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Beth Axelrod (born 1964) was the senior Vice President of human resources at Ebay from 2005 to 2017.[1] She is currently Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb and an advisor at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.[2] Axelrod is a member of several corporate boards and academic advisory councils, including Heidrick & Struggles, Bulger Partners, UC Berkeley Executive Education, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and YaleWomen.[3]

Education

Beth Axelrod received a B.S. degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has a master's in public and private management from Yale University.[4]

Career

Axelrod started working at McKinsey & Company in 1989.[4] In 2002, she was hired as the Chief Talent Officer for WPP.[5] At WPP, she helped devise better ways to recruit and retain talented people for the company.[6] In 2005, she was hired as the head of human resources at eBay.[7] She left eBay to become the Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb in 2017.[8]

As of 2017, Beth sits as Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb, a popular vacation rental home website.[9] She heads every aspect of employee life, from hiring to office environment to fostering and keeping up the employee benefits that Airbnb provides.[1]

Publications

The War For Talent is a book written in 2001, by Axelrod, Ed Michaels, and Helen Handfield-Jones. The book was based on the term 'war for talent' that was first expressed by Steven Hankin of McKinsey and Company, whom Axelrod used to work for.[10] The book details a study done at the company in 1997, citing the war for talent as a challenging business strategy that Hankin argued would expand over the next two decades.

References

  1. ^ a b Zarya, Valentina (January 13, 2017). "Exclusive: Meet the Woman Joining Airbnb's Executive Team". Fortune. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Beth Axelrod". The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Retrieved 23 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Airbnb Welcomes Beth Axelrod as VP of Employee Experience". AirBnB News Room. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b Joseph, Nicole (July 2005). "The League of Extraordinary Young Executives". Business 2.0. 6 (6): 91 – via EBSCOhost. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "WPP Taps New HR Chief: Court to Hear Brooks". Adweek Eastern Edition. 43 (15): 6. 8 April 2002 – via EBSCOhost. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "WPP's Talent Spotter". Campaign. 50: 22. 13 December 2002 – via EBSCOhost. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Beth Axelrod to Join eBay to Head Human Resources". Digital Commerce 360. March 14, 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  8. ^ Clark, Dorie (March 8, 2013). "How Big Data Is Transforming the Hunt for Talent". Forbes. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. ^ Newcomer, Eric; Zaleski, Olivia (October 24, 2017). "Airbnb's China Chief Departs Abruptly Just Months Into the Job". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: THE WAR FOR TALENT". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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