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• Should you offer unlimited time off? 8 pros and cons

  Unlimited time off helps companies demonstrate that they trust their employees, but disadvantages include workers deciding not to use their PTO. Learn more pros and cons.  Continue Reading

• How to increase employee engagement on sustainability

  Getting employees excited about sustainability topics doesn't just happen. Here's how initiatives such as sustainability ERGs and volunteering opportunities can spark engagement.  Continue Reading

• The pros and cons of hiring boomerang employees

  Returning, or 'boomerang,' employees can bring plenty of advantages, such as faster onboarding, but disadvantages can include employee complacency. Learn about the pros and cons.  Continue Reading

• Should your company start a spot bonus program?

  A spot bonus program can positively affect employee experience as long as spot bonuses are delivered quickly yet sparingly. Learn some spot bonuses best practices.  Continue Reading

• Benefits of employee recognition programs and ideas to try

  Employee recognition programs can lead to happier workers, which helps companies overall. Learn some benefits of employee recognition programs as well as potential pitfalls.  Continue Reading

• How to choose an HR software system in 2023: A complete guide

  Buying the right HR tools is more critical than ever. This step-by-step guide to HR software will help you identify your needs and pinpoint the features that matter most.  Continue Reading

• 8 talent acquisition and recruitment trends in 2023

  With workers returning to the office and the effects of the "great resignation" still being felt, recruiters now have to appeal to candidates worried about salaries and inflation.  Continue Reading

• 5 best practices in performance reviews

  Performance reviews are a stressful time for many employees. Learn the best practices HR leaders should ensure managers follow to make the reviews go as smoothly as possible.  Continue Reading

• 7 exit interview questions to ask departing employees

  Exit interview data is a valuable resource for improving company operations. Learn some of the best questions to ask an employee during an exit interview.  Continue Reading

• How companies can avoid a poor candidate experience

  In a competitive job market, companies must learn how to avoid a poor candidate experience. Here are some best practices to follow.  Continue Reading

• How recruiters can reject candidates respectfully

  How recruiters reject job candidates can make a huge difference in a candidate's feelings towards a company. Learn some ways that recruiters can improve the rejection process.  Continue Reading

• 6 offboarding best practices for HR leaders to follow

  An employee departure is a stressful time for the worker and the company. HR leaders should learn some offboarding best practices to maintain a positive relationship.  Continue Reading

• 4 ways HR can support and develop managers

  Managers may be inexperienced and require help facing today's business challenges. Learn how HR leaders can help managers succeed in their roles.  Continue Reading

• Guide to building an effective employee experience strategy

  Here's how the physical environment, culture and technology shape the employee experience -- and the steps you can take to improve it. It starts with listening.  Continue Reading

• 5 steps for getting started with VR soft skills training

  HR leaders should learn about potential pitfalls and necessary early steps before launching a VR soft skills training program. Learn how to get started using VR.  Continue Reading

• 7 talent acquisition strategies for better hiring in 2023

  As the pandemic recedes and the cost of living rises, candidates are looking elsewhere for better pay. Be prepared with a top-notch candidate experience, career site and ATS.  Continue Reading

• 5 examples of VR's use in soft skills training

  Soft skills are increasingly valued in today's marketplace. Learn some examples of VR soft skills training, including helping to build empathy skills.  Continue Reading

• New enterprise learning tools put employees in control

  The creator economy, peer-based collaborative learning and next-generation content providers are democratizing training and making it more personal -- with a big assist from AI.  Continue Reading

• How virtual reality can benefit soft skills training

  Virtual reality can support soft skills training in a number of ways. Learn why more companies and their HR departments are turning to VR simulations.  Continue Reading

• How to start an inclusive mentoring program

  An inclusive mentoring program can improve an employee's sense of belonging and create new relationships between workers. Learn how to start one and mistakes to avoid.  Continue Reading

• Ultimate guide to recruitment and talent acquisition

  It's no longer good enough to recruit for today. You need to take a long view and build a workforce for the next stage of growth. Here's how talent acquisition helps.  Continue Reading

• How are recruitment and talent acquisition different?

  Learn the difference between talent acquisition and recruiting, including the strategic implications each has for your organization and the technologies that help the most.  Continue Reading

• 9 keys to a killer recruitment marketing strategy

  In a hiring market that presents unprecedented challenges, every HR and recruiting team needs to develop a marketing strategy to attract top-notch candidates. Here's how.  Continue Reading

• Guide to developing social media recruiting strategies

  To navigate the complexities and avoid the pitfalls of social media recruiting, companies must set goals, choose the right platforms, promote their culture and measure results.  Continue Reading

• What HR should consider about digital accessibility

  Digital accessibility is important for recruiting, retention and meeting legal requirements. Learn what HR professionals should consider, including how to get started.  Continue Reading

• 5-stage remote onboarding checklist for new hire success

  New employees have specific needs during the various phases of onboarding, from pre-onboarding to their first months on the job. Use this checklist to welcome -- and retain -- them.  Continue Reading

• How to welcome a new employee virtually and boost retention

  How can organizations welcome new employees virtually and make sure they feel valued? HR leaders can use these 10 strategies and share them with managers.  Continue Reading

• The 4 most common HR data security issues

  Common data security issues that HR departments encounter include HR software vulnerabilities and chatbots. Learn about the most common HR data threats and how to prevent them.  Continue Reading

• Why HR plays an important role in preventing cyber attacks

  Human resources information is some of the most sensitive and critical information on company networks. Learn why HR has an important part to play in preventing cyber attacks.  Continue Reading

• What types of technologies help with remote onboarding?

  Types of technologies like onboarding software and company intranet can help with the onboarding process for a remote employee. Learn the tools HR leaders should acquire.  Continue Reading

• 4 best practices for creating an internal talent marketplace

  Internal mobility is one potential solution to companies' current recruiting problems. Learn about internal talent marketplaces and best practices for creating one.  Continue Reading

• Top 5 uses for VR in learning and development

  Learning and development programs can potentially benefit from the addition of virtual reality, though drawbacks do exist. Learn about VR's potential use cases and its risks.  Continue Reading

• 6 potential uses for VR during onboarding

  VR can potentially help improve the onboarding process for employees. Learn some ways HR departments can use the technology when a new employee joins the company.  Continue Reading

• VR in recruiting, hiring: Current adoption, future potential

  Virtual reality has the potential to help employers with aspects of hiring and recruiting like skills evaluations. Learn how the technology could improve the candidate experience.  Continue Reading

• How to create effective and inclusive job ads: 4 tips

  Learn how to create inclusive job ads, including examining your language to make sure you're not turning away women or people of color, and why doing so is important.  Continue Reading

• 7 tips to boost employee referrals

  Employee referrals can be a huge boon to companies currently struggling to recruit new workers. Learn some tips on how to boost them and how tech can help.  Continue Reading

• How technology can help identify pay inequity

  Various technologies and tools, including job evaluation software and compensation planning applications, may help companies identify pay inequity. Learn how.  Continue Reading

• 8 workforce management tools to support flexible work hours

  A flexible work hours policy can improve employee experience, especially for working mothers. Learn about some tools that can potentially help employers manage this.  Continue Reading

• Review your COVID-19 enterprise collaboration tools strategy

  Now that COVID-19 is a new normal and not just a short-term disruption, companies must revisit the collaboration tool investments they made at the start of the pandemic. Learn how.  Continue Reading

• Top strategies and tools to prevent employee isolation

  Feelings of isolation and loneliness are growing as employees continue to work from home. Learn strategies and tools that HR and business leaders can use to help.  Continue Reading

• Should you redesign your office during COVID-19?

  Contemporary office spaces must protect workers but also enable collaboration. Learn how to redesign your office so it brings workers together and keeps them safe.  Continue Reading

• How RPA can improve payroll processes

  RPA can help with some of the tasks associated with payroll, including shift payment calculation. Learn how RPA can potentially improve payroll operations.  Continue Reading

• How RPA can simplify the onboarding process

  Onboarding an employee is always hectic, and RPA can help with required employee paperwork and payroll information. Learn the other benefits RPA can bring to onboarding.  Continue Reading

• Employee background check errors harm thousands of workers

  Errors in background checks have prevented thousands of potential employees from being hired, and with more data collection, AI and automation, the problem could worsen.  Continue Reading

• How RPA can improve your recruiting process

  RPA's uses in recruiting include sorting resumes and communicating with candidates. Here's a guide to how RPA can optimize your company's recruiting process.  Continue Reading

• HRIS vs. HRMS vs. HCM: Key differences and similarities

  Learning what the terms HRIS, HRMS and HCM mean -- and how they're different -- is an important step in the software buying process. Here are some ways to tell them apart.  Continue Reading

• 5 workforce management tools for the new normal

  Workforce management tools can help supervisors lead a hybrid workforce and ease the transition to a new company normal. Learn about some of the most important.  Continue Reading

• Overview of SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

  SAP SuccessFactors HXM is the next iteration of SuccessFactors HCM and is meant to help HR departments manage the entire employee lifecycle. Here's a closer look.  Continue Reading

• 5 tips for choosing the right HR technology

  Choosing the right HR technology and tools for your company requires first understanding one truth: There is no perfect software. But from there, you can decide on what works best.  Continue Reading

• A guide to scheduling software

  As employees continue to work remotely full- or part-time, scheduling software could help smooth the transition to a hybrid office. Learn more with this guide to the software.  Continue Reading

• 7 essentials for better HR software change management

  Change management is one of the most difficult aspects of implementing HR software. Here's how to improve your company's change management for your next implementation.  Continue Reading

• The most common HR tech implementation challenges

  Perennial project problems include incomplete requirements and employees taking time off close to the go-live. Here are some of the most common HR tech implementation challenges.  Continue Reading

• 11 ways to create a hybrid workforce strategy that works

  An effective hybrid workplace strategy requires a complex mix of ingredients, including clear communication and the right technology. Here's advice on getting it all right.  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

• Why algorithmic auditing can't fully cope with AI bias in hiring

  Critics say you can't trust AI yet with diversity and inclusion in hiring -- or the elaborate audits meant to root out AI bias. Hiring software vendors beg to differ.  Continue Reading

• HR can help support employees' mental health, well-being

  Employees are more worried and stressed than ever before. Here's a look at how business and HR leaders can get serious about mental health and well-being in the workplace.  Continue Reading

• Four-day workweek reactions range from warm to cool

  The rise of flexible hours, along with remote and hybrid work, is reviving a discussion: Should firms implement a four-day workweek? The answer is anything but simple.  Continue Reading

• 8 tips for welcoming employees back to the office

  Employees who have become used to working from home may have mixed feelings about coming back to the office. That's why welcoming them back in the right way is so important.  Continue Reading

• Benefits and challenges of a hybrid workplace

  Employees' desire for flexibility may lead organizations to explore a hybrid workplace, but hybrid work has strengths and weaknesses. Learn what it looks like in practice.  Continue Reading

• 10 microlearning strategies to boost continual learning

  Microlearning can be beneficial for employees because it breaks down topics into manageable chunks. Learn 10 strategies to maximize microlearning's success.  Continue Reading

• 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

• When the HCM sponsor exits mid-project

  If the HR software project champion leaves the organization or, for some other reason, leaves the project, the team must act quickly. Learn what steps the team should take.  Continue Reading

• Upskilling and reskilling employees for a competitive edge

  To stay competitive and offer a positive employee experience, organizations need to create a culture of learning that focuses on continuous growth.  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

• How an HR help desk supports an HCM rollout

  An HCM implementation requires strategic support and an HR help desk application may help provide that. Learn about features such as enhancement tracking, as well as vendors to research.  Continue Reading

• 6 tips for better digital learning in the workplace

  Today's companies need to upskill and reskill their workforces to stay competitive. Here's a look at some of the most important learning and development strategies that can help.  Continue Reading

• A data-driven approach to DEI supports real diversity

  Improve diversity and inclusion with an in-depth approach to making people of color, women and other marginalized groups feel good about where they work. Learn how data can help.  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

• 30 easy ways to help employees manage stress

  Companies can go beyond wellness programs with these strategies, which range from easy ideas to more long-term solutions for helping employees manage stress.  Continue Reading

• 10 steps to support your HCM system post go-live

  To ensure a new system's success, HR leaders need to develop a plan for how they will support their new HCM system post go-live. Here are 10 factors to consider.  Continue Reading

• 20 diversity and inclusion tools to power your DEI program

  Diversity and inclusion tools shouldn't replace strategy, but these tools can help companies in multiple ways, from tracking goals to removing applicant identifiers.  Continue Reading

• How to prevent employee burnout: 6 essentials

  Preventing employee burnout can be more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic, but companies should help employees before they hit that point. Here are some strategies to try.  Continue Reading

• Facilities planners, managers look to cloud enterprise platforms

  AI, analytics, collaboration software and advanced HVAC technology help reconfigure and manage safe and flexible workplace environments for employees returning to the office.  Continue Reading

• 8 diversity hiring mistakes you could be making

  Diversity hiring mistakes are all too common during the recruiting process. Here are some mistakes companies need to avoid for their recruiting efforts to be truly successful.  Continue Reading

• Future workplace planning emphasizes collaboration, flexibility

  ServiceNow's Kevin Nanney discusses the technologies businesses are implementing to smartly manage and reshape their offices into flexible, collaborative neighborhood workspaces.  Continue Reading

• HR technology platforms advance return-to-office plans

  ServiceNow's Kevin Nanney discusses the tools and technologies businesses are implementing to ensure worker safety, boost employee engagement and consolidate digital workflows.  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

• Employee poaching risk increases with remote work hiring

  Remote work opportunities may give rise to employee poaching, putting added pressure on HR departments. As geography starts to matter less, employee experience may matter more.  Continue Reading

• Employee wellness vs. employee well-being: The differences

  The terms 'employee wellness' and 'employee well-being' are sometimes used interchangeably, but many consider them to be different. Here's what you should know.  Continue Reading

• 12 examples of employee wellness software and apps

  Employee wellness software ranges from applications with one function to those with multiple features and integrations. Here are some to consider when doing your research.  Continue Reading

• 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

• CES debates the future of remote work trends

  CES usually has a firm grasp on future technology trends, but when it comes to remote work, the road ahead seems unclear.  Continue Reading

• DoD eyes blind recruiting-type technology for promotions

  The Pentagon may investigate blind recruiting-type technology to remove bias from the promotions process. It wants to improve the diversity in its officer ranks.  Continue Reading

• 3 critical employee experience technologies for the 'new normal'

  Since COVID-19 hit, HR leaders and their teams have pivoted to support the employee experience in new ways. Here's how technology has been critical to that support.  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

• 12 tips for recruiting and hiring ideal remote employees

  The pandemic has made working remotely the new normal in many organizations. Here's how to find and hire the best candidates -- all with a new, more virtual recruiting process.  Continue Reading

• Understand workplace COVID-19 contact tracing issues, methods

  COVID-19 contact tracing for offices, businesses, restaurants and other workplaces is a challenge for employers. Here is a look at different methods and how testing can work.  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

• The importance of employee well-being and how technology can help

  Technology can serve an important role in promoting employee wellness. Here's a look at why that matters and who should be involved.  Continue Reading

• HRIS administration requires close IT-HR collaboration

  There's no single ownership strategy for HRIS admin, but there may be some preferences. HR departments with on-premises systems are more likely to keep the tech management duties.  Continue Reading

• IBM's Lisa Seacat DeLuca on being a woman in the tech industry

  IBM's master inventor Lisa Seacat DeLuca gives insight into promoting gender diversity. Learn why both official programs and informal outreach are so important.  Continue Reading

• Employers scramble to build upskilling, reskilling programs

  Robotics, automation and the COVID-19 pandemic have governments and private businesses trying out new ways for rapidly upskilling and reskilling employees and, more broadly, the workforce.  Continue Reading

• 8 strategies HR can use to recruit Gen Z

  Gen Z is the newest generation entering the workforce. Learn some strategies HR teams and hiring managers can use to recruit the right candidates more quickly.  Continue Reading

• Post-pandemic workplace will be roomier and Zoom-ready

  The post-pandemic workplace will deliver roomier office spaces with better environmental conditions. They will be designed with sharing in mind for flexible scheduling.  Continue Reading

• EY 'people experience' strategy taps firm's process skills

  The accounting and consulting firm is integrating a mix of shared services, bot-enabled workflows, SuccessFactors HXM and Qualtrics employee engagement for its global workforce.  Continue Reading

• Top 10 video interviewing tools for a virtual hiring toolkit

  Video interviewing tools are essential in every modern recruiter's toolkit. Learn what 10 of the top tools offer and some of the HR systems they integrate with.  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