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HR 101: The history of LinkedIn

HR Brew

Welcome to HR 101. Reid Hoffman came up with the idea for a professional social network in 2002. The platform ended its first month of operation with 4,500 members. Throughout the 2010s , the platform continued to evolve, releasing tools like its skills endorsement feature, as well as apps for recruiters and job-seekers.

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How Quick Base Helps Businesses Safely and Securely Innovate  

Quickbase

In this digital transformation, many companies are gravitating towards low-code software platforms to lessen the burden on backlogged IT departments and instead allow those at the edge of the business to quickly build and maintain their own custom solutions. . Avant Healthcare Professionals .

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Managing the Employee Experience in a Downsizing Environment

CCI Consulting

What’s more, A 2002 study by Magnus Sverke and Johnny Hellgren of Stockholm University and Katharina Näswall of University of Canterbury found that after a layoff, survivors experienced a 41% decline in job satisfaction, a 36% decline in organizational commitment, and a 20% decline in job performance. Reassuring Remaining Staff.

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Strategic Workforce Planning in APAC: Dream or Reality?

Cielo HR Leader

Here we put the questions to Hong Kong based Bianca Wong, Group Human Resources Director at the marketing and distribution conglomerate, Jebsen. After a couple of years doing that I joined FedEx as an HR analyst in 2002 and had been with them until the summer of 2012, ending up as HR Managing Director for the North Pacific.

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‘The ultimate HR act:’ These lessons from 9/11 remain relevant today

HRExecutive

According to media reports based on eyewitness statements, Gentul was last seen holding the door open for co-workers in a smoke-filled stairwell on the 97th floor. Kondrasuk. “… this is the ultimate HR act.” Related: Learn more about the Future Ready Workplace at HR Tech. Click here to register.

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To Optimize Work Automation, Get Beyond “Robots Taking Our Jobs”

Visier

Work automation is often framed in simple terms – how many jobs will new technology replace? In 2002, there were 352,000 ATMs and 527,000 bank tellers. . In 2018, personal, devices and cloud-based financial transactions are further changing the work of banks. Has technology finally replaced tellers?

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Assessing Values in Online Technology Part 4

HR Examiner

Assessing Values in Online Technology. Here’s where we are in the series: Assessing Values in Online Technology – Part 1. Assessing Values in Online Technology – Part 2. Assessing Values in Online Technology – Part 3. Assessing Values in Online Technology – Part 4. GRT Software.