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Employee Experience
Employee Experience Initiatives Impact ROI in Manufacturing
In an industry where employees clock in and clock out, with little opportunity to build rapport with those outside their production line, does employee experience (EX) matter? In short, yes.
HR
The Rebirth of HR: HR Will Begin Reinventing Itself to Lead These Efforts
Just as CFOs were thrust into the limelight after 2008, 2020 has become the year of the HR professional. Find out what that means for 2021.
Life-Work Trends
Life-Work Synergy: Work and the Workplace Will Be More Centered Around Employees’ Lives
Work-life balance has remained an elusive target for many in 2020. Discover life-work synergy: a reimagined strategy for the new way of work.
Employee Experience
People Before Profits: Businesses Will Adopt a Greater Purpose
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is no longer a "nice to have" for businesses. Find out why CSR strategies will be crucial in 2021.
Workforce Management
5 Items on the Frontline Manufacturing Workforce’s Holiday Wish List
Want to make sure you’re keeping your manufacturing workforce engaged and retaining top talent? Get them everything on their workplace wish list this year.
Life-Work Trends
Reflections on the Year in Healthcare That Was and What the Future May Hold
Beyond crisis, there is learning followed by innovation, deeper connections, and energizing change. A bright future lies ahead for healthcare with an even stronger foothold in our world.
Employee Experience
Keeping Gen Z engaged: What the first year on the job should look like
Get practical tips on what Gen Z's first year of work should look like from someone living the experience, as well as how to make it work remotely.
Life-Work Trends
2021 HR MegaTrends: Our Purpose is People
2021 is right around the corner, but how did we get here? What's next? #12DaysofHCM begins with an intro to UKG's 2021 HR MegaTrends.
Employee Experience
A Holistic Approach to Keeping Your People Safe
Getting staff back to work is the most important thing businesses can do at the moment and this requires confidence that practical steps are being taken to keep them safe by limiting their exposure to infection.
Talent
Writing a performance review: What to include and how to boost effectiveness
Performance reviews aren't usually a favorite activity for managers - but HR can help them succeed. Here are some practical review writing tips.
Talent
COVID-19 Accelerates How Healthcare Organizations Must Invest in Workforce Technology
We have entered a time of revolution in healthcare as we search for the right balance of technology and talent for this dynamic landscape.
Life-Work Trends
Boost your resilience and reset for the new year at the 2020 Fall eSymposium
It's time again for our Fall eSymposium! See what you can learn from our experts about thriving in this year of change and embracing resilience.
HR
Human Resources and Artificial Intelligence. Myths and why they persist.
Dispel the most insidious myths surrounding HR and AI to make HR processes more engaging, more human and more intelligent.
Workforce Management
Banking in the Time of COVID-19: The End of Lines?
Waiting in lines may be a thing of the past. That’s one silver lining of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Although lines, aka queues, have always been considered a necessary evil, there’s hope for them to be non-existent in our near future. The need to avoid them has been expedited due to the concern over social distancing.
Life-Work Trends
Happy Thanksgiving: 4 Reasons to be Thankful for the Manufacturing Workforce
Thank you to the front-line manufacturing employees who have consistently shown up during these past months of uncertainty to help make our Thanksgiving dinner a reality.
HR
Yep, Your Organization Needs “Momboarding”
Onboarding programs are typically for new employees, but how about those returning from parental leave? Welcome to "momboarding."
Life at UKG
UKGWorks 2020, Connect Technology Partner Sponsors Booths, Experience Breaks, Raffles, Games & More...
Seeking new ideas and technologies to help your organization navigate the future of work and this unprecedented pandemic? When you attend UKGWorks 2020 virtually this week, be sure to stop by our partners virtual booths, to download whitepapers and collateral, participate in live chats with the partners, as well as the raffles and gamification to win prizes!
HR
The 4 keys to increasing strategic awareness in HR
Strategic awareness can be tough to achieve for HR, but Chas Fields has some practical tips based off the latest research from UKG and HCI.
HR
Streamlining the Public Sector Procurement Process
A transparent public procurement process is important. Learn how cooperative purchasing combines the buying power of public agencies to ensure you receive the best price and/or value for your purchase.
HR
Dear Manufacturing HR Practitioners: It’s Time to Focus on YOU
This fall’s UKG HR & Payroll eSymposium sessions and speakers will focus on what manufacturing HR practitioners need to know and how to plan for tomorrow and beyond.
