Leading Resources for HR Professionals to be Successful in this “Next Normal”

The Future of Work is here, and the transition happened quite a bit faster than many HR professionals anticipated. Remote and hybrid work are here to stay. Diversity, equity, and inclusion finally has the attention it has so long deserved. And team member health and wellness is top of mind as a global pandemic continues.

Whether you’re scrambling to catch up or simply trying to stay on top of the ever-changing world of work, here are some resources to guide you through.

15Five

15Five’s resource library has blog posts, guides, videos, podcasts, and more to help people thrive at work. Be sure to check out:

• Empower [virtual conference, October 6-7]
• Engagement As A Proxy For Inclusion and Belonging [podcast]
• Rethinking Your Benefits Program To Foster Peak Performance [blog post]

ADP

ADP offers a wide variety of resources, from reports and webinars, to toolkits for COVID-19 as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Here are a few highlights:

• On-site, Remote or Hybrid: Employee Sentiment on the Workplace [report]
• President Biden Issues COVID-19 Executive Order – Vaccine Mandate [blog post]
• Prioritizing Inclusive Interview Questions: 5 Ways to Eliminate Disability Bias in the Interviewing Process [blog post]

Amplify Talent

Amplify Talent has a blog, podcast, open-source community, and book to help companies and HR leaders navigate the new world of work. Here are some resources to check out:

• DEIB Strategist, Risk Mitigator and Speaker Torin Ellis on Prioritizing Belonging and Inclusion [podcast]
• Redefining HR [book]
• Redefining HR for the Post-COVID Future of Work [open-source project]

Breezy

Breezy has an extensive library of recruiting and HR resources covering relevant information to stay on top of: 

• The Top 20 Job Boards for Diversity Hiring [blog post]
• Employee Retention in the New Normal: How to Create a Culture that Keeps Your Best People with You [article]
• Employee Sabbatical Leave: Passing Trend or Productive Way to Fight Burnout in Your Team? [article]

ChartHop

ChartHop aims to help you create data-informed organizational designs, headcount plans, reports, and more through their resource library, which includes:

• HR Tech Talks: Taking Action on DEI Data [video]
• Guide to Setting Remote Work Salaries Fairly [eBook]
• Why DEI training alone won’t combat workplace bias (and what you can do about it) [blog post]

GitLab

GitLab is an entirely remote company with a public employee handbook that covers topics like:

• Diversity, inclusion, and belonging
• Learning and development
• Total Rewards
  

They also have an insightful remote work report and playbook.

Greenhouse

Greenhouse shares the latest news, practitioner stories, hiring best practices and more:

• How to Build Custom Benefits Strategies for Remote Teams [blog post]
• This Women’s Equality Day, Let’s Shift our Focus to Equity in the Workplace [blog post]
• Implementing Diversity Hiring Practices in a Remote Working World [blog post]

HR Bartender

HR Bartender focuses on all topics that relate to the workplace, including:

• Managing Paid Time Off for Remote Employees [blog post]
• Listening Is the Key to Creating Workplace Inclusion and Belonging [podcast]
• How Organizations Should Always Be Planning Their Future Workplace [podcast]

HR Technology Conference

The annual HR Technology Conference is back September 28-October 1, 2021 in Las Vegas. Key themes include Future Ready Workplace, AI in HR, Employee Well-Being, and Learning/Reskilling. Some relevant sessions are:

• HR Technology Reinvented: The Big Shift Towards Work Tech
• The Great HR Reset and Reinvention
• After 18 Months of Disruption: Reinventing Organizational Purpose for the Future 

Impraise

Impraise resources were designed to get HR professionals up to speed on all things people enablement:

• 17 Pulse Survey Questions to Ask your Employees before Reopening the Office
• The Ultimate Prioritized List of HR Tools to Build Productive Remote Teams
• The Ultimate Guide to Remote Performance Management

JazzHR

The JazzHR blog focuses on recruiting strategy, interviews, hiring trends, and HR processes, including many great resources to navigate reopening and beyond. These include:

• Recruiting at Hybrid Workplaces: How to Demonstrate a Culture of Inclusivity
• The 5 Types of Pandemic-Era Job Seekers (and Hiring Tips for Each)
• OSHA Compliance For the Return to the Office

Kallidus

Kallidus resources are focused on helping HR professionals develop talented people. These include:

• Beyond the ‘Shecession’: What Women Really Want After a Year of Career Setbacks [blog post]
• Disability Discrimination in the Workplace: The Gruelling Reality for Many UK Workers [blog post]
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: How to Genuinely Embrace and Support a Diverse Workforce [eBook]

Lattice

Lattice offers “Resources for Humans,” including a virtual conference on 9/22/21 and a Slack channel using the same moniker. Other useful resources include:

• 7 Best Practices for Hybrid Meetings [blog post]
• The State of People Strategy — The New World of Work [eBook]
• Investing in ERGs for True DE&I Impact

Lever

Lever has a variety of resources on all things hiring, whether you want to learn about data-driven recruiting or diversity and inclusion. Here are some examples:

• The State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts: Progress, Priorities, and Opportunities [report]
• Checking in on the Mental Health of Your Talent Team [blog post]
• The Big Shuffle: How Is Your Organization Preparing For The “Next Normal” [webinar]

LinkedIn

LinkedIn’s resource center is chock-full of recruiting strategies, tips, and trends, including:

• 7 Ways Companies Can Battle Bias Against Remote Workers [blog post]
• Employee Well-Being Report
• How Your Diversity and Inclusion Plan Can Turn Talk into Action [blog post]

Paychex

Paychex has blog posts, webinars, and podcasts aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses navigate challenges in the next normal. These include:

• COVID-19 Resources by State
• COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates: What Employees Are Thinking About a Return to the Workplace [blog post]
• Employee Mental Health — Visible Costs of an Invisible Struggle [webinar]

Paylocity

Paylocity helps People leaders keep up with the latest trends, thought leadership, best practices, and compliance with resources like:

• Disability Inclusivity [podcast]
• Regulatory Roundup August 2021 [blog post]
• The New Future of the Workplace: 3 Must-Learn Lessons from the Pandemic [eBook]

SmartRecruiters

SmartRecruiters has an extensive resource library covering talent attraction and engagement, collaboration and selection, and management and operating model. Here are a few highlights:

• The State of Internal Recruiting 2021 [report]
• Diversity Hiring Toolkit
• Why Dynamic Work Is the Future of Talent Attraction & Retention [podcast]

Workable

Workable knows the world of HR is ever-changing, and their resources explore “what’s in, what’s out, and what’s around the corner.” Here’s a sample of what you can expect to find on their site:

• The Great Discontent: 2021 Worker Survey—United States and United Kingdom [report]
• Post-COVID tech talent: the gap and the bridge [blog post]
• How to take care of your remote employees’ mental health [blog post]

Workday

Workday provides articles, podcasts, videos, and events for HR professionals and hiring managers to stay on top of industry news and trends. Notable resources include:

• Pandemic-Era Employee Benefits Are Here to Stay [blog post]
• Why Investing in Employee Growth and Development Is More Important Than Ever [blog post]
• How Inclusion Spurs Innovation [podcast]
• Conversations for a Changing World [digital event September 28-29, 2021]

Government resources

Various government resources can help employers stay on top of COVID-19 information and guidance. These include:

• Global: World Health Organization (WHO)
• United States: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC), as well as state and county directives.
• Canada: Government of Canada and The Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).
• European Union: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), European Commission, and country-specific government directives.               

Sapling

Sapling is also dedicated to helping HR and People Ops Professionals succeed in the next normal. Recent topics have spanned remote and hybrid work, health and wellness, and diversity and inclusion:

• Examining What Post-pandemic HR Policies Should Look Like [blog post]
• Refreshing your Company Culture for the Post-pandemic Workplace [blog post]
• Advancing your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts [eBook]
• Remote Work Statistics: Navigating the ‘Next Normal’ [blog post]

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