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    候选人对找工作的真实感受是怎么样的?How Candidates REALLY Feel About the Job Search 我不认为我们中的任何一个人会对一般人不喜欢找工作感到惊讶。 Hired最近的一项调查发现,83%的人因求职而受到压力,73%的人认为得到根管,69%的人认为被困在电梯中是有压力的。 随着今天失业率的降低,组织终于开始投资候选人经验,作为吸引人才的竞争优势。但是候选人真的想要什么呢?招聘团队可以做些什么来为寻找工作做出切实的改变? 候选人谈论求职,chatbots,等等 最近,我走上街头向人们询问他们找工作的经历。我问他们最大的求职宠物是什么,招聘人员可以做些什么来改善工作申请,他们对chatbots的感受,等等。 第一:回复每个候选人 尽管候选人仍然首选人情味,但首先得到他们的应用的承认是提高候选人经验的最低水平。事实上,CareerBuilder发现求职者中有33%希望在申请之后收到一封自动发送的电子邮件,这些邮件概述了流程中接下来的步骤。 由于现在有大量的招聘软件和工具可供使用,因此在合理的时间范围内不回复候选人的做法已经不再是可以避免的了,特别是随着短信和聊天机器人在招聘环境中日益普遍。 第二:加快你的过程 实际上被问到的候选人,“ 一旦你申请到公司的工作,下列哪一个行动建立信任?“最高的答复是,” 公司迅速查看你的申请并伸出援助之手,53%的考生选择这个选项。 SHRM对人才招聘专业人员的调查发现,平均需要9天时间才能开始筛选求职者。在候选人驱动的市场中,花这么长时间才能回到候选人身上,是不会再削减的了。 随着人工智能(AI)在采购和筛选方面的最新进展,可以轻松利用技术来自动执行管理任务,加快您的招聘流程。 LinkedIn人才解决方案副总裁Dan Shapero认为,大量采用人工智能是招聘的未来。 正如他所言:“ 过去10年来,被动式人才招聘一直是关键。未来10年将涉及智能招聘。”通过自动化采购和筛选行政部门来加速招聘,让这种情报为你工作。 第三:拥抱像chatbots这样的新工具 由于像Siri和Alexa这样的聊天机器人和虚拟私人助理在我们的个人生活中变得越来越普遍,他们在招聘中的采用只能是不可避免的。 候选人对于聊天机器人等新的交流工具显然是开放的。Allegis发现,66%的候选人都乐意与聊天机器人进行互动。正如视频所述,只要聊天机器人能够提供更多关于求职的信息,他们就会欢迎与张开双臂的人交流。 在视频中提出的另一个有趣的观点是,与人类招聘者相比,一些候选人可能对聊天机器人感到更舒适,因为他们感觉交互会更客观。 最后一个想法是:尽管找工作绝不是一个流行的消遣,但最近在筛选和交流工具方面的创新意味着组织可以采取一些具体措施,使求职变得不那么讨厌和有压力的活动。   以上由AI翻译完成。 作者:JI-A MIN  Ji-A Min is the Head Data Scientist at Ideal 查看原文请看: I don’t think any of us would be surprised how much the average person hates looking for a job. A recent survey by Hired found 83 percent of people get stressed by the job search, compared to 73 percent who consider getting a root canal, and 69 percent who believe getting trapped in an elevator is stressful. With today’s lower unemployment rates, organizations are finally starting to invest in candidate experience as a competitive differentiator to attract talent. But what do candidates really want? And what can recruiting teams do to make a tangible difference for the job search? Candidates talk about the job search, chatbots, and more Recently, I took to the streets to ask people about their experiences with looking for a job. I asked what their biggest job search pet peeve was, what recruiters could do to improve the job applications, how they feel about chatbots, and more.   Takeaway No. 1: Reply to every candidate Even though candidates still prefer a human touch first and foremost, receiving acknowledgement of their application in the first place is the lowest hanging fruit for improving candidate experience. In fact, CareerBuilder found 33 percent of job seekers want to receive an automated email after they apply which outlines what the next steps in the process are. With the plethora of recruiting software and tools available these days, not replying back to candidates within a reasonable time frame is no longer excusable, especially as text messaging and chatbots become increasingly common within the recruiting context. Takeaway No. 2: Speed up your process Indeed asked candidates, “Once you’ve applied to a job at a company, which of the following actions builds trust?” The top reply was, “The company views your application promptly and reaches out” with 53 percent of candidates picking this option. A SHRM survey of talent acquisition professionals found it took on average 9 days from posting a job to start screening candidates. In a candidate-driven market, taking this long to get back to candidates is just not going to cut it anymore. With the recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) for sourcing and screening, technology can easily be leveraged to automate administrative tasks to speed up your hiring process. Dan Shapero, LinkedIn’s VP of Talent Solutions, Careers, & Learning believes mass adoption of AI is the future of recruiting. As he states, “The last 10 years have been all about passive talent recruiting.The next 10 years will be about intelligent recruiting.” Let this intelligence work for you by automating the administrative parts of sourcing and screening candidates to speed up your hiring. Takeaway No. 3: Embrace new tools like chatbots As chatbots and virtual personal assistants like Siri and Alexa become more common in our personal lives, their adoption in recruiting is only inevitable. Candidates are clearly open to new communication tools like chatbots. Allegis found 66 percent of candidates are comfortable interacting with a chatbot. As stated in the video said, as long as the chatbot is able to provide more information about the job search, they’d welcome interacting with one with open arms. Another interesting point raised in the video is that some candidates may feel more comfortable with a chatbot compared to a human recruiter because they feel the interaction will be more objective. One final thought: While job searching will never be a popular pastime, recent innovations in screening and communication tools means that organizations can take some concrete measures towards making the job search a less hated and stressful activity.
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    2018年01月31日
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    玩魔兽的独角兽Glassdoor创始人Robert ---How playing World of Warcraft every day for a year led Robert Hohman to found a $1 billion startup 以下由AI翻译完成:        Glassdoor联合创始人兼首席执行官罗伯特·霍曼(Robert Hohman)是第一个承认自己是主要的极客的人。 直到今天,他还是白天经营着450人的创业公司,并且在晚上仍然亲自编码。Hohman告诉我们,他的工程负责人“跟我来”,然后解释说他仍然是“一名优秀的软件工程师”。 当没有经营公司或编码网站时,他正在和两位专家级的儿子玩“星际争霸”。事实上,如果不是“星际争霸”的姊妹游戏“魔兽世界”,Glassdoor甚至不会介入。 我花了一年时间玩魔兽世界。每天。我会每天早上拍拍孩子们的底部,送他们去学校,然后我会主宰一个兽人战士。 那是因为在2006年,霍曼辞去了Hotwire的总裁一职,除了玩游戏之外别无选择。全职。一年。 而第二个他击中最高的水平,痒的发挥被抓,他需要一个新的东西来迷恋。所以他启动了一个创业公司 用他的话说:“我花了一年的时间玩”魔兽世界“,每天早上我都会把孩子们拍到底,把他们送到学校去,然后我会主宰一个兽人战士。 他补充说:“我玩了一年不停,然后在魔兽世界达到了最高水平,我疯狂追逐这个目标,直到第二天我创办了Glassdoor公司。 “社区”的含义 魔兽世界的一年帮助他决定了 他想要建立的那种公司。 “我从玩魔兽世界了解到了社区,这是我第一次真正感受到网络社区的一部分,我早上起来,看到我的公会很兴奋,不是那么讨厌吗?他笑了。 他发现,网上社区与现实社区有不同的特点。 他说:“有一个空间和时间的转移。“真正的”社区是由时空的正常规则来管理的,但是网络并不是这样,它发生在世界各地的日夜之间的所有时间。 罗伯特·霍曼(Robert Hohman)和他年轻的家庭在这一年中担任全职兽人兽人战士(WoW Orc Warrior)。 罗伯特·霍曼 现在,他转到了“星际争霸”,而现在他与两个未成年的儿子竞争。 “我和我的孩子们现在都玩,我们刚刚从比赛回来,我的儿子们相当不错,想成为职业电子游戏玩家,现在这是一件事情,”他说,显然希望这是“一件事”他花了一年的时间玩。 如果他的儿子选择成为职业电子游戏玩家的话,“我绝对支持它,我觉得它太棒了,星际争霸就像国际象棋,每小时十万公里,我12岁的时候比我快,他处理战略信息的速度比我,“他说。 作为微软的早期日子 当霍曼离开火线成为全职兽人战士时,他可以“负担得起”,他向我们承认。 罗伯特·霍曼和他的家人。他十几岁的儿子梦想成为职业电子游戏玩家。 罗伯特·霍曼 他从大学直接加入了微软。 “22岁的时候,我去了微软工作,当我告诉年轻人今天,他们看起来好像对我很尴尬,而且我必须告诉他们:不,不 - ,或Facebook,这是1993年。“ 这些都是微软全盛时期,1986年上市后不久。微软的股价暴涨, 它的早期员工变成了百万富翁。 在微软,他加入了建立Expedia的团队,这个团队开始成为微软公司内部的旅游网站。 Rich Barton。 Rich Barton / Twitter 微软将Expedia分拆出去,然后在网络泡沫时代的高潮中把它公之于众。它仍然是唯一的微软公开上市。 在IAC拥有的一段时间之后,Expedia再次独立出来,并与IAC的其他一些旅游网站(如Hotwire)一起脱身。 Hotwire被送到了Hohman担任总裁。 总而言之,Hohman在微软,Expedia,Hotwire及其相关网站工作了大约十年,然后才放弃了全职玩WoW。 受乔布斯启发 但是,霍曼告诉我们,他的真正梦想始终是成为一名创业CEO,这个梦想始于16岁,受到乔布斯的启发。 Glassdoor员工在加利福尼亚州米尔谷的总部工作。商业内幕/ Julie Bort 霍曼告诉我们:“我读了约翰·斯卡利(John Sculley)关于史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Jobs)的一本书。(1987年出版的史考“ Ø dyssey:百事苹果:冒险,思想之旅,以及未来的危机 ê ”。他在其中谈到了乔布斯如何引诱他从百事到苹果) 他说,这本书使得霍曼希望“成为一家公司的明星”。“我喜欢从零开始创造东西的整个想法。” 所以在WOW获得最高分的那一天,他和理查德·巴顿(Richard Barton)进行了一次对话。 巴顿是Expedia的首席执行官,也是微软时代以来的朋友。(Barton同时也是Zillow的创始人之一,此时正在担任Benchmark的VC。) 霍曼告诉他,有了Yelp这样的网站,人们可以分享有关牙医和水管工的各种信息,但是仍然没有办法分享关于更重要的事情的评论:他们的工作。 他想为求职者建立一个Yelp。 转折点 霍曼说,当时的大恐惧是企业如何应对一个让人们谈论薪酬和工作环境的网站。 他精心策划了很多其他的细节。比如,为了给这个网站带来一些初级工资和审查数据,创始人给每个他们认识的工程师打了电话,并向他们询问他们的工作,为他们提供了一个赢得免费iPod的机会。 Glassdoor创始人Robert Hohman,Tim Besse,Rich Barton。玻璃门 在霍曼和巴顿之间,还有他们的第三个联合创始人Tim Besse也是来自Expedia的,他们知道很多工程师。 他说:“工程师会告诉你任何一件免费的电子产品。我们发现这一点。 最大的困难是搞清楚商业模式。最终,霍曼和团队发现招聘人员是他们的目标市场。事实证明,向已经研究贵公司的人展示招聘广告的广告成功率很高,他说。 当他知道Glassdoor取得成功的转折点时,一位首席执行官亲自发电子邮件给他,反驳他在网站上的低“CEO评级”。CEO不高兴,希望改变。霍曼婉言拒绝。 这些电子邮件现在快速而愤怒。 “你会惊呆了,有多少”财富“500强CEO给我发电子邮件,他们会质疑CEO的评价,我们正在计算它的错误,因为它不符合他们自己的内部分析,我必须向他们解释我们有我们的自己的内部算法,“霍曼说。 快速增长 今年早些时候,根据comScore的数据,Glassdoor在通过美国网站访问者方面超过了CareerBuilder,成为另一个里程碑。它 说,它现在是网上发展最快的职业网站 。 霍曼和他的魔兽杯。 商业内幕/ Julie Bort 谷歌资本(Google Capital)领导的1月份投资7000万美元。该公司估值接近10亿美元。(迄今为止共募集了1.6亿美元。) Glassdoor现在有36,000家公司积极参与该网站(在该网站上市的40万家公司中),超过2100家付费雇主客户使用该网站进行招聘(包括约三分之一的“财富”500强),3000万注册用户190多个国家共享了800多万份评论和薪水。 目前,霍曼甚至与白宫合作提供就业数据。 而且他还有他的魔兽杯。他把它放在他的办公室里。     Glassdoor cofounder and CEO Robert Hohman is the first to admit that he's a major geek. To this day he runs his 450-person startup by day, and still personally codes for it at night. His head of engineering "puts up with me," Hohman tells us, and then explains he's still "a good software engineer." When not running the company or coding the site, he's playing StarCraft with his two expert-level sons. In fact, Glassdoor wouldn't even be around if it weren't for StarCraft's older, sister game, World of Warcraft, he tells us. I took a year off and played World of Warcraft. Every day. I would pat the kids on the bottom every morning, send them to school and then I would dominate as an Orc Warrior. That's because in 2006, Hohman quit a fabulous job as president of Hotwire to do nothing but play the game. Full time. For a year. And the second he hit the highest level, the itch to play was scratched, and he needed a new thing to obsess over. So he launched a startup. In his words: "I took a year off and played World of Warcraft. I would pat the kids on the bottom every morning, send them to school and then I would dominate as an Orc Warrior." He adds, "I played for a year nonstop and then I hit the maximum level in WoW. I was maniacal in chasing this goal and literally the next day I started a company, Glassdoor." The meaning of 'community' The year of WoW helped him decide the kind of company he wanted to build. "I learned from playing WoW about community. It was the first time I really felt part of a online community. I'd be up the morning and be excited to see my guild. Isn’t that nerdy?" he laughs. An online community has different characteristics than a real-world one, he discovered. "There's a space and time 'shift,'" he describes. "A 'real' community is governed by normal rules of space and time, but online is not. It happens across all hours of days and night and across all parts of the world." Robert Hohman and his young family during his year as a full-time WoW Orc Warrior. Robert Hohman These days he's moved on to StarCraft, which he now plays competitively with his two pre-teen sons. "My kids and I play now. We just got back from a tournament. My sons are pretty darn good and want to be pro video-game players. That's a thing now," he says, clearly wishing it was "a thing" when he spent his year playing. If his sons choose to become pro video gamers, "I support it absolutely. I think it's amazing. StarCraft is like chess at 100,000 kilometers per hour. My 12 year old thinks faster than I do. He processes strategic info at a speed faster than me," he says. Early days as a Microsoftie When Hohman walked away from Hotwire to become a full-time Orc Warrior, he could "afford it," he admits to us. Robert Hohman and his family. His pre-teen sons dream of being professional video gamers. Robert Hohman He joined Microsoft straight from college. "At 22, I went to work at Microsoft. When I tell young people that today, they look as if they are embarrassed for me. And I have to tell them, 'No, no — it was like getting hired at Google back then, or Facebook. This was 1993." These were Microsoft's heyday years, not long after its IPO in 1986. Microsoft's stock was skyrocketing and it turned 10,000 of its early employees into millionaires, the story goes. At Microsoft he joined the team that built Expedia, which began life as Microsoft's in-house travel site. Rich Barton. Rich Barton/Twitter Microsoft spun out Expedia and then took it public in the heady pre-internet bubble days. It is still the only Microsoft spin out that went public. After a stint owned by IAC, Expedia was again spun out on its own, along with some of IAC's other travel sites like Hotwire. Hotwire was handed to Hohman to lead as president. All told, Hohman spent about a decade working at Microsoft, Expedia, Hotwire, and its related sites, before he quit to play WoW full-time. Inspired by Steve Jobs But Hohman tells us, his true dream was always to be a startup CEO, a dream that started when he was 16 and was inspired by Steve Jobs. Glassdoor employees at the Mill Valley, California, headquarters.Business Insider/Julie Bort "I read a book about Steve Jobs by John Sculley," Hohman tells us. (In 1987 Sculley published "Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple: A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future" in which he talks about how Jobs lured him from Pepsi to Apple.) The book made Hohman want to "star in a company," he said. "I loved the whole idea of creating something from nothing." So the day after achieving the highest score in WoW, he had a conversation with Richard Barton. Barton was Expedia's CEO, and his friend since the Microsoft days. (Barton also cofounded Zillow and was working as a VC for Benchmark at about this time.) Hohman told him that with sites like Yelp, people could share all kinds of information about dentists and plumbers, but there was still no way to share reviews about a far more important thing: their jobs. He wanted to build a Yelp for job seekers. Turning point Hohman says the big fear back then was how companies would react to a site that let people talk about their pay and work environment. He had meticulously planned out a lot of the other details. For instance, to seed the site with some starter salary and review data, the founders called every engineer they knew and asked them about their jobs, offering them a chance to win a free iPod. Glassdoor founders Robert Hohman, Tim Besse, Rich Barton. Glassdoor Between Hohman and Barton and their third cofounder, Tim Besse, also from Expedia, they knew a LOT of engineers. "Engineers will tell you anything for a free piece of electronics. We found that out," he said. The biggest struggle was figuring out a business model. Hohman and team eventually noodled out that the recruiters were their target market. It turns out, showing ads for job openings to someone already researching your company has a high rate of success, he says. The turning point when he knew Glassdoor was going succeed came the first time a CEO personally emailed him to dispute his low "CEO rating" on the site. The CEO was not pleased and wanted it changed. Hohman politely refused. Those emails come fast and furious now. "You’d be stunned how many Fortune 500 CEOs email me. They’ll dispute the CEO rating, dispute we’re calculating it right because it doesn't match their own internal analysis. I have to explain to them that we have our own internal algorithm," Hohman says. Growing fast Earlier this year Glassdoor passed another milestone, surpassing CareerBuilder in terms of US website visitors, according to comScore. It is now the fastest growing career site on the net, it says. Hohman with his WoW mug. Business Insider/Julie Bort This growth is fresh off a $70 million infusion of capital in January, led by Google Capital. The company has close to a $1 billion valuation. (It's raised $160 million total to date.) Glassdoor now has 36,000 companies actively involved with the site (out of 400,000 companies listed on the site), with more than 2,100 paying employer customers using the site for recruiting (including about a third of the Fortune 500), and 30 million registered users in more than 190 countries who have shared more than 8 million reviews and salaries. These days Hohman is even working with the White House to provide employment data. And he still has his WoW mug from his year off. He keeps it in his office.
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    2018年01月30日
  • 硅谷
    Workday发布2018年人力资源展望:新技能和更多人员数据 2018 Outlook for HR: New Skills and More People Data 随着我们开始新的一年,帮助读者面对业务挑战,我们请Workday高管和合作伙伴提供对未来一年的深刻见解。我们发现,领导层正在重新关注人才管理和招聘,员工经验以及2018年技术和数据在推动工作场所多元化等举措方面的重要作用。 首先是人才竞赛。 寻找和留住高级人才在一个增加工作选择性和竞争的时代将继续成为许多人力资源领导者的首要考虑,许多人力资源领导者,更多的仔细看看需要支持其业务目标的具体技能。 IBM全球工作日实践组长Richard McColl表示:“新技术,尤其是工作和生活的数字化正在推动新技能人才的需求。“人力资源部门必须评估发展中的内部人才与外部雇佣人员之间的平衡,才能使他们获得最快的人才。例如,像学士学位这样的传统要求已经不再是工作的先决条件 - 技能是优先的。事实上,在过去的几年里,在美国雇用的IBM员工中大约有15%没有获得学士学位。“ Alight Solutions Workday产品战略副总裁Nelson Egurrola对此表示赞同,重申公司在内部看待员工的重要性,并确定他们需要填补的具体技能差距,以帮助改善招聘流程。 “我们必须更多地关注有针对性的招聘,以确定真正的人才需求和具体工作所需的基本技能。我们可以使用Glassdoor和LinkedIn等社交媒体网站,将公司需求与候选技能相结合,实现候选人渠道流程的自动化。“ Workday首席人事官员Ashley Goldsmith表示,到2018年,技术和数据将在工作场所多样性方面发挥重要作用。她说:“组织将采用人力资本管理技术,因为它们可以更深入地了解多元化数据,帮助揭示模式和趋势,突出成功和不足之处,并有效跟踪目标。” “这些工具将帮助企业聚焦多元化和包容性趋势,这对于职场文化和商业成功至关重要。” 随着组织努力在2018年建立尽可能最好的团队并留住最优秀的员工,员工将成为驾驶员的座位。人员经理将需要担任辅导角色,以帮助团队成员发展自己的技能 - 不仅是为了业务的需要,而且是为了进一步实现个人的职业目标。 “如果您能为您的客户和员工创造最佳的体验,那么您的组织更有可能在新的数字时代取得成功。” -  IBM全球Workday实践领导者 - 理查德·麦科尔 Workday公司领导和组织效能副总裁Greg Pryor解释说:“员工将要求选择性,反过来,雇主将依靠技术来提高内部流动性,交叉培训和职业发展机会的透明度,以鼓励和引导员工对新的或不同的角色和职业路线感兴趣“。 行业分析师认为,今年的雇主经验应该是雇主的重中之重,即使这意味着人力资源领导者的转变。IBM的McColl说:“在数字时代,进步是由人和经验驱动的。“换句话说,如果你能为你的客户和你的员工创造最好的体验,你的组织就更有可能在新时代取得成功。经验的重要性意味着我们可能需要重新思考CHRO的作用。CHRO现在处于数字化人员体验业务,无论他们喜欢与否。“ 有一件事是肯定的,那就是我们进入2018年:技术将成为更好地洞察员工的关键,这将有助于创建一个更多元化,更有参与性的员工队伍。 以上为AI自动翻译,查看原文请看下面 As we start a new year of helping our readers face their business challenges, we asked Workday executives and partners for their insights on the year ahead. We found that people leaders are renewing their focus on talent management and recruiting, the employee experience, and the important role technology and data will play in driving initiatives like workplace diversity in 2018. First up is the talent race. Finding and retaining top talent in an era of increased job optionality and competition will continue to be top of mind for many HR leaders, with many taking a closer look at the specific skills needed to support their business goals. “New technology and, in particular, the digitization of work and life, is driving a need for new types of talent with new skills,” says Richard McColl, IBM’s global Workday practice leader. “HR must assess what balance of developing internal talent and hiring externally will get them there the quickest. For example, traditional requirements like a bachelor’s degree are no longer the prerequisites for a job—skills are prioritized. In fact, over the past few years, about 15 percent of IBMers hired in the United States haven’t had a bachelor’s degree.” Nelson Egurrola, vice president of Workday product strategy from Alight Solutions, agreed with this sentiment, reiterating how important it will be for companies to look internally at their workforce and identify the specific skill gaps they need to fill to help improve the recruiting process. “We must focus more on targeted recruiting in order to identify the true talent need and which underlying skills are required for specific jobs. We can use social media sites like Glassdoor and LinkedIn to intersect company needs with candidate skills to automate the candidate funnel process,” he said. Workday Chief People Officer Ashley Goldsmith said that in 2018, technology and data will play an important role when it comes to workplace diversity. “Organizations will embrace human capital management technologies because they provide deeper insights into diversity data, help reveal patterns and trends, highlight successes and shortfalls, and enable effective tracking of goals,” she said. “Such tools will help organizations keep a spotlight on diversity and inclusion trends, which is critical to workplace culture and business success.” As organizations strive to build the best teams possible and retain their best workers in 2018, employees will be in the driver’s seat. People managers will need to take on coaching roles to help team members evolve their skill sets—not only for the business’s needs but to further their personal career goals as well. “Your organization is more likely to succeed in the new digital era if you can create the best experiences for your customers and your employees.” —Richard McColl, IBM’s global Workday practice leader Greg Pryor, vice president of leadership and organizational effectiveness at Workday, explains, “Employees will demand optionality and in turn, employers will rely on technologies that enable more transparency around internal mobility, cross-training, and career development opportunities to encourage and guide employees interested in new or different roles and career paths.” Industry analysts agree that the employee experience should be a high priority for employers this year, even if that means a shift for HR leaders. “In the digital age, progress is driven by people and experience,” says IBM’s McColl. “In other words, your organization is more likely to succeed in the new era if you can create the best experiences for your customers and your employees. The importance of experience means we may need to rethink the role of the CHRO. The CHRO is now in the digital people experience business, whether they like it or not.” One thing is for sure as we head into 2018: Technology will be the key to unlocking better insights into our employees that will help create a more diverse, engaged workforce.
    硅谷
    2018年01月30日
  • 硅谷
    智能化管理人力资源,日本SmartHR获500 Startups领投1330万美元B轮融资 SmartHR是一家帮助日本雇主更加的创企。近日,这家公司在500 Startups日本分公司领投的B轮融资中,获得了15亿日元(1330万美元)的资金。 这家创企可能与美国的Zenefits和Gusto等公司类似,其目标是将日本的人力资源部门带入如今的数字时代。 SmartHR首席运营官Takafumi Kurahashi在接受采访时表示:“在日本,很少有公司会想到在线管理人力资源,他们更习惯于电子表格和文书工作。” SmartHR成立于2015年,目前拥有50名员工。该服务目前针对的是新员工注册,传统上,这一环节需要在各个政府办公室之间来回搬运大量的文书工作。通过它所提供的服务,这一繁琐的过程可以通过数字方式完成。目前,这一服务已经吸引了1万名客户,包括独角兽电子商务公司Mercari。 该创企未来计划将覆盖工资、福利等领域。 这笔资金将使SmartHR的员工人数增加一倍,帮助它开发这些新功能并搭建平台。该公司希望成为日本的数字记录系统,也就是说,它将向可在其平台上进行托管的第三方服务敞开大门。比如说,他们正在运行的一个小型试点项目,可以向人力资源客户提供名片印刷服务。 该公司预计将于明年推出自己的平台。而现在,它将主要研发客户要求的新功能,包括允许系统内存在多个分支机构或连锁店,这也是服装店和其他具有高水平雇员流失的高端商业街零售商的特别要求。 SmartHR也将利用这笔资金进行市场拓展。迄今为止,它都是通过线上推广服务。所以,该公司计划通过线下渠道(日媒体广告和展览)接触新的客户。 除了SmartHR本身之外,这一轮融资值得注意的还有500 Startups首次领投了B轮融资。500 Startups是一家多产投资者,投资组合超过1000家公司。除此之外,它还使用了一种在美国常见但在日本却不被使用的特殊目的实体(SPV)。 其中的好处是,一个SPV允许一家拥有更洁净上线表的单一实体购买一家创企的股份。不同的投资者通过SPV,拿走他们的股权。 主管500 Startups日本分公司的合伙人James Riney解释了什么他建议并最终使用SPV领投这项交易。 他说:“像SmartHR这样的公司不会经常出现,所以我们想知道如何才能让捕获的价值超过我们的早期投资。” Riney说,日本独特的、相当规模风险的融资生态系统使得SPV成为这种情况下的理想解决方案。 他解释说:“没有多少地方可以让创企筹集大笔资金。你可以在多个地方进行100万美元的融资,但是这需要很长时间,会让创企失去自己的融资速度。” 在此次融资中,SmartHR首席执行官Shoji Miyata估计只花了10小时用于参与融资活动。这是因为Riney能够做很多的宣传,必要的时候可以利用Miyata团队的其他成员来保证SPV的承诺。 首席运营官Kurahashi也谈到了这一过程的效率。 他说:“融资是一家公司重新审视和完善战略的好机会,但这往往太过于耗时,会延缓公司的发展速度。而这次与500的合作,让我们只享受到了融资带来的好处。” Riney说这一次的SPV是“我们所知道的日本第一起”。在适当的情况下,500 Startups日本分公司可能会在未来再次使用相同的方法。 【猎云网(微信号:ilieyun)】1月24日报道(编译:福尔摩望)
    硅谷
    2018年01月24日
  • 硅谷
    Facebook收购总部位于波士顿的初创企业Confirm.io Facebook收购总部位于波士顿的初创企业Confirm.io,该公司可以提供API,帮助其它公司快速核实用户的身份信息。光看Confirm这个名字就知道是做什么的了. ​​​​ We're excited to announce that we have agreed to be acquired by Facebook! This is the culmination of three years of hard work building technology that will keep people safe and secure online. When we launched Confirm, our mission was to become the market's trusted identity origination platform for which other multifactor verification services can build upon. Now, we're ready to take the next step on our journey with Facebook. However, in the meantime this means all of our current digital ID authentication software offerings will be wound down.   We would like to thank our customers, partners, investors and advisory board for their support and help along the journey so far. We're proud of what we've been able to accomplish together and we look forward to the future at Facebook!  
    硅谷
    2018年01月24日
  • 硅谷
    夸大数据、美化报表、虚报流量......硅谷巨头为了漂亮成绩走过这些套路 【猎云网(微信号:ilieyun)】1月22日报道(编译:陆一) 2015年5月,Snapchat的联合创始人Evan Spiegel在一次科技大会上声称他们的日活跃用户已经接近1亿。 但事实上,Spiegel给出的这一数据是不准确的。根据权威统计,2015年6月,Snapchat的平均日活跃用户只有890万。 对于科技公司来说,数据是最具有权威性的,用户数量、使用时长、图片下载量等都是常用的评估指标。 为了获得更多的投资,很多科技公司甚至想尽各种方法来“美化”这些数据。 Spiegel不是第一个夸大公司用户数量的人,当然也不会是最后一个。其实,像Facebook、Twitter、Uber、Airbnb这些大型的科技公司或多或少都存在着一些不够准确的数据。 数字游戏 Snapchat之所以一直饱受争议,是因为Snapchat的前雇员Anthony Pompliano称,Snapchat在数据统计方面的纰漏,不仅仅只是误算的程度,还称得上的十分严重的欺诈。 把Snap告上法庭以后,Pompliano在接受互联网新闻博客Mashable的采访时表示,他手上还有相关证据。 科技公司可以说是成也数据,败也数据,比如资产负债表是投资者们对一家公司的利润和收入状况进行评估的重要参考。不过这种方法并不是适用于硅谷的所有公司,因为有些创企用来说服投资者的用户数据会受到“增长黑客”的影响。 增长黑客是一种无处不在的黑暗艺术,科技公司经常使用各种技巧和策略来提高他们的一些数据。例如,Twitter会向不活跃的用户发送电子邮件,促使他们进行登录,这就是用户使用率的“增长黑客”。 科技公司之所以会想到“增长黑客”这一招,是因为大众对科技公司的发展评估还没有什么明确的要求,也没有什么标准化的指标可供参考,所以这些科技公司就开始自由发挥了。例如,Facebook选择公布的数据是他们的用户数量,因为这一数据表明他们是当前用户量最多的社交平台;Twitter选择公布的是他们的月活跃用户数;而Snapchat则公布了他们的日活跃用户数。科技公司总是这样,只公布一些“好看”的数据,这对投资者来说具有很大的迷惑性。Anthony Pompliano对Snapchat的指控就是称Snapchat为了推动上市,公布了一些不准确的数据,从而误导了投资者和贸易伙伴。 许多科技公司推迟自己上市的计划,从而就有充分的理由可以自行选择要向大众公开的数据。更有甚者,即使是在准备上市的过程中,有些公司还是不愿意公开所有的数据——不过,保密是需要付出一定代价的,以下就是一些大玩家的悲惨经历: 2016年9月,Facebook被爆出两年来大幅高估了其平台上的视频广告平均观看时间,引起了广告商的不满。 2017年1月,Uber为招募司机而夸大司机收入数据,同时模糊掉买车或租车的成本,被美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)罚款2千万美元。 2017年8月,谷歌因为虚报其平台的网络流量而被罚款。 2017年10月,Twitter承认在过去的三年里一直在夸大自己的用户数量。 计算风险 科技公司选择公布什么数据都是经过深思熟虑的。 Lightspeed Venture Partners(第一家对Snapchat进行投资的公司)的风投家Jeremy Liew表示,科技公司往往会选择公布那些最能体现自身优势的数据。 在Liew看来,Snapchat是很聪明的,因为他们公布的日活跃用户数可以很好地体现他们的发展潜力,这对投资者来说是具有极大的吸引力的。相类似的,HQ也是通过公布他们的活跃用户数来吸引投资者。当然了,这些“表现优异”的数据都存在着一些水分。比如,HQ会通过给用户推送通知来提高自己的登录量。 不过,也不是说科技公司在数据上所做的每件事都只是为了让数据看起来“更好看”,他们还会雇佣数据专家来评估这些指标,并制定出相应的增长策略。 同时在Facebook、Snap和LinkedIn任职的数据科学家Jason Schissel表示,在早些时候,科技公司很重视用户保持率。 Pompliano告诉Mashable,当他到Snapchat工作以后,发现公司有很多数据都存在一些出入。 Snapchat对欺诈这一指控予以否认,并且公司的律师表示,此前因为表现不佳而被解雇的Pompliano是因为对解雇一事心怀不满,才“恶意控诉”公司的。 Pompliano表示他并不是“恶意控诉”,他手上是有证据的,而且他还有相关的证人。Carson Block是投资公司Muddy Waters的创始人,此前他曾经因为想要投资Snap而去咨询Pompliano。 让学生给自己的家庭作业打分 全美广告主协会(ANA)的首席执行官Bob Liodice在Facebook的视频事件之后表示,公司自己定义相关数据的统计方法就像“让学生给自己的家庭作业打分”。为了增加可信度,引入第三方进行统计是十分必要的。 几个月之后,Facebook同意接受媒体评估委员会(MRC)的审计。并且一年多以来,该审计工作一直在进行中。 目前,Facebook、Google和Twitter都已经同意接受MRC的审计,这就意味着他们同意将自己的广告系统向审计方开放。而Snap虽然已经和MRC进行了对话,但是还没有决定是否开放他们的广告系统,接受MRC的审计。 其实,需要解决广告欺诈争端的并不是只有这些科技公司,出版商、广告公司等也存在着虚报流量的情况。 未来走向 Menlo Ventures的常务董事Venky Ganesan表示,这些不准确的数据的出现表明公司的管理团队存在着一些问题。 虽然硅谷还没有强制要求科技公司抓紧解决这些问题,但是对这些问题的修正已经指日可待了。 20世纪六十年代早期,因为一个电视节目的丑闻(广告商们称节目的收视率被操纵),美国国会要求媒体行业进行自我调节,MRC应运而生。时至今日,MRC已经发展成一支由七个人组成的团队。 如今,科技公司正在受到美国政府的高度关注。此前,特朗普还召见了大批科技公司的领导人,希望他们能共同为政府建言献策。 参议员Feinstein和一些其他的法律制定者认为,科技公司对政治领域的参与已经远远超过了他们自身的工作范畴。另外,参议员John Kennedy还表示,科技公司当前的政治能力让他心生畏惧。 事实上,科技巨头对我们的个人行为和资金走向有着很大的影响。据全球知名的市场研究机构eMarketer统计,2017年,仅Facebook和Google这两家公司就已经占了美国整个数字广告总收入的63%。 本文转自猎云网(微信号:ilieyun)
    硅谷
    2018年01月23日
  • 硅谷
    苹果新园区要开门了,特别为员工准备了1000辆“Apple Grey”自行车代步   PingWest品玩1月23日报道,苹果的新总部 Apple Park 非常大,停车楼距离环形主楼很远,员工步行这段距离至少也要 10 分钟,所以苹果为员工准备了 1000 辆自行车,同时还在园区设立 2000 个停车位方便泊车使用。绝大多数硅谷的高科技公司都会为员工免费提供自行车代步,不过鉴于苹果的企业文化,自行车也一定会采用极简设计。   与谷歌的彩虹风格不同,苹果的自行车要更简单一些。这些自行车都来自于一家名叫 Public Bikes 的公司,该公司还为 Facebook、Mozilla 和 Square 公司提供自行车。 这些自行车都是定制的,车身上还印着「Apple Gray」的字样。据说谷歌的自行车每周都会丢失几百辆,相信苹果应该不会存在这个问题,因为该公司以保密文化著称,苹果是不会允许街上有人骑着「Apple Gray」闲逛的。对于那些不喜欢骑车的员工,苹果也想的很周到,准备了电动高尔夫球车,来往于主楼和停车楼之间接送员工。 更多精彩请关注我们的微信公众号:PingWest品玩
    硅谷
    2018年01月23日
  • 硅谷
    Gusto(原Zenpayroll) 宣布迁移Payroll 总部到丹佛 简单梳理下Gusto (点击查看Gusto信息),原名是Zenpayroll 针对中小微企业,起家于旧金山,与Hired\Zenefits 都相隔不远。 2012年加入了Y Combinator,2015年改名Gusto ,宣布进入当年火热的保险福利领域,一年后也就是2016年宣布进入人力资源系统服务,至此Gusto成为了薪酬、保险福利、人力资源管理系统综合服务商。 这个是简单的背景。 2015年他们在丹佛成立了办公室,随后加大了投入的力度,官方宣布薪酬、保险福利与HR系统属于不同的产品属性,为更好的来服务企业和产品开发,决定迁移Payroll Home 到丹佛。如我们所知Payroll 是他们的核心,基本就意味着Gusto 在转移总部。 同时官方介绍说旧金山永远是Gusto 的EPD(工程,产品和设计(EPD))的总部(Gusto EPD will always be headquartered in San Francisco. And the Payroll mission will always have teams in that city even though product and engineering direction will originate in Denver.)  
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    2018年01月23日
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    ADP收购WorkMarket以进一步将人力资本管理扩展至临时工,并为不断变化的员工创造更灵活和包容的解决方案 编辑的话:2017年5月的时候workmarket获得过2500万美金的D轮融资,这么快ADP就下手了!厉害的!   自由职业者劳务服务平台 WorkMarket 获 2500 万美元 D 轮融资 AI编辑自动翻译中文:   ADP成为第一家拥有强大的自由职业者管理功能的人力资本管理提供商,并向所有员工(从W-2员工到1099家承包商)报告洞察力   罗斯兰,新泽西州- (Marketwired - 2018年1月22日) - ADP ®今天宣布收购WorkMarket,领先的基于云的劳动力管理解决方案提供商,使企业建立和管理跨W-2名员工,1099个承包商的综合劳动力,供应商和其他类型的工人。通过此次收购,ADP建立在其当前业界领先的工资和人力资本管理解决方案组合上,帮助客户和员工实现工作方式的现代化,同时释放生产力,参与度和增长。 WorkMarket成立于2010年,总部位于纽约市。由联合广场风险投资公司,Spark Capital和Foundry集团以及Accenture Ventures等领先风险投资公司提供支持,WorkMarket帮助公司以简单,安全和合规的方式管理他们的综合员工队伍。WorkMarket的创新解决方案包括收集,审查独立工作人员的工具,管理他们的工作,支付和评估这些工作人员。除了提供强大的自由职业者管理功能之外,该公司还扩展了其能力,帮助客户优化在任何劳动力类型上的工作。他们的客户群遍布全球品牌以及中小企业。 “在ADP,我们通过预测工作世界的演变以及如何像动态经济的兴起那样动态地影响我们的客户和现代化劳动力的需求而进行创新,WorkMarket使我们能够随时获得日益增长的队伍ADP总裁兼首席执行官Carlos Rodriguez表示:“通过此次收购,ADP将继续保持传统,帮助客户跟上变化步伐,管理日益复杂的业务。“WorkMarket是一位久经考验的自由职业者管理专家,我们非常高兴地欢迎他们的团队加入我们的行列,并利用我们的全球影响力,为他们的专业知识和技术带来规模。 临时工队伍的兴起正在塑造全球劳动力队伍。ADP的数据显示,大约80%的美国企业已经依靠独立承包商,作为整体劳动力一部分的临时工也在增长。根据Gartner的数据,到2020年,将近60%的人力资源领导者将为员工和承包商采用统一的人才战略。通过此次收购,ADP成为唯一具有广泛功能的人力资本管理提供商,以便人力资源专业人员进行管理,并深入了解由全职员工和临时工组成的新一轮劳动力市场。 WorkMarket联合创始人兼总裁Jeff Wald表示:“WorkMarket团队非常高兴加入ADP,我们也有着共同的愿景,即让企业和员工能够更轻松地驾驭不断变化的劳动力市场,我们期待着为ADP庞大的客户群提供解决方案。“ 交易的财务条款没有披露。 关于ADP(纳斯达克:ADP) 强大的技术加上人性化的接触。全球各种类型和规模的公司依靠ADP云软件和专家洞察力来帮助解锁员工的潜力。HR。天赋。优点。工资。合规性。共同努力建设一支更好的员工队伍。欲了解更多信息,请访问ADP.com。 ADP,ADP标识和更多人力资源是ADP,LLC的注册商标。所有其他商标是其各自所有者的财产。 版权所有©2018 ADP,LLC。版权所有。   ADP becomes first human capital management provider with robust freelancer management functionality and reporting insights across all workers, from W-2 employees to 1099 contractors ROSELAND, NJ--(Marketwired - Jan 22, 2018) - ADP® today announced the acquisition of WorkMarket, a leading cloud-based workforce management solution provider that allows companies to build and manage an integrated workforce across W-2 employees, 1099 contractors, vendors and other types of workers. With this acquisition, ADP builds on its current portfolio of industry-leading payroll and human capital management solutions that help clients and workers modernize the way work gets done while unlocking productivity, engagement and growth. WorkMarket was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York City. Backed by leading venture firms such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital and Foundry Group, as well as Accenture Ventures, WorkMarket helps companies manage their integrated workforce in a simple, secure and compliant manner. WorkMarket's innovative solutions include tools to source and vet independent workers, manage their engagements, and pay and evaluate these workers. In addition to offering robust freelancer management functionality, the company has extended its capabilities to help clients optimize how work gets done across any labor type. Their client base spans global brands, as well as small and mid-sized businesses. "At ADP, we innovate by anticipating how the world of work evolves and how dynamics -- like the rise of the gig economy -- impact the needs of our clients and the modern workforce. WorkMarket allows us to provide ready access to a growing contingent labor pool and the tools to manage and pay them in a secure, efficient and compliant manner. Through this acquisition, ADP continues its tradition of helping clients keep pace with change and manage increasing complexity," said Carlos Rodriguez, president and CEO of ADP. "WorkMarket is a proven expert in freelancer management. We are thrilled to welcome their team to ours and to leverage our global footprint and bring scale to their expertise and technology." The rise of the contingent workforce is shaping the global workforce. ADP data shows that approximately 80% of U.S. businesses already rely on independent contractors and the number of contingent workers as part of the overall workforce is growing. According to Gartner, by 2020 nearly 60% of human resource leaders will use a unified talent strategy for employees and contractors. With this acquisition, ADP becomes the only human capital management provider with broad functionality for HR professionals to manage and have insights into this new mosaic of labor, which will be comprised of both full-time employees and contingent workers. Jeff Wald, co-founder and president of WorkMarket, said, "The WorkMarket team is thrilled to be joining ADP. We share the same vision of enabling companies and workers alike to navigate the changing labor marketplace with greater ease, and we look forward to offering our solutions to ADP's vast client base." The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About ADP (NASDAQ: ADP) Powerful technology plus a human touch. Companies of all types and sizes around the world rely on ADP cloud software and expert insights to help unlock the potential of their people. HR. Talent. Benefits. Payroll. Compliance. Working together to build a better workforce. For more information, visit ADP.com. ADP, the ADP logo, and A more human resource are registered trademarks of ADP, LLC. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2018 ADP, LLC. All rights reserved.
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    2018年01月22日
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    6 Best Recruiting Tools Of 2018 [Infographic] In 2018, hiring volume is again predicted to increase with 61% of recruiters expecting to hire more people. According to SourceCon’s State Of Sourcing Survey, increased hiring volume coupled with stagnant recruiter headcount means the most important trend to learn and understand for recruiters are tools and technology. Here’s a list of the 6 best recruiting tools you should be using in 2018 summarized in an infographic. Recruiting tool #1: AI for screening 2017 was the year of AI and automation tools and adoption will only pick up steam in 2018. One of the best recruiting tools of 2018 will be AI to automate screening because it helps solve a major challenge for recruiters: too much volume. Jobvite reports the typical high-volume job posting receives more than 250 resumes with 65% of these resumes ignored on average. Designed to integrate with your existing ATS, automated screening software uses AI to learn what good candidates look like based on your past hiring decisions. The software learns what your employees’ experience, skills, and other qualifications are and then applies that knowledge to automatically screen, grade, and shortlist new candidates (e.g., from A to D). The benefits of using AI for screening are the potential to reduce your cost per hire by 70% and reduce time to hire from 34 to 9 days. Recruiting tool #2: Rediscovering previous candidates Virtually unknown as a concept in 2017, candidate rediscovery is the practice of mining the existing resumes in your ATS to source prior applicants for a current req. Software that allows you to conduct this type of rediscovery is poised to become one of the best recruiting tools of 2018 because a typical ATS isn’t set up to be able to easily search and rank previous candidates for current job openings so Rediscovery is different from keyword or boolean searches because it uses AI to learn the requirements of the role and then scans resumes to find candidates with matching qualifications. In 2018, candidate rediscovery will gain interest as a tool that allows you to tap into the talent pool that you’ve already spent resources attracting, sourcing, and engaging. Recruiting tool #3: Recruitment chatbot Recruitment chatbots were introduced to the market in 2017 and are poised to gain serious attention in 2018. As a recruiting tool, a chatbot uses natural language processing to understand text like a human would. The main functions of a recruitment chatbot is to streamline the top of the funnel by providing real-time, on-demand communication to candidates. Its functions include answering FAQs about the job, providing feedback and updates, and scheduling a follow up or interview with a human recruiter. One of the biggest trends in 2018 will be candidate experience. A recruitment chatbot holds the potential to massively improve the candidate experience by enabling time-strapped recruiters to provide unlimited and instantaneous, albeit electronic, touch points. Recruiting tool #4: De-biasing software Unconscious bias was a huge topic in 2017 and an entire industry of de-biasing recruiting software has sprung up in reaction. Specifically, recruiting tools that use AI to identify and remove bias from job descriptions, resume screening, and sourcing. These recruiting tools use AI to fight unconscious bias during the sourcing and screening phases by ignoring candidates’ demographics (e.g., implied race, gender, and age) from their resumes and online profiles. Related to bias, workplace diversity will continue to be a big focus in recruiting in 2018 and tools that work to diversify the candidate pool will be in hot demand. Recruiting tool #5: Super-targeting job ads 2017 saw the introduction of targeted job descriptions and this trend will continue in the next year. New methods of job ads include re-targeting candidates (e.g., advertising your role to people who’ve visited your company website before) and geo-targeting (e.g., advertising your role to people physically nearby). With a tighter labour market and the spray and pray model of sourcing officially dead, recruiters will be eager for better tools to get their job postings in front of the right eyeballs. Recruiting tool #6: Recruitment marketing software 2018 will be the year that candidate experience finally gets its due. A big part of that push will involve recruitment marketing. Recruitment marketing is the application of marketing best practices, such as analytics, multi-channel use, targeted messaging, and tech-enabled automation, to attract, engage, and nurture candidates who haven’t yet applied to a job and converting them into applicants by communicating your employer brand and value. In 2018, recruitment marketing software will be the best tool to create brand awareness of your company and interest in your open roles, attract candidates who self-select themselves into the application process, and keep candidates informed and engaged throughout the recruitment cycle.   Ji-A Min Head Data Scientist at Ideal Ji-A Min is the Head Data Scientist at Ideal. With a Master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Ji-A promotes best practices in data-based recruitment. She writes about research and trends in talent acquisition, recruitment tech, and people analytics.  
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    2018年01月22日