From Day One Conference

03/28/2022

In a From Day One webinar titled, “The Hidden Impact of Positive Employee Experience–and How to Enhance It,” four corporate HR and talent leaders explored the secrets of creating a positive employee experience. The panelists concluded that the quality of worker experience depends largely on four factors: connection, communication, consistency, and choice.

Huge thanks to speakers Annie Rosencrans of HiBob, Larry McAlister of NetApp, Luciana Duarte of HP, Kat Anderson of Light & Wonder, and moderator Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza.

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https://www.fromdayone.co/2022/03/24/four-components-of-a-positive-employee-experience/

03/28/2022

Some companies are in fact providing a roadmap in offering student-loan benefits and even more are considering it. “In simple terms, a company provides money to pay down an employee’s student loans,” Robert Farrington, founder of The College Investor, told From Day One. “Companies can set up the arrangement in many different ways.”

Experts speak with From Day One on student loans, and what companies are doing to help their employees.

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https://www.fromdayone.co/2022/03/23/student-loans-are-coming-due-how-companies-plan-to-help/

03/25/2022

Remote and hybrid work is here to stay and companies have begun creating best practices for that reality. In a From Day One webinar, Talent Without Boundaries: Finding Remote Workers Wherever They Live, experts in talent acquisition talked about the logistics of remote work as well as larger questions around company culture, retention, and investments in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Each panelist’s company had approached remote work differently, but all are taking advantage of remote work to expand talent pools.

Huge thanks to our panelists: Amy Butchko of SAIC, Lauren Jania of Publicis Media, Anastasia Penright of American Family Insurance, William McCaffrey of NBCUniversal, and moderator Lydia Dishman of Fast Company.

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https://www.fromdayone.co/2022/03/24/talent-unlimited-finding-remote-workers-wherever-they-live/

03/23/2022

“For DEI to be successful, it’s got to have funding, it’s got to have authority, it’s got to have access to leaders,” said Britt Provost, a chief HR officer based in the Pacific Northwest. So that’s what she and Andre Nellams, the senior director of talent experience and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at health care benefits platform Accolade, Inc., set out to secure when they created Nellams’ current role that comprises both talent and DEI.

Provost interviewed Nellams during From Day One’s February virtual conference on bringing substance to inclusion and belonging. Their conversation centered on what makes Nellams’s role so effective.

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https://www.fromdayone.co/2022/03/17/what-dei-can-do-when-it-has-authority-and-funding/

03/21/2022

“One in five women worry that it will hurt their career if they request or take advantage of flexible work benefits,” said Jess Huang, partner and co-author of McKinsey & Company’s Women in the Workplace 2021 report. “That’s so sad, right? Because companies are working so hard to put these in place. It goes to tell you that just having the program and policy is not enough if you don’t create an environment where people feel they can take it.”

Huang participated in “Making Benefits Work for Women in Your Workplace,” a webinar hosted by From Day One, moderated by Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza. The conversation, which included Huang and four benefits leaders, focused on how employers can design benefits that support women at all of their intersections, both now and later, and how they can ensure women feel empowered to use them.

Huge thanks to additional speakers Lora Christopher of Consumers Energy, Chad Deshler of Flo Health Inc., John Eshleman of Memorial Hermann Health System, & Jennifer Costea of Marsh & McLennan Agency.

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https://www.fromdayone.co/2022/03/17/making-benefits-work-for-women-in-your-workplace/

03/17/2022

After several false starts, the return to office is happening. In recent weeks, a Who’s Who of Fortune 500 companies have called employees back to their desks, at least on a hybrid basis. But what will the office look like now? Read From Day One's March newsletter for insights on purposeful, equitable spaces; empowering adaptability; and promoting well-being. Plus news, recent event takeaways, and #FD1Sponsor spotlights on Accelerist, Ovia Health, and Accolade, Inc.

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03/14/2022

Why Your Office May Start Feeling More Like Home - From Day One

“Perhaps no other Covid-19 phenomenon will have a more lasting impact than work from home,” said Manhattan-based architect Lilian Weinreich, who specializes in residential spaces. “Many remote employees going back to work now want the choice of where they work, with many preferring a flexible mix of office and home. That is a profound shift and needs to be accommodated in the design.”

From Day One spoke with design innovators to sketch a picture of how offices will evolve in the post-pandemic era.

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This time, it’s for real. After several false starts, the return to office is happening. In recent weeks, a Who’s Who of Fortune 500 companies have called employees back to their desks, at least on a hybrid basis. But what will the office look like now? Will there even be desks?

03/10/2022

Four Key Ways to Make Your Workplace More Parent-friendly - From Day One

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, more than 3.5 million working moms have left the workplace, a third of them due to child-care issues. Those stark facts are a bold-face, underlined statement that companies in search of talent have to change the way they deal with parents in the workplace.

That is the message of Shauna Murphy Cour, VP of employer sales at Ovia Health, a women’s and family health benefit that has supported 17 million family journeys from preconception through thriving as a working parent. The company has created a large health care database while working with companies to determine what parents in the workforce really want, and need, in order to thrive at home and work.

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Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, more than 3.5 million working moms have left the workplace, a third of them due to child-care issues. Those stark facts are a bold-face, underlined statement that companies in search of talent have to change the way they deal with parents in the workplace.

03/09/2022

How to Streamline the Social-impact Reporting Process - From Day One

Not only do companies invest in CSR work for altruistic reasons, initiatives like these can help stabilize the company during PR crises or financial struggles. “If there’s a predominant CSR initiative, consumers actually will forgive some pitfalls or hiccups, and the company might be able to retain customers in that way,” said Brittany Hill, Accelerist's CEO and co-founder.

In a From Day One webinar, Hill gave a presentation on streamlining the CSR reporting process, backed by data from the Accelerist survey about the most common reporting obstacles and how to overcome them.

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Companies are working hard to make a positive impact in their communities and in the world, but what’s the best way to measure it? Environmental responsibility, anti-racism work, community health and disaster philanthropy are now common ways corporate America gives back. To make the most of their ...

03/08/2022

Why Companies Need to Develop a Culture of Sustained Learning - From Day One

At From Day One’s January conference in Seattle, focused on “Listening to What Workers Want,” a panel of experts talked about the urgent need for companies to foster a learning culture built around new skills.

Samreen Aslam, the director of learning strategy at AMP Creative, says that in the current landscape, knowledge is currency. “The more you have, the stronger you are, the more powerful, the more opportunities. That is the pathway,” she said.

Having a learning culture is a key factor in gaining and retaining staff, said Tom Griffiths, the CEO of Hone, a people-skills learning platform. “Millennials will tell you that there are two things more important than salary: mission and opportunities for growth. So you can attract and retain people if you have a culture of learning.”

Huge thanks to additional speakers: Karen Kocher of Microsoft and Sonia Vora of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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It seems like a no-brainer: develop your staff effectively and you not only help to create the talent you need, but you enhance your employer brand. And yet, not every company takes an active role in helping employees develop new skills to use in current roles, or in new ones that the company needs....

03/03/2022

How Compassionate Is Your Company? Why It Matters - From Day One

Compassion isn’t a word traditionally associated with corporate culture, but how you treat your employees and react to their real situations–professionally and personally–could be the difference between finding the best talent and not. At From Day One’s January conference in Seattle, focused on “Listening to What Workers Want,” six executives talked about how high-performing workplaces can show compassion.

Huge thanks to our panelists: Shannon Flynn of Fortive, Karen Wilkins-Mickey of the Seattle Seahawks, Michaela Geronima Doelman of the State of Washington, Morgan Chaney of Blueboard Inc., Henry Albrecht of Limeade, and Taryn Little of Zillow.

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Compassion isn’t a word traditionally associated with corporate culture, but how you treat your employees and react to their real situations–professionally and personally–could be the difference between finding the best talent and not. At From Day One’s January conference in Seattle, focused...

03/01/2022

Opening Doors to People Who've Served Their Time - From Day One

Garcia’s experience is emblematic of an increasingly open conversation about hiring people who have been incarcerated, driven in part by the economic necessity of tapping a huge prospective labor pool. More than 70 million Americans have a criminal record and 8 million have served time in prison, according to research by the Brennan Center for Justice. Yet a confluence of company policies, legal restrictions, and discrimination prevent capable people with criminal records from getting jobs.

Now many employers have begun to play a significant role in removing barriers to employment for these prospective workers.

Read this second installment of a two-part series on hiring the formerly incarcerated.

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Editor’s note: This is an installment in a two-part series on hiring the formerly incarcerated. Read the companion story here, an inside look at learning job skills in prison. After Adam Garcia was laid off at the onset of the pandemic, he was painstakingly organized in his new job search. He iden...

02/24/2022

How to Build and Retain a More Diverse Tech Workforce - From Day One

Companies are making an effort to close the access gap to build a more diverse tech workforce. This means taking a broader outlook on finding & retaining talent, even while struggling with the real challenge of rapidly scaling organizations.

From Day One panelists discuss defining the gaps, exploring alternative sources, assessing the merits of technical interviews, and more.

Huge thanks to our speakers: Marybeth Caulfield of Lenovo, Ambra Benjamin of Datadog, Sara Fatima, PHR of Verifone, Brittiney Jones of Oracle, Debbie Douglas, of Paramount Pictures, and conversation moderator Lydia Dishman of Fast Company.

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When Sara Fatima was interviewing prospects for a potential direct report, it took her just 12 minutes to single out the candidate who would get that position. As the head of global talent acquisition for the electronic-payments company Verifone, whose workforce spans 56 countries, Fatima has been d...