Day: October 20, 2023

LinkedIn Layoffs, New Funding

LinkedIn is laying off more than 660 workers across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams, the employment-focused social media site announced Monday. https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/linkedin-laying-off-more-than-660-workers/ micro1, an AI-driven platform for sourcing top engineering talent has announced an oversubscribed $1.3 million investment. This funding, coupled with the initial $2 million pre-seed investment, […]

ENCORE: Why Your Engagement and Performance Programs Are Probably Broken and How Coaching and People Science Can Fix Them

CLICK MP3 LINK BELOW TO STREAM AUDIO This is an encore presentation from a previously aired episode about people science from November 18, 2022. For years, organizations have invested heavily in programs designed to improve employee engagement and work performance. But despite good intentions, too many of these endeavors have […]

Ep 561: Building The Foundations Of Skills-Based Hiring

Having covered both topics extensively on the podcast this year, I’m very much of the opinion that the move towards skills-based thinking will be more disruptive to recruiting norms than the rapid adoption of generative AI. The adoption of skills-based hiring and the move towards skills-based organizations is still happening […]