#6Things: New Faces at SourceCon, Whiter Resumes and Unicorn Fakers

The nicest gig you’ll ever quit

Anyone remember when Amybeth Hale was the SourceCon editor? Then Jeremy Roberts took over, now Rob McIntosh is back? Well, prep the long, dark portrait hallway for a new face. Shannon Pritchett! Shannon takes the reigns from Roberts, who is heading over to HiringSolved. There’s so much love, sharing and signing of yearbooks, it’s no wonder it’s still one of my very favorite conferences. If you want to know how the old school, top notch recruiting brass treat each other, go to SourceCon, the community, the conference, wherever. It’s the nicest job you’ll ever quit. (SourceCon)

Row, row, row your company, directly down a hole!

I know everyone says so, but not everyone KNOWS so. This post on Medium by Hampton Catlin is one of the best things I have read on long hours, pushing your team too hard and building something that is hardly worth a damn. I know this isn’t my usual #6things fodder but as recruiting comes closer to marketing and entrepreneurship and busy-ness becomes the order of the day, laundry lists of to-do items become badges of honor and personal health and wellness takes a backseat….well, it’s time to say something. Thanks to Meg Bear for the share (this rhymes). (Medium)

Does this resume make me look white?

“A new study done by researchers at the University of Toronto and Stanford University suggest that the stated aspirations of companies to become more diverse haven’t changed how they go about hiring, and that minority candidates responding to job openings that welcome diverse backgrounds might find their prospects of being hired just as limited as before.”

Compare and contrast this Atlantic article with this recent article, titled This is Hard, the Other Side of Diversity. Also this:

“The two groups profiled tended to use different techniques in order to disguise their ethnicities. Asian applicants were more likely to change their names or use a middle name instead of their first name; African American interviewees tended to exclude race-focused organizations and awards,” might be one of the saddest things I’ve read…(Atlantic, Medium)

This talk about Diversity has got me…right in the AHA

For some good news about companies practically trying to move the needle on diversity. Check out this case study from actual practitioners on #HROS. From actual numbers (total transparency is a huge thing at #HROS) to what they did right (and wrong) as well as great practical takeaways that anyone can implement, the case study is a blueprint for those setting out to change their company’s diversity recruiting (or lack thereof) and chock full of numbers that will make it a little easier to sell the initiative to your boss! (HROS)

Want better returns? Get yourself a lady CEO

This is interesting. Kevin O’Leary, who has some show on some network says the companies in his portfolio that have women CEOs are performing better. O’Leary says he discovered this quite by accident but he’s letting the discovery guide his investments anyway.

“All the cash in the last two quarters is coming from companies run by women,” he told Business Insider at a recent event for the startup Honeyfund, in which he is an investor. “I don’t have a single company run by a man right now that’s outperformed the ones run by women.” (Business Insider)

Unicorns, unicorns everywhere and not a rainbow fart to stink

This is an article that explains why Intuit is the only known unicorn, except it doesn’t do that at all. It just says “Intuit has scaled their SMB software company” which…I totally already knew. Does anyone else get it? So they scaled, why and how come no one else has come close? (Bostinno)

Maren Hogan

Maren Hogan is CEO of Red Branch and general Bad@$$

Maren Hogan is a seasoned marketer and community builder in the HR and Recruiting industry. Maren started Red Branch Media and, before she hired all the smiling faces you see below, she ran it on her own. In marketing for over 15 years, she has deep experience in strategic campaigns and a long-term, results-based operational approach.