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

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But its values have remained the same, said the VP of people at pool service software firm Skimmer and co-host of the Real Job Talk podcast for mid-career professionals. 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.

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Lawsuits targeting employers’ work with PBMs put HR on alert

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In one example cited in the complaint, the multiple sclerosis drug teriflunomide was priced at $6,229 (for one 30-day prescription) under JPMorgans plan, which was negotiated with CVS Caremark, even though it could be purchased for as little as $29 through ShopRite Pharmacy. The most recent lawsuit was filed by JPMorgan employees on Mar.

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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. While one of the main goals of pay transparency laws is to narrow gender-based pay inequities, the Census Bureau report suggests this legislation isn’t yet playing out as policymakers intended, at least not at the national level.

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

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One of Hari Srinivasans first projects at LinkedIn was to help design the platforms profiles. Look at the profile today. Theres a lot happening [at] LinkedIn, but that human-to-human connectionwas always an insight that stuck with me, he said. billion, the largest US tech valuation at the time since Google.

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How this CPO broke into the C-suite after a decade as a stay-at-home mom

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When Gina Hartigan began her HR career building a university recruitment program at an engineering company in the early ’90s, she was given some now-dated advice: Always wear high heels, have something in your hands, and walk with purpose. In 2003, with four children at home, Hartigan had a wake-up call. Finding her way to HR.

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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. At LinkedIn’s Talent Connect summit in October 2023, the company announced new HR-specific tools , including a generative AI update to its Recruiter service.

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HR 101: The history of the résumé

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There’s little evidence that résumés were used much more between the 16th and 20th centuries , presumably because of the local and manual nature of work at the time. Fast-forward. As the world moved online, so did the résumé.