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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Soft skills are increasingly important in creating successful leaders Guest post from Gary S. Remarkably, the most consistent area of incompetence pertains to developing leaders. Ninety-one percent of HR professionals surveyed by LinkedIn believe soft skills are very important for the future of recruiting.

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Is Establishing a Remote HR Career Effective?

HR Digest

HR manager’s comfort in work from home is also encouraging news as they will be a part of team developing policies and practices that will support remote work as companies begin making it a permanent fixture for some or even all of their workforce. Can HR Managers Work From Home? It can certainly be used while interviewing for remote HR jobs.

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How to negotiate a higher salary

HR Digest

It shows how much your organization values your skills and knowledge and appreciates your work. And so, it is a reflection of how your company supports your work-life balance, flextime, opportunities for growth and promotion, perks, and so forth. Your salary is more than a figure that gets deposited in the bank account.

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Creating a Desirable Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

HR Digest

The labor market remains tight for all industries and across all skill levels indicating that companies are having difficulty finding the right talent across a wide range of occupations. Career: This core component of EVP comprises of career stability, training and development, and evaluation and feedback, etc. As the U.S.

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Answering “Why did you quit your last job” in an interview

HR Digest

A reference from your last job or company goes a long way in reassuring the interviewer of your performance and skills. I was given ample opportunity to develop the positioning of products and present sales pitches to clients. For example: NEED FLEXTIME. The interviewer wants to know if there were performance issues involved.

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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? Extended flextime, such as job sharing, part-time work, and sabbaticals, is an even stronger employee magnet. The answer seems to be a confusing “both.”

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How to retain parents after parental leave

HR Digest

In times of demographic change and skilled labor shortage, organizations depend on the skills and the labor that employees who are parents can bring to the table. Do you offer a variety of work time models like flextime, part-time, job sharing or remote work? Develop an individual re-entry strategy in good time.