As a recruiter in the Human Resource department of a bank, I am well-versed in constraints. There are four recruiters on my team, including myself, and we cover the entirety of our organization's footprint (approximately 4800 employees across 400 locations). At any given time, each recruiter has between 60-80 open positions that they must recruit for. At present, the hiring … [Read more...] about Defining the Problem: An HR Perspective
A Data Set Has No Name
Unlike Arya Stark, who has patiently waited 8 seasons to avenge her family's murderers, I have little patience, especially when it comes to television, book, or movie spoilers. Whether it's reading the Wikipedia plot of a movie before I go see it or reading the last few pages of a book before I start it, I want to know how the story is resolved and I want to know now (note: … [Read more...] about A Data Set Has No Name
Not Bad for Girls with No Talent
"We're entering the age when the biggest brands in the world will be built online first." Little did Will Critchlow know when he made this (scarily accurate) prediction in 2014 that Kylie Jenner was in the beginning stages of turning her reality tv-turned-social media star fame into a cosmetics empire. Regardless of how you feel about the Kardashian-Jenner family, there are … [Read more...] about Not Bad for Girls with No Talent
It’s Lonely at the Top, But It Doesn’t Have to Be
The age-old adage, "time is money," has become more relevant than ever before. While the emphasis on pace is nothing new, the definition of fast has taken on a new meaning in the the current digital climate. Information is not only acquired instantaneously but predictively, making it increasingly difficult for companies to be or remain competitive. If they are able to keep … [Read more...] about It’s Lonely at the Top, But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Our Data is Being Sold, But Convenience Makes It Hard to Care
It has only been five short years since Apple released the iPhone 5S with TouchID, setting the stage for mobile devices to have a physical "recognition" feature. Although this new feature alarmed the technical novices that I knew ("Who knows what Apple will do with your fingerprint!?"), Apple had been priming me for new recognition software since its release of Siri in … [Read more...] about Our Data is Being Sold, But Convenience Makes It Hard to Care