Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Tech & Data |
Time to reboot the gamification of recruitment
It’s safe to assume that Casey Wardynski didn’t foresee the scale of what he was starting back in 1999. As chief economist of th...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Workplace |
The limits of euphemism
As individuals it is likely that we have differing degrees of tolerance for being spoken to indirectly. And yet most of us are e...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Workplace |
Holacracy after the hype: lessons for business
It has often been tough to separate Holacracy from its accompanying hype. The alternative management system, meant to distribute...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Culture |
The dishonest myth of work-life balance
There are some truly bad ideas that are nonetheless born survivors. The notion of “work-life balance,” popularized in the 1980s,...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Workplace |
Why parental leave laws aren’t working
If we want to have a workforce in the future we need to have children. The necessity to create tomorrow’s employees means today’...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Candidate experience |
The world’s most enduring personality test is a meaningless parlor game
If you work for a large organization you’re probably already aware that yours is one of 16 distinct personality types. You may b...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Trends |
Money for nothing: are we ready for universal basic income?
Several years ago I went to visit a radical experiment in the remote west of Kenya near the shores of Lake Victoria. A handful o...
Inside HR | Stories & Insights | Better practices |
Writing effective job descriptions: a style guide
Given that the purpose of a job description is to attract applications it would make sense for it to be inviting. Yet, all too o...
HR Toolkit | Tutorials | Metrics |
Understanding interviews per offer and interviews per hire KPIs
Understanding "interviews per offer" and "interviews per hire" KPIs is crucial for measuring recruiting efficiency. These metric...
HR Toolkit | Tutorials | Metrics |
Qualified job candidates per hire: recruiting metrics that matter
How and what we need to measure in recruiting remains an active discussion. While there is plenty of data on offer from key recr...
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The leadership illusion
This is the leadership industry, a complex that now encompasses colleges, gurus, corporate departments, startups, foundations, c...
HR Toolkit | Tutorials | Metrics |
Average time to hire: key recruiting metrics to track
The most important recruiting metrics include time to hire, which measures the duration from engaging a candidate to accepting a...