May 2025
Beyond the Resume: Embracing the Skills-Based Hiring Shift
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There’s always something electric about this time of year... thousands of graduates stepping boldly into the unknown. Tassels turn, caps fly, and the workforce gains its newest wave of hopeful talent!
Each spring, fresh college graduates enter the workforce… eager, optimistic, and armed with diplomas. But too often, they’re met with job listings demanding three years of experience for “entry-level” roles. At the same time, experienced workers seeking to transition careers hit a similar wall: degree requirements or rigid experience checklists that screen them out before they ever get a chance to show what they can do.
The traditional hiring playbook is falling short, and it’s costing us talent we can’t afford to miss.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RANDALL H LUCIUS, PhD
What role does curiosity play in professional development and adaptability?
I think curiosity is incredibly important. You want to hire people who are naturally curious – people who want to grow, try new things, experiment, and do things a little differently. Those are the folks who are constantly learning, and that’s essential because the pace of change right now is just so fast. Without curiosity, you end up with people who just want to do what they’re told, clock in at nine, clock out at five – and honestly, even that mindset is outdated.
These days, it’s more about getting the work done, period. When, where, and how you do it should be flexible – as long as you’re delivering results and not letting down your team or your customers. Remote and hybrid work has shown us that people can be productive in all kinds of ways. At Emory, we’ve adapted a hybrid model. We ask folks to come in one day a week, and oftentimes there are times when people need to be on-site beyond that required one day for meetings or events. But beyond that, if someone wants to start at 7:00 AM and wrap up at 3:00, or take a long midday bike ride and log back in later – that’s fine. What matters is that the work gets done and that we support a culture where people can learn, grow, and thrive.
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Help Your Employees Develop the Skills They Really Need
Greg Satell, Abhijit Bhaduri and Todd McLees | Harvard Business Review
The future of work will not be determined by technology, but by creating the right mix of education, exposure, and experience needed to develop skills and put them to work, creating a vastly more productive workplace and economy. In this article, the authors recommend a “70/20/10” learning model, in which only 10% of learning comes from formal instruction (education), 20% from social learning or mentorship (exposure), and 70% from hands-on, experiential practice with feedback (experience). By adopting this model, organizations can ensure that employees not only understand new skills, but that they can apply them effectively in different contexts. It is the crucial 70% of learning in the flow of work that is most often neglected, and most needed to build the skills needed to succeed in the future.
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We are thrilled to announce our next live in person event!
This panel features accomplished female executives who have successfully navigated leadership positions in organizations or industries traditionally filled by men. We will focus on their unique experiences, the challenges they faced, and the invaluable leadership lessons learned along the way.
Listen in as our speakers share their unique experiences and insights.
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Facilitated by Anne Quiello, M.S., PCC
Senior Consultant & Host of Women in Leadership
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Want to find out more? Here are some resources from our speaker:
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Tim Huff at the Titan 100 Gala
Tim Huff, our president and CEO, attended the TITAN 100 Gala this month. This prestigious award celebrates Georgia's top 100 CEOs and C-level executives who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, vision, and passion in their industries.
Great leadership drives meaningful impact, and Tim exemplifies that every day. His dedication to excellence and unwavering commitment to our mission have been instrumental in driving our success.
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May 1st HR Live
The skies cleared just in time for a fantastic night out at Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar with some of the best in HR!
The HR Live! Spring Social was the perfect mix of great conversations, new introductions, and familiar faces. There's nothing quite like connecting in person—with laughter, shared stories, and a common passion for people at the heart of it all.
Appreciative of this vibrant HR community and always glad for the chance to be part of it. Here's to the next one!
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Tim Huff Appointed to VEO Board
We’re proud to share that Tim has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) - a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Veterans in need.
As a former Army Ranger, Tim brings deep passion and commitment to this role. VEO provides safe housing, behavioral health services, job training, and a healing campus environment to help Veterans regain self-sufficiency and thrive.
We know Tim will make a powerful impact as he continues to serve the community and his fellow Veterans.
Learn more about VEO’s mission at www.VEOHERO.org
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The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now, we’re often torn between two “failure cultures”: one that says to avoid failure at all costs, the other that says fail fast, fail often. The trouble is that both approaches lack the crucial distinctions to help us separate good failure from bad. As a result, we miss the opportunity to fail well.
After decades of award-winning research, Amy Edmondson is here to upend our understanding of failure and make it work for us. In Right Kind of Wrong, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. Outlining the three archetypes of failure—basic, complex, and intelligent—Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. She illustrates how we and our organizations can embrace our human fallibility, learn exactly when failure is our friend, and prevent most of it when it is not. This is the key to pursuing smart risks and preventing avoidable harm.
With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth. You’ll never look at failure the same way again.
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The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues
In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player.
In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues.
Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.
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