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The Enshittification of the Talent Function​

Whenever the stock market is on a bull run, every investing expert appears to be a genius and every strategy a winner — but when the bubble bursts, the ones left standing are the “real experts,” or the lucky ones.

The same logic holds for the talent function. The IT sector has been on an extended bull run for the last 20 years; in fact, the COVID pandemic gave it a boost, with the world hailing a new paradigm of digitization and work from home. Easy capital spawned a startup frenzy, with fintech, B2C e-commerce, and SaaS firms scaling up — and the talent function was at the core of this growth:

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2024- TURBULENCE ahead

2024 is going to be an exciting year! . Our forecast looks at technology talent in  IT Services GCC’s Product /SAAS E-Commerce/Fintech Spoiler alert. Generative

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employer branding -101

Why Employer Branding As we transition into a knowledge economy , the war for talent is getting more intense Automation, Digital tools and AI will

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Assessment 102- What to Assess?

The Triarchic model of Intelligence we discussed in Intelligence 101 can be linked to Performance Categories Task Performance- Directly linked to Analytical Intelligence or Problem

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HR Goals for Startups

The problem with HR is People!!— or the fact that everyone has an opinion on it . So if you are a founder struggling with too

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How to Hire a CHRO

Do you hire a CTO who has never written a software programme or or managed a data centre hands on ? Or someone who knows how the to define agile development but has never worked on a project which uses it ?
So why do we hire CHRO’s with such low expectations?

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The Problem with Pedigree

Pedigree is the little blue pill for all corporate dysfunctions – From Market Share, to Innovation, Productivity or even Cultural integration- there is nothing this pill cannot solve. The efficacy of the pedigree cure is rarely questioned and so to end the year- I decided to put a counter argument .

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The Case Against Variable Pay

Variable pay or conditioning employees for a certain behaviour has the same mental pattern as an addicts puff- the dopamine rush that accompanies “each reward”- results in the addict craving more. The need for the dopamine rush-reduces risk perception and makes people take higher risks

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HR Consulting - by AceProHR

Structured Questionnaire for HR Diagnosis

The world of work as we know has ended, this is the lull before the storm – which will be an emotional roller coaster as businesses are reinvented, rightsized, closed , merged , acquired and bought out / aquahired …and more

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