6 Things You Need to Know Before Starting Your Workweek (Aug. 10)

I’m back! And it’s time to get these 6 things rolling, again. Here are all the things you need to know before getting your workweek started:

Laurie Ruettimann calls them like she sees them, and to her (and several other HR pros) LinkedIn’s HR Hackathon sorta rankled. After all, there are a lot of experienced HR pros out there and even some incredible student organizations with HR right in the name. Also, HR is the Rodney Dangerfield of professionals it seems. One LinkedIn employee, Mark Marasco, wrote an open letter fighting back and soon the whole HR OG crew was in on the action. (LinkedIn Pulse)

Because Andy COHEN is gonna be hosting Talent Connect. Wasn’t this Lars Schmidt one year? Is famous the new HR Famous? (LinkedIn)

J.T. O’Donnell wrote a piece on Millennial backlash recently for Inc, and the response was fast and furious. From rejoicing to plaintive wailing, to rejecting the premise entirely to question the validity (and age) of the research, people had serious opinions. The millennials here in the office basically agreed it was valid and that I scared it out of them. Check it: (Inc)

Okay, this harkens back to my travel days but it MUST BE SHARED. This article, which is great, no really, is titled “Yes, I’m pretty and I’m traveling alone.” In it, the author describes a harrowing life where she has to explain why SHE IS SO PRETTY all the time. I just. I can’t: (HuffPo)

I belong to the YEC, which is awesome and amazing and I love it. Sometimes, when I am struggling with a pressing business issue that is not really appropriate for general Facebook but this time, the crew came up with an incredible idea. This. Get it. https://paidapi.com/

Lots of great insight into the HR Tech space from Steve Boese here. His analysis makes me happy, but as Mark Stelzner mentioned, we might be close to a bubble. (Steve Boese)