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Blaine Phelps
- Jul 12, 2018
- 2 min
Volunteers, AI Reporting, and Skills
1. Introducing Our Free Volunteer Offering Career.Place is proud to announce that we are now free to use for all volunteer positions. As a mission-based company passionate about removing bias from hiring, we are excited to support all your missions.
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Matthew Borneman
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
Focusing on Soft Skills to Promote Hiring Diversity
Confession time: I’m grumpy.(1) Now, I come by it naturally. My dad is also grumpy.(2) Which makes our conversations pretty funny when we get going. And since he’s a manager who’s nearly always hiring at his organization, our conversations frequently turn to discussing his hiring process. So when I’ve asked him about what he looks for, his response boils down to “someone who shows up, works hard, and isn’t a jerk – I can train the rest.” My dad and I tend to work similarly –
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