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For all my engineering leaders, you know how technical debt can hinder innovation and growth! It can also affect your team's culture - people are often promised innovation and new product development during the interview process, only to find themselves dealing with tech debt more than 50% of the time. This insightful Forbes article highlights the importance of understanding and addressing technical debt to ensure smoother operations, better product development, employee retention, and long-term success! https://lnkd.in/eGdisY9e #Engineering #CTO #VPEngineering

Structured interviews and diverse panels are key to reducing bias and ensuring fair hiring practices, but this isn’t always the case! Mark Simpson, CEO of Pillar, shares results from their studies that showcase differences in interviews based on gender (e.g., women are often asked more questions and asked to prove their worth more than men). ♦️ Question Disparity: Women are asked 20% more questions with 25% less time to answer. Structured interviews help reduce this gap. ♦️ Proving Worth: Women face more questions about strengths and failures than men. Structured processes can decrease this bias by 42%. ♦️ Compensation Discomfort: Women feel less comfortable discussing compensation. Transparency can help address this. ♦️ Small Talk Bias: Men engage in more sports-related small talk, potentially leading to biases. ♦️ Female Interviewers: Women report better experiences and receive more soft skill questions when interviewed by women. ♦️ Interview Length: Female interviewers tend to conduct interviews 10-15% longer. My advice….diversify your panel! Use tools like BrightHire to ensure unbiased, consistent interview practices for candidates. #Hiring #Recruitment #TalentAquisition #Culture #Values #DiversityandInclusion #Jobseeker #Interviewing #Candidates #ExecutiveSearch

CB Insights has unveiled the 2024 AI 100 ranking, showcasing the 100 most promising private AI companies worldwide. This year's cohort represents 16 countries and spans 30+ solution categories, with companies from the US, France, South Africa, and more, and 31 headquartered outside the US. Check out the full report by CB Insights (you can download without a subscription, thank you CB Insights!) https://lnkd.in/eKsCmPwF #AI #ML #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence

🚀 Celebrating Women in Tech! 🚀 Proud to see female founders making strides in tech! U.S. VC funding for women-led startups hit new heights in 2023, with women founding some of the most influential companies in the new wave of generative AI. It’s inspiring to see female startup founders take the lead in building one of the most transformative technologies of our era! Read more: https://lnkd.in/ewxNtZKF #AI #ML #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #Culture #Values #DiversityandInclusion

An oldie but goodie!👌 Want to know how some of the best managers identify and develop talent? They see potential where others don't and leverage it to build high-performing teams. Here are some key strategies: 🟨 Think Ahead: Align new hires with long-term strategic goals, not just immediate needs. 🟨 Focus on Soft Skills: Prioritize emotional intelligence, adaptability, and learnability over past performance or technical skills. 🟨 Promote from Within: Internal candidates often adapt faster and contribute to better engagement and loyalty. 🟨 Embrace Diversity: Hiring diverse candidates enhances creativity and innovation, driving better results. 🟨 Be Data-Driven: Use data to guide hiring decisions, setting clear performance goals and measuring outcomes. 🟨 Foster Team Synergy: Prioritize team dynamics and collaboration over individual achievements. 🟨 Invest in Growth: Act as a coach to develop employees' skills, ensuring they remain valuable assets. Thanks to Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Jonathan Kirschner for a timeless article: https://lnkd.in/efcDkXwK #executivesearch #hiring #recruitment #talentaquisition #HRInsights

Partnering with a search firm means committing to a process that will result in a hiring decision. If you've been running a search on your own for weeks (or months!), Gokul Rajaram and Natan 🌱 Fisher here highlight when it's time to put on the guardrails and get the team to focus on filling the role. 

Curious to get the perspective of my HR & People leaders, as well as candidates! This is a great list of pros and cons for sharing interview questions in advance. For example, it can help neurodivergent thinkers by giving them time to prepare, but candidates might memorize responses instead of demonstrating their ability to think on their feet, making it harder to assess their spontaneity and adaptability. Thanks to Hung Lee’s Recruiting Brainfood newsletter and Mike Stamp (he/him) for this balanced article highlighting both sides! https://lnkd.in/ehuTs3X9 We want to hear from you! What’s your stance on providing interview questions in advance? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments! #Jobseeker #Interviewing #Candidates #CTO #Engineering #VPEngineering #ProductManagement #CPO #ProductLeadership #ExecutiveSearch #Hiring #Recruitment #TalentAquisition #Coaching #CareerGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment

Interesting to see Bessemer Venture Partners’s State of the Cloud 2024 evolve: “Legacy cloud is dead - long live AI cloud.” By now, we know that companies are using AI to tackle high-cost, repetitive tasks, but it’s likely to be a game changer for how we redefine pricing models from subscription to usage-based. “You’re seeing people price the delivery of their capability differently,” Sameer Dholakia. Twilio was early; I’m keeping an eye on this 👀 https://lnkd.in/e-S8E33D #AI #LLM #ML #ArtificialIntelligence #Engineering #VPEngineering #CTO #ExecutiveSearch

Great podcast with beth sheffner scheer, Erica Waichman & Jennifer Kodner on how VC talent partners influence founders, hiring managers, and most of all help their portCo’s succeed!