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The Talent and Culture department is a Wikimedia Foundation department focused on recruiting, leadership and organizational development, and personnel management. The current Chief Talent and Culture Officer is Gayle Karen Young.
Below are the department's current priorities for the 2014-15 Fiscal Year.
Top departmental priorities for Q1 (July - September 2014)
| Objective | Impact | Dependencies | ETA | Status |
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Infrastructure: Improve support for international employees via PEO |
100% of pilot candidates migrated (8 ppl); satisfaction ratings of new program above 70%. |
Legal, Finance, Pilot group candidates and their directors |
Oct 2014 |
Green: In contracting phase with SafeGuard. |
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Infrastructure: Support Engineering Reorganization with Change Management |
Smooth transition towards flexible, mature infrastructure in Engineering |
Engineering Directors and anyone in Engineering, Communications? |
Oct 2014 |
Yellow: In design phase, with eye towards Oct 1 implementation |
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Recruiting: Applicant Tracking System |
Migrate all open roles to Greenhouse. 100% of candidate interactions tracked and closed-off. |
Sr. Recruiting Manager, Recruiting Manager, Hiring Managers |
Sept 2014 |
Green: Contract signed, planning migration and training schedule. |
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Recruiting: VP of Engineering Hire |
Supports the future creation of a more flexible, agile, effective engineering organization. VP onboarded and hired. |
Erik, VP of Engineering, Engineering directors, Recruiting |
Oct 2014 |
Red: Reviewing candidates in Jobvite queue, need to spin up sourcing plan |
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Learning: WikiLead Cohort 2 |
Trains a 2nd cohort. Instrument pre-, 3 & 12 month anonymous survey to measure results. |
Class candidates |
Sept 2014 |
Green: In design, ongoing Action Inquiry groups |
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Learning: Board Evaluation and Fall Board Retreat |
Secure board facilitator, complete board 360, build board candidate profiles map and hiring strategy, propose changes to board effectiveness measurement. | Board chair, Board HR committee | Nov 2014 | Board evaluations underway despite delayed launch, fall retreat planning beginning |
| Infrastructure: HR Metrics | Update overview of workstreams and dashboard for key HR metrics. | HR team | Sept 2014 | Updating workflows to extract meaningful metrics. |
Q1 Additional Notes:
- Support Garfield on OfficeWiki as needed
- Support Katherine in recruiting for Comms
- Engage Geoff on the OTRS training and support
Top departmental priorities for Q2 (October - December 2014) in Progress
| Objective | Impact | Dependencies | ETA | Status |
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Learning: CA & CL |
Engagement guidelines 100% community facing employees undergo EQ training |
CA & CL |
Nov 2014 |
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Long term priorities
| Quarter | Goals |
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| Oct–Dec 2014 |
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| Jan–Mar 2015 |
TBD |
| Apr–Jun 2015 |
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