Although social networks such as Facebook and Twitter dominate the daily lives of Duke students, LinkedIn has recently carved out a role as the professional network of choice. Since LinkedIn launched in 2003, the site has witnessed massive growth and …
One of the words I’m trying to banish from my vocabulary is “easy.” Easy means something different to everyone. What’s easy to you could be difficult to me and vice versa. Easy implies “no-brainer” and that’s not always the case. Especially when it comes to {Read More}.
For years, LinkedIn has been derided as the poor cousin of the social media family. The dull networking site struggled to hold its own against its sexier relatives, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. But last week the professional networking site was …
This fall, Stanford students can pick the brain of billionaire LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, who is teaching a class alongside Greylock partner and former Mozilla CEO John Lilly, investor Chris Yeh and LinkedIn cofounder Allen Blue. The class …
The recently disclosed data breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which exposed the Social Security numbers, job assignments, performance ratings and other personal identifying information of millions of government employees, and the most recent hack of the Ashley Madison website should serve as a major wake-up call for HR departments worldwide. These hacks have […]
A stream of women have gone online to complain about 'creeps' and 'perverts' contacting them through professional network LinkedIn. Users of the website have been tweeting the chat-up lines and bizarre messages they have been sent, complaining that …
HR Technology Conference 2015 As Steve Boese, co-chair of HR Technology® Conference, talk with HR leaders from all types of organizations, see demonstrations of the latest HR technology innovations, and look at the significant rise in innovation and in venture-capital funding funneling toward HR-technology solutions, there is no doubt in his mind that understanding and effectively deploying HR technology continues […]
As Labor Day has now come and gone, and the long and sultry days of summer begin shifting towards the cooler, brisker days of fall, the change in seasons also brings us just a little bit closer to the mecca of all things HR tech related, the annual HR Technology Conference. As we approach what […]
I’ve had a fascination for hackathons ever since the scene in The Social Network where the students were writing code (and drinking shots) to compete for jobs at Facebook. Typically, I’ve heard about hackathons in the context of recruiting. But recently I’ve noticed a change when it comes to hackathons and their purpose. For example, […]
“The conference session on blowing up the traditional performance review was standing room only,” recalled David Niu, CEO of Seattle-based TINYpulse, a software tool for tracking employee sentiment through weekly one-question surveys. “One speaker …
Linds Redding, a New Zealand-based art director who worked at BBDO and Saatchi & Saatchi, died last month at 52 from an inoperable esophageal cancer. Turns out Linds didn’t really like his old job and mad hours he spent creating a successful career. Here is what Linds wrote before he died: “I think you’re all […]
I tweeted this last night “For whatever reason, we are driven to apply outlier practices to middle-of-the-road companies and expect outlier results.” And if you’re reading this post. There’s a really good chance that you are not an outlier. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of outliers. Outliers provide us with directional cues […]
Alexander Carter-Silk, twice her age, married with two children including a daughter, the same age as Proudman, sent her a leery message on spotting her profile picture on the professional networking site LinkedIn. "I appreciate that this is probably …
When youâre applying for a new job, you donât get more than one chance to make a good impression. If you are submitting a resume via email, then you have to write a nice introduction and attach flawless application documents that will make you a memorable candidate.