According to HBR, 70-90% of M&A (mergers and acquisitions) fail – a pretty daunting stat for organisations working in this area. If you are an HR professional working in a fast-growing organisation it’s likely you’ll have to face the challenges associated with a merger or an acquisition somewhere along the way.  An acquisition, from due diligence to onboarding and integration is a great example of collaboration and team effort across multiple teams in HR: HR Ops, HR Partnerships, Benefits, Payroll, Employment Legal, Compensation, HRIS, Equity, and IT. In addition to needing great coll ..read more

As we entered 2022, we knew that we had to reimagine our talent flows to address the increasingly competitive market. Six months in, we can say that as expected, the competitiveness of the market has been greater than we have seen in years. A lot of good companies are hiring for similar skill sets at the same time. This means everyone has to step up their game when it comes to the speed, quality and strength of their candidate experience, and the hiring process.  We prepared well in 2021 and we were ready to invest in our process to be able to hire better and faster, consider our differen ..read more

While the media might exaggerate the topic, ‘The Great Resignation’ is a real trend that’s occurring across the world. Attrition has always existed within all companies and industries, but the current spike in attrition is driven by some unprecedented variables. The combination of the pandemic, the millennial and the Gen Z workforce mentality, and a power shift towards employees rather than employers, are influencing variables which mean people are quitting their jobs in record numbers. In particular, the turn in tide from an employer market to an employee market has made the game for talent m ..read more

When a company is scaling up its workforce at a fast rate, just as Spotify has done over the past 15 years, it means that every single employee needs to continually be in a recruiting frame of mind. And this only comes from a strong relationship between TA and the broader HR team, and across the entire business. To be able to build depth within these partnerships enables the talent acquisition team to reach higher levels of efficiency with better hires, faster. This is increasingly relevant and necessary in a more widely distributed world, and especially in a world where talent competition is ..read more

One of the four tenets in our People Strategy is talent attraction. All four tenets are of equal importance, yet talent attraction remains top of mind, especially when you’re in a state of (prolonged) hyper-growth. When I first joined the band two years ago, one of our leaders told me to remember that as a company, we already had over 3,000 recruiters. Confused? For a split second I was too, before it quickly sunk in that the point being made was not that there is a team of people with a recruiter as their job title, but that attracting talent is a part of all of our jobs. Every single band me ..read more

One of the four tenets in our People Strategy is talent attraction. All four tenets are of equal importance, yet talent attraction remains top of mind, especially when you’re in a state of (prolonged) hyper-growth. When I first joined the band two years ago, one of our leaders told me to remember that as a company, we already had over 3,000 recruiters. Confused? For a split second I was too, before it quickly sunk in that the point being made was not that there is a team of people with a recruiter as their job title, but that attracting talent is a part of all of our jobs. Every single band me ..read more

While we experience a major upheaval at work, and within HR, the expectation is that numerous physical events will continue to be cancelled, meaning the online industry specific content continues to boom. And we’re beyond ready to be part of that. Based on 2020’s HR The Real Deal Video On Demand series, Spotify HR is now launching this in podcast format, for even easier listening.  All the episodes are hosted by Anne-Marie Andric, Husqvarna Division’s VP People & Organisation, – in the episodes you’ll hear the two of us discussing timely and relevant topics related to People, Culture ..read more

Anyone that has searched for a job knows there are countless ‘how to’ guides, books and articles on how to land that dream job. For some, this is a precise and targeted process, meaning you may have shortlisted companies you’d like to explore. If one of those companies is Spotify, you are one of 60,000 people per month that share the same interest. Although there’s no predefined path that guarantees you’ll land that dream job, what we can offer is a roadmap that will support you to get the most out of the experience.  Let’s dive in! Who Am I? At this point, you are likely scrolling back t ..read more

Recently I was recording a video for HR The Real Deal’s series of VODs (Videos On Demand), and Human Capital Europe, where the interviewer, Anne-Marie Andric, asked me about Spotify’s People Strategy.  It was great to be able to explain the strategy as a complete package. The work that the entire HR team at Spotify has been doing for so long, all making their own contribution, bit-by-bit, has gotten its last piece of the jigsaw puzzle, and we have a complete picture to share. Until the next iteration that is… So today, as a complement to this video, I am adding this blog post, but it come ..read more

We all know the limitations that the Global Covid-19 pandemic has had on various HR practices at companies around the world and initiatives from our Campus Recruitment efforts are no different. In March we started thinking about the implications for our Summer Internship program, when 150 hopeful interns would join the band, in anticipation of landing employment and building a better career network for when they graduate. Before the pandemic, the world continued to become even more competitive for top talent, and as Jon mentioned in his article on Talent Acquisition in Times of Turmoil, “Risk ..read more