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Strategies for Successful Global Workforce Management Standardization
Global workforce management standardization can be difficult for companies. Learn how a Kronos customer standardized workforce management across 26 locations worldwide – improving employee adoption along the way.
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Why Self-Service is a Win-Win for Employers and Employees Alike
The future is uncertain enough. Workforce management solutions can engage your employees in ways that make them feel empowered, connected, and valued.
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Living remote onboarding: An inside look from a new employee
We've got the inside scoop on what onboarding looks like now - direct from someone living it. See her insights on the process and how it can succeed.
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Analyzing Fatigue in the Public Sector Workforce
Employee burnout and fatigue in the public sector can sabotage efforts to retain employees. Learn how we’re helping customers analyze their workforces to reduce fatigue.
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Guiding Practices for Driving Performance Improvement in the Manufacturing Workforce
While technology is the foundation of digital transformation, people are the driving force. It's the intersection of the workforce with technology that will foster a more powerful future of work.
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Returning to School: The relentless dedication of our educators
Educators are in the process of planning what returning to school will look like. What does the future of education hold? No matter what the individual state or school districts’ return to learn plan looks like, we can all rest assured that our educator
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How contact tracing connects to your workforce management strategy
Contact tracing and workforce management data are a natural fit - see how your organization can take advantage.
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Leveraging Healthcare Analytics Solutions to Manage and Predict COVID-19 Staffing and Capacity Demands
During times of fluctuating volume due to COVID-19, healthcare providers need analytics to balance labor costs without sacrificing care quality.
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Will K-12 Students Experience a Learning Loss due to Virtual Learning?
Delayed reopening plans bring about a new fear: are students going to experience significant learning loss?
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Drive Business Continuity in Manufacturing: Accommodate the New Employee Experience
While disruptions in business operations, the supply chain, and finances have been significant, employers must recognize their workforce is facing a different reality at home and at work.
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The power of payroll: Embracing change and resilience to face COVID-19
Payroll teams have already shown their resilience during COVID-19, but what's on the horizon? See where you can make the biggest impact next.
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The Value of Workforce Management Data for Human Resources
What if there were a way to make human resources tasks easier, while enabling HR to further empower and engage the workforce? There is – visibility and analysis of your data.
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How 12,000 People Came Together to Create UKG
Do you know how UKG was built? Chief Marketing Officer Jody Kaminsky shares the story behind the UKG brand.
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Solutions to Keep Your Frontline Workers Safe in the Workplace
Providing a safe environment for frontline staff need not be a process encumbered by complexity or high cost investments of time and money.
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The COVID Generation - A Strong, Resilient Workforce
Students that had to manage remote schooling amidst the COVID-19 pandemic developed skills that will foster a strong and resilient workforce. How can employers ensure they retain those skills?
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Resistance to return: Why it happens and how HR can handle it with empathy
It's normal for people to resist the return to work - and there are ways to help them overcome it. See what HR can do to help.
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Managing Teleworkers Through a Pandemic
Amid all the concern surrounding COVID-19, many people had to work from home for the first time in their careers. The pros and cons of remote work have been debated extensively, and we now have mountains of data to support those claims. Will teleworking become the new normal?
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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.
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Holiday Break: The Perfect Time to Catch-Up
There is no complete rest for the weary, but this winter break is the perfect opportunity for educators to take stock of the year and catch up.
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Staying Safe While Staying On Task
This year looks a little different than the past; and its been said on the news over and over with all the different words to explain it: unprecedented, unparalleled, dangerous, unexplainable. But those words don’t stop the world and what is happening in your stores. So what is happening now? The holiday and then post-holiday rush. It’s here, and a pandemic hasn’t stopped it.
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Customer Success Starts with a Plan
Having a Success Plan for your organization in 2021 is more important than ever. Learn about the steps to creating one and how you can look to UKG Customer Success for support.
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Purpose Partnered With the Spirit of Inspiration and Sportsmanship
The drive to win isn't the only thing shared between work and sports. The golden thread between the two is something much stronger — purpose.
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Higher Ed’s Top IT Issues: Restore, Evolve, Transform
EDUCAUSE has released its Top IT Issues of 2021. This ever-popular report produced each year helps institutions prioritize their goals, projects, and budgets. This year, they took a different approach and focused on how the role of technology will affect pandemic recovery.
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Everything Has Changed: Is Your Data Ready for the Future?
When so much around your business has changed, is your data more or less valuable? Are you looking forward or backwards?
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Diversity Matters: How UKG Products Can Help Cultivate a More-Diverse Healthcare Workforce
Learn more about the importance of diversity within Healthcare, and how UKG’s products can help you to foster a more inclusive and equitable organization!
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6 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month as a Company
How do companies take part in Black History Month in ways that are valued by employees and communities? Here are just a few ways.
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Drive Continuous Improvement with a Highly Engaged Workforce
Learn how to leverage workforce management technology and your HCM solutions to create an engaged workforce capable of driving sustained continuous improvement.
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How the Miami HEAT Organization Remained Consistent During Uncertain Times
Find out how teams like the Miami HEAT, stayed true to their core values — even making an extraordinary run to reach the NBA Finals.
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2 Keys for Building a Culture that Benefits Everyone
Many manufacturers adapted quickly to help support their employees and show ample appreciation during 2020. Moving into 2021, continuing those efforts by building a comprehensive culture that focuses on day-to-day opportunities to show appreciation, build trust, and increase engagement will prove beneficial to both the employee as well as the employer.
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Need More Time in Your Day? Find Out What One Director of Operations Did to Get More Time Back
I recently had the privilege of speaking with Wyclif Kpanou, Director of Operations for Westside Donuts, a large Dunkin’ franchise in New York. I wanted to chat with him to learn how and why he made the decision to partner with UKG™ (The Ultimate Kronos Group) to help improve the productivity of his workforce.
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Inclusion is More Than Just a Seat at the Table — It's a Voice Too
Is your organization’s culture prepared for more representation at the table? The answer to this question is where we unlock the potential for lasting change.
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Resilience in payroll: Maximizing flexibility, strategy, and business continuity
Payroll teams have grown through the pandemic - here are some tips on what should come next for them strategically.
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Public Service Recognition Week: Honoring Our Public Service Superheroes
Next week is Public Service Recognition Week (May 2-7, 2021) — a time to honor our public-service superheroes who build, maintain, and serve our communities. The pandemic gave rise to a myriad of new challenges on top of the already demanding work that public servants undertake — though it goes without saying that these individuals have risen to the occasion and deserve our recognition today more than ever.
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Inside the Virtual UKG Connections Experience
It's that special time of year! Get a recap and a look behind the magic of the 2021 Virtual UKG Connections Conference.
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Thanking Our Educators During Teacher Appreciation Week
Teachers, thank you for your commitment to our students regardless of the circumstances. Thank you for your creative and engaging lessons that inspire students to discover their passions. Thank you for never giving up on the students who need you the most. Thank you for everything. This week, May 3-7, please help us give our teachers the recognition they deserve.
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2021: Honoring Nurses
Nurses Week 2021 will be celebrated in the U.S. beginning on May 6th, which is National Nurses Day, and concluding on May 12th. UKG would like to extend our gratitude, support, and a special thanks to all nurses and midwives across the globe, as they continue to provide the highest level of quality care.
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Gratitude and the Power it Has to Change Work
Needless to say, stress levels have reached new highs for many employees over the past year. Is gratitude really the solution people say it is?
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Building Customer Connections at Banks and Credit Unions
This blog highlights the importance of building strong relationship with customers and the role technologies play in achieving strong customer connections. You will learn what customers care most about when choosing a bank or credit union to do business with. Additionally, you will learn about key UKG Banking Solutions such as Appointments, Lobby, Scheduling, and analytics that play a key role in making customers more happy, and connected with their financial services partner.
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Leading Healthcare: Changing Dynamics in the Industry
UKG has recently released an all-new industry brief, called “Leading Healthcare." In this issue of the Leading Healthcare industry brief, we survey emerging concepts and leading priorities that demand attention in our industry today. The Spring 2021 Industry Brief highlights a collection of recent industry news and fast facts, as well as emerging concepts and models that are worth a closer look.
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What Will the Post-Pandemic Future Look Like for School Districts?
Learn from the experts how to be more strategic in managing your K-12 workforce in a post-pandemic world while continuing to do more with less.
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UKG Workforce Central Scheduling Tips and Tricks That Lead to Happy People
Are you taking advantage of the best that advanced scheduling has to offer? You’ll find out in this blog post. Get the tips you need to simplify and standardize your scheduling process, win back hours in your day, and empower employees.
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Answering Gen Z's questions about the return to work: An inside perspective
Gen Z feels some uncertainty around the return to work - make sure you've got a plan in place to help them thrive when they come back.
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Brian Reaves Joins UKG on the Journey to Unity, Kindness, and Growth
UKG is honored to share that Brian Reaves has joined our organization as our Chief Belonging, Diversity, and Equity Officer.
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Why (and How) We Celebrate Juneteenth
Juneteenth means a lot to us at UKG. Find out why we celebrate and how you can too.
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HR technology's impact on company culture: Small actions, big difference
True cultural change comes from many small actions, and HR technology can help you know where to take them to have a large impact.
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Perspectives on Pride and Progress from UKG Employees
As Pride Month comes to a close, we asked our employees what pride and progress meant to them. Here's what they had to say.
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How Can Your School District Make the Most Effective Use of Allocated Funds?
K-12 school districts are eligible for unprecedented levels of funding from state and federal COVID-19 relief packages. But how can you develop spending plans that comply with legislative requirements and make the most effective use of allocated funds?
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Supporting Your Retail Workforce With AI & ML
We hear these words all the time: ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ and ‘Machine Learning (ML)’. But what do they mean, and how do they help your retail operations? How can they help your workforce succeed and use their time wisely?
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The Power of a Paycheck: What to Look For When Choosing a Payroll Solutions Vendor
In today’s digital world, it is expected that our pay is correct, on time, and deposited into our bank accounts every week or other week without fail. So how can organizations ensure that they can deliver the perfect paycheck every time? It all starts with your payroll software. Check out 5 features your payroll solutions should have in order to keep your organization compliant, automated, and most importantly, your employees happy.
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HR's Role
Time Well Spent: Maybe we should start with what isn't part of the HR role now.
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Let Us Upgrade You: Our Favorite UKG Pro Features from Our Latest Release
We know it can be difficult to get up to speed with learning the ins and outs of a new release on top of all your daily responsibilities, so we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite enhancements and are spotlighting them here. Check it out!
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How a Streamlined Payroll Process Eased the Burden of One Catering Company
With a unified payroll, payroll services, and HR solution in place, the team at M Culinary Concepts can now focus on providing a great guest experience for their clients and be able to take care of their people who make it all happen.
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Entering the workforce now: 4 new ways HR can support first-time employees
First-time employees are facing new, unique challenges - and HR can help them succeed with strategic recruiting, onboarding, and workplace culture choices.
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Advanced Payroll Solutions: Why Investing Is Worth It in the Financial Services Industry
It is easy to reject change when the process that you are using works. In order to keep advancing in this changing world, it is necessary to adopt more efficient processes. Find out why an advanced payroll solution should be the next change your company makes.
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The Importance of Payroll Services in Your Industry: What We’ve Learned
Over the last few weeks, we have learned how important having complete payroll solutions are across a variety of industries. In the final blog of our industry payroll series, we will look back at some of the top takeaways and tips shared.
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Want to Improve Organizational Performance? Empower Your People with Actionable Data
The past 18 months have created massive disruption for manufacturers, and many had to quickly pivot to address new complexities introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. When forced to accommodate dramatic and unforeseeable demand fluctuations, manufacturers quickly learned why workforce agility is so important.
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Machine Learning
Time Well Spent: This A.I. is really helping with my decision-making but I don't know why it keeps suggesting breath mints.
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Everything You Need to Know Before Joining Jacob Morgan at the Next UKG Book Club
What makes Jacob Morgan a 4x best-selling author and go-to keynote speaker among future-focused business leaders? Read on to find out.
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How a Proud City Built a Fiscally Sustainable Future
Learn how collaborative leadership, automated systems, and systematic checks and balances formed the basis for achieving what many would have deemed an impossible financial turnaround in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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The Benefits, Challenges, and Ambiguities of Interning Online
Now that the season of summer internships has come to a close, there's one question on the minds of future interns: Are online internships just as valuable?
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Great Place to Work Joins the UKG Family
Today marks a pivotal moment for UKG: We have acquired Great Place to Work Institute.
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New Public Safety Scheduling Differentiator: UKG TeleStaff Extra Duty Events Module
With the UKG TeleStaff Extra Duty Events module, public safety organizations can streamline the extra duty event requisition process, creating schedules that are best suited for the department and their budget. Learn more in this blog post.
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Frontline Employees are Speaking Up. Here's What They Want From Work.
No one has felt the effects of the changing landscape of work quite like frontline employees. Discover their evolving needs in this data-packed blog post.
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Empowering Your People and People Managers to Turn Insights into Actions with Data and Analytics
Making the right decisions today has never been more challenging and critical within healthcare. Fortunately, there are analytic tools that provide a multitude of ways to assist you with informed decision making. Read on to learn how our next generation solution, UKG Dimensions™ Analytics, delivers insights instantly to your frontline and operational people managers so they can confidently make impactful labor decisions backed by data.
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Time is changing: How to responsibly support employees with technology
Time technology has come a long way - see how you can responsibly support your people with the new options uncovered over the past year.
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Onboarding
Time Well Spent: How's your employee onboarding experience going so far?
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Happy Birthday, UKG!
All across the world, today we’re celebrating one year since we officially rebranded as UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group). And what a ride it’s been.
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Generations at Work: The Baby Boomer Paradox
Millennials command a lot of attention in Corporate America, but make no mistake, the generation born between 1946 and 1964 still hold quite the presence.
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Finding Clearer Perspective on the Gender Pay Gap
Pay equity across gender identities and other demographics can only be realized through insights and action. Learn how gaining a clearer perspective can help.
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Returning to the Office (Or Not): How to Manage Your Workforce Through the Transition
Day by day, do you know where your employees are working? UKG has solutions to manage your workforce – wherever they may be.
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An Empathetic Guide to Celebrating Boss’s Day
October 16th is Boss's Day, and here are some empathetic (and no-cost) ways employees can help to celebrate the managers in your life this year.
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Unique Abilities: An Interview with ADAPT Member Amber Enadeghe
U Krewer Amber Enadeghe shares a conversation on identity, support, and insights from within the community of people with different abilities at work.
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Unique Abilities: Commemorating National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the U.S., celebrating the workplace contributions of people with disabilities, or unique abilities.
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Going Global: Taking Your Workforce Management Strategy to the Next Level
Expanding your business into other countries can be challenging. Here are 5 factors to consider when planning, or managing a global workforce strategy.
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Where Are All Our Substitutes?
We need substitutes to keep our schools running – and we need continuity in the classroom to ensure consistent learning continues. However, many school districts nationwide are facing shortages of substitute teachers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Outstanding Organizational Cultures with Life-work Technology
Whether you’ll be joining us in person or virtually, here’s a quick preview of what to expect from our upcoming conferences UKG Works and UKG Connections!
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Building a Financially Sustainable Future: Lessons Learned From the CAFO of Springfield, Massachusetts
Learn how a city overcame tremendous fiscal challenges through a digital transformation and put themselves on the map for strong financial management.
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Employers’ Evolving Role in Financial Wellness During the Employee Life-work Journey
An emerging benefit is seeing explosive growth as a win-win for both employers and employees. Read on to learn more about earned wage access.
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Snapshot: What Gen Z Really Wants in the Manufacturing Workplace
To remain competitive in the war for talent, manufacturers must create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the future workforce — Gen Z.
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The Loss of Attraction: Why Employees Disengage
The Great Resignation has put employees back in the driver’s seat. Learn about the three trends driving innovative benefits and perks in the workforce.
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The X Factor: From Obscurity to Prominence
As members of the Baby Boom generation retire in record numbers, control is now shifting to Gen X professionals. Read on to learn more.
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Drop Everything
Time Well Spent: Let's see what we may have to drop everything to deal with this week?
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Keeping Your Workforce Connected with the UKG Dimensions Mobile App
With the fight for talent at an all-time high, offering your employees the autonomy that a mobile app gives is a key advantage for any organization. Whether it’s offering the opportunity to check upcoming schedules from home, pick up extra shifts, or simply check their latest paystub, a mobile app is critical for modern employees.
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A Day in the Life of a Teacher: Where User Experience and K-12 Education Intersect
Now more than ever, the employee experience — specifically, how an employee feels while interacting with a product — plays an integral role in products and services utilized by all K-12 districts.
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Sobriety at Work: Why Employers Should Address Substance Abuse
Substance use and abuse costs businesses $81 billion a year. Here’s what you need to know and how to address it in your workplace.
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Customer Service in Higher Education
Campus services such as health clinics, financial aid, and academic advisors all have an impact on how a student perceives the customer value of a university. By leveraging tools that create efficiencies around offering these services, institutions can enhance the overall customer service experience that they are providing.
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Will the Labor Market Hold Strong Heading into Summer?
UKG shares three key takeaways from its June Workforce Activity Report.
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Secrets of Success: U Krewers Share Their Best Career Advice
Looking for inspiration? 10 U Krewers share their top career advice.
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New Findings: More Organizations Recognize the Juneteenth Holiday than Ever Before
A UKG report shows that 5 million people observed the holiday in 2022—a 4-fold increase over 2021.
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For NWSL Athlete Sydney Leroux, Equality is Worth Fighting For
One v. One: NWSL athlete Sydney Leroux talks her passion for pay equity and never giving up.
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Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition—and More
Join UKG Chief People Officer Pat Wadors as she kicks off the 2022 Industry Insights Digital Summit and learn how to optimize your organization for the people you count on every day.
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UKG Report: Slowing Job Growth in July Likely Indicates Continuation of “Soft Landing”
Here’s what to expect from the July jobs report and why a slight slowdown in job creation might be OK for the economy.
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Meet the Interns: UKG Spotlights Summer Interns
July 28 is National Intern Day! To celebrate, UKG chats with two interns about their experiences and their top takeaways—for future interns and their managers.
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How to Use Technology to Deliver Creative Solutions for Hiring and Retention
Business leaders from the retail, hospitality, and food service industries share how technology has helped them attract and retain top workers.
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Inflation and the Economy: How to Navigate Uncertain Times
What steps can businesses and individuals take today to prepare themselves for economic uncertainty?
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What You Should Know About the Roller Coaster Economy After July’s Surprising Jobs Numbers
UKG shares insight into what’s behind our “job-full” recession in the July Workforce Activity Report.
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What Vacations Tell Us About the Economy
Are fewer people taking vacations? UKG analyzes what the August data means for the labor market.
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Back to School: What is a Destination District—and How Technology Can Help in Getting There
Explore how using a best-in-class HCM solution can free up your people so they can focus on what’s most important: student success.
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UKG and Great Place To Work: The 6 Elements of Great Company Culture
In honor of one year together, UKG and Great Place To Work share the six elements of building exceptional company culture.
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Finding Balance: Understanding the Goldilocks Jobs Market
Not too fast, not too slow: Workforce activity is changing at just the right pace.
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“Enjoy the Climb”: How NWSL Athlete Christen Press Stays Motivated
NWSL Athlete Christen Press talks pay equality, her groundbreaking fashion business, and finding peace amid the chaos.
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National Hispanic Heritage Month: U Krewers Share Their Stories
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, three U Krewers talk their multicultural identities and finding belonging at UKG.
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How Long Will the Labor Market Stay Consistent?
In its latest labor market update, UKG analyzes workforce data for September to understand how long the labor market will stay steady.
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A Better Work-Life Balance for Healthcare Workers with UKG Dimensions
Offer your healthcare employees a better work-life balance with more insight and flexibility for their time off. Discover three features that will make life easier for both the employee and the manager to arrange schedules so they can get back to doing what they do best — taking care of patients!
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How Hurricane Ian Impacted Workforce Activity
Will October shape up to be a trick or treat labor market? UKG is watching for signs that workforce activity declines may be accelerating
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What is Corporate Storytelling and Why It Matters
Research shows that leaders who embrace storytelling in business will achieve greater success for their organization—and their people.
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Neurodiversity in the Workplace: One U Krewer Shares Her Experience
For National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a U Krewer shares her personal story with autism.
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National Immigrants Day: A U Krewer Shares Her Story
In honor of National Immigrants Day (October 28), a U Krewer shares her experience of moving from Russia to the United States.
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Why Workplaces Should Lean into Neurodiversity
Workplace culture is changing—and for the better. Here, one professional shares how embracing dyslexia helped her achieve professional success, and the positives of neurodiversity in the workplace.
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How to Build a Winning People Strategy
UKG Chief People Officer Pat Wadors shares seven things she's learned about building a winning people strategy while leading 15,000+ people at UKG.
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The Top 4 HR Challenges in Higher Education
UKG research reveals that HR professionals in higher education are spending too much time on tasks that could be automated using efficient software solutions. Here, we unpack the challenges.
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3 Key Workplace Moments of 2022
2022 proved to be another transformational year in the workplace. Here, we recap the top takeaways that affected employers and employees over the past year.
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Adapting to Workplace Change
Seven (7) tips to help employees (and you!) stay motivated through change.
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What is the Employee Continuum of Needs?
The Employee Continuum of Needs is key to workplace success in 2023. Learn how understanding the six stages improves engagement, retention, and mental health.
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What is Shared Value at Work?
Purpose has become integral to corporate culture. When done right, creating shared value (CSV) at an organization can improve both society and a company’s bottom line.
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The Value of Data Storytelling in the Workplace
Data storytelling is the bridge that connects metrics with people. Here, we make the case for data storytelling through the lens of ESG.
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The Impact of Work on Mental Health
Check out the results from our new study — Mental Health at Work: Managers and Money — for recommendations on building empathy, authenticity, active listening, and a growth mindset to create a greater sense of belonging, inclusion, and positive mental health in the workplace.
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Op-Ed: The Role of Tribal Instincts in the Misinformation Age
Employers have a significant role to play in creating a culture that is inclusive of all people to combat misinformation and improve society.
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Black History Month: Reflecting on the Experiences and Achievements of Black U Krewers
To celebrate February’s Black History Month, two members of our employee resource group BUILD (Black U Krewers in Leadership and Development) share their rich cultural journeys and important lessons they learned along the way.
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The Benefits of Emotion in the Workplace
Emotion in the workplace is an incredibly powerful force in driving business outcomes. Here are three ways to find your emotional north star.
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What It Means To Be a Caregiver
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, caregiving is an important public health issue that affects the quality of life for millions of people. Globally at UKG, 75% of U Krewers report having caregiving responsibilities at home. Here’s where Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) NEST and CARES play an important role by providing valuable resources, support, and compassion.
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Are We Entering the Golden Age of Organizational and Talent Development?
There is a widely held belief that an era of great disruption is a catalyst for change. Great leaders have embraced this opportunity to usher in a new era of leadership and are turning to organizational and talent development teams to help create the next generation of great leadership.
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Untitled (Why Leadership Is More Than a Job Title)
Being a leader isn’t just about job titles and pleasing stakeholders. It’s about working with your employees to find a solution that shows compassion, even when it might be unpopular. Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer at UKG, reflects on her candid conversation with Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO of SHRM, about their individual experiences as C-suite leaders.
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Game Changer: Achieving Equity at Work
In this blog and webinar replay, UKG and NWSL leaders shed light on the need for employers across every industry to focus on leveling the playing field and creating an ecosystem of equity for all.
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Using Generative AI in Service of Our People
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how more than 1,100 U Krewers around the globe collectively put Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) through its paces by designing features, functionality to make our people-focused products, services even better.
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6 Tips for Spring Cleaning
Your Resume
When spring cleaning, why stop at bathrooms and closets? Chances are your resume could use a good scrubbing, too. Here are six ways to help your resume stand out from the crowd by creatively telling your authentic story.
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4 Behaviors That Build Trust During Times of Change
When heading up a team or project during times of intense organizational change, using these four leadership behaviors will help you build a culture of trust and belonging.
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Why Storytelling is Key to Creating, Sustaining Organizational Plasticity
Businesses that are implementing organizational plasticity are doing so because they realize they need to become more agile and resilient, and they're building it through the use of storytelling.
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10 Ways UKG Celebrates and Supports The LGBTQIA+ Community
Here are 10 ways UKG creates a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for LGBTQIA+ U Krewers.
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Industry Insights: 5 Ways HR Can Have a Voice — and a Seat at the Table
Today’s post continues our new Industry Insights series with a guest contribution from Tasha Yohan, industry marketing manager for K-12 and higher education at UKG.
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The Importance of HR Compliance and Storytelling
Compliance is evolving at an exponential rate. Learn how storytelling can help you respond to important HR compliance needs.
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Going Silent on Quiet Quitting: People Want to Do Good Work
“People want to work,” says UKG Chief People Officer Pat Wadors. The key is to develop a strategy to combat quiet quitting.
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5 Steps to Landing a Job in Tech Without a Tech Degree
Your straightforward, step-by-step guide to landing a job in tech without a tech degree.
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Why Confidence is Key to Customer Experience and Retention
UKG shares how customer experience and retention are deeply rooted in emotion and confidence.
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Calling All Public-Sector Professionals — Join Us at the Industry Insights Digital Summit
UKG is hosting its annual Industry Insights Digital Summit this Thursday, September 14, where the focus will be on how to empower your people with the data they need to make informed decisions, optimize performance, and achieve better outcomes. This free, half-day, virtual event is packed with thought leadership, expert-led sessions, and networking opportunities. The content covers the trends and issues that matter most to your industry, so you’ll walk away with new ideas and strategies to help your organization — and your people — thrive.
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Why Your People Are Key to An Effective AI Strategy
Human-centered, people-focused AI is the key to building an effective and purposeful AI strategy.
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Creating World-Class Technology for All
UKG Chief Product and Technology Officer Hugo Sarrazin reflects on the opportunities for HCM solutions to create great workplaces for all.
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UKG Aspire 2023: Caring for Your People Leads to Better Business Outcomes
Explore five key takeaways from UKG Aspire 2023 to make your organization a great place to work for all.
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The Top 10 Skills of Global Leadership
Learn the top 10 skills of global leadership and people management.
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Curious About a Company’s Culture? Ask These 5 Questions
What questions can you ask the interviewer to really understand a company’s culture and management style?
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Changing the World, One Workplace at a Time
UKG is all in on a clear mission: Inspire every organization to become a great place to work through technology built for all.
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Leveraging HR Insights To Accelerate Business Success
Employee data provides a wealth of valuable business information. Learn how HR insights gathered throughout the employee journey can create strategies to help organizations thrive.
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The Top ACA Requirements for Employers in 2024
What your smaller HR team needs to know about ACA requirements for employers to manage it accurately and minimize noncompliance risk.
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9 Benefits of Meditation in the Workplace and How to Get Started
As the modern workplace looks to focus on culture, incorporating a practice that supports mindfulness, helps to relieve stress and anxiety, and boosts creativity is a natural fit.
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What is Innovation? Exploring Public and Private Sectors
The once clear distinction between how the public and private sectors have traditionally leveraged innovation is blurring.
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Beyond PTO: How to Embrace These 5 Types of Paid Leave
Learn more about what is required, the types of paid leave, and questions you should consider when crafting your leave policies.
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Hush Trips: How to Minimize Remote Work Compliance Risks
If your company is considering allowing employees to work from anywhere, or if you discovered an employee took a hush trip, consider addressing these compliance implications.
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How UKG Can Help You Achieve Your Nonprofit Mission
There will always be a need for nonprofit organizations to assist people and communities in need, but who helps the helpers? Embracing the right technology is the key to navigating today’s challenges to nonprofit missions.
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3 Tips for Getting your HR Technologies Approved
Struggling to get your HR technology plans approved? Here's how to build your business case.
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Bring Back a Rumble (or Two) to Support Culture-Based Leadership
Rumbling can help navigate conversations that require open and honest discussion, which may take employees to messy and uncomfortable places and potentially cause friction.
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Meet the Interns: A Look Inside the UKG Summer Intern Experience
From first impressions to future aspirations, hear what our interns say about their summer experiences. Discover the skills they gained, the projects they worked on, and how this journey is shaping their career paths.
