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Melissa Dobbins
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
Surrounded by white men
When my co-founder and I started career.place, we did what many entrepreneurs do (because career.place wasn’t built yet), we surrounded ourselves by the best talent we had worked with in the past. For example: Our co-founder was the VP of engineering when I ran a product management group at a technology company. Together, we rolled out many successful products and releases as well as revamped the agile(ish) process that lead to amazing increases in efficiency and speed. Our c
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Melissa Dobbins
- Dec 10, 2018
- 5 min
The Year in Diversity: 2018’s Biggest (and Most Costly) Discrimination Disasters
Let’s start with the good news. While plenty of companies made the news in 2018 for all the wrong reasons when it came to diversity and inclusion (D&I), overall things are improving. Whether it’s big tech companies like Intel hitting internal diversity goals while acknowledging there’s still a long way to go, or the 12% rise in workplace sexual harassment charges being met with employers taking allegations more seriously, there has been a silver lining to many of the biggest
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Melissa Dobbins
- Dec 3, 2018
- 1 min
The Anatomy of a Compelling Job Description
Career.Place has made it a mission to not only remove bias from the hiring process, but to also help human resource professionals attract qualified candidates. With that thought in mind, career.place has published its first white paper - The Anatomy of a Compelling Job Description. Discover the six steps to attracting qualified candidates: Job Title - use a title that is informative Salary Range - don't waste your or an applicants time with unrealistic expectations Benefits -
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Blaine Phelps
- Nov 9, 2018
- 2 min
Career.Place continues to make the hiring process easier by integrating with Slack™
Career.Place now delivers applicant activity to Human Resource channels Career.Place, removing bias one hire at a time, announced today its capability to integrate with Slack, a leading team and professional collaboration platform, improving time to hire and overall candidate experience. Career.Place’s product is already capable of integrating with leading ATS’s and job boards, making the integration of a leading collaboration app the next logical step. “Career.Place already
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Melissa Dobbins
- Nov 1, 2018
- 1 min
The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast: CEO Melissa Dobbins - Will technology be essential in removing bia
Listen as Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, gives her perspective on the hiring process and the role of Artificial Intelligence in removing bias. The discussion covers how technology can remove bias, how human-influence can still affect bias in technology, and that, even with technology, a fair and consistent process must be implemented. Excited to listen? Click here. #NoBias #Bias #nobias #equal #anonymous #ai #technology #AIreporting
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Melissa Dobbins
- Nov 1, 2018
- 1 min
Podcast - Diversity is Good for Business
Listen to Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, talk about diversity and bias in the workplace (as well as Star Wars vs. Star Trek) with Thom Singer - a leader in bringing entrepreneurial talent to his listeners. Click here to listen. #diversity #bias #nobias
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