HRExaminer Radio: Episode #33: Ravi Mikkelsen

Topics: HRExaminer Radio, John Sumser, by John Sumser
John Sumser interviews Ravi Mikkelsen, the CEO and co-founder of jobFig, where Mikkelsen leads a team that works to predict the likelihood new candidates will work well in an existing team with psychometric assessments.
 

HRExaminer v4.36

In this week's feature, No Pants Works, Heather Bussing reviews Scott's book and examines how companies like WordPress are navigating the traditional outputs of a company (namely profit and growth) without anything we’d recognize as an HR team or practice.

 

Five Links: Inno – Outta – Vation

You could decrease the size of the Linkedin database by 20% if you simply banned the word innovation from profiles. The word once reserved for the likes of Thomas Edison is now being bandied about to describe enterprise software rewrites.
 

Outtavation

As often as you can say the word innovation, it doesn’t make these projects about innovation. Innovation is a radical reimaginging or an absolutely new method. Better ways to target me are a disappointing outcome.
 

Employment Law Carnival: Princess Bride Edition

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity. Battling Rodents of Unusual Size. Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. Welcome to the Employment Law Blog Carnival, a monthly collection of the best employment law blog posts all in one place.
 

No Pants Works

Berkun decided if he was going to keep writing and speaking about work and management, he needed to to go back to a company and manage people working, but Wordpress didn’t have hierarchies, or departments, or managers.
 

Hank Stringer

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Stringer is one of the seminal figures in the HR industry. Among his most famous insights is the notion that recruiting is a bi-directional sales process.
 

HRExaminer Radio: Episode #32: Michael Tannenbaum

Topics: HRExaminer Radio, John Sumser, by John Sumser
John Sumser interviews Michael Tannenbaum, co-founder and CEO of ConnectCubed, a company making the next generation of candidate-friendly assessments using games.
 

HRExaminer v4.35

In our feature, John Sumser illustrates the seven basic elements of a job thru his experience this week with a Seattle-based Nordstrom employee. It’s a different take on two of the more misunderstood HR concepts kicking around the people business today – Engagement and Passion.
 

Working Without a Net

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
The question plaguing a world much bigger than our little industry is “How do I get heard over the swell of mediocrity?” We do a good job on that one.