Linkedin Talent Connect 2022
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Linkedin Talent Connect 2022

🎢The Talent function has increased in complexity and strategic impact. The role of Talent professionals extends beyond hiring to onboarding, learning, mobility, retention, and rewards. Change, and complexity in the field will continue increasing, and we need to learn how to move from a sprint to a marathon mentality for our teams to thrive

🌀Despite a potential economic slow down/downturn that Economists are predicting, the labor market will continue to be tight. This is due to higher mobility across industries, and demographics tightening the available workforce

❣️Purpose alignment is a given. The main drivers for workers are getting a sense of inclusion and belonging, being recognized as individuals, and having opportunities to grow

🤹Skills are core to the design of any attraction, development, and retention initiatives. They expand the diversity of the talent pools, and minimize bias throughout the employee lifecycle. AI can help build sustainable skill based models that stay relevant over time

💻Web3 technology provides with opportunities to create more immersion, and add a layer of connection to a highly digital employee experience

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Future of Work Trends
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Future of Work Trends

🔵 Are you feeling a general lack of motivation? It feels like groundhog year 2022 and many people continue asking themselves what’s the purpose of what they do to keep on going and make positive changes in their lives.

🔮 After a long break, some reading, and observations, I have compiled a list of future of work trends for companies to consider and set themselves apart.

💗 What matters to each one of us is very personal. I mostly care about how accomplished, challenged and supported I feel in all my aspects of my life, including at work. What’s your criteria to make decisions in your career and your life?

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Don’t Ghost Me
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Don’t Ghost Me

Have you ever been ghosted in a hiring process? I have been in Talent Operations for quite a while and played all of the roles in hiring multiple times over. Find here some pointers so that there’s less ghosting and more sweet experiences for everyone involved. What’s been your most memorable hiring experience?

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You’ve got e-mail… and plenty of Zoom calls!
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You’ve got e-mail… and plenty of Zoom calls!

I write an email to my team with some reflections every other week. Looking back, I see recurrent themes in my emails. One that has been very present during this long pandemic has been reminding my team to stay healthy, providing them with some working from home tips.

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Groundhog Year
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Groundhog Year

We often say that the hardest part is to get started. This year has proven us again that the hardest part is to keep on going.

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Polar Opposites
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Polar Opposites

We are often asked to position ourselves on one or another end of spectrums in many aspects of our day to day life. How many times have we been asked to choose from two opposite sides and struggled with the decision?

Our thinking models do not need to pull from two opposite linear extremes. Multi dimensional models can enrich our perspectives and drive us towards better solutions.

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Blue Jay’s warning sounds
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Blue Jay’s warning sounds

If we have learnt anything from this pandemic is that we need to be more invested in the collective well being. Plenty of us are making the alarm bells sound for others to pay attention and watch out. What’s the best way to persuade someone to follow our lead?

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Make every interaction count
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Make every interaction count

I have just crossed the 4 years mark at Uber. It has been in many ways a roller coaster ride but one that I would not change for any other. Shortly before joining the company, I participated as a speaker in a big industry event in London.

-Artwork: Cantimplora 2020-

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4 steps to plan during unprecedented times
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4 steps to plan during unprecedented times

How many times have you heard the word “unprecedented” lately? Shelter measures have been in place for over 2 months now. We are all looking for ways to react, move on or simply get by. How do we do it with so many open questions ahead of us?

-Photograph: Looking Forward

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The driving force
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The driving force

The new year makes a lot of us think of resolutions and plans for self development. We start making lists of what we want to change and get started. We fill our agendas with new things to try and gym classes get fuller. We set objectives to reach a higher sense of achievement.

-Art`Work: New Horizons (2013) -

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