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8 Tips to Help New Hires Build Relationships

Silkroad

Gallup research shows that “those who have one or more strong partnerships at work generate better customer scores, safety, retention, creativity, productivity, and profitability for their companies” Exemplary onboarding programs view relationship building as a strategic and intentional sustained investment in the new hire experience.

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Using Personalization to Activate Learners

Silkroad

During this year’s SilkRoad Connections Conference , David Wentworth, principal analyst in learning and development at Brandon Hall Group , shared that 62 percent of high performing organizations use personalized learning. Programs can be implemented throughout the organization at a very reasonable cost.

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Harassment and Discrimination: Are You Doing Enough in this Ever-Changing Landscape of New Laws?

Silkroad

The costs are too high for not properly training employees to the various behaviors, such as discriminatory practices, unconscious bias, and microaggressions that occur at work. The advent of the #MeToo movement across social media landscape, has signaled a change in the way companies and employees view workplace sexual harassment.

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Onboarding Success in Today’s Talent Economy

Silkroad

Organizations should look to solicit feedback from employees about their experience after they are hired, at six months, 1 year, and when they are promoted, transferred, and ultimately, offboarded. Ultimately, it’s a chance to surprise and delight employees with personalized experiences at every turn. Let’s dig a little deeper ….

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What Ails Talent Acquisition? A Shortage of Innovation

Brandon Hall

For the past few weeks, I’ve been hard at work analyzing results of Brandon Hall Group’s Talent Shortage and Hiring Practices Study. I’m thrilled at the response – thanks in part to survey distribution partners like HireVue , iCIMS , and SilkRoad. Today I’ll be presenting initial findings at SilkRoad Connections 15 in Orlando.

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100 powerful hiring & job statistics for 2020

Devskiller

The numbers have been crunched by the likes of The Bureau of Labor Statistics, iCIMS, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Deloitte, Jobvite, CareerBuilder, SilkRoad, Pew Research Center, Forbes, CNBC, PayScale, and the Society for Human Resources Management. As we noted last year , the global talent shortage is at a 12 year high. SilkRoad ).

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5 Reasons Why Your Onboarding Program Should Include Self-Learning

Silkroad

At some point during the onboarding process, organizations have to allow employees to do things on their own. For example, if we wanted to learn how to truss a chicken for a meal at home, we would find that there’s a how-to video that can show you all the steps in less than 2 minutes. Not only meet people, but figure out their job.