Author: Mario Pecoraro -- The United States Department of Labor reports that nearly 2 million American workers have been victims of workplace violence each year and the agency states there are many more cases that go unreported! According to the latest National Safety Council figures, in 2016, fatalities resulting from...
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A trend in the HR technology space is that of passive listening or monitoring of employees. While these tools have existed for almost 10 years they have primarily been used to monitor customer comments and sentiment. This technique has gained some traction in conversations with human resources as talent becomes scarcer and retention becomes a larger issue. The technique involves evaluating employee communication (i.e. email) and evaluating it for sentiment...
Author: Cecile Alper-Leroux -- Rapid advances in technology—from natural language processing to machine learning to artificial intelligence (AI)—are combining to reshape today’s workplaces. At the same time, broad cultural trends are changing the dynamic among people, work, and communication, pushing us well beyond the automation of traditional manual tasks to...
Author: Zack Friedman -- 70 Million Jobs Richard Bronson is the CEO of 70 Million Jobs. Photo Credit: 70 Million Jobs Richard Bronson is not your typical CEO. Like many who hold his title, however, he has a vision. His is to help hire 70 million people. Not just any 70 million...
Author: Patti Perez -- The floodgates have opened. Entertainment, media, tech – powerhouse men in each of these industries have been brought down by allegations of egregious sexual harassment in the past few years. As we watch well-known figures fall, from Hollywood mega producer Harvey Weinstein to Fox News host...
Author: Marc Miller -- Clearly cybersecurity is on the world’s stage, especially here in America. Made more visible to the general public through the concerns over Russia’s alleged influence over our presidential election, and the proliferation of “tax filing scams” reported in the general news media. Even before our election,...
Author: Dennis E. Gilbert -- There are those organizations that don’t believe they need workplace civility. Often this is because they don’t recognize that there are differences between their culture and what the front runners know to be more civil. While workplace civility is subjective, the results are often reflected...
Author: Fabiola Eyholzer -- Everything about work is changing at an accelerated pace and employees start to think about work like consumers. Unsurprisingly, “Consumerization of Human Resources (HR)” – or “TalentSumerization” – has been identified as one of the most defining and disruptive trends of the industry. Enterprises who capitalize...
Author: Dr. Bartley Bryt -- Did you know that there are more accidental deaths from prescription opioids (20,101 in 2016) than from heroin overdoses (12,990 in 2016)? And that more than 80% of heroin users start out abusing prescription painkillers? The financial ramifications are staggering as well - with...
Author: Richard Bronson -- When I was released from Federal prison in 2005, my efforts at landing a job almost always ended poorly; though never explicitly stated, I knew that either my age (at the time, 51) or the felony I’d been convicted of and sentenced on (securities fraud) were the...