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Why Gamification Is Taking Over Wellness Programs
Having an employee wellness program isn’t just a nice thing to do; it can have a positive impact on your company’s bottom line. That’s because businesses lose money every year on preventable health expenses, including sick leave, absenteeism, and health-related costs such as insurance — healthcare costs that an employee wellness program can help curb.…
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Step-by-Step Cloud Migration: Everything You Need to Know
For a long time, the only way to store data was to physically download it to some kind of on-premises hardware, typically a server. Then cloud storage came along, which allowed businesses of any size to transfer their data on off-premises servers. While it was once rare, cloud technology advances have now made cloud adoption…
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Top Global Payroll Solutions
When paying employees in other countries, you have two main options. The first is to run your own international payroll by establishing a local entity in each country and paying your international employees directly. The second is to hire an employer of record (EOR), an intermediary that serves as the employer for tax purposes while…
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What Does an HR Consultant Do?
Key takeaways: Some HR software vendors offer consulting services to give their customers more hands-on support. Learn more in our HR Software Guide. What is HR consulting? An HR consultant is an HR expert that a company hires as an independent contractor to accomplish a specific project or objective. HR consultants provide various services, including…
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RingCentral vs Zoom
Zoom swept the world in 2020 as many businesses pivoted to remote work. However, the persistent security breaches and sometimes clunky user interface prompted some companies to seek out alternatives to Zoom — and many of them turned to RingCentral to fulfill their web conferencing needs. If you are wondering whether Zoom or RingCentral would…
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The Top Benefits of Kanban for Project Management
Gone are the days when project managers used sticky notes and whiteboards to track projects from inception to completion. These days, many Agile teams plan and measure project execution with online kanban tools anyone can access wherever they work. Because it’s such a useful way to visualize work, many of the more intricate project management…
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monday.com vs. Microsoft Project Comparison
monday.com vs. Microsoft Project: Which software is better? Get an in-depth comparison of features & integrations for project management.
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How to Gracefully Layoff an Employee With Compassion
Rescinding offers and laying off current employees is never easy, but unfortunately, they are a common occurrence in times of economic downturn. If you find yourself needing to withdraw an offer from a candidate or let go of an employee, it’s important to maintain fairness and compassion for everyone affected. Thankfully, following some best practices…
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Healthcare Trends Private Practices Need to Watch
Given their smaller size and reduced resources, private practices usually aren’t trailblazers when it comes to healthcare trends. That role usually falls to larger hospital networks that can afford to implement costly pilot programs. However, just because they’re not cutting-edge doesn’t mean private practices can keep doing things the way they’ve always done them. Here…
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Remote Patient Monitoring in Healthcare
When telehealth exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote patient monitoring in healthcare was in the spotlight like never before. Monitoring patients via video calls and wearables once seemed like a far-off possibility, but it is rapidly becoming a must-have option for patients who have grown accustomed to the convenience of remote patient monitoring (RMP). With…
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5 Common Challenges of Field Service Management
In addition to the mechanical and administrative aspects of field service management (FSM), companies need effective strategies to meet customer expectations, balance the workforce, and stay profitable. In the digital age, that almost always means adopting new technology that can keep up with the business’s ever-changing needs. While each field service business is unique, FSM…
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The Difference Between Horizontal & Vertical Organizations
The business world contains a wide variety of structures and models, but two basic forms can be used to define the structure of most organizational charts: vertical and horizontal. Whether your company follows a vertical or horizontal structure affects everything from how your leaders make decisions to what project management software you choose. In this…
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Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Checklist: Time to Upgrade?
A great applicant tracking system (ATS) can streamline recruiting processes and improve hiring metrics, but a bad one might have you longing for the spreadsheet and résumé PDF days. It could even put off potential job seekers. Sometimes the ATS that seemed perfect several years ago no longer works for the changing needs of your…
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8 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement With Your LMS
A learning management system (LMS) is a software-based program that allows for the creation, administration, and distribution of educational content. LMS are popular in the context of online courses, but they also have a lot of applications in the corporate world, including onboarding and upskilling employees. If you currently have an LMS in place, but…
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When You Should Upgrade to ERP Software
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software centralizes daily business activities, from accounting to HR to supply chain management. ERP software allows data to easily flow between all parts of the business, making sure that each decision maker has the information that they need when they need it. Some ERP software also includes an enterprise performance management…