Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Resources

Managing People You Can't Fire (staysaasy.com)
One of the worst situations in management is needing to fire someone and getting blocked. This happens somewhat regularly and is one of the most trust-breaking experiences between a manager and their boss. Let’s talk about why it happens and how to right-size the situation

Management, Human Resources, Workplace Dynamics, Trust

13 points by kiyanwang 5 days ago | 4 comments

Recruiter accidently emailed me her secret internal selection guidelines (reddit.com)
I didn't understand what it was at first, but when it dawned on me, the sheer pretentiousness and elitism kinda pissed me off ngl.

Recruitment, Human Resources, Reddit, Job Hunting, Employment

9 points by tosh 11 days ago | 0 comments

Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015) (kellblog.com)
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of big-company HR practices. I’m more of the First Break all the Rules type. Despite my general skepticism of many standard practices, we still do annual performance reviews at my company, though I’m thinking seriously of dropping them. (See Get Rid of the Performance Review.)

Career Development, Management, Leadership, Human Resources

545 points by AnhTho_FR 14 days ago | 252 comments

Ask HN: How much employee resume verification is done in practice? (ycombinator.com)
We all know that it's commonplace to 'put your best foot forward' on resumes as an employee, and sometimes this can lead into bending the truth a little bit.

Human Resources, Employment, Hiring Practices, Verification

47 points by NewUser76312 31 days ago | 80 comments

Difficult Employees (and How to Handle Them) (canopy.is)
👋 Howdy! Claire here, Founder & CEO of Canopy. Welcome to my weekly newsletter on leadership, “Views from the Canopy”. If you’ve been enjoying my writing (and illustrations!) recently here, do please make sure you’re subscribed so you can receive a fresh piece each week, and consider sharing with a friend or colleague who you think might enjoy as well.

Leadership, Management, Human Resources

45 points by BerislavLopac 32 days ago | 58 comments

"At Our Companies, Employees Just Disappear" (slate.com)
Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In Direct Report, she spotlights themes from her inbox that help explain the modern workplace and how we could be navigating it better.

Workplace Culture, Management, Human Resources, Work-Life Balance

24 points by tekdude 38 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Open-source self-hosted AI voice interviewer platform for Hiring (github.com/FoloUp)
FoloUp is an open source platform for companies to conduct AI powered hiring interviews with their candidates.

Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, Hiring, Software, Human Resources

10 points by suveen_ellawela 54 days ago | 5 comments

The impact of AI on the technical interview process (coderev.app)

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Recruiting, Human Resources

53 points by CharlieDigital 55 days ago | 59 comments

Deferred resignation email to federal employees (opm.gov)
During the first week of his administration, President Trump issued a number of directives concerning the federal workforce. Among those directives, the President required that employees return to in-person work, restored accountability for employees who have policy-making authority, restored accountability for senior career executives, and reformed the federal hiring process to focus on merit.

Federal Government, Human Resources, Policy

164 points by dnissley 65 days ago | 151 comments

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, Recruitment, Human Resources

12 points by paulpauper 71 days ago | 8 comments

Valve Handbook for New Employees (2012) [pdf] (akamaihd.net)

Valve, Gaming, Business, Management, Human Resources

4 points by Rygian 81 days ago | 0 comments

Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn (businessinsider.com)
Fed up with company processes, people are reporting their horrible bosses on social media

Human Resources, Social Media, Workplace Culture, LinkedIn

105 points by this_weekend 81 days ago | 98 comments

Ask HN: How do you work with people who are "not quite smart"? (ycombinator.com)
Hey,<p>This is a touchy subject, and that might be a lack of awareness or empathy from my part. But trust that it comes from a genuine willingness of making things better for everyone.<p>We all work with people who we find "not as good", have different ways or work ethics. After being told for decades that this is usually a problem with communication or point of view, I had somewhat internalized the idea.

Human Resources, Workplace Dynamics, Communication, Interpersonal Relationships

50 points by charles_f 104 days ago | 77 comments

Why Companies Overspend on Recruiting and Underspend on Retention (blackentropy.com)
I’ve been stewing over this for a while, because the disconnect is absolutely mind-boggling. On the one hand, companies shell out massive amounts of cash to snag new hires—signing bonuses, cushy relocation packages, recruiters working overtime. On the other hand, they’ll practically watch their existing talent walk out the door without lifting a finger to keep them around.

Human Resources, Business, Hiring, Retention

30 points by ByteBoost 107 days ago | 15 comments

The Work Number (W2 salary service) (theworknumber.com)
Utilizing The Work Number® database, we’ll provide you differentiated and proprietary data that can give you a more holistic view of applicants.

Human Resources, Recruitment, Data, Salaries

5 points by cebert 109 days ago | 1 comments

Performance improvement plans are on the rise (wsj.com)
In the messy business of getting rid of employees, the PIP is having a moment.

Performance Management, Human Resources, Layoffs

127 points by impish9208 126 days ago | 191 comments

Apple's Chief People Officer Carol Surface Resigns (storyboard18.com)
Carol Surface, who led Apple as chief people officer, has departed from the company after 20 months of tenure.

Apple, Business, Human Resources, Leadership, Resignation

5 points by walterbell 128 days ago | 3 comments

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

11 points by baxtr 136 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

170 points by billybuckwheat 137 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 164 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 169 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 175 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 177 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 180 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 184 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 184 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 194 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 206 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.