Having an internal talent marketplace means being able to showcase more varied development opportunities to all of your employees. Woven into everything we do at Spotify is our ongoing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB), and Echo is no exception. Internal Talent Marketplaces drive Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging That’s what drove our decision to create Echo – our internal talent marketplace, where opportunities Echo. With all of this in mind we knew we needed to challenge the status quo when it comes to making it easier for Spotifiers to drive their development and career growth, and to do this in a way that matches our values and culture. And let’s be clear – we are not on the cusp, this change has already happened. We’re beyond the cusp of a new revolution. We’ve moved away from the old model of learn, work, retire, to a continuous learning cycle. One of the most significant changes, which was already in the works and now compounded by the pandemic and new ways of working, is the career shift that Johanna wrote about: We’re in the 4th Revolution.

Having a distributed-first strategy Working From Anywhere means the workplace, the workforce and HR is changing dramatically.

We’ve seen an incredible uptake in registrations since the launch of Echo in September this year, which further confirms our knowledge that our people were hungry for such a solution. In a distributed-first culture Echo continues to drive forward the career development and growth of all Spotifiers and fill important talent gaps.

It enables hiring managers, project owners and mentors to expand beyond traditional backgrounds, meet other band members (who might not have met without it) and work with talent from all over the world. It includes matching technology so our talent can be matched with growth opportunities based on their skills, experience and development goals. Echo is Spotify’s newly launched Internal Talent Marketplace.

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