Unconscious and implicit biases can show up every step of the hiring the process. That’s why Greenhouse, a recruiting and applicant tracking program, has partnered with diversity and inclusion consulting firm Paradigm to bake in inclusive hiring practices throughout the entire process. Greenhouse Inclusion is designed to help companies employ inclusive hiring practices throughout a […]
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Why achieving diversity in tech requires firing the industry’s ‘cultural fit’ mentality
If you have interviewed for a technology job, there’s a good chance the words “culture” and “fit” made an appearance during the phone-screen phase, or in early rounds of interviews. It is no longer enough for a candidate — especially early to mid-career — to arrive to job interviews with a stellar resume and relevant technical skills. They might also have to come with their best “I’m normal and will fit into the overall team culture of this company” outfit on.
View More Why achieving diversity in tech requires firing the industry’s ‘cultural fit’ mentalityMcDonald’s is now hiring losers, according to this sad little sign
One thing I’ll be sorry to see go after all the Blockbusters and malls have disappeared are roadside message boards, if only because they’re so easy to misinterpret.
Like this McDonald’s sign that’s even more disheartening than the company’s failed a…
Small businesses love free stuff, so Gusto is giving them free HR Basics
Gusto, formerly ZenPayroll, is the rare startup unicorn that has stayed relatively mum on its product and growth — its last press release, for instance, was more than a year ago. The company’s core offering remains payroll for small businesses, and it has been working to expand its customer base across the nation, including having […]
View More Small businesses love free stuff, so Gusto is giving them free HR BasicsAnother new survey underscores that skilled workers can pretty much live wherever they want
If you want to live outside an expensive city like San Francisco or New York, it pays to have specialized knowledge. So suggests a new survey out of Upwork, the freelancing platform created from the 2013 merger of Elance and oDesk that connects businesses and independent contractors. According to feedback from more than 1,005 workforce hiring decision-makers conducted on Upwork’s behalf… Read More
Triplebyte has raised more money for its “background blind” tech recruiting platform
Triplebyte is a three-year-old, 25-person, San Francisco-based hiring platform that says it makes recruiting and technical screening for tech companies more efficient. It’s hardly alone in making this claim, of course. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a tech recruiting platform that claims to improve on the ways that companies identify and recruit talented engineers.… Read More
Startup that sells your salary data to VCs gets bought by Solium
Investors don’t want their portfolio companies to pay you too much, or too little. So they pay Advanced-HR for its compensation data pulled from 2,500 startups. With a generic name, the service has flown somewhat under the radar since launching 20 years ago.
As startups grow more professional while staying private longer, they’re getting serious about how they structure equity… Read More
Uncommon.co launches and raises $18m to bring objectivity and efficiency to hiring
Traditional models of recruiting are a mess. At companies like Google, quite literally millions of people apply for open roles, forcing hundreds of recruiters to sift through thousands of resumes per job opening. Worse, in their race to process t…
View More Uncommon.co launches and raises $18m to bring objectivity and efficiency to hiringHR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now
Human resources has to be one of the greatest bait-and-switch professions one can join today. HR departments position themselves with a forward-facing fluffy image, whether improving the productivity of workers through training and development programs or perhaps righting the yawning inequality gap in America by encouraging diverse hiring standards. Unsurprisingly, the field often attracts… Read More
Scaling a bootstrapped business is next frontier of entrepreneurship for Evan Frank
Evan Frank was five years old when he first knew he was going to be an entrepreneur. While attending kindergarten, Frank crafted books and sold them to his teacher at a nickel to a dime a piece. “There was always this desire to build stuff,” he explained to me, and also clearly a desire to make some money on those projects to boot. Frank, who lives in New York City, was a… Read More
Hate your boss? B12 is designing work without (human) managers
Online labor marketplaces have been around since the dawn of the internet. Post a task, select a worker, verify the work, and submit a payment. There are dozens of companies that broker labor services, and the rise of these marketplaces has been …
View More Hate your boss? B12 is designing work without (human) managersStressing aptitude over achievement, Strive Talent pitches a new way to hire
A number of startups are rethinking how hiring should work, because while many employers require a college degree for a job, the fact is that most of the skills needed to perform those jobs aren’t taught in college. Enter Strive Talent, a new startup that’s trying to come up with (arguably) better criteria to determine an applicant’s suitability for a job. Read More