Upcoming Webcasts

Effective onboarding is not just about making someone successful in his/her first 90 days. The same information gathered and used in the selection process can be a springboard for the employee’s ongoing development and growth. An Aberdeen research report details how 90% of new hires make their decision to stay at a company within their first 6 months of employment. Leading companies are not only able to assess a candidate’s ability and organizational fit at the interview stage, but they also determine the executive’s future development and where he or she will be most effective in the future

This session will provide best practices for onboarding and succession planning, linking the two processes for a more effective talent management strategy.

In the previous two webcasts of this series, we covered the value integrated talent management systems provide to Business Leaders and Managers. In the last and third part of this series, we dive into what specific value integrated talent management brings to the most important role within the organization, the one that does most of the heavy lifting – the Employee. You will learn how integrated talent management: • Makes employees feel recognized and appreciated • Provides top employees appropriate and timely career paths • Increases employee retention, engagement, and productivity This webinar will be recorded and you will be able to access it along with the other two on HR.com.

Employee time is one of your organizations most valuable and costly resources. Knowledge of employee time results in faster decision making, improved scheduling and better labor cost management, making your organization more productive, competitive and profitable. In this webcast we will examine Honour based timesheets and how they can assist organizations where the culture is not to clock, with operational efficiency, cost control, regulatory compliance and employee empowerment. We investigate how “Honour based timesheets” can assist organizations build a clear picture of employee time through detailed data and reports on attendance, absenteeism, overtime, flexible working, scheduling and vacation leave. We look at how Honour based timesheets make it easy for organizations to manage employee attendance without having to change your company culture!

The Human Resources Certificate Institute (HRCI) sets HR professionals apart! HRCI certification demonstrates to peers and colleagues within the Human Resources profession that you are a recognized expert and have mastered the core HR principles. Earning an HR certification wreaks many benefits for both the employee and organization.

Employee Benefits:
• Enhances your resume and candidacy. “One out of two recruiters prefer those (job applicants) with an HR certification” www.hrci.org.
• Certified professionals drive business through increased self- motivation, empowerment and confidence
• Certified professionals remain competitive in the workforce and raise their professional value
• network with HR professionals

Employer Benefits:
• Uphold competitive advantage in the market place because of the mastery held by human capital
• Internal career advancement for certified staff reduces hiring and onboarding costs
• Clients have more confidence in the results of certified staff

HRCI statistics record that the average pass rate of the PHR and SPHR exam is 59 to 67 percent and 52 to 60 percent, respectively. An academically aggressive and reliable means of preparing for these exams is now available to ensure you don’t fall within these statistics.

HR.com has partnered with the Human Resources Certification Preparation (HRCP) program to help professionals prepare and pass their PHR or SPHR exam. This program, like no other, offers a 100% guarantee or your MONEY BACK!!
Features of the HR.com prep course include:
• 24 hours of live online blended learning classes with an HR practitioner and HRM
• 6 study manuals, each covering the body of knowledge as prescribed by HRCI
• Flash cards to test your knowledge
• Online practice exams

A couple of well known exam preparation resources are available, however their correspondence based product has not proven to drive high turnover of successful pass rates. As you will see within this product demonstration, HR.com Exam Prep Course is proficient, reliable and intimate. The key ingredients to supporting fellow professionals get certified.

Move beyond your employee’s annual management evaluation, implement coaching and see the benefits. Coaching is a reliable, consistent management style that creates open lines of feedback and better opportunities for organizations and employees to grow. Here is a helpful idea: Coach early and often. Early, to catch potential problems before they happen. Often, because continuous interest and feedback virtually guarantee better performance. Why make the change? Successful coaching leads to: higher employee motivation and productivity; enhanced relationships and communication between managers and employees and better leadership abilities. Discover how to implement performance coaching and what management skills are essential to coaching. There are common threads to coaching and development...be sure to register to learn how to move away from the performance review to performance coaching!

Given the global stage on which many of our organizations conduct business today, there is a high probability that our candidates are also the consumers of our company’s products and services. Combined with other factors such as the competitive labor market, the proliferation of social media, and the increase of direct sourcing driving unwanted turnover, the importance of employer branding is greater than ever before.

What does your employer brand say about your organization? Is your candidate/employee experience consistent with your brand and messaging?

This presentation gives a behind-the-scenes look at creating an authentic, unique, compelling employer brand for any organization, from a single small business to a national chain. You'll see real-world examples of best practices from a wide range of brands and learn the value of comprehensive brand research.

In 2013, the landscape for enterprise learning solutions is incredibly fluid and fast-paced. The trends that are driving technology everywhere — data, mobile, cloud, social — also apply to learning. How are these trends changing the learning and HR community? What are the opportunities that you should focus on first?

In this webinar titled “Next Generation Learning”, Steve Parker, SPHR will highlight five ideas that your learning strategy must address, including:

• Best practices for process and technology integration
• Mobile learning to drive pervasive employee development
• Rapid content development for contextual learning
• Extending learning to customers and distributors to build relationships and mindshare
• Using development to power talent retention

Every day brings news of the latest law involving employers’ use of background checks. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has intensified its scrutiny of hiring practices, exposing employers to greater risk of discrimination lawsuits.

Armed with real-world examples, EmployeeScreenIQ’s Jason Morris will examine the changing legal landscape that employers must operate against. Jason addresses these new guidelines along with the “ban the box” legislation. Jason also speaks to the controversy surrounding employers’ use of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to influence hiring decisions.

Organizations shouldn’t be dissuaded from executing background checks, but these new guidelines underscore the need for employers to be vigilant in their compliance measures.

Mission Statement, Vision of Excellence, or Commitment to Service. Companies might call them by different names, but the concept is universal. “Here is our statement on how we treat our customers, and the lengths we will go to ensure our standards are the highest possible.” These ideas represent the company’s image and culture to stakeholders.

Customer loyalty can be worth 10 times as much as a single purchase. Think about the harm caused by recruiting candidates who do not exhibit customer-friendly behaviors. All of the best efforts in creating high workplace standards are only as effective as the employees you hire that fit that culture. This session will identify key behaviors that recruiters and hiring managers often overlook when recruiting candidates, but that are needed to support Service Excellence.

“Big Data” can definitely be considered as one of the biggest buzz-worthy terms of 2012-2013. Many organizations are seeking out this “big data” and trying to learn as much as they can about what it can do for them. But is this “big data” just another “big fad,” or is it here to stay? Where did this surge come from? What opportunities are being created using this data? Why are researchers spending so much time scouring social media for these large data sets, and is this increased focus on social media introducing a considerable amount of legal risk into an otherwise definitively defensible process? Most importantly, is “big data” really just a repurposed name for something organizations have been doing for years? Join I/O Psychologist and HR Consultant Adam Hilliard for this webinar. He will explain what is big data, how and where it is being used today, as well as the major pros and cons of using it to inform organizational decision making.