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The past 25 years have been an uphill journey for the HR function

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And following the introduction of LinkedIn in 2003, Bronson said, talent pros could suddenly learn everything about a candidates career with the click of a button. LinkedIn is our Rolodex, Bronson said.

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Lawsuits targeting employers’ work with PBMs put HR on alert

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Fiorini, who previously worked for OptumRx and CVS Caremark, said the lack of transparency in drug pricing has been an issue with PBMs since he started with Caremark back in 2003: Thats what those lawsuits are trying to get at, is that nobody knows what the price is. What HR can do to avoid legal scrutiny.

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A widening gender wage gap shows pay transparency isn’t yet working as intended

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It’s the first statistically significant annual decrease the Census Bureau has documented since 2003. Overall, these women earned 83% of what men earned in 2023, down from 84% in 2022.

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LinkedIn has transformed HR over the last 20+ years. Its execs have big plans for its AI-powered future.

HR Brew

When LinkedIn debuted in May 2003, it emerged as a digital networking tool to help professionals connect and share career updates. million from Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures, among others between 2003 and 2009, according to Crunchbase. More members flooded the site and so did the dollars.

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HR 101: The history of LinkedIn

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One year later, on May 5, 2003, Hoffman launched LinkedIn with co-founders Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly, and Jean-Luc Vaillant. Reid Hoffman came up with the idea for a professional social network in 2002. The dotcom bubble had burst, and it was a time of career uncertainty for many, particularly in the tech industry.

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HR 101: The history of the résumé

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Faxed résumés gave way to emailed ones, and thanks to the founding of LinkedIn in 2003 —as well as other digital recruiting tools—HR had a virtual treasure trove of résumés at their fingertips. From typewriters to fax machines to personal computers, the process of writing and submitting résumés became much faster and easier. Fast-forward.

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HR 101: Let’s talk about unlimited PTO

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Netflix was an early adopter of unlimited PTO, adopting the policy in 2003, according to Inc. But employers didn’t start to offer unlimited PTO—which doesn’t accrue and is open-ended, according to Bamboo HR —until the 21st century.

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