Week of July 8th, 2024
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Yes, and
"Yes, and..." thinking, is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that an improviser should accept what another improviser has stated ("yes") and then expand on that line of thinking ("and").
Lori Golden dropped a great post about how nuances between companies. To Yes, and on her post, I was recently told a story about a battle between coopers at a winery and whiskey distillery. As the story goes, all the coopers involved had 20+ years of experience. The coopers from the whiskey distillery (which I’ll abbreviate to WhC) went to visit the winery, and the head cooper at the winery (which I’ll abbreviate to WiC) challenged them to make a barrel exactly how they do it. The WhCs took on the challenge because they used the same tools. They failed because of the angles. The Head Cooper for the WhC, frustrated and a little embarrassed, challenged the WiCs to come to their distillery and try and make one of their barrels. The same thing happened. Moral of the Story for RecOps Folks (both those employed and those looking): Even though interviewing follows a script and likely uses the same tools, be mindful and graceful to the fact that there are subtle differences that take time to learn no matter how long you have been in this game.
Luke Eaton dropped an absolute banger on process mapping in his newsletter. To Yes, and on his process mapping, part of the RecOps mindset is the ability to look at all the micro-steps in every process, assign them an amount of time, and then figure out the best ways to eliminate, automate, or build on. It is recognizing that each of these steps, compounded over a day, even if it looks simple, ultimately adds up and, especially if they are human-driven or implemented poorly, can increase the likelihood of error.
RecOps - Links
RecOps - The GPT we trained. It is available in the OpenAI store and free to use.
Have you bought your ticket yet to the RecOps Conference? The early bird discount runs out at the end of the month. As a reminder it is October 24th and 25th in Chicago. If you’d like to speak (and there are perks like a sweet discount) here is the the speaker application.
Articles / Industry News
Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar
Steve Bartel’ Recruiter Experience (post)
Jake Paul’s Who Should Own Quality of Hire (post)
Lars Schmidt’s SHRM Drops 'E' from DE&I: What Does It Really Mean? (Article - Extra context: this has really ignited many in the HR community with some calling for protests)
Forbes’ SHRM’s Problematic DEI Pivot: A Step Backwards For Workers’ Rights (article)
Ashby’s How to Maximize Efficiency in Recruiting (podcast)
Metaview’s Interview Data Masterclass (podcast)
Jobsync’s Decoding the Art of Hiring: Leveraging Data for Operational Excellence and Ongoing Improvement (post)
Hacking HR’s Pros and Cons of the 9-Box Grid (article)
Harvard Business Review’s Balancing Accountability and Compassion on Your Team (article)
Industry News (sorted alphabetically with space in the RecOps community in parenthesis)
Ashby (AiO) - Feature Update: Archive Candidate Workflow Improvement, Integration: Adway
Atlas Technologies (Recruitment Platform) - The Anti-Cluttering Chrome Extension
Brighthire (Interview Intelligence) - Zapier's talent density framework comes down to 4 things
CandorIQ (Headcount/Compensation) - How To Create Your Pay Ranges
candidate.fyi (Candidate Experience/Scheduling) - Candidates as Customers
GoodTime (Scheduling) - Jonathan Reyes joining GoodTime’s Human-Centric AI Advisory Board
eqtble (Analytics) - 5 Top Metrics for Actionable People Analytics
Jobsync (Hiring Ops) - What is a Hiring Operations Platform
Lever (ATS) - Integration: Brainner
Metaview (Transcription) - Coming for Reference Checks
Recruit CRM (AiO) - Must Know Social Media Recruiting Stats for 2024
Permanent Articles
Job Search
Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.
Additional Resource
ATS Specific Job Boards
iCIMS's HR professionals job board aggregates all the HR jobs across their customers
Workable’s job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use Workable
SmartRecruiters’ job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use SR
Denys Dinkevych's remote job board, which aggregates jobs from all the major ATS
Drew Callin’s list of VC and PE job boards for their portfolios (pay attention to the comments too here since there are more)
TrueUp - Has a fantastic job board filled with information others don’t like the last time the company did a layoff, application experience based on the ATS, and more.
Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search
We’ve consolidated our list of boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them easier for everyone. Check out the list here. Kaitlyn Elting also built a generator for you if you are worried about your attention to detail.
Thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many wonderful strings and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent boolean and sourcing content.
#YourNextHire / People Looking In the RecOps Community
Are you a RecOps professional looking for work? If you have 5 minutes, take the opportunity to complete this quick questionnaire. Not only will you be featured in an upcoming Roundup, it will also help us mention your name when people ask for referrals.
Here is a Google Sheet View for a list of people who were previously featured and are still looking.
Events
Week of July 15th
TeamOhana - Managing Headcount More Effectively to Meet Talent Needs and Financial Goals
Jobsync - Driving Excellence: Ford’s Kaizen Approach to TA Process Improvement
AssessFirst / Eli Onboarding / Eploy - RecFest Round-up: Essential Takeaways for TA Professionals
Brighthire and HIGHER - TA Tech Teardown
SelectSoftware Reviews - Trends and Best Practices for Buying HR Tech
Week of July 22nd
Week of July 29th
Week of August 5th
October 2024
🎉 Reminders and Disclaimers 🎉
If you’d like to contribute a job, an article (one you found or wrote), or you are a company and have a product update you want featured, contact Jeremy Lyons.
Please use this form if you or someone you know would like to be featured in our #YourNextHire section. The only condition is you are a RecOps professional.
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Until next week, Regulators 😊