Archives : Nov-2019

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Nov

How to Be a Career-Changing Mentor — 25 Tips From The Best Mentors We Know

In the fall of 2016, the First Round team launched our first mentorship pairing effort as a small experiment, with just a few dozen mentors and mentees pulled from across our community. Fast forward more than three years later to READ MORE

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Apr

The Debate in HR: What’s the Best Way to Fire Someone?

Employers are trying to be more sensitive in how they handle terminations; Wednesdays or Fridays? Is there a better and more humane way to fire workers? A reckoning of sorts is under way in human resources departments as executives ponder READ MORE

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Mar

Promoting Gender Diversity Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated

Inclusivity of women in the workforce has been an ongoing battle for years. There’s plenty of lip service paid to this topic, but the numbers tell us that we’re not putting words into action. Of the 3,000 publicly traded companies READ MORE