HR Tech Weekly: Episode #195: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

Stacey and John discuss the KronosWorks Event, iCims Analyst Event, Cornerstone Acquires Grovo for micro-learning content, The Muse Acquires TalentShare, Moonlighting Launches New On-Demand Hiring API, Eightfold Launches AI-Powered Personalized Career Site, and Phenom People Announces Phenom AI. Topics this week include WFM, Scheduling, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Recruiting, and Personalization.
 

Hiring is like a Tango

“Could you win a tango competition by placing an ad for a dance partner, and then, before the dance, using a written test to determine your “fit” with each applicant? Of course not. So why would you hire that way?” – Bob Corlett
 

Humans, Laws, and Algorithms

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
Algorithms follow the rules every time. That is what they are – a set of instructions and rules. This distinction is really important in evaluating HR software.
 

Talent Hydraulics

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
When it becomes clear that working with you is a pathway to a successful career, talent flows in your direction.
 

HRExaminer v9.44

D&I and HR have the potential to be much better strategic partners in the future than they have been roommates in the past. Joe Gerstandt explains why it’s Time for D&I and HR to Part Ways.


Trying to keep work and politics separate is about as easy as balancing work and life. Heather Bussing comes to the rescue in her Survival Guide for Politics and Work.


In her article, My Love Letter To Managers, Maren Hogan takes issue with the notion that hapless managers are responsible for every last company misstep.


John Sumser speaks with Marc Rind, VP of Product Development and Chief Data Scientist at ADP. Listen to Marc Rind on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly, Stacey and John discuss Ultimate Software, Career.com domain for sale, ServiceNow acquisition and partnerships, Teamable raises $5M and acquires Simppler, New Partners for Team Handshake, and VoiceSense Introduces New Speech-Based Predictive Analytics Solution for HR.
 

HR Tech Weekly: Episode #194: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

This week: Stacey and John discuss Ultimate Software, Career.com domain for sale, ServiceNow acquisition and partnerships, Teamable raises $5M and acquires Simppler, New Partners for Team Handshake, and VoiceSense Introduces New Speech-Based Predictive Analytics Solution for HR.
 

Time for D&I and HR to part ways

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Joe Gerstandt, by Joe Gerstandt
“I have been working in this arena, either as an internal or external practitioner, for close to 15 years now and I have never seen or felt as much energy built up around this body of work as I do now. ” – Joe Gerstandt
 

HRExaminer v9.43

Business travel isn’t the same experience for men and women. Erin Spencer recounts her recent trip to The HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. The #MeToo of Business Travel


Newer forms of communication inherently create more psychological distance than old forms. What’s a transparent company to do about the Anonymity Paradox?


Amazon scrapped the development of their AI hiring tool because engineers found the AI was unfavorable toward female candidates. Learn about Basic Prediction Algorithms.


John Sumser speaks with Matt Hendrickson, Founder and CEO of the Ascendify talent acquisition platform. Listen to Matt Hendrickson on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly, John shares some amazing travel adventures from Singapore and Stacey has a big update from Oracle Open World. In funding news, Chinese Cloud-Based HR Firm Beisen Receives $100M and Workplace Experience Platform Envoy Raises $43M.
 

HR Tech Weekly: Episode #193: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

This week: John shares some amazing travel adventures from Singapore and Stacey has a big update from Oracle Open World. In funding news, Chinese Cloud-Based HR Firm Beisen Receives $100M and Workplace Experience Platform Envoy Raises $43M.
 

Basic Prediction Algorithms

Topics: AI, Artificial Intelligence, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Amazon scrapped the development of their AI hiring tool because engineers found the AI was unfavorable toward female candidates because it had combed through male-dominated résumés to accrue its data. The heart of this kind of bias lives within basic prediction algorithms.