human resources

Better Late Than Never: Yahoo’s Mayer Finally Talks About Telecommuting Kerfuffle

Kara Swisher in Media on April 19 at 2:36 pm PT

New CEO rule learned: It’s not what you say, but how you say it.

Seven Questions for Workday CEO and Greylock Partner Aneel Bhusri

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 15 at 4:00 am PT

Catching up with one of Silicon Valley’s busiest people.

“Physically Together”: Here’s the Internal Yahoo No-Work-From-Home Memo for Remote Workers and Maybe More

Kara Swisher in News on February 22 at 10:18 pm PT

Memo to Yahoos: Pray your cable does not go out for too long.

YESS: Yahoo HR Exec Loses Mayer’s Survey Contest, Gangnam Style

Kara Swisher in News on January 7 at 5:04 am PT

But not so Oppa GS: A stock downgrade.

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Yahoo Exec Reses Joins Alibaba Board

Kara Swisher in News on December 4, 2012 at 8:53 pm PT

Alibaba Group said that top Yahoo exec Jackie Reses had joined its board of directors, taking over a slot most recently held by the company’s former CFO Tim Morse and also previously held by Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang. Reses was named EVP of people and development in September, overseeing human resources and corporate development at the Silicon Valley Internet giant. The board of the Chinese e-commerce company, in which Yahoo still holds a large stake — about 23 percent fully diluted — after selling a multi-billion-dollar chunk recently, also included Alibaba’s top execs Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, as well as SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son. Japan’s SoftBank also has a major investment in Alibaba. As part of the buyback agreement with Alibaba, Yahoo has relinquished the right to a second seat.

Workday’s First Earnings Report Beats the Street

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 28, 2012 at 3:15 pm PT

It looks like this cloud computing thing might have some potential.

Workday Valued at $3.6 Billion in Latest IPO Filing

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 1, 2012 at 6:19 am PT

The pace quickens in Workday’s march to a debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Yahoo Taps Jacqueline Reses as EVP for Human Resources

John Murrell in News on September 5, 2012 at 10:18 am PT

Yahoo today named Jacqueline Reses, most recently head of the U.S. media group at Apax Partners, as its executive vice president of people and development, overseeing human resources and corporate development.

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IBM to Buy HR Software Provider for $1.3 Billion

Saabira Chaudhuri, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on August 27, 2012 at 8:38 am PT

International Business Machines Corp. agreed to acquire Kenexa Corp. for $1.3 billion in cash as IBM bolsters its offerings to clients looking to use data from social media to enhance their recruitment processes.