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iCIMS acquires video recruiting startup Altru for $60M

TechCrunch

Enterprise recruiting company iCIMS is announcing that it has acquired Altru. Founded in 2000, iCIMS offers a “talent cloud” used by more than 4,000 employers attract, engage and hire new employees, and to help existing employees continue to develop their careers. to improve recruiting with employee videos.

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What transformational leaders too often overlook

CIO

Executive recruiters working in the Global 2000 will tell you that the “hot ask” of organizations seeking high-end IT leaders today is for “transformational leaders.” What the recruiters won’t tell you, on the record, is that transformational leaders dropped into mainstream enterprises have a 90+% failure rate.

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Daily Crunch: NASA sings ‘I don’t want to miss a thing’ as DART spacecraft strikes asteroid

TechCrunch

Here’s my recruitment link : Ingrid reports that Calendly, the $3 billion+ scheduling startup, is getting into the recruitment game with its acquisition of Prelude, a startup that automates scheduling around job recruitment. What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? Startups and VC.

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Dear Sophie: Can I hire an engineer whose green card is being sponsored by another company?

TechCrunch

Recruiting in Richmond. Dear Recruiting, Congrats on finding the right candidate for your role. Her current employer is sponsoring her for an EB-2 green card, and our startup wants to hire her as a senior engineer. What happens to her green card process? Can we take it over?

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The unsung skill too many IT leaders shortchange

CIO

Holmes argues that “the public broadly must be recruited to collaborate with central banks in achieving the ends of monetary policy.” In Economy of Words: Communicative Imperatives in Central Banks , Binghamton University State University of New York cultural anthropologist Douglas R. The way this happens is through acts of public narration.

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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

Real-life examples of declining tenure among C-suite executives in Forbes Global 2000 or S&P 500 companies include General Electric (GE) and McDonald’s Corporation, which have witnessed shorter CEO tenures in the last decade. Meanwhile, the average tenure for CMOs is even shorter, standing at 3.3 years as of 2022, declining from 4.5

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An open letter to tech workers about careers in public service

TechCrunch

For me (Thomas) — I graduated in 2000 during massive layoffs in Silicon Valley. For example, at the Peace Corps, we have  Peace Corps Response , which recruits professionals with diverse skills who know how to hit the ground running in three-to-12-month volunteer assignments. Other moments are unexpected.