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Nothing in the working world can be certain except office holiday parties and the horrifying stories they produce. To be fair, companies hold holiday festivities every year that don’t involve drama, overdrinking, or hand-to-hand combat, parties where guests leave happy to have attended. Today, we’re talking about the parties that
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Secret Santa shopping can be a tricky business. Co-workers can be hard to read when you’re figuring out what to gift them. The guy in accounting you could have sworn was an MMA fan prefers competitive knitting. The tea lover two desks over seemed like a sure bet, but you
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Breaking news: A lot of people love holiday traditions. Example A: Thanksgiving Nearly every family in America has that one dish they make, song they sing, or place they go because that’s just what they’ve done for generations. The same tendency exists in recruiting and hiring. The same old practice
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Here at Beneplace, we love Thanksgiving traditions. Turkey with all the trimmings, pies and casseroles, decorative gourds: It’s great stuff. One tradition we don’t love is in-store Black Friday shopping. Getting up at the crack of dawn to get in fisticuffs over a laptop? No, thank you. Luckily, the Beneplace
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If HR is your calling, you need to spend some time considering where, and if, you want to get an undergraduate or master’s degree in the field. To help you make that choice, we’ve broken down the colleges and universities that have great programs for both HR professionals and students
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It’s about time innovative Human Resources leaders get the recognition they deserve. The team behind DisruptHR NYC has brought us The Workies, an award program that honors the HR professionals making waves in their field. The awards are taking place Thursday, October 24 during the 2019 Work Awesome Conference. Here
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“Healthy corporate culture” may sound like a trendy new buzzword, but for much of his twenty-year career, Phil Wilhelm has worked on creating just that. His experience in hyper-growth (and hyper-change) companies have taught him how to foster positive cultures in demanding professional environments. Today, he’s the general manager of
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Want to make your office a little greener but don’t know where to start? We’ve got you covered! Read on to learn more about the benefits of plants in the workplace and which plants are best for your office.
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Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG), one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the United States specializing in travel and entertainment, announced today the acquisition of Beneplace, a leading platform provider that supports Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and other large organizations. The acquisition of Beneplace expands EBG’s solutions for corporations,
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The talent war is raging. Luckily, Nad Elias is here to tell us how to win. A fifteen-year veteran of the recruiting industry, Nad is the CEO of recruitAbility, which helps companies and executives form high-performing teams. Nad’s experience includes running executive searches and managing nationwide projects with companies ranging
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In this week’s edition of Beneplace Briefs, we’ve got a story on virtual firing, what pop culture can teach HR, and more. “You’re Fired! Virtually Speaking…” (via MIT Technology Review) Can you really fire someone who doesn’t really work for you? Talespin, an AI firm, lets HR managers practice
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Pop culture isn’t always kind to Human Resources. HR professionals have been portrayed as ineffectual weaklings (The Office), patronizing would-be therapists (Stranger than Fiction), or kiss-ups who are willing to hurt anyone to get in with the boss (9 to 5). But you can learn a lot about what to