Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Resources

The number of exceptional people: Fewer than 85 per 1M across key traits (sciencedirect.com)
Cognitive biases can lead to overestimating the expected prevalence of exceptional multi-talented candidates, leading to potential dissatisfaction in recruitment contexts.

Cognitive Science, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Statistics, Psychology

10 points by baxtr 2 days ago | 4 comments

Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies (metropolisjapan.com)
A new survey from Mynavi Corp. shows a significant rise in resignation agencies across Japan that help people quit their jobs. But why?

Japan, Employment, Resignation, Labor Market, Human Resources

167 points by billybuckwheat 3 days ago | 142 comments

Engineering Managers' Guide to Effective Annual Feedback (peterszasz.com)
As we’re entering the last quarter of the year, the time has come when many tech companies start their yearly feedback cycles, providing formal feedback on the performance of their employees.

Management, Human Resources, Software Engineering, Feedback

4 points by BerislavLopac 30 days ago | 0 comments

Apple's Chief People Officer Leaves Company After 20 Months (macrumors.com)
Apple's chief people officer Carol Surface is leaving the company, reports Bloomberg.

Apple, Business, Leadership, Human Resources

6 points by wslh 35 days ago | 3 comments

AI Is the Enshittification of Recruitment (beny23.github.io)
I. Want. To. Scream. Not so long ago, I reviewed about 1,000 CVs (resumes). 500 for a frontend developer position, about 500 for a backend developer position. You might think I was crazy, why don’t I let an agency do the sifting for me? Well, that wasn’t the thing that made me scream.

Artificial Intelligence, Recruitment, Technology, Human Resources

10 points by beny23 41 days ago | 0 comments

Engineering Managers' Guide to Effective Annual Feedback (peterszasz.com)
As we’re entering the last quarter of the year, the time has come when many tech companies start their yearly feedback cycles, providing formal feedback on the performance of their employees.

Engineering, Management, Feedback, Performance Reviews, Human Resources

12 points by mooreds 44 days ago | 2 comments

People, Not Robots: Bringing the Humanity Back to Customer Support (medium.com)
Good help is hard to find. I dread calling the credit card company, the phone company, any service provider, including and maybe especially SaaS companies. I anticipate talking to someone who is poorly trained, under-paid, powerless, and miserable. I anticipate their frustration rubbing off on me. I anticipate arguing to get my needs met. And that’s if I can even get a real human to talk to me.

Customer Service, Technology, Human Resources, User Experience

6 points by blueridge 47 days ago | 0 comments

What Your Job Ad Says About You (talentstuff.com)
I have written and read so many job adverts over the years that I have almost become immune to phrases like “rockstar developer”. That’s a lie. I still throw up in my mouth a little every time I see that.

Hiring, Job Advertisements, Recruitment, Human Resources

70 points by Peroni 50 days ago | 90 comments

Interviewing for Evidence (dannorth.net)
One area where companies struggle is recruiting good people. I see enormous variability in quality and style of interviewing. This is something I care about, having spent nearly a decade working with some amazing recruiters at a global technology consultancy, and variously as an employee, contractor and independent consultant in many organisations.

Recruiting, Human Resources, Interviews, Technology, Consulting

23 points by BerislavLopac 50 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: How do you feel about the 'Do you have a best friend at work' question? (ycombinator.com)
Gallop has one of the best-known employee engagement surveys, known as the Q12. It asks 12 questions, and one of them is, "Do you have a best friend at work?"

Workplace Culture, Employee Engagement, Surveys, Human Resources

16 points by jawns 60 days ago | 25 comments

What to do if you catch your staff on a quiet vacation, according to an HR exec (businessinsider.com)
"Quiet vacationing" — employees secretly taking time off or using tools to circumvent monitoring software — is rising.

Human Resources, Work-Life Balance, Employment Practices, Technology

14 points by westi 72 days ago | 8 comments

Secrets of Corporate HR Department (reddit.com)
A friend of mine, who works as an HR manager at a MASSIVE corporation you likely know (you probably own their products), shared something deeply unsettling with me. She revealed how her company manipulates job listings to test how desperate people are for work. They’re testing how low they can go on salary and benefits before people stop applying.

Human Resources, Job Hunting, Corporate Culture, Employment

27 points by rainhacker 73 days ago | 2 comments

Tobacco Free Hiring Practice (ycombinator.com)

Human Resources, Employment, Health, Public Policy

17 points by danielschreber 74 days ago | 30 comments

Ask HN: Is unlimited vacation still a thing in tech jobs? (ycombinator.com)

Human Resources, Tech Industry, Work Culture, Remote Work

7 points by chirau 79 days ago | 13 comments

"Hire People Smarter Than You" is bad advice (2018) (benkophone.com)

Leadership, Advice, Management, Human Resources

47 points by dools 79 days ago | 37 comments

Why AI is no substitute for human teachers (axios.com)