This, Google’s famous billboard mathematical riddle, is a sensational example of how useful gamification in recruiting can be. In 2004, Google invited people to solve a series of equations thinking – correctly – that those who had the brains and the motivation to reach the end would make great candidates. Both parties would benefit from this:[…]
Talent management is one of the things CEOs worry about most, and yet companies often spend very little time onboarding their new employees. The most effective organizations onboard new hires for the duration of their first year — their most vulnerable period — and focus on three key dimensions: the organizational, the technical, and the[…]
Here in Silicon Valley, startups that succeed run lean. When Instagram was bought for $1 billion by Facebook in 2013, it had just 13 employees. You can understand, then, how essential it is for startups to hire home-run employees. But even larger, established companies can’t afford the high price of poor performers. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once estimated[…]