Indeed and Goodwill have created a five-year partnership to help 1 million people find work. The program involves tools that help companies discover talent they might be overlooking, such as people who have skills but who lack credentials or do not know how to craft an effective resume. HR Dive (5/15)
Digitally Enabling the Frontline Reducing turnover? Check. Boosting employee engagement? Definitely. Raising the bottom line? Absolutely. A digital workplace catalyses organizational change, catapulting frontline workers into the 21st century where they can turn from liabilities into assets. Learn more.
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Recruiting & Retention
Coatings manufacturer fills jobs with former inmates Progressive Coating in Chicago is hiring former inmates, with the North Lawndale Employment Network helping with screening and initial training. "If we can't be part of the solution, providing people with opportunity, how can we be surprised when people repeat the same cycle?" says Progressive owner Stephen Walters. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (5/14)
PBM-Plan sponsor relationships may not look different in a post-rebate world With an outcry for greater prescription affordability, state and federal entities are taking action. At the federal level, CMS has proposed a rule change that removes rebates from pharmacy benefit managers (PBM)s. Will that really improve transparency and lower costs? Download the whitepaper.
How flextime can impede your career Flexible working arrangements seem advantageous for both employee and employer, but these arrangements might come with stigmas that inhibits career progression. Fast Company online (5/15)
Technology
Technology doesn't displace face-to-face communication Put people first by treating digital communication as supplementary and complementary, writes Laura Butler, senior vice president of people and culture for Workfront. "There are times when digital communication just isn't appropriate and as the HR leader, it's your job to lead the way in helping employees understand this," Butler writes. HR Technologist (5/13)
The HR Leader
Frightened employees can't help your organization Using fear to control employees just makes them more likely to lie low, which robs organizations of talent and ideas, writes Lolly Daskal. "Effective leaders spend their time listening to people, solving problems and celebrating successes, not punishing people or trying to catch them doing something wrong," Daskal argues. Lolly Daskal (5/14)
One of the things that attracted me to economics was its importance in improving people's lives.
