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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

You were there when it happened. The meetings to discuss the need to hire recruiters. To meet the growing demand of the digital boom, overoptimistic firms made the HR hire in droves. The job postings on LinkedIn. The applications. The interviews, the offer letters and the acceptance. You were there when it happened.

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Is the HR Accountable for the Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

You were there when it happened. The meetings to discuss the need to hire recruiters. To meet the growing demand of the digital boom, overoptimistic firms made the HR hire in droves. The job postings on LinkedIn. The applications. The interviews, the offer letters and the acceptance. You were there when it happened.

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“Manage through positive reinforcement” With Stephen Halasnik

Thrive Global

As a part of our series about “How To Give Honest Feedback without Being Hurtful”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephen Halasnik, Managing Partner of Financing Solutions. In the 2008 recession I had built an INC 500 fastest growing company that had done $7 million in sales the year before the recession.

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Jorge Sun of LendingFront: “Hire smart and from diverse backgrounds”

Thrive Global

Hire smart and from diverse backgrounds. At LendingFront, we’ve made it a point to hire people from all industries, not just in lending. This gives us a broader perspective and helps us craft more creative solutions to challenges. Can you tell us what lessons or ‘take aways’ you learned from that?

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Gianna Scorsone of Aircall: “Create strong processes”

Thrive Global

With traditional phone systems, teams waste time logging calls and searching for context when they should be strengthening relationships. Using a cloud-based approach, Aircall lets teams set up in a matter of seconds, integrate with detailed CRM and helpdesk tools, and start having more impactful conversations. both in the U.S.?—?but

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Being A B-Corp Is More Than Just A Status With Tristan Louis

Turning the Corner

Casebook is a software platform that makes this all more efficient for everyone involved, making it better for the caseworkers as well as for the people who are needing these services. Back in the ‘90s, I ended up launching one of the first online magazines. We invented the idea of having a conference and a magazine connected.

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HR and the Gig Economy

Astron Solutions

The gig economy is often, but not always, based in technology. In a 2016 Pew Research study , 24% of American adults used some sort of digital commerce platform to earn money. While we are all bracing for another recession, courtesy of COVID-19, it is important to remember that the gig economy rose during the previous 2008 recession.