Category Archives: people-management

Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’

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Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today announcing some funding to bulk up its own position: the company has raised $80 million, funding that it will be using […] Continue reading Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’→

ChartHop raises $35M for its internal org chart and people analytics platform

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Human resources is generally a salient cornerstone of any organization, but digitization has democratized a lot of the work that goes into HR, and that’s meant more people in businesses interested in, and using, the kind of data that HR people build and typically manage. Today, a startup called ChartHop that’s built a platform to […] Continue reading ChartHop raises $35M for its internal org chart and people analytics platform→

Hiring "sentenced hackers" for security positions – a prospect or a ticking bomb? [migrated]

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It’s not uncommon to see individuals who have caused damage / breached big systems and have subsequently been prosecuted that have received job proposals for infosec positions. This is usually tied to their undeniable aptitud… Continue reading Hiring "sentenced hackers" for security positions – a prospect or a ticking bomb? [migrated]→

What are the real physical risks of casual social media publishing?

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aka “how to scare my family into stopping publishing their life online?”

I do not publish personal photos / opinions publicly online as a rule. I never gave hard thoughts about that but I believe that one should either expli… Continue reading What are the real physical risks of casual social media publishing?→