Earlier this month, I joined 1,500 of my fellow talent leaders at Talent Connect in New York City. The tagline for the conference was “Work changes today,” which underscores the unrelenting change and uncertainty in the modern workplace. Whether it’s the demographic shifts in the workforce, transformative technology like generative AI, or the need to…
When a company is described as dynamic, you often also hear about innovation — how, for example, that business was on top of the latest wave of technology or the hottest consumer trends. But what if we’ve got it all wrong about what it takes for a company to be dynamic? According to a new study…
When job posts highlight direct compensation figures, like specific salary numbers ending in “000,” they tend to attract more applicants. Posts emphasizing health-related benefits like dental or vision coverage also fare well. The more generic terms, however, appear to have a lower appeal. Candidates clearly appreciate a direct approach. It tells them that the company…
Today, Microsoft announced Q1 FY24 Earnings. Included in the report on the financial performance were the following LinkedIn highlights: In Q1, LinkedIn’s revenue increased 8% year-over-year (8% in constant currency). We’re applying the new generation of AI to transform how our 985 million members learn, sell, and get hired. Membership growth has now accelerated each…
Authors: Bingfeng Xia and Xinyu Liu Background At LinkedIn, Apache Beam plays a pivotal role in stream processing infrastructures that process over 4 trillion events daily through more than 3,000 pipelines across multiple production data centers. This robust framework empowers near real-time data processing for critical services and platforms, ranging from machine learning and notifications…
Misalignment is the root of all evil in recruiting. Misalignment between the hiring manager and recruiter, between the hiring manager and their interviewing team, between the hiring manager and their boss, between the hiring manager and their candidate, between compensation approvers and the recruiter or hiring manager. I could go on. Misalignment is all around…
If your company is looking to make progress on employee engagement, you may want to get out your trowel, sharpen your clippers, and put on a sensible pair of boots because the garden may be where you should be looking for inspiration. According to a recent article from Forbes, employee engagement scores really haven’t changed…
Spike Lee has never been afraid to speak his mind. Over the last four decades, the Oscar-winning filmmaker has garnered as much fame for his polemics as for directing such classics as She’s Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing, and Malcolm X. So when we invited him to be a keynote speaker at Talent…
When change happens so fast it makes you dizzy, you usually have two choices: You can curl up on the couch with a cup of hot tea and wish everything would stay the same. Or you can view change as an exciting opportunity to evolve and grow. Futurist April Rinne, author of Flux: 8 Superpowers…
Bias in interviewing is a massive problem. Not only does it trample your DEI goals, it leads to terrible hiring decisions — hiring the person you like vs. the person who can get the job done. How do you know if you are bringing bias into an interview? Here’s an easy test. Put your fingers…
Talent changes are a difficult, but necessary and regular part of managing our business. The changes we shared with our team today will result in a reduction of approximately 668 roles across our engineering, product, talent and finance teams. While we are adapting our organizational structures and streamlining our decision making, we are continuing to…
When Jacinda Ardern became the prime minister of New Zealand in 2017 at the age of 37, she also became the world’s youngest female head of government. Where did she turn for leadership principles as she led her island nation through the pandemic, an economic downturn, a volcanic eruption, and a terrorist attack on two…
We went through a proof of concept for various security risk management platforms to find a solution that would help us effectively address the challenges that we were facing. We selected one that specialized in risk management for both organizational and third parties. Lift and Shift Phase We began by adopting a lift and shift…
The skills necessary to do our jobs are changing rapidly. “A generation ago,” writes Harvard Business Review, “the half-life of the value of a skill was approximately 26 years. Now the half-life is often less than five years.” As a result, companies around the globe are pumping more than $380 billion into learning and development…