Update On Pay Transparency Laws

Colorado was the first state to pass a pay transparency law, but many states and municipalities have followed suit. In the day and age of the remote workforce, it is challenging for employers to understand what they are required to post or disclose. We just went through a wave of transparency laws going into effect,…

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Internal Stakeholder Alignment

One of the keys to hiring is ensuring everyone is on the same page. A big part of that is internal stakeholder alignment. In today’s post, we look at what we mean by internal stakeholder alignment and the benefits to your organization. What is internal stakeholder alignment? The key components of internal stakeholder alignment are……

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Founder Friday: How Startups Can Navigate Losing Key Team Members

No one company likes to lose key team members, but it can significantly hurt startups that don’t have the layers in place or succession plans in place to handle the loss of cornerstone employees easily. What should your startup do if you find yourself in this unfortunate situation? Identify Your Stars You probably already have…

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Fast Company: 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators

Fast Company teamed up with Accenture to compile 100 companies with cultures built to inspire creativity and innovation. And, they’re not all tech companies. There is representation from virtually every type of industry… Agtech (1) Biotech (2) Consulting (2) Consumer Packaged Goods (1) Education (3) Energy (6) Engineering (1) Entertainment (3) Financial Services (12) Fintech (4) Health &…

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Resource Share: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color

It is horrible to be writing this, but in light of this weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo and other hate crimes that have impacted people of color, we thought we would share a wonderful mental health resource for POC… Online MSW Programs / 2U, Inc.:  55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color They break resources into racial…

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Candidate Experience: From Sourced Candidate to Day 0

Hire enough people or follow enough HR/talent acquisition blogs, and you’ll notice some troubling trends… Candidates going dark after previously having been engaged Candidates considering multiple opportunities “Ghosting” of interviews, or even worse, first days Acceptance of counters and/or continuing to field/negotiate offers from other roles after previously accepting your position New hires leaving before…

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Ways Companies Can Celebrate Black History Month

Today is the start of Black History Month. If your company is looking for ways to help celebrate with your team, we’ve got you covered. Before we share some helpful links on how you can celebrate, here’s a helpful article that first outlines what not to do… Seen@Work:  10 Mistakes Companies Make When Celebrating Black History Month…

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Founder Friday: Building The Right Startup Culture

Building the right culture is hard to do. It is something that founders must be strategic about out of the gates. Here are some helpful hints that we’ve learned along the way from founders in our network and various resources on the subject (sources found below)… What founders have shared with us… As a founder,…

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What happened at Better.com?

Did you hear about Better.com’s CEO, Vishal Garg, firing 900 employees simultaneously on a Zoom call? It is one of the most shocking things we’ve heard of, especially as you dig into the details. We imagine it came as a shock to those 900 people. After all, Better was only founded by Garg in 2016, and in five…

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CEOs & The Great Resignation

Two significant tech resignations have already happened this week in Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Kedar Deshpande of Zappos. Jeff Bezos resigned from Amazon earlier this year. And while we’ve written about the Great Resignation previously, we’ve never looked at it at the CEO level. Fast Company posted a story in November titled “The Great Resignation rages on: CEOS are fed up with their jobs, too.” It referred to…

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