Joining Morning Brew in January 2020 as its first human resources hire, she built and led the company's people functions as it scaled from around 30 to several hundred employees. She also hosts Morning Brew's HR-focused podcast People Person, where she interviews industry leaders on recruiting, talent strategy, and workplace culture.
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Kate Noel: Employers cannot legally ask candidates for their past compensation
“So you can ask what their salary requirements are. You Your package. That, that is not allowed. Listen to your HR person. Do not ask that. But what you can say, what are the salary requirements based on your understanding of this role and what we're looking fo…”
Kate NoelOct 1, 2021▶ 10:36Building Your Team #6: Ask an HR Executive
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Noel: Companies prioritizing culture should rely on internal over external recruiters
“I would strongly recommend doing internal recruiting if you have a big emphasis on culture. Because at the end of the day, an external recruiter will probably have multiple clients. So the same type of attention an internal recruiter will be able to give to ju…”
Kate NoelOct 1, 2021▶ 3:25Building Your Team #6: Ask an HR Executive
Insight
Kate Noel: Reference checks should mandate contacts across multiple professional levels
“So for me, I feel like if we do have an opportunity to ask for referrals and we want something insightful to come from it, I like to give the task if it's applicable for people to give referrals at different levels. So instead of just saying, can you provide t…”
Kate NoelOct 1, 2021▶ 12:23Building Your Team #6: Ask an HR Executive
AssertionSupported
Kate Noel: Employers cannot legally ask candidates for their past compensation
“So you can ask what their salary requirements are. You Your package. That, that is not allowed. Listen to your HR person. Do not ask that. But what you can say, what are the salary requirements based on your understanding of this role and what we're looking fo…”
Kate NoelOct 1, 2021▶ 10:36Building Your Team #6: Ask an HR Executive
Disclosure
Morning Brew uses Donut to randomly pair cross-department employees
“Well, actually, we created a moment called Coffee Chats which is, oh, actually, it's Donut. It's a Slack channel that allows new hires to be included in the Slack where they're just randomly grouped up with, like, five other people outside of their department.…”
Kate NoelOct 1, 2021▶ 14:39Building Your Team #6: Ask an HR Executive
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