Beth Axelrod
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Beth Axelrod is an American human resources leader. She is currently an advisor at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.{{cite web|url=http://gender.stanford.edu/people/beth-axelrod|title=Beth Axelrod|website=The Clayman Institute for Gender Research|access-date=23 April 2018}} From 2017 to 2021, she was the Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb.{{cite web|url=https://press.atairbnb.com/welcome-beth-axelrod-2/|title=Airbnb Welcomes Beth Axelrod as VP of Employee Experience|date=13 January 2017|website=AirBnB News Room|access-date=23 April 2018}} Previous to that, she was Senior Vice President of human resources at eBay from 2005 to 2015.{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/13/airbnb-executive-beth-axelrod/|title=Exclusive: Meet the Woman Joining Airbnb's Executive Team|last=Zarya|first=Valentina|date=January 13, 2017|newspaper=Fortune|access-date=23 April 2018}} Axelrod is a member of several corporate boards and academic advisory councils, including Heidrick & Struggles and the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was formerly an advisory board member of Bulger Partners, YaleWomen, and UC Berkeley Executive Education.
Education
Axelrod received a BSE degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has a master's in public and private management (MPPM) from the Yale School of Management.{{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=Nicole|date=July 2005|title=The League of Extraordinary Young Executives|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=17691874&site=ehost-live|journal=Business 2.0|volume=6|issue=6|pages=91|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}
Career
Axelrod started working at McKinsey & Company in 1989. In 2002, she was hired as the Chief Talent Officer for WPP.{{Cite journal|date=8 April 2002|title=WPP Taps New HR Chief: Court to Hear Brooks|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=6539303&site=ehost-live|journal=Adweek Eastern Edition|volume=43|issue=15|pages=6|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} At WPP, she helped devise better ways to recruit and retain talented people for the company.{{Cite journal|date=13 December 2002|title=WPP's Talent Spotter|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=8891294&site=ehost-live|journal=Campaign|volume=50|pages=22|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} In 2005, she was hired as the Senior Vice President of human resources at eBay.{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2005/03/14/beth-axelrod-to-join-ebay-to-head-human-resources/|title=Beth Axelrod to Join eBay to Head Human Resources|date=March 14, 2005|newspaper=Digital Commerce 360|access-date=23 April 2018}} She retired from eBay in 2015 after the spin-off of PayPal and became the Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2013/03/08/how-big-data-is-transforming-the-hunt-for-talent/#126dcb894440|title=How Big Data Is Transforming the Hunt for Talent|last=Clark|first=Dorie|date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=23 April 2018}}
As of 2020, Beth is Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb, a vacation rental home website.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-24/airbnb-s-china-chief-departs-abruptly-just-months-into-the-job|title=Airbnb's China Chief Departs Abruptly Just Months Into the Job|last=Newcomer|first=Eric|date=October 24, 2017|newspaper=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=23 April 2018|last2=Zaleski|first2=Olivia}} She heads hiring to office environment to maintaining the employee benefits that Airbnb provides.
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 coined at McKinsey & Co.{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57851-459-5|title=Nonfiction Book Review: THE WAR FOR TALENT|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en}}
Politics
During the 2022 midterm election cycle, Axelrod donated to The Next 50, a Democratic political action committee.{{Cite web |title=The Next 50 PAC PAC Donors |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/the-next-50-pac/C00716423/donors/2022?page_length=25&start=26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224195930/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/the-next-50-pac/C00716423/donors/2022?start=26&page_length=25 |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=OpenSecrets |language=en}}
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