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Emerging companies thrive on data. Shouldn’t they use it to improve hiring decisions?

TechCrunch

Pymetrics attacks discrimination in hiring with AI and recruiting games. More dangerously, a hiring process that’s not designed to collect and evaluate based on evidence almost always results in a lack of team diversity, which as we know stunts innovation and therefore limits company success. The dangers of subjective approaches.

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Bliki: Periodic Face-to-Face

Martin Fowler

But a team that operates remotely still benefits from face-to-face gatherings, and should do them every few months. Remote-first teams have everyone in a separate location, communicating entirely by email, chat, video and other communication tools.

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Greeks to Geeks: What Plato Says About Bettering Your Team Culture

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In the third edition of HackerEarth’s flagship tech conference – Hire 10(1), our keynote speaker from Adobe, Mr. Mino Thomas, used a word I hadn’t heard before in tech recruiting circles. Also, read: Keeping Culture Alive: What Recruiters Can Do While Hiring Remotely. Sanguine, he said. And then Choleric. Melancholic.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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The Unvarnished Truth of being a Woman in Tech

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

We also talked about the best recruiting practices that Engineering Leaders should follow in order to hire the best tech talent without any biases. Monica: Definitely. Resources were limited in India and yes it sounds pretty old but it definitely shows the journey of innovation that has happened in just last 20 years.

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Building Brand Awareness: July Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

This month’s festival is about building brand awareness. Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about team building. What’s your favorite team building experience? What are your best practices for building teams? Submit your relevant blog posts here! – Simon Mainwaring.

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The Power of Collaboration: Building a High-Performing Team

Experience to Lead

Identifying the Characteristics of High-Performing Teams A team’s success is developed from a variety of components. Here are a few characteristics that act as a foundation for successful team-building. Clear Communication Transparent communication plays a pivotal role in forging a high-performing team.