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People Analytics

By Sean Boyce

The People Analytics podcast is built for experts in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition to learn about effective strategies in the growing field of People Analytics.
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The post pandemic compensation equation with Andii Lee

People AnalyticsAug 03, 2020

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Continuous Performance Management with 15Five’s Dan Taylor
Dec 08, 202022:50
Hiring for Culture Fit with Arcules Stephanie Hammerwold

Hiring for Culture Fit with Arcules Stephanie Hammerwold

Stephanie Hammerwold is the Director of Human Resources at Arcules, a tech startup that has developed a cloud-based solution for video data management. Stephanie's HR career spans the grocery, manufacturing, warehousing and tech industries. She spends her spare time running an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people get back to work and advocates for fair chance hiring. On this episode of People Analytics, Sean and Stephanie discuss: 

  • What it means to hire for culture fit
  • Giving the candidate an opportunity to evaluate your culture as part of the hiring process
  • Matching candidates with team members for the interview process
  • Best practices for match candidates with existing team members
  • Why hiring for culture can make your company more attractive to candidates
  • How Arcules defines its culture and measures it overtime
  • The cultural values the are important for success at Arcules
  • How Arcules uses assessments to level up their hiring effort
  • Defining a profile with assessment tools that can level up your hiring effort
  • What’s next for the people analytics tools for Arcules

Resources:

  • Arcules Blog: https://blog.arcules.com/workplaceculture
  • DevPro Journal: https://www.devprojournal.com/business-operations/leadership/how-2020-changed-our-company-culture/
  • Stephanie's Nonprofit: https://www.prcsca.org/

Connecting with Stephanie: 

  • Connect with Stephanie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hammerwold-38a8791b/
Nov 24, 202029:15
Re-thinking your Hiring Strategy for the Distributed World with Aurora’s Dan Smolkin

Re-thinking your Hiring Strategy for the Distributed World with Aurora’s Dan Smolkin

Dan is currently the Head of People Operations for Aurora Solar, a platform focused on enabling a clean energy future for all. When he joined in early 2019, they were 45 employees primarily in San Francisco and have now grown to more than 100 team members across the United States. He believes strongly in taking an open source approach to People Operations by actively sharing and building useful tools for other HR professionals. On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, Dan and Sean cover

  • How the Aurora hiring strategy has changed based on the market conditions
  • What influenced Aurora to rethink their strategy around the decentralized team
  • How to measure the effectiveness of your decentralized hiring strategy
  • The specific advantages of leveraging a distributed hiring strategy
  • Language to include in a job description to capture the attention of great candidates everywhere
  • How to rethink your HR tech stack to enable a successful transition in hiring strategy

Resources: 

  • Notion - www.notion.so/
  • Dan's Website - https://dansmolkin.com/
  • Dan's Compiled Resources - dansmolkin.com/go/resources
  • Coda - https://coda.io/welcome
  • Almanac - https://almanac.io/home
  • Holloway Guides - https://www.holloway.com/

Connecting with Dan:

  • Connect with Dan on his website - dansmolkin.com



Oct 13, 202027:11
The Power of Storytelling in Recruiting with Beeswax’s Charlie Keinath

The Power of Storytelling in Recruiting with Beeswax’s Charlie Keinath

Charlie Keinath has worked for some of NYC's most preeminent startups including Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Intersection and now Beeswax. With over 10 years in the recruiting space, he's mostly focused on Engineering, Data and Product and never shies away from those hard to fill positions. When it comes to recruiting he has both led and managed teams to drive hiring and come up with new unique and outside of the box methodologies to attract and retain talent in an ever-evolving startup ecosystem. He's always looking to chat, whether it's about the latest/greatest in tech or just general career advice. On this episode, Sean and Charlie discuss

  • "If You’re Offered a Seat on a Rocket Ship, You Don’t Ask What Seat. You Just Get On.” - Marissa Mayer, Ex-CEO Yahoo
  • Why title matters less in a young growing startup environment
  • How to make your company’s story exciting for candidates
  • Positioning your company’s value proposition for candidates
  • Marketing the opportunity effectively to your prospective candidates
  • How the history of your industry can help engage candidates

Connecting with Charlie:

  • Connect with Charlie over LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskeinath/
  • Follow Charlie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/charliek212?lang=en


Oct 06, 202027:39
Consultative Approach to Recruiting with Andrew Bernstein

Consultative Approach to Recruiting with Andrew Bernstein

Andrew Bernstein who is the Talent Acquisition Coordinator at Propeller. He is a people and operations professional who has worked in the life science space as well as in the hardware and software industry within drone mapping. He cares about people, loves helping startup organizations succeed, and loves his wife and 5 pets. Another great passion Andrew has is his love of sports, whether it be watching his Boston sports teams, playing tennis and pickleball competitively, or analyzing individual players and strategy in football, baseball and basketball. Topics that Sean and Andrew cover on this weeks episode of the People Analytics podcast include 

  • Defining consultative and how it relates to recruiting 
  • Why Andrew feels Propeller hasn’t lost a single member of the team under his tenure
  • What a "top grade" interview is and why it matters
  • Why you should prioritize a positive candidate experience in your hiring process
  • How platforms like Glassdoor affect investing in the candidate experience 
  • What you can start doing today to improve your company’s candidate experience

Resources: 

  • Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intelligence
  • Beartown by Frederik Backman - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413128-beartown
  • First Round Capital - https://firstround.com/
  • First Round Article on Diversity and Inclusion - https://firstround.com/review/eight-ways-to-make-your-dandi-efforts-less-talk-and-more-walk/

Connecting with Andrew 

  • Connect with Andrew on his cell at 310-502-4098
  • Connect with Andrew over Email at andrew.bernst3in@gmail.com
Sep 22, 202036:44
Creating a Feedback Driven Culture with Elliot Epstein

Creating a Feedback Driven Culture with Elliot Epstein

Elliot Epstein is the Head of People at Galileo.  He has dedicated his career to building and scaling People functions in mission-driven organizations.  He has worked in people, culture, and organizational development roles across different sectors.  He lives in Manhattan with his husband, daughter, and rescue dog. On this week's People Analytics, Sean and Elliot cover

  • Defining and building a "feedback driven culture"
  • Why you should consider when building a user manual for your team members
  • Ask yourself, “What can I do 10% better?
  • Creating a structure that eliminates bias

Resources: 

  • Anti-racism must reads - https://www.edgilityconsulting.com/11-books-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-that-are-actually-worth-reading/
  • How to Love Criticism with Adam Grant - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-love-criticism/id1346314086?i=1000404159792 
  • LifeLabs - https://lifelabslearning.com/

Connecting with Elliot

  • Connect with Elliot on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotrepstein/


Sep 15, 202027:37
Building the HR function at your organization with AdmitHub’s Adrienne Barnard

Building the HR function at your organization with AdmitHub’s Adrienne Barnard

Adrienne Barnard is the SVP of People Operations at AdmitHub - an AI powered Chatbot that through powerful nudges is on a mission to help learners take the next steps towards a more fulfilling life. Adrienne has been in HR/People Operations her entire career and has been able to build out People Operations and teams at her last two roles. She's passionate about the impact that a partnership approach to People Ops can have on the organization and its human resources.  Outside of work Adrienne lives in the 'burbs with her entrepreneurial husband (check out podknife.com) and her 9 and 5 year old kids who love basketball, disc golf, barbies and snacks. On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, Sean and Adrienne discuss:

  • The HR trend of building the function out sooner
  • The value generated for an organization that invests approximately in HR
  • When to think about building our your HR function
  • Building HR around the needs of your organization
  • Hiring an HR professional with leadership qualities to adapt through change
  • Making your next HR hire after implementing the function
  • HR business partner vs HR generalist vs HR specialist
  • Putting the right framework in place to avoid getting stuck and feeling overwhelmed
  • How to build trust along the way of developing the HR function

Resources: 

Connecting with Adrienne: 

  • Connect with Adrienne over Email - Adrienne@admithub
  • Connect with Adrienne on LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-barnard-a82aab1/
Sep 08, 202028:38
Leveling Up the Employee Experience with Pega's Sarah Salbu-Young
Sep 01, 202028:24
Building an international culture with Digital Shadow’s Libby Fiumara
Aug 19, 202034:01
Making critical impact through diversity and inclusion with Betterment’s Netta Jenkins
Aug 11, 202032:56
The post pandemic compensation equation with Andii Lee
Aug 03, 202027:41
Managing your team through a hyper growth phase with Privy’s Jen Paxton
Jul 28, 202032:04
Why company values matter with PAIRIN's Michael Simpson
Jul 21, 202027:35
Managing wellness for your workforce with Design Point’s Michelle Green
May 29, 202035:08
Managing Your Team Through a Crisis with Agora’s Reggie Yativ
May 07, 202024:25
Silver Linings from the Pandemic with Annissa Deshpande
Apr 26, 202025:35
Managing an Effective HR Operation for a Fully Remote Workforce with Erin Linkins
Apr 19, 202025:15
Getting Executive Approval for your HR Projects with Lee Smiley
Apr 13, 202024:25
HR Metrics that Matter with Anthony Onesto
Apr 06, 202032:25
Helping Companies Manage the Covid-19 Health Crisis with John Baldino
Mar 29, 202032:58
Developing Your Own Recruiting Tools with Adrian Russo
Mar 16, 202022:58
Measuring Your Recruiting Efforts Through Data with Emily Meekins
Mar 03, 202027:01
The Power of the Candidate Experience with Beth Perkins
Feb 24, 202028:59
People Analytics Introduction

People Analytics Introduction

My name is Sean Boyce and I am the host of the People Analytics podcast.  On this show I interview experts that specialize in building amazing companies with great people.  These experts will be asked about all things data in HR so you can learn about the latest effective trends in the growing field of people analytics.

This show is for anyone who has an interest in HR or TA and how these professionals help build their awesome companies with amazing people.

If you have any questions for me or would like to inquire about being a guest on the show please email me at sean@staffgeek.com.

Feb 05, 202000:41