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March/April 2015 Issue

In this issue of THRIVE HR Magazine, (formerly HR Decisions Magazine), main articles include “HR Technology: New Trends and Solutions That Can Help Your Business Save Money and Streamline Operations,” “8 Common Misconceptions About Employee Engagement That Can Seriously Harm Your Company,” and “What to Do If Your Employees Hate Their Jobs.”

Recruiting Best Practices: Finding and Attracting Talent in 2015's Challenging Business Climate (Summary)

Two recent BLR surveys detail best practices for recruiting today. BLR’s Recruiting and Retention Survey, conducted in November 2014, sought to learn what’s happening in real-world recruiting. The Recruitment Metrics and Costs Survey questioned participants about what metrics are used to evaluate recruiting and which are most effective.This summary report details:

  • Who’s using what software?
  • What’s the role of social media?
  • What metrics meaningfully describe recruiting productivity and quality?

January/February 2015 Issue

Read the third issue of THRIVE HR Magazine, (formerly HR Decisions Magazine). Main articles include “Recruiting 2015: How to Leverage Social Media to Find the Best Candidates While Saving Time, Money, and Hassle,” “HR Analytics–How Your Data Can Yield Actionable Insights,” and “Millennials: Who They Are and What They Want from Their Work.”

51 Tips for More Effective Leadership Training

Effective leadership is easier said than done. Download this free report and get 112 pages of expert advice on bettering your training program in 2015. The advice is broken down into three easy-to-digest sections:
Section 1 – Employee Leadership Training: Tips include avoiding common training mistakes, mentoring youth, community service, succession training, and more.

Section 2 – Supervisor Leadership Training Tips: Tips include professional development, leadership styles, challenging employees, managing conflicts, and more.
Section 3 – Manager Leadership Training Tips: Tips include gaining buy-in for leadership training, ‘wholistic’ management, balancing employer/employee needs, resource maximization, and more topical advice you don’t want to miss!

Winter 2014 Issue

Read the second issue of THRIVE HR Magazine, (formerly HR Decisions Magazine). Main articles include “Big Data in HR: How to Make the Most of Your Metrics–Without Becoming Adrift in a Sea of Data,” “Top Hiring Turkeys,” and “Maximize Your LinkedIn Presence–10 Tips.”

Workplace Deal Breakers Revealed

Sponsored Content: What aspects of work are most likely to get on employees’ nerves? More importantly, at what point does it go beyond annoying and into “deal-breaker” territory? These survey results reveal “Tiers of Tolerance” and illustrate that as long as employees’ pressing needs are met, they’re willing to deal with what they consider to be lesser annoyances.

Why It’s Time to Evaluate Your Timekeeping System

Sponsored Content: Learn how modern, cloud-based workforce management solutions can help you gain the visibility, insights, and management capabilities you need to reduce risk of noncompliance and build business success.

13 Tips for Small Business to Recruit and Retain Great Talent

77% of HR professionals cited helping people as their primary reason for choosing the profession. Because talent is at the heart of every great company, HR is always thinking about finding, bringing on and keeping great people. That’s why BambooHR CEO Ben Peterson and Cornerstone OnDemand’s VP of Small Business Operations Michael Carden wanted to have a conversation about what’s working and discuss how we can all continue to improve.