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Technology Is Transforming Employee Experience—And Here’s How

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When attempting to compete for and retain the best talent available, employee experience is the name of the game. 83% of HR leadership rate employee experience (EX) as “important” or “very important” to their overall business success. EX keeps employees engaged in their day-to-day work and satisfied with their current positions.

Improving employee experience is a widely-accepted aspect of business. It’s a great practice, yet an astonishingly low number of organizations actively put work into their EX programs. A majority (60%) of employees in the US have a channel for giving feedback. However, on their employee experience, only 30% report that their employer actually uses insights from their responses to enact a positive change.

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7 Tips for an Easier Tax Season

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With the tax return deadline steadily approaching, you might find yourself feeling overwhelmed at the idea of sitting down to do your taxes. You might be concerned about missing documents or worried about owing additional taxes, but by putting it off, you are only creating a bigger problem. To help prevent some of this tax season stress, follow these seven simple tips to make filing your taxes easier than ever.

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4 Ways Cloud Technology Can Improve Company Culture

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Contribution By: Amelia Vega

In this digital age, corporate culture is facing more disruption than ever before. With technology continuously evolving, businesses are under pressure to adopt and adapt. Aside from the changes in business processes, companies are also having to adjust areas of their people management. Cloud computing, particularly, is creating notable changes in what modern company culture looks like.

Here, we’re taking a look at four ways cloud technology can improve company culture. 

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Laziness Doesn’t Exist: Getting to the Root Cause of Procrastination

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Contribution By: Brad Wayland

You keep putting off things you know are urgent to focus on busywork or doing nothing at all. As a result, you’re in a constant state of catch-up. The good news is the reason you procrastinate is not that you’re lazy. Instead, putting things off to the last second has more to do with internal fear.

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The Tax Write-Offs You’re Missing

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Contribution By: Rachel Cottam

Tax season can be stressful, but it’s worth it when Uncle Sam gives you a big refund. Unfortunately, many U.S. taxpayers leave too much money on the return table—and you might be one of them.  

Understanding the best ways to prepare taxes and knowing which tax write-offs you’re missing will help you avoid this costly mistake.

Just remember: if you are going to claim any deduction, you need to have records. Don’t try to claim write-offs you have no proof of. Keep pristine accounting books and physical or digital documentation of all relevant receipts. Even if you’re handing your taxes off to a professional, they’ll need a paper trail.

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The Recruitment Process: Pros and Cons of Blind Hiring

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Contributed by: Pauline Farris

The Recruitment Process: Pros and Cons of Blind Hiring Israel Weinstein; Tamika Johnson; Bob Jones; Ahmed Ak; Juanita Cortez; Ngyun Mingh; Sameer Patel.

Each of these names gives a recruiter key information about gender and ethnicity. Other information in a resume also reveals such things as the candidate’s neighborhood and age (based upon years of work experience or graduation).

While we all like to believe that we are blind to these pieces of personal information, there are subconscious biases in all areas of living and work, and the recruitment and hiring process is no different.

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