
Jessica Miller-Merrell - SHRM 2022 Series - What CHROs Are Dealing With Today
09/08/22 • 15 min
Summary:
Jessica Miller-Merrell is an HR practitioner turned entrepreneur and the founder of Workology, a two-time Forbes recognized human resources, workplace, and recruiting resource established in 2005. Workology reaches 800,000 HR practitioners every single month and strives to help them elevate their businesses. Jessica is also the host of the Workology Podcast, which recently published its CHRO series.
In this episode, Jessica talks about her new HR Benchmark Survey and how it’s going to help shed some light on what CHROs are dealing with today.
Chapters:
[0:00 -3:31] Introduction
•Welcome, Jessica!
•Today’s Topic: What are CHROs Dealing with Today?
[3:32 -8:56] Why build a CHRO survey and where would people get this data previously?
•How Jessica’s interviews with CHROs highlighted a need for more data
•How do small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) differ from others?
[8:57 -15:09] What is the goal of the CHRO survey?
•Quarterly updates and information trends
•Pushing wider acceptance and use of data analytics in HR
[15:10 -15:47] Closing
•Thanks for listening!
Quotes:
“I started doing the interviews and to date we've had over 50 interviews with heads of HR, but I was finding that it was just anecdotal [conversations]. . . . So we launched what we called the HR Benchmark Survey.”
“Innovation is everything. The more diversity we have in terms of people we bring into the profession of human resources, I think the better it is for everyone because we're dreaming up new things.”
Contact:
Jessica's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn
Production by Affogato Media
Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting
For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/
Produced by Affogato Media
Summary:
Jessica Miller-Merrell is an HR practitioner turned entrepreneur and the founder of Workology, a two-time Forbes recognized human resources, workplace, and recruiting resource established in 2005. Workology reaches 800,000 HR practitioners every single month and strives to help them elevate their businesses. Jessica is also the host of the Workology Podcast, which recently published its CHRO series.
In this episode, Jessica talks about her new HR Benchmark Survey and how it’s going to help shed some light on what CHROs are dealing with today.
Chapters:
[0:00 -3:31] Introduction
•Welcome, Jessica!
•Today’s Topic: What are CHROs Dealing with Today?
[3:32 -8:56] Why build a CHRO survey and where would people get this data previously?
•How Jessica’s interviews with CHROs highlighted a need for more data
•How do small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) differ from others?
[8:57 -15:09] What is the goal of the CHRO survey?
•Quarterly updates and information trends
•Pushing wider acceptance and use of data analytics in HR
[15:10 -15:47] Closing
•Thanks for listening!
Quotes:
“I started doing the interviews and to date we've had over 50 interviews with heads of HR, but I was finding that it was just anecdotal [conversations]. . . . So we launched what we called the HR Benchmark Survey.”
“Innovation is everything. The more diversity we have in terms of people we bring into the profession of human resources, I think the better it is for everyone because we're dreaming up new things.”
Contact:
Jessica's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn
Production by Affogato Media
Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting
For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/
Produced by Affogato Media
Previous Episode

Lenna Turner and David Turetsky - SHRM 2022 Series - The Plunkett Pay Equity Framework
Summary:
This past June, at SHRM22, our very own Lenna Turner, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Salary.com, and David Turetsky had the opportunity to host a session on pay equity while presenting an overview of the Plunkett Pay Equity Framework. Lenna and David begin by addressing the importance of pay equity today and then lay out the six steps to achieving pay equity in your organization. In this episode, Lenna and David talk about pay equity and how to achieve it.
Chapters:
[0:00 -4:30] Introduction
•This episode was recorded live at SHRM22!
•A New Perspective: Pay Equity and How to Achieve It
[4:31 -15:56] Why is pay equity important today?
•It’s the right thing to do!
•Pay equity legislation
[15:57 -42:33] What is pay equity and the 6 steps to achieving it
•Mandate pay equity
•Group comparable jobs
•Model internal equity
•Benchmark external competitiveness
•Communicate transparently
•Update continuously
[42:34 -58:33] Final Thoughts & Closing
•Use these 6 steps to get ahead of the pay equity curve
•Thanks for listening!
Quotes:
“The first and critical step [to pay equity]. . . is working with your senior leaders and the board of directors to make sure that it is mandated by them, and it's therefore important.”
“This method . . . sets you up to, first of all, get that mandate because now you have a process that you can translate into an action plan that your CEO and your board can actually support and approve and fund.”
Contact:
Lenna's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Production by Affogato Media
Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting
For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/
Produced by Affogato Media
Next Episode

Neena Kovuru - The Role of Data in the Recruiting World
Summary:
As a strategic HR and technologies consultant, Neena Kovuru helps organizations gather insights from their data and design solutions that harness the power of technological innovations. Neena is passionate about analytics, data visualization, and emerging technology. In this episode, Neena talks about the role of data in the recruiting world.
Chapters:
[0:00 -3:18] Introduction
•Welcome, Neena!
•Today’s Topic: The Role of Data in the Recruiting World
[3:19 -10:37] How recruiters can use data to drive their decisions
•Should reciters be trained to have a more data-driven mindset?
•Using data from past successes to inform future recruiting plans
[10:38 -20:24] Where technology has both failed and helped recruiters
•The importance of properly configuring recruiting software
•Using data visualization to empower leadership
[20:25 -29:06] The future of technology for recruiting
•How AI can enhance the quality of hires
•Thinking about the candidate experience and where it can be improved
[29:06 -30:26] Closing
•Thanks for listening!
Quotes:
“You do need to develop a certain type of mindset for recruiters because they have to be more analytical, and they also have to be more proactive.”
“If you can [visualize the data that you have in your HR system], . . . you can actually empower your leaders because they can now base decisions on data.”
Contact:
Nenna's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn
Production by Affogato Media
Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting
For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/
Produced by Affogato Media
HR Data Labs podcast - Jessica Miller-Merrell - SHRM 2022 Series - What CHROs Are Dealing With Today
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