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How to Hire Like Google: Bagging & Becoming the Rare Find

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Commonwealth Club of California

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: The Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 02.09.12
Speakers:: George Anders,; Laszlo Bock,; Brad Stone
Tags:: google ideas; google+; google; hiring; networking; workplace; tech companies; tech industry

Summary: Google’s unique hiring process and reputation for wooing potential hires has generated a lot of myths and models. What is the Google way? What is the philosophy of talent at the Bay Area’s most successful companies, and what skills can you develop to bring you to the top? The nature of work is changing. Companies are learning to hire during a recession and hold onto increasingly smart, proficient and flexible employees. Anders and Bock are two leaders in the world of work. Come hear their perspectives on how to recruit and get recruited differently."

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George Anders

George Anders is a New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist with three decades of experience writing for national publications. He started his career at The Wall Street Journal, where he became a top feature writer specializing in in-depth profiles. He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for national reporting. He also has served as West Coast bureau chief for Fast Company magazine and as a founding member of the Bloomberg View board of editors. His work has appeared in leading publications worldwide, including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Guardian and the Harvard Business Review.

Laszlo Bock

Mr. Laszlo Bock serves as Vice President, People Operations of Google Inc. Mr. Bock joined Google from the General Electric Company, where he served as Vice President of Human Resources within GE Capital Solutions. He had earlier served as Vice President of Compensation and Benefits for GE Commercial Equipment Financing. Before GE, he served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Company, serving clients in the technology, private equity and media industries on issues of organizational design, talent acquisition and development, and cultural transformation. Earlier, he served as a compensation consultant at Hewitt Associates, an HR consultancy. He has been a Director of Evolv, Inc., since January 2011. He serves as Member of Western Region Advisory Board at Catalyst, Inc. Mr. Bock earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Yale University School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Pomona College.

Brad Stone

Brad Stone is a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 12 sec

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02.: Hiring A-Players

02 min 16 sec

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03.: Google's Hiring Process

05 min 18 sec

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04.: Companies Emulating Google's Process

01 min 57 sec

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05.: Managing a Large Organization

02 min 28 sec

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06.: Subjectiveness in Hiring

01 min 48 sec

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07.: Challenging Prospective Employees

03 min 36 sec

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08.: Bizarre Interview Rituals

01 min 56 sec

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09.: How Does Google Compete with Start-ups?

04 min 38 sec

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10.: The 'Acqui-Hire' Model

01 min 50 sec

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11.: How to Capture the Attention of Google

02 min 50 sec

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12.: What Skills Have More Value?

04 min 12 sec

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13.: New Hires

02 min 51 sec

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14.: Informal Agreements in A Company's Hiring Process

02 min 16 sec

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15.: Hiring Veterans

02 min 42 sec

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16.: Q1: Being Forced to Sign Having Read Employee Handbook?

01 min 45 sec

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17.: Q2: Advice for Small Companies?

01 min 38 sec

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18.: Q3: Delta Airlines' Hiring Process?

01 min 42 sec

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19.: Q4: Gen-Y Job Hopping?

02 min 03 sec

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20.: Q5: Switching Departments?

02 min 09 sec

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21.: Q6: Hiring Unlikeable Workers?

03 min 01 sec

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22.: Q7: Google's Leadership Culture?

01 min 36 sec

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23.: Q8: College Graduates That Can't Find a Job?

03 min 44 sec

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24.: Q9: 60 Second Idea to Change the World?

04 min 33 sec

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Looking for a Job? How to Catch Google's Attention

01 min 36 sec

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Lazlo Bock, Vice President of People Operations at Google and George Anders, author of The Rare Find, lay out what prospective employees can do to attract Google's attention. Bock admits that Google often seeks out "people who are not looking for jobs."
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