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🗞️ Job hunting via dating apps
🧑‍💼 #1 company to work at
💻 Amazon divisions hit by layoffs
📋 JetBlue snags a new CEO

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Writer Kelly Marie Coyne published a cheeky piece this week in The New York Times on how the dating and job markets “aren’t that different.”

Recruiters = swipers.
“Recruiters just glance at your profile,” Kyle Lagunas, head of strategy and principal analyst at Aptitude Research, a research-based advisory firm, told Coyne for the article. “You’re going to have 15 seconds before they swipe.”

Job hunting made romantic.
The article features a list of parallels between recruiting and dating, and advice for navigating the “dates” we go on when we’re looking for a job. Take, for example, “love-bombing.” In dating, it’s about receiving excessive compliments, gifts, and other affectionate gestures without a promise of exclusivity. In job-hunting, it’s receiving flattery and promises of promotion rather than a pay raise or reasonable starting salary. Another one: In dating, “ghosting” is when one person doesn’t respond to a follow-up after a date. In job-hunting, it’s when you don’t hear back from the recruiter after interviewing for a job.

Is Tinder the new LinkedIn?
Believe it or not, some people are actually taking to the dating apps to find a job. A Wall Street Journal piece from 2023 dove into how both young professionals and employers are increasingly using dating apps to talk shop —sharing resumes, open roles, and other professional opportunities.

Pro tip: Don’t do this.
Our two cents: Use the dating apps for finding dates, and the job boards for finding jobs. But if you’re tempted … check out Bumble Bizz, a separate section of the dating app Bumble that focuses on making professional connections. There, you have our full permission to network your heart away. 💘 

📥 Read more in The New York Times.

NUMBERS

Numbers That’ll Make You Think

• 53% — The percentage of recruiters who said their job was more stressful in 2023 than in the previous year, down from 65 percent in 2022 (SHRM)

• 216,000 — The number of jobs added in December, according to the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor, a stronger number than many analysts expected (CNBC)

• 4.8 / 5 — The rating of #1 ranked Bain & Company on Glassdoor’s annual list of “Best Places to Work” in the large companies category (Glassdoor)

• $163.3 million — The amount owed in backpay to an estimated 203,000 Americans from companies who violated labor laws, according to the Department of Labor (The Hill)

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LAYOFFS

Places For You To Source Fresh Talent

• Fashion subscription company Rent the Runway is cutting 10% of its corporate roles, including its chief operating officer (WSJ)

• Live-streaming site Twitch, acquired by Amazon in 2014 for nearly $1B, announced Wednesday it will cut 35% of its staff (Bloomberg)

• Amazon is laying off “hundreds” of employees across its Prime Video and MGM Studios divisions (CNBC)

• Gaming company Unity Technologies announced its largest layoff to date, impacting approximately 1,800 workers, or 25% of its staff (SF Chronicle)

INDUSTRY MOVES

Your Colleagues Making Moves in HR

• Auto retailer Sonic Automotive announced the promotion of Harry Harden to CHRO (Business Wire)

• Robin Hayes, chief executive of JetBlue Airways since 2015, announced on Monday that he planned to step down next month. He will be replaced by Joanna Geraghty, now the only woman to lead a major airline (NYT)

• HR consultant and author Ron Rapatalo is joining hiring talent consulting firm Stronger Consulting as an Associate Partner (LinkedIn)

Did your colleague get promoted or make a career move? Let us know.

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OPEN ROLES

Jobs You Might Want (For Yourself!)

• The Hershey Company is hiring for a Senior Analyst on its HR agile and transformation team

• Online retail marketplace Fetch is seeking a Recruiting Coordinator based in Madison, WI

• Columbia University is hiring an Associate Director of Human Resources based in NYC

• Financial services firm Citi is hiring Human Resources Associates in various locations

Are you hiring for a role on your HR team? Check out our new job board, RecruitmentMarketing.com Jobs, here.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Before You Go … Other Things To Know

• Read about how DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft responded to the Department of Labor’s new rules about gig-workers (Fast Company)

• Guest contributor LaKeisha Fleming dives into the nuances of skills-based hiring and its implications for recruitment marketing (RecruitmentMarketing.com)

• In her new book, journalist Hilke Schellmann investigates software that automates resume screening and promotion recommendations, raising concerns about discrimination (Wired)

• Uncover the essential technical features your video interviewing software must have to ensure a seamless remote recruitment experience (RecruitmentMarketing.com)

• Examine the role of job assessments in talent acquisition (RecruitmentMarketing.com)

• Rod Hess provides a recap of WorkTech’s “2023 Look Back, 2024 Look Forward” webinar, highlighting the insights and trends shaping the world of work (RecruitmentMarketing.com)

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