“What we’ve done is we’ve used the same psychological techniques that apps like Instagram, TikTok, or mobile games use to keep people engaged,” Luis says. “But in this case, we use them to keep people engaged with education.” There are reasons you may want to watch. Years before starting the language app, Luis received a…
Did you know that only two in 10 employees say their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work? Traditional performance management programs are clearly failing organizations — and company leaders are taking action. Among the more drastic measures, high-profile companies like GE, Deloitte, and Gap have eliminated performance reviews….
In a recent blog post, industry leader Josh Bersin writes that CEOs and CFOs are operating in an outdated model, where leaders are hiring during periods of growth and laying employees off when things slow down. This model, he notes, isn’t sustainable. In a world where skills gaps and labor shortages are increasing, employees are…
What does it take to build teams quickly, stack them with the right skills, and align those skills to business goals? These are the challenges Dharmendra Sethi thinks about every day. Dharmendra is the global head of talent for the Silicon Valley software developer GlobalLogic, where he leads talent acquisition, transformation, mobility, and learning and…
If we’ve learned anything in the last decade, it’s that the world can look very different over the course of a year. With technological, generational, and sociopolitical changes upon us, the recruitment landscape of today may be unrecognizable by this time in 2025. We know you’re already thinking about how AI is changing the game,…
If seeing compensation so high in the first chart made you nervous, here’s where you can take a small sigh of relief. Yes, pay will always be important, but the people who join small businesses are less likely to make it one of their deciding factors, compared to their enterprise peers. If you can’t beat…
When several U.S. states began requiring companies to include pay ranges in job ads a few years ago, job seekers nearly jumped for joy. Finally, pay transparency was making a big leap forward. Or was it? In an emerging trend, companies have gotten around these regulations by posting salary ranges so wide that it’s anyone’s…
Figure 2: Entity dependency graph (hierarchically from top to bottom) Bursty write traffic The data ownership changes result in bursty write traffic to all the entity Source-of-Truth tables of the database. This demands significant write QPS support without causing any data inconsistencies. Idempotence With multiple moving parts, different service-level agreements (SLAs) offered by different infrastructure,…
Probably every recruiter has felt the pressure to tackle multiple high-priority tasks at the same time or the stress of a massive to-do list. And like entropy, those demands only seem to grow. But Jonathan Kestenbaum, managing director of technology, strategy, and partners at the talent solutions company AMS, foresees a change. A brake on…
Over the past year, generative AI and skills-first hiring have been among the hottest topics in the talent world. They’re so zeitgeist-y that every time Aneesh Raman, head of LinkedIn’s Opportunity Project, interviewed a talent or learning leader, he asked them how AI would change the world of work — and their replies often hit…
Figure 4. Client side cache with server side cache for restrictions data Shortcomings: The introduction of dual layers, encompassing server-side and client-side caching, resulted in significant enhancements, particularly in scenarios with high cache-hit rates. While our caching initiatives successfully reduced latency and improved system responsiveness, they also brought forth new challenges that emphasized the importance of maintaining…
Your employees are the lifeblood of your organization. Their knowledge and expertise are crucial to your company’s success and it takes time and effort to amass both. The good news is that most employees are willing — even eager — to learn and grow professionally. Investing in learning programs can help your organization and team…
It’s hard to believe it’s been only 14 months since generative AI burst onto the scene. Already, the new technology has made inroads into how companies hire, how employees work, and how everyone learns. So it came as little surprise that when top learning and development leaders weighed in with predictions for 2024, everyone wanted…
Every New Year, you can expect three things: Debates on the validity of making New Year’s resolutions. And no matter where you land, we still think you should read our recruiter resolutions post. (Spoiler: Why wouldn’t you resolve to take more vacation in 2024?) Debates on when it’s still OK to wish someone a “Happy…