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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

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In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. They recruited a group of 30 individuals, ages 18-20, who expressed interest in the program.

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What I Learned from Transforming the U.S. Military’s Approach to Talent

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2nd Lieutenant Riley’s background is any employer’s dream, and his retention in the armed forces is a good thing for the Department of Defense, the organization I had the honor to lead from 2015 to 2017. military over the last 250 years can, at times, make recruitment and retention difficult.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

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It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.