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Upwork tapped this HR pro to make remote work ‘best in class’

HR Brew

There are a lot of companies doing it very well, but nobody has truly cracked the nut,” Reeder said. Reeder tried an office job when she began her career, but it “just didn’t work” for her, so she freelanced until 2017, when she found her way into a fully remote company, Toptal. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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“5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful Service Business” With Stewart Vernon

Thrive Global

As part of my series about the “5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful Service Business”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Stewart C. Vernon is the Founder and COO of ASP — America’s Swimming Pool Company , the nation’s leading swimming pool cleaning, repair, and renovation franchise. Can you share that story with us?

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

Whenever human resources must be expanded or replenished, a recruiting system of some kind must be established. In fact, among researchers, there’s considerable agreement regarding the validity of cognitive ability tests. It is difficult to overstate the importance of job or work analysis to employment research and practice. [W]e

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How Companies Identify Talent with Janine Nicole Dennis & Kage Spatz

Thrive Global

Her career spans over 15 years in HR, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management in pharmaceuticals, K-12 education, technology, private equity, healthcare, performing arts, and staffing, just to name a few sectors she has worked in. She has also been featured by Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Black Enterprise, and Ebony Magazines.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

Ongig

They include racial bias in job descriptions, candidate screening, interviewing, job offers, and background checks. Even if it is unconscious, many companies have job descriptions with racial bias. For example, take this Software Development Engineer job description we found (this week) on Glassdoor for example.

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How HR Can Tackle Diversity Using the Rooney Rule

Visier

In August 2015, the need for more workforce diversity was spotlighted in a big way when President Obama issued a call to action to technology companies, encouraging them to hire more women and minorities by implementing the Rooney Rule. Who’s getting interviewed? Metric to watch: Diversity of interviewed candidates.

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Vetting Dev Candidates for Remote Work from Eastern Europe

Hppy

McKinsey called Eastern Europe the next outsourcing hotspot back in 2006. As a result, software development has become one of the top sectors in the Eastern European economy. Businesses should always screen candidates from Eastern Europe. Additionally, you have no idea if the references they provided are legit.