Dear Susan Fowler, Please Don’t Take Uber’s Settlement Offer
Dear Susan, As I read your open letter about your time spent at Uber like the perhaps million of readers, I cringed. With my mouth open-wide, I read your letter. Having worked in the human resources industry for a number of large companies, your stories are ones I have heard before, just not as one […]
From Fake News to Fake Jobs: How Facebook Is Failing
Earlier this month Facebook announced that it would be rolling out a new program to target advertising discrimination on the platform using artificial intelligence. In addition to strengthening the language in their anti-discrimination policy, Facebook will roll out an AI tool that will identify and flag ads that offer “housing, employment or credit opportunit[ies] and either […]
The Future of Training Is Competencies, Not Skills
The speed of change has many companies flustered and HR and training professionals wondering what needs to be done in order to keep up with changing technology. They are asking the question “How do you teach the skills of the future, when the skills of today are obsolete tomorrow?” The Answer Is… According to German […]
A Recruiter’s Take On the Impact & Importance of Facebook Jobs
Check out our Facebook Jobs posting tutorial by clicking here. The launch is here — Facebook Jobs is now live, and anyone can post their jobs for free on Facebook! It was hinted at back in November, when Josh Constine of Techcrunch saw a beta version of the tab. Well, Josh gets the scoop again […]
“Agile HR” Means Looking Ahead
“Agile: Able to move quickly and easily: Ruth was as agile as a monkey.” One of the major workplace trends mentioned in the Sodexo report on workplace trends is “The Agile Organization.” As I was reading this I thought to myself “What does that really mean?” What does it mean to be an agile organization, […]
Ep 104 – H-1B Visas, Immigration & the Travel Ban
In 2017, there will be 65,000 H-1B visas granted to over 300,000 applicants. Given the crazy economic climate right now and a lot of uncertainty with regard to immigration and President Trump’s administration. I thought we would talk about the things as business leaders can expect, what we can change and the impact that immigration […]
