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New Employee Orientation Guide to Help You Increase Retention & Productivity

HR Digest

New employee orientation has a monumental impact on loyalty and engagement. Organizations have guidelines and a set of information that they should share with every new employee. However, depending on the job profile, job responsibilities, and the recruit’s experience, the information and guidelines will differ.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .   Here are my picks for the week of November 29th - December 5th, 2010.  Enjoy! . 

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What is HR Analytics?

HR Digest

HR analytics, also known as people analytics or workforce analytics, is a data-driven approach that empowers Human Resources Management (HRM) by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting HR data. The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success.

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Social Media Is Too Important to Be Left to the Marketing Department

Harvard Business Review

Clearly define roles and responsibilities among marketing, customer service, public relations, sales, corporate communication, human resources, etc. Create brand guidelines for standards, tone, and style of social media communication. Assign specific employees from each department to social media tasks.

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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

Seeing how this role is going to be a big part of work-life, employers need to reconsider their human resource policies to work in this burgeoning need. That is why a caregiver benefit is essential in an organization as all employees can find value in it. Foremost, the company has to have a culture of openness and employee-centric.

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The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies

Harvard Business Review

In high-performance environments, guidelines empower leaders to use their personal judgment to make decisions. Again, expectations and guidelines work better for thinking adults than black-and-white rules and steps. Once promoted, there was limited investment in their leadership training.