HRExaminer v10.26

On-demand labor is growing but we don’t really know by how much. More to the point, what is The Effect of On-demand or Gig Labor on the Traditional Job Board Market? Jeff Dickey-Chasins has a new analysis.


John Sumser continues his exploration of the limits of current thinking on intelligent software in management, particularly Human Resources Management. What Doesn’t Quite Work.


As John Sumser points out, it is impossible for a machine to know what it doesn’t know. Latency is the difference between what the machine knows and reality. Read, What Doesn’t Quite Work: Data Ages Like Fish.


John Sumser speaks with Carol Leaman, the President, and CEO of Microlearning Platform, Axonify. Carol is an award-winning thought leader with an impressive track record of successfully leading tech companies. Listen to Carol Leaman on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly: Amazon Launches A Fully Managed AI-Powered Recommendation Service, Pryon Raises $20M To Automate Enterprise Workloads With AI. There’s also new funding for WorkForce Software, Degreed, and MentorcliQ. Plus, The latest Global Payroll Complexity Index.
 

The Effect of On-demand or Gig Labor on the Traditional Job Board Market

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Jeff Dickey-Chasins, by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
“Depending on which forecaster or pundit you believe, the on-demand labor pool may be as much as 50% of the workforce by 2020 - or as little as 18%.” - Jeff Dickey-Chasins
 

HRExaminer v10.25

Instant Talent Analytics is a new technique that can provide an assessment of an individual without requiring the individual to take a test. Tom Janz has more. Instant Talent Assessment Appeals. But does it work?


Doug Shaw writes, “Open Space Technology is a very liberating, loose framework within which to convene dialogue.” Zenzine: Different Ways of Recording our Thoughts.


It is a new flavor of Research and Development for a new flavor of software. John Sumser explains that It’s Not AI, but it is a Wonderland of Experimentation.


Machine learning and AI will struggle with complex environments. Without our help, these tools will make things simple for us without the real conversations required to reach useful decisions. John Sumser has good advice: You Better Treat Your Machines With Respect.


On HR Tech Weekly: iCIMS Acquires Jibe, Salesforce.com’s Tableau Acquisition, and BetterUp Raises $103 Million to Humanize Work.
 

Zenzine: Different Ways of Recording our Thoughts

Doug Shaw is exploring Open Space Technology, a liberating framework within which to convene dialogue. Doug shows examples from Open Space events discussing: The Future of Learning Technologies, The Arts in his local borough, and Mental Health.
 

Instant Talent Assessment Appeals. But does it work?

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Tom Janz, by Tom Janz
Instant Talent Analytics is a new technique that can provide an assessment of an individual without requiring the individual to take a test. Tom Janz has more.
 

HRExaminer v10.24

John Sumser writes, “The fair haired children and ivy league managers want to run and hide from failure. But, failure is the essence of life.” Failure is still vastly underrated.


With his three daughters in mind, Dr. Chris Andrews examines the gender pay gap from all angles in, Equivalence (for Women).


Jeff Dickey-Chasins highlights how developments in Google and Facebook’s offerings have made big changes to job discoverability. Read, How Job Seekers Discover Jobs is Actually Changing.


Machines are easier to fool than people. For starters, the machine assumes that the data is clean. John Sumser maps out the unnerving possibilities for Gaming the Retention Model.


Six years ago, China Gorman identified seven leadership behaviors that HR pros were hoping to see their CEO champion in talent and culture-related areas. China is back to compare how today’s CEOs are performing. CEOs and HR: Then and Now.
 

CEOs and HR: Then and Now

Topics: China Gorman, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by China Gorman
China Gorman makes a ‘then vs. now’ comparison of how CEOs are owning talent and culture-related issues in their organizations.
 

How Job Seekers Discover Jobs is Actually Changing

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Jeff Dickey-Chasins, by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
“Now we are entering a new age of discovery. Yes, candidates are still discovering job sites via search engines - but Google has ‘regularized’ the job posting, punishing those that don’t follow their schema, and rewarding those that do.” - Jeff Dickey-Chasins
 

Equivalence (for women)

Topics: Dr. Chris Andrews, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Dr. Chris Andrews
“While looking at the issue of gender pay equity for work purposes I thought it seemed unnecessarily complex. I asked the eldest of my three daughters what she knew, and she answered that she understood women were paid less than men, but that she couldn’t readily explain why.” - Dr. Chris Andrews
 

HRExaminer v10.23

Bad behavior is contagious. When left unchecked, one act of bad behavior, triggers another, and so on, until morale and performance both tank. Jason Lauritsen explains why Confronting Bad Behavior to Protect Employee Engagement is critical to your success.


New systems often fail to displace old tools and can end up creating even more work. Chris Havrilla shares proven leadership solutions to help you innovate without sliding backwards. Keeping your Eyes on the Prize: A Parable for Leading AI / System Innovations.


Is it Time for “Employee Engagement” To Fork? “The best the business world can do when trying to figure out how to encourage employees to add value is to label it ‘engagement’ and create proxy measures for it.” Paul Hebert


John Sumser speaks with Jack Berkowitz, the SVP of Product Development for DataCloud at ADP where Jack is responsible for their vision and approach to AI. Listen to Jack Berkowitz on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly: Stacey has updates on Talent Soft from Barcelona while John’s been with Convergence this week stateside. There are insights to share on the state of AI from John as he moves through 80+ recent interviews with AI vendors.