January 28, 2025 Job interviews are often full of biases. Here’s how to hire the best person There are a few simple ways to make interviews and other assessments more effective and fair. BY Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi When Ginni Rometty was CEO of technology corporation IBM, she introduced “skills-first” hiring, arguing that the filters … Continue reading Job interviews are often full of biases. Here’s how to hire the best person
January 04, 2025 Marketing for cybersecurity tech is often fear-based. Here’s how that backfires Over time, this can breed apathy and resentment. Users might disengage, believing that no matter what they do, they’ll always be at risk. BY The Conversation You have likely seen multiple ads for products and services designed to make you more secure … Continue reading Marketing for cybersecurity tech is often fear-based. Here’s how that backfires
March 23, 2024 Why bullies and jerks are often rewarded at work Research suggests that a focus on results at any cost and a lack of consequences create a situation in which toxic leaders thrive. BY Teresa A. Daniel Through a relentless focus on results at any cost and no consequences for the use of aggressive … Continue reading Why bullies and jerks are often rewarded at work
By Kim Rittberg February 02, 2024 As AI becomes ubiquitous, the only thing as large as its impact is its paycheck. In a recent survey, Heidrick & Struggles says an AI Officer can pay above $1 million. In a recent McKinsey survey, one-third of survey respondents say their organizations are using generative AI regularly … Continue reading 5 often overlooked jobs that make over $100,000 a year
By Jennifer Alsever October 05, 2023 Lying is becoming pretty standard throughout the job interview process—and it’s especially prevalent among more educated candidates, higher earners, and even company hiring managers, according to new surveys. As many as 70% of workers said they have lied on their resumes, with 37% admitting that they lie frequently, … Continue reading Who lies on resumes more often? High earners and workers with advanced degrees, it turns out
By Pavithra Mohan April 14, 2023 Ask many corporate workers what they think of human resources, and they’ll rattle off a litany of stereotypes: HR is incompetent, any brush with HR spells bad news, or that HR will always toe the company line. Above all else, people tend to believe that HR represents … Continue reading HR often sucks. Here’s how it could be better
Dozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide Gig Workers Rising found that death benefits are sometimes nonexistent. A. Khalid @askhalid April 6th, 2022 App-based gig worker M.J. makes a fist out of her car’s sun roof during a demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall to urge voters to vote no on Proposition … Continue reading Dozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide. Their families often don’t receive a dime.
Customers like apps once they start using them but awareness remains very low. Constantine von Hoffman on March 8, 2022 What does a customer using your app get you? About 41% more visits per year, compared to those who don’t. That’s according to a new study from mobile marketing platform InMobi which examined actual consumer … Continue reading App users visit brick and mortar 41% more often than non-users
The Link Building Traps That New Webmasters Often Fall For Nate Nead / 07 Feb 2022 When executed properly, a solid link building strategy has the power to provide value to your website for years, generating much more traffic (and therefore revenue) for your business. But link building is a complex strategy that demands … Continue reading The Link Building Traps That New Webmasters Often Fall For
Achim Nowak September 7, 2021 AND. Simple little word, isn’t it? We don’t like AND in sentence construction. It often kicks off a long and tedious run-on-sentence. Understood. I suggest we start to like it everywhere else. In the canon of powerful words, AND ranks right up there with YES, NO. As a form of … Continue reading Say “AND” A Lot More Often. Please.
