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Why Working Sessions Are the Ultimate Interview Tool for Strategic Hiring

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Hiring for key roles is one of the most critical—and challenging—tasks any company faces. Traditional interviews often focus too heavily on either a candidate’s strategic vision or their technical skills, rarely offering a holistic view of how they’ll actually perform on the job. Enter the working session: a real-time, collaborative problem-solving exercise that’s redefining the […]

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Quality Candidates Exist Beyond Big-Name Logos

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There’s a stubborn obsession with big-name companies. CEOs, boards, and hiring managers often think, “If they worked at Meta, Uber, or insert-big-name-tech-company-here, then they’ve got to be amazing.”  But great talent isn’t restricted to the big-brand crowd, and over-relying on those names might be costing you better hires. Signal or noise? The obsession with big-name

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High-Growth Hiring: New Offices in New Markets with Affirm Lead Business Recruiter, Blair Solano

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Blair Solano is the Lead Business Recruiter at San Francisco based, Affirm, and helped hire out 3 additional offices and grow Affirm from 300 employees to over 800 in 18-months. Affirm focuses on improving the lives of everyday consumers with less expensive, more transparent financial products. Affirm uses modern technology to re-imagine and re-build core

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Leading through Leave: Advice as a New Parent from a Silicon Valley Executive- Christina Johnson, VP of Operations, Beyond Pricing

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Christina is a data-driven business professional with over 13 years of experience in strategy consulting and operating at start-ups. With a proven ability to analyze and execute, she has evaluated over 30 acquisitions and scaled international operations via process improvement and change management. Christina is an expert at wearing multiple hats and rolling up sleeves

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What to Look for in a Contract Recruiting Partner – Kevin Kinkor of Kinkor Consulting

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Kevin has more than 19 years of experience as a recruiting/HR professional in Silicon Valley. He started his career on the agency side of recruiting through the Dot Com boom and subsequent bust, managed workforces through the Great Recession and has played a key role with startups during this most recent surge of hiring. His

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How I Create and Cultivate my Professional Network in 2019 – Elizabeth Patterson, Vice President Talent Network at Sapphire Ventures

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Elizabeth Patterson is responsible for cultivating and managing Sapphire Venture’s human capital network, including the Sapphire Fellows program. Her networks span influencer, professional, social, economic and cultural circles. She works closely with Sapphire’s portfolio companies to understand their strategic talent needs and aligns these needs with talent and resources from within Sapphire’s network; helping the

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The Culture of Feedback Starts with the Interview Process – Carmela Krantz, Founder of WOVEN

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Carmela has 30 years of experience leading all aspects of Human Resources in several small and mid-size rapidly growing businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the course of her career, Carmela has been the first Vice President of Human Resources at nine companies, including six start-ups. Her professional experience includes technology, retail, hospitality,

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These 10 CEOs Share Tips and Benefits to Working Remotely

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Working remotely has become a growing phenomenon in the last few years and for good reason. Not only does this work style offer employees the flexibility they constantly seek, but also a great opportunity for employers to save on overhead costs, decreases sick days and employee time off, reduces stress and increases the employee talent

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