You’re not human if you haven’t noticed the dominant rise of the video-sharing app TikTok. It’s so popular that The Wall Street Journal reported on TikTok … Read more
The Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent insights and information from around the web to kick off your … Read more
Hate Math? Hate Tech? HR Is No Longer Your Refuge.
Once upon a time, if you didn’t like math and you didn’t like technology, then you could find refuge in HR. After all, HR was about people, right? Now the … Read more
The Path to More Agile People Practices
In the past year, the global pandemic thrusted workplace transformation into hyperdrive as companies initiating Covid-related changes 20-25 times faster … Read more
Is a Four-Day Workweek Really Possible?
There is certainly a split camp whenever you speak to people about the four-day workweek. I’ve seen that employers, especially small businesses, are more … Read more
What Causes Hybrid Workplaces to Fail?
“What causes hybrid workplaces to fail?” A variety of talent pros weighed in to answer that question. From overwhelming tech-stack options to … Read more
Why Does Tech Shun Apprenticeships?
Apprenticeship models have been a key talent generation strategy in various industries for years, and they work: In Sept. 2020, the Labor Department … Read more
Reorganizations Make a Mess of People Analytics
Questions that appear simple to the person asking them can be messy to an analytics pro who has to answer them. One nasty form of messiness is changes to … Read more
This Company Makes All Employees’ Salaries, Appraisals, and Promotions Public
“He makes how much?” Discovering that a co-worker handsomely outearns you — even though you have the same job title and years of experience — leaves a … Read more
No Body, No Crime: Addressing HR Baggage
Corpus delicti, known as “no body, no crime,” is commonly defined as “the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime.” … Read more