[Music]
imagine the world
we didn’t ask people to where they went
to school in a job interview well we you
casually meet someone instead you asked
about all the other things like how do
you think where your dreams are what
gets you going well how you like to
spend your time in fact my favorite
question to ask is if you didn’t have
any constraints money location skillset
credentials family commitments
what would you be imagine asking that in
a job interview I will want to be an
investigative journalist but you
probably wouldn’t be able to figure that
out from the fact that I studied math
and computer science in college going to
college has been the goal for many
Americans I want to take a poll raise
pretty much everyone here now raise your
hand if you’re working in a job that’s
directly related to your degree it’s
very few people here college is a time
consuming and expensive proposition this
is why only thirty percent of Americans
have a bachelor’s degree at the same
time with the rapid development of
technology artificial intelligence
robotics the jobs are in training for
today may become redundant tomorrow
digital marketing as the field really
emerged over the past ten years as
Google and Facebook and the internet
took over our lives and it became
increasingly important to know how to
talk to your customers online the same
is true for cyber security design
customer success roba operations and a
myriad other jobs is no longer possible
to be trained on one set of skills and
expect to have the same job for 40 years
I believe that the future of college and
hiring need to change I once hired
someone who went to a very good school
he was very talented at what he did but
he didn’t know how to work with other
people he didn’t like deadlines he
didn’t like to communicate they didn’t
work out too well for him Eric
the CEO of one of our portfolio
companies has one hire someone who saw
some shoes and Nordstrom to come sell
enterprise software this guy was
fantastic and now it’s a head of
business development at an enterprise
software company Eric took a chance on
someone who had the right skills and
aptitude but had an unconventional
backgrounds and it paid off we’re at the
beginning of massive change in education
and the future of work some startups are
pioneering alternative models of hiring
and training and what this future looks
like I’ll give you two examples the
Minerva project is reimagining college
it strives to deliver a better quality
of education at a third of the cost of
traditional colleges the students live
on campuses in seven countries across
the world and they learn in small
classes collaboratively with their peers
and the results are incredible I met
this one woman and Minerva who blew me
away
she was thoughtful about the fact that
she wanted small class sizes versus
large lectures that she wanted to
develop critical thinking skills versus
memorize facts about history or biology
that she want exposure to variety of
cultures globally versus being coddled
on a single college campus she’s mature
and engaging and she wasn’t even old
enough to have a credit card she was
just seventeen strive talent helps
employers hire based on the competencies
not the credentials most of their
candidates don’t have college degrees
and the resumes are rather unimpressive
strive looks beyond the resume they
assess candidates based on cognitive
behavior and aptitude traits and the
candidates that are placed by strive are
more likely to get hired stay longer and
they perform better and there
diverse reflect on your hiring practices
look at your top performers and your
bottom performers and check back to your
notes to when you interviewed the months
or years ago what did you think of them
then did the colors they want to make a
difference if you’re having trouble
filling your open positions pick this as
an opportunity to think broadly ditch
the credentials ditch them don’t ask
people where they went to college
instead perhaps try asking them my
favorite question if you didn’t have any
constraints
what would you be you’d be amazed at how
much you can understand about someone
just with this one unencumbered question
open your mind to alternative models of
training and hiring they could give you
better results for your organization you
will gather talent however
unconventional that will enable your
relation to meet the challenges of
tomorrow and you can have a head start
before your peers realize you’re onto
something
thank you [Applause]
imagine the world
we didn’t ask people to where they went
to school in a job interview well we you
casually meet someone instead you asked
about all the other things like how do
you think where your dreams are what
gets you going well how you like to
spend your time in fact my favorite
question to ask is if you didn’t have
any constraints money location skillset
credentials family commitments
what would you be imagine asking that in
a job interview I will want to be an
investigative journalist but you
probably wouldn’t be able to figure that
out from the fact that I studied math
and computer science in college going to
college has been the goal for many
Americans I want to take a poll raise
pretty much everyone here now raise your
hand if you’re working in a job that’s
directly related to your degree it’s
very few people here college is a time
consuming and expensive proposition this
is why only thirty percent of Americans
have a bachelor’s degree at the same
time with the rapid development of
technology artificial intelligence
robotics the jobs are in training for
today may become redundant tomorrow
digital marketing as the field really
emerged over the past ten years as
Google and Facebook and the internet
took over our lives and it became
increasingly important to know how to
talk to your customers online the same
is true for cyber security design
customer success roba operations and a
myriad other jobs is no longer possible
to be trained on one set of skills and
expect to have the same job for 40 years
I believe that the future of college and
hiring need to change I once hired
someone who went to a very good school
he was very talented at what he did but
he didn’t know how to work with other
people he didn’t like deadlines he
didn’t like to communicate they didn’t
work out too well for him Eric
the CEO of one of our portfolio
companies has one hire someone who saw
some shoes and Nordstrom to come sell
enterprise software this guy was
fantastic and now it’s a head of
business development at an enterprise
software company Eric took a chance on
someone who had the right skills and
aptitude but had an unconventional
backgrounds and it paid off we’re at the
beginning of massive change in education
and the future of work some startups are
pioneering alternative models of hiring
and training and what this future looks
like I’ll give you two examples the
Minerva project is reimagining college
it strives to deliver a better quality
of education at a third of the cost of
traditional colleges the students live
on campuses in seven countries across
the world and they learn in small
classes collaboratively with their peers
and the results are incredible I met
this one woman and Minerva who blew me
away
she was thoughtful about the fact that
she wanted small class sizes versus
large lectures that she wanted to
develop critical thinking skills versus
memorize facts about history or biology
that she want exposure to variety of
cultures globally versus being coddled
on a single college campus she’s mature
and engaging and she wasn’t even old
enough to have a credit card she was
just seventeen strive talent helps
employers hire based on the competencies
not the credentials most of their
candidates don’t have college degrees
and the resumes are rather unimpressive
strive looks beyond the resume they
assess candidates based on cognitive
behavior and aptitude traits and the
candidates that are placed by strive are
more likely to get hired stay longer and
they perform better and there
diverse reflect on your hiring practices
look at your top performers and your
bottom performers and check back to your
notes to when you interviewed the months
or years ago what did you think of them
then did the colors they want to make a
difference if you’re having trouble
filling your open positions pick this as
an opportunity to think broadly ditch
the credentials ditch them don’t ask
people where they went to college
instead perhaps try asking them my
favorite question if you didn’t have any
constraints
what would you be you’d be amazed at how
much you can understand about someone
just with this one unencumbered question
open your mind to alternative models of
training and hiring they could give you
better results for your organization you
will gather talent however
unconventional that will enable your
relation to meet the challenges of
tomorrow and you can have a head start
before your peers realize you’re onto
something
thank you [Applause]
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