While artificial-intelligence tools were all over trade-show booths at the Society for Human Resource Management conference, HR professionals are reacting to the influx of technology with anxiety and curiosity. Concerns about bias and overconfidence in algorithms are coupled with interest in the tools.
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The employment market is so hot that many job seekers are receiving multiple offers, revealing that many of them do not know how to turn down a job or negotiate an offer. More than a quarter of 2,800 employees polled by Robert Half said they have backed out after accepting a new job, and some just "ghost," or disappear without letting the employer know that they do not want the job.
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David Cordani, Cigna's CEO, and Dick Traum, founder of Achilles International, write that the key to fostering employee success is building "micro communities" of support and passion. They outline six steps to building these communities, starting with defining a vision and creating a strategy.
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Companies can reduce employee financial stress by setting up an automatic emergency savings account program that helps them create a rainy day fund for unexpected expenses, said Terry Dunne of Millennium Trust. Having savings can keep employees from taking money out of their 401(k) or other retirement accounts to pay for emergency expenses, Dunne said.
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Pledge your loyalty to one manager and it can have a lasting effect on your future career, writes Ian Mathews. Recognize the three essentials necessary to grow within one company and how to know your leader has influence, Mathews writes.
