Valley Extraction — how to hire senior talent away from Silicon Valley in four easy steps
August 30, 2016
Here are four steps to loosen the Silicon Valley deathgrip on talent you’d like to recruit.
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Why more companies don’t do remote work (and probably shouldn’t)
August 29, 2016
Remote work, done well, is great. I’ve got no quarrel with the concept. But shaming companies who don’t do it doesn’t sit right with me any more, even given the arguments above.
Privilege, illegal interviews, and burning curiosity
August 26, 2016
We need to start by acknowledging that many people, particularly minorities in tech, are not in a position to write a post about every sexist or illegal hiring practice they encounter.
Unlimited vacation and other forms of guilt-based management
August 25, 2016
If the goal of unlimited vacation is to encourage people to take care of themselves, and to take the time they need, we should ask “does it achieve that goal?”
How to kill your startup’s referral pipeline in a single interview
August 24, 2016
A busted recruiting process is a surefire way to dry up those referrals and chances are, you won’t find out until it’s already too late.
Your diversity problem isn’t the pipeline’s fault
August 21, 2016
Very few leaders I speak with are openly racist or sexist — most insist they’d love to build a more diverse team but…
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