visier sells software for workforce analytics and workforce planning. Visier promotes its software's predictive analytics capabilities, data mining and visualization tools, and the software's ability to help match the number of ...Continue Reading
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand is a vendor of cloud-based learning and talent management software. Cornerstone OnDemand provides management of recruiting, onboarding, performance and goals, learning, social collaboration, analytics, compensation and ...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
70-20-10 (70-20-10 rule)
70-20-10 is a formula that describes how someone learns to do their job. The formula proposes that on average, 70% of a person's learning at work is internal and experience-based, 20% comes from interacting with fellow employees and 10% is the ...Continue Reading
Test your knowledge of workforce management tools and software
How much do you know about workforce management software? Take this short quiz and find out.Continue Reading
Talent management systems quiz
Are you an expert on talent management systems, or could your knowledge benefit from some brushing up? Find out by taking this seven-question quiz.Continue Reading
Taleo
Taleo is a cloud-based talent management software vendor that was acquired by Oracle in February 2012.Continue Reading