TaTio raises $5.3M seed, "Is adding Wednesday a good idea for your RTO strategy?" by Tim Gourley, and What's New at Progressive HR

Hello Resourceful Humans,

Welcome to the 13th edition of Progressive HR Newsletter. Check out what's new and trending in the world of work below. 👇🏼

What is Progressive HR? Progressive HR is an organization that supports the ideal that our world is full of talent, we are only beginning to understand the potential for human innate perspectives, skills and resourcefulness. Progressive HR involves: #HRTech, #WorkTech, #NewWorkWays, #NewWorkMindsets, and #Web3.0

📱 Current news in HR Tech, Workplace Tech and Web 3.0

Israeli HR Tech startup TaTiO raised $5.3M seed for their AI-based work simulations platform to help diverse/underrepresented job seekers prove their skills.

Avatars and AI-powered recaps are headed to Microsoft Teams, giving meetings participants "a way to “take a break from the camera” but “still have a physical presence” in Teams meetings."

📢Progressive HR Community Editorial - This week Tim Gourley , Manager of Talent Acquisition with Vestmark

Is adding Wednesday a good idea for your RTO strategy?

We are at an interesting crossroads in the labor market. The news cycles and economic indicators have been very doom and gloom with the threats of pending layoffs coming. As such, employers are feeling a bit more empowered to mandate of RTO strategies.

Talent Acquisition is caught right in the middle trying to gauge market conditions, attract talent amid the “Great Resignation” and explain to employers that most potential candidates in this tight labor market still DO NOT want a mandate to come back into the office. 

I have found that most candidates want compromise with continued flexibility. Some candidates want the flexibility to come in early and leave early to avoid rush hour traffic. Other candidates need to come in later to accommodate daycare, school drop off and pick up, and eldercare.

We have been successful here at Vestmark asking employees to come into the office on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s for collaboration days. We have recently expanded this to include a third day on Wednesday, given the success and feedback that we have received.

I think adding Wednesday will work for most teams if we continue to offer 'Structured Flexibility'.

This structured flexibility - a term used by Nick Thurlow , Chief People Officer with Vestmark - would be based on the business needs of each team. Structed flexibility allows employees the ability to balance their time in the office with commute and personal needs, and creates the expectation that if they did come into the office, they would be able to collaborate on projects, meet face-to-face and to stay connected with their colleagues. 

Remote work is not going away. A study published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics back in March 2022 reported that 52.2% of jobs in the information industry were working remotely full time. As people leaders, we can continue to enable employees to work virtually and look to improve technology to collaborate more effectively with this new hybrid workforce of the future.

 ******Author's note: We have celebrated being back in the office together with several events put on by our Fun Committee which included: ice cream sandwiches with the Cooke Monstah Truck, breakfast served by the leadership team, and several charity events.

🆕 What's new at Progressive HR

October 27th marks our last session in the LinkedIn for HR Professionals Series sponsored by Paylocity and United Benefit Advisors® (UBA) . Session 6: The Best of Q&A sessions 1-5 will cover a number of questions asked during each of the previous sessions. As well as, the most important learning outcome of each session.

Please join us for this informative and fun webinar. Register at Session 6: The Best of Q&A LinkedIn for HR Professionals.

📢 Details on upcoming Progressive HR Live broadcasts

Season 3 of Progressive HR Live launches in January 2023! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our clips and replays of Seasons 1 and 2. Here is Alex Richardson, MBA, PCC , Consulting Team Talent Manager at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) , with "What is your Best Career Advice?"

If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring an episode of the Progressive HR Live show Season 3, DM Coreyne Woodman-Holoubek for a sponsorship one-sheet and more details.

Thank you all for engaging with this edition of Progressive HR Newsletter. See you virtually next month. - The Progressive HR team; Kristin, Mindy, Cat and Coreyne

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Coreyne Woodman-Holoubek is an HR Executive and thought-leader with over 18 years of global business and human resource leadership expertise cultivated in the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. She is the Founder of Progressive HR, the host of Progressive HR Live on LinkedIn, the Creator of "HR Stand Out & Make a Difference on LinkedIn" and a LinkedIn Top Voice in Company Culture. Coreyne is passionate about emerging HR technology and new work ways; and is a sought-after creator, influencer and media personality for HR tech, Work tech, and the future of work conversations across the globe.

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