Find Out What Happened With Zappos and Its ‘No Job Postings’ Thing

Job Postings

Jan 18, 2016

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Remember that whole thing about Zappos getting rid of job postings, unveiled on ERE.net via a post by then-talent-acquisition-leader Michael Bailen?

If you wonder whatever happened with that, your answer’s in the video below, with Rick Jordan, talent acquisition head at Zappos.

He talks in the seven-minute video below about the “bold move” that Zappos made, what the company learned, and where job applicants are coming from now.

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