Mar 20, 2022

Recruiting Brainfood for the week ahead - Issue #284

Hung Lee

NEW Brainfood Jobs: with Solutions Driven, TransFICC, Brad’s Deals plus multiple jobs from Join Talent, JLL, Horton International and more. Check out the full list here. Hiring for a recruiter? Post a job here

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The Brainfood

Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work

Microsoft - by consistently monitoring the sentiment of their 30,000+ workforce - have become one of the thought leaders of this great shared experiment we are living in. This 2022 Work Trend Index Report reveals five urgent trends business leaders need to know about hybrid work - it excellent, primary source material.

REMOTE WORKING

www.microsoft.com

The Art of Relocating Tech Talent Post-Pandemic

My friend and long time brainfooder Andrew Stetsenko 🇺🇦 is not only doing amazing humanitarian work for his country men and women (donations to the Stetsenko fund still open here) but also finding time to put together superb posts like this - essential read for anyone hiring for tech and rethinking how remote and relo might in fact be complimentary approaches.

RECRUITMENT OPERATIONS

relocate.me

On LinkedIn, to Create a Buzz, it is Better to be a Young Woman...

Analysis of 1118 viral LinkedIn posts shows the domination of women in terms of reactions….

Fascinating research from brainfooder Dr. Pierre-Nicolas Schwab, drawing mainly on French user data on how to get viral on LinkedIn, with the startling claim that the gender identity + age of the poster are amplifying factors. Love to get some thoughts on this, maybe got the makings of a Brainfood Live.

CONTENT MARKETING

www.intotheminds.com

The Purpose Gap

Report from Cognizant on how employees perceive employer commitment to purpose. Lots to think about here, including the sense of ‘will even everything ever be enough’ but management guidance is sound and practical. Have a read

CULTURE

www.dropbox.com

2022 State Of Remote Work

One condition of remote working is that we tend to report it positively, particularly if we have had prior experience of on premise and would prefer not go back. 2000 remote workers surveyed in this annual report by Buffer, one of the first employers to go remote first pre-Covid, when it was certainly a radical thing to do. Contrast this with iCIMS Class of 2021 Report, worth reading both together.

REMOTE WORKING

buffer.com

Ä1 - All In One Advanced Search

Main value of this seems to be searching twitter and reddit, via a single interface. Particularly useful if you are not natively on those platforms, this might actually be a decent way of getting into them. One for the sources - have a play

COOL TOOL

xn--1-zfa.com

What Makes Writing More Readable?

Interesting exercise using algorithmic readability formulas, mathematical models that assign numerical scores to text, based on how understandable they are. Critics might say ‘this is dumbing it down’ but advocates can respond by arguing that the point of writing is so that it will be read and understood. Naturally, my last sentence there was terrible 🤣

CONTENT MARKETING

pudding.cool

US State Privacy Legislation Tracker

Pretty clear that we have long since past the peak of ad retargeting as legislation designed to protect user privacy continues to be roll out. Annoying and inevitably, this is in piecemeal fashion with local jurisdictions setting their rules and enforcements. This tracker contains some useful one-pagers and raw data downloads which tracks the legislation state by state in the US. Relevant for recruitment marketers here.

RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING

iapp.org

Collection of Awesome Engineering Podcasts

When you title something as ‘awesome’ on github, it had indeed better be awesome, which I am delighted to say that this really is. A massive big list of engineering focused podcasts. Obviously of use for tech recruiters as a training tool but I think could also be great as a thing to share with your tech candidates, as nurture content. HT brainfooder Sofia Sukhinina for the share

ENGAGEMENT

github.com

What Great Hybrid Cultures Do Differently

Deliberately changing synchronous exchanges to asynchronous ones.

…is probably the most resonant pro-tip in this straight forward how-to from HBR. This means actively avoiding mixed in-person + remote meetings - everyone needs to separate, go to a different room and get on Zoom. Sounds crazy until you realise it isn’t.

REMOTE WORKING

archive.is

Redesigning The Organization: The New Secret To Growth. And Now It's Urgent

When was the last time Josh Bersin wrote something that wasn’t urgent? 🤣. Another great call to action from one of the great synthesisers of our business. Top ideas in this include: over hiring, being ‘top of the license’ and a cool Organisation Design Maturity Model. Must read folks.

RECRUITMENT OPERATIONS

joshbersin.com

Multiply and Amplify your Voice

Do you have a melodious voice? Been thinking about this more recently, as my actual voice is pretty bang average and I think I could improve it. However, this product was not what I had in mind…..a voice as a service (VaaS) solution that allows anyone to create, manage, share, and monetize - your voice. Ted Williams should be making millions right now

FUTURE OF WORK

www.veritone.com

Forget the Great Resignation, We’re in a Great Big Mess

The War in Ukraine - and the consequent excising of the Russia from large parts of the global economy - will have cascade effects throughout industry, especially those dependent on stable energy costs. We have little idea on what these impacts might be, but OP speculates on a few. Not for the faint hearted, but then, I suspect the emergent world won’t be either.

ECONOMY

www.horsesforsources.com

Blockchain and Future of Work

Want an overview of Web3 and how it relates to work and organisation? Brainfooder Karl Osis kicks off the content component of his career with this massive post on blockchain. Lots to get into here, - should be a series really - but it is accessible and comprehensive.

BLOCKCHAIN

medium.com

Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity

Do you have ‘age diverse’ teams? Fascinating article on the existence of generational stereotypes and to combat assumptions. It is unclear whether we might be helped by formalising generational cohorts or diminishing their veracity. Pretty sure no one is doing anything about it - let me know if you know otherwise. Worthy read.

D&I

hbr.org

How Do I Hire A Developer Advocate?

If community is the new marketing, I’m guessing that we are going to see more of this type of role - a person who was an ex-practitioner who is now recruited into a communications role with the community they were once a part of. Developers started it first, with the role of Developer Advocate and here is a great breakdown on how to hire for one.

COMMUNITY

amplifypartners.com

‘Staggering’ Study Reveals 46% of Unemployed U.S. Men Have Criminal Convictions

The relationship between poverty, crime and unemployment is well known and cyclical. The worse thing to do is create a flywheel of these contingent challenges. Employers can do their bit by hiring more from the formerly incarcerated.

D&I

www.science.org

Who's Talking?

The Future of Talent & Becoming an Expert in Your Niche

Fun conversation with Ollie Henderson on the future of talent and remote work culture. Ollie is a great interviewer and I am very much looking forward to his book on the Future of Work. Have a listen here

REMOTE WORKING

open.spotify.com

Initiative on AI and Algorithmic Fairness: Disability-Focused Listening Session

Interesting discussion on the role of AI in DEIB. Clearly there are ways in which AI can support a more equitable approach, but equally clear that it can do the opposite of the intent. Have a watch

www.youtube.com

Metaverse Jobfairs

Follow up on the Metaverse Jobfair post from last week, this discussion from brainfooder Bas van de Haterd throws the idea around some more. I have to say, I think that accessibility is the only challenge, significant though it is certainly is, to Metaverse jobfairs being a thing.

AR / VR

anchor.fm

End notes

I’m still in London folks, though I think this may be my last evening here for next month, as the traveling gets going. Busy as heck as a result - I realise that I have configured my life to be predominantly on my couch, so having to actually pack a bag and go places is now a huge deal.

Chess update: I’ve played 5 of you so far, and have won 3 lost 2, so I’m pretty much bang average. If you want to challenge me to a game, do so here.

DM me on twitter or Instagram or TikTok if you have any interesting internet to check out…

Have a great week everybody.

Hung

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