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Google’s HR guru talks people management

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 16, 2015
KIRKLAND, WA - OCTOBER 28: Google Software Engineers, from left, Keith Ito, Nicholas Lee, John Leen and Yatin Chawathe work in a room with a view and a foosball table at the newly opened of Google Kirkland October 28, 2009 in Kirkland, Washington. More than 350 employees work in the Kirkland facility, which includes amenities such as a climbing wall, gym and soda fountain, and consolidates several offices throughout Kirkland. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Google Software Engineers, from left, Keith Ito, Nicholas Lee, John Leen and Yatin Chawathe work in a room with a view and a foosball table at the newly opened of Google Kirkland October 28, 2009 in Kirkland, Washington.
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Google’s HR guru talks people management

The world’s best-known search engine is also one of the world’s most desired place to work. Two million applicants put in their resumes to work at Google each year, only .4 percent get hired.

In the book, “Work Rules,” Google’s HR guru Laszlo Bock details the company’s efforts to attract, nurture, compensate, and retain the cream of the crop in the competitive world of tech and business.

Guest:

Laszlo Bock, author of “Work Rules: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead” (Twelve, 2015). He also leads Google’s people function, which includes all areas related to the attraction, development, and retention of employees