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Connectify HR to offer services for small and medium-sized companies

Three seasoned Greater Des Moines human resources professionals have teamed up to launch Connectify HR LLC, a new professional employer organization focused on serving small and medium-sized businesses.  

The company is led by Melissa Ness, …

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Career Pathways links students to employers for early talent pipeline development

“At first … I didn’t think I was smart enough, that I didn’t have the brains for it, but … now I think I could do anything when I put my mind to it.” — Arina, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Workers are ‘rage-quitting’ jobs as employers deal with tightening labor market

A new trend is beginning to be seen as the world continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic: rage quitting. According to this story from Business Insider, more and more people, mostly in low-paying hourly jobs …

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Sioux Falls recruitment company expands in Iowa, adding three metro portals

HireClick, a Sioux Falls-based all-in-one hiring solution, announced it will expand in Iowa across three additional markets with job list websites for Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The company said it already has a …

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Drake to expand supervisory leadership program this spring

Drake University is expanding a virtual certificate course in supervisory leadership in the upcoming spring semester, after conducting a successful pilot of the program with an initial cohort of students this past fall.

The Supervisory …

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Davis Brown Law Firm HR Professional of the Year: Beth Nigut

As organizations improvise their way through 2020, the importance of the role of human resource professionals has come into increasingly sharper focus. But as most HR professionals know, constantly adapting to the changing face of …

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Companies plan to raise pay, increase staff in 2021, survey shows

Most companies are planning on increasing salaries and adding employees in 2021, according to the Palmer Group’s annual salary guide released this morning.

The survey was sent to about 2,200 Central Iowa companies on Oct. 6. Nearly …

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Business Record names EMC’s Nigut HR Professional of the Year

The Business Record has named Beth Nigut, executive vice president and chief people officer at EMC Insurance Cos., as its first annual Davis Brown Law Firm Human Resources Professional of the Year. 

“Beth is a strategic …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Labor board ruling limits protected speech when workers protest

A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board could result in more retaliation by employers if workers who speak up about harassment and discrimination in the workplace — but could also give employers relief …

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DMU names new chief human resource officer

Des Moines University has hired Marc Wachtfogel as chief human resources officer and a member of its executive leadership team. His first day of work at the medicine and health sciences institution will be Aug. 17. Wachtfogel …