PS: Sending this early today folks, as I'm in HKT and there's a bug in the scheduler feature of this
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August 26 · Issue #98 · View online
It's recruiting brainfood for the week ahead
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PS: Sending this early today folks, as I’m in HKT and there’s a bug in the scheduler feature of this newsletter service. Hope the early timing works out Special thanks this week goes to: Katie Parker, Luca Cicatelli, Kevin Green, Kristy Nittskoff, Ross Clement, Andrea Kirby, Christine Shaw, Stefan Welack, Josef Kadlec, Ben Kiziltug, Lee Harding, Snezana Djurisic, Grace Carey, Christina Sophie Schmid, Teresa Wykes, Jo Avent, Helene Fleisch and Giovanni Lotti - thank you for your shout outs for brainfood last week. It’s the massive help to keep the community growing. Thanks! Can you help? Share this link: recruitingbrainfood.com on a LinkedIn status update and recommend to your network - that’s it. Cheers! Hung
Hung Lee is the founder of WorkShape.io - the revolutionary recruiting platform for Software engineers
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SmartRecruiters
This week’s brainfood is supported by our buddies at SmartRecruiters. SmartRecruiters’ Talent Acquisition Suite provides everything needed to attract, select, and hire great talent. Request a demo today here. SPONSORS
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How This Head of Engineering Boosted Transparency at Instagram
Getting into Instagram recently - mainly because it’s a business knocking on the door of close to 1 Billion users - and I thought I’d better. Here’s a great interview transcript with James Everingham, formerly Head of Engineering at Instagram, on how to make better decisions in transparency & communication. As with everything on FirstRound Review, it’s excellent for recruiters / HR / talent folks of all stripes. CULTURE
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You Only Get 1h 12min/day Without Email
How much of your day is spent multitasking with communication tools? And just how bad is it for your productivity? We know the answers: ‘way too much’ and 'absolutely terrible’. This post might give us a way out - have a read here
CULTURE
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Open Compensation Data
Compare compensation data across companies and job titles. US data and somewhat tech centric, but still a useful resource for benchmarking your key comp numbers. H/T brainfooder and preternaturally on-the-ball Denis Dinkevich for the share. Check out the tool here, and of course, follow Denis here. COOL TOOL
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The 25% Rule
Social norms can be changed by only a quarter of the group, ‘for good or ill’ as this post from Coglode helpfully notes. That’s all it takes for a dedicated minority to shift the 'Overton’ window. Perhaps we can apply the maths to more benign purpose, in the context of our companies. Must read for anyone currently embarking on or wrestling with culture change. CULTURE
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When You’re Hot, You’re Hot: Career Successes Come in Clusters
We’ve all been ‘in the zone’. Now new research from Kellog Insight suggests that bursts of brilliance do indeed happen for almost everyone and they often occur in closer proximity than would be normally predicted by statistical models. Read the summary here, and watch 'hot streak’ effect video here. We got to learn this stuff. RESEARCH
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Up or Out: Tech Company Levelling and Mandatory Promotions
You know from the first line that this is great writing. Learn about ‘levelling’, 'red zones’ and 'moving out to moving up’ by tech insider Rachel Kroll, who - when she is not writing great posts like this - is a senior engineer at Facebook. Must read for those interested in tech culture / tech hiring. CULTURE
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LinkedIn Groups Upcoming Decline
Are you still using LinkedIn groups? They had the opportunity to become Slack before Slack really but were ruined by cross posting, spammers and lack of engagement. Irina Shamaeva thinks their latest changes will kill them off for good. What do you think? COMMUNITY
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2018 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report
How does your social media performance against your industry? This report from Rival IQ promises to let you know. As Ivan Harrison mentions in his post, between this and Sprout Social’s brainfood from last week, you should have enough resources to step up your game. Recommendation: Follow Ivan
ENGAGEMENT
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Shaping the Future of Platform Work
For the record, I disagree with my old boss Azeem Azhar’s argument for increased government oversight in regulating work on online platforms. He makes a strong case though in this accessible essay on the future of platform economy. Have a read here and make up your own mind. GIG ECONOMY
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Is This the End of the 'Booth Babe'?
No more ‘edecanes’ says José Ramón Amieva. The Mayor of Mexico City has just banned the employment of attendants known as ‘edecanes’ or 'eye candy’ at events sponsored by local government. 'This job should not exist’ says Amieva. Do we agree? D&I
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HR Technology Conference & Expo
It’s the world’s leading, largest and independent conference for HR and IT professionals - where else would you put it other than the Venetian in Vegas? Early bird is still on, so register and get your tickets here
11-13 Sep, The Venetian, Las Vegas, USA
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CognitionX AI in HR Masterclass: Navigating the Hype about Chatbots
Our friends at CognitionX are perhaps the No1 community when it comes to AI. Here they are bringing together a master class for HR, especially in navigating the hype about chatbots. PS: great to see brainfood sponsors Robo Recruiter and jobpal in the vendor panel! Get your tickets here!
27 Sep, 25 Luke Street, Techspace, London, UK
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TalentTech Rising
The Recruitment Events Co. presents TalentTech Rising - A 360 view of next-generation talent technology. I’m honoured to be co-hosting this event - amazing opportunity to see the recruitment tech landscape in one day, in one place. Tickets are a bargain and you can get them here
4 October, Vue Leicester Square, London, UK
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Ich bin ein Mensch
Felix Wetzel is one of the smartest people in our business. Here he is giving a talk on the requirement to be human in the age of the machine. It’s part of the excellent RecEx series which you can also check out here. VIDEO
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Google for Jobs - What Recruitment Needs to Know
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If are a brainfood subscriber and want to post your in-house recruiting / people ops / HR jobs in next weeks newsletter, please email me at hung@recruitingbrainfood.com with job title and link so people can apply
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I’m writing this in Chep Lap Kok International after spending 10 amazing days in Hong Kong. Great to see the family, meet friends old and new and get a taste of a different rhythm of life. Off now to Kuala Lumpur for a lightning 48 hours. Ping me if you’re in town today or tomorrow and want to talk recruiting or the future of the planet. In this weather, I’ll do it for coconuts. Have a great week everybody. Hung
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