Brave New Work 89. Reimagining Retail with Nikki Kaufman of CAMP

Retailers around the country—and around the world—are facing complex challenges. One of the industry’s main reckonings: Many job openings; very few applicants. Recruitment has also been top-of-mind for CAMP, a toy and family experience store that looks to hire artists, actors, musicians, magicians, singers, and camp counselors rather than those with traditional retail experience. So…how do you reinvent the landscape to attract and keep that talent?

On this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans talk to CAMP’s cofounder and Chief People Officer, Nikki Kaufman, about recent work CAMP did with The Ready to design and launch new boundary-pushing hiring and compensation practices—like making pay 100% transparent, ditching resumes, and creating crystal-clear career paths.

You can explore CAMP’s progressive principles in action—and its current open positions—at camp.com/careers.

Learn more about Nikki on LinkedIn.

Mentioned references:

• goldendoodle
• Ben Kaufman CAMP episode: BNW Ep. 9 with Ben Kaufman
• role charter
• Firms of Endearment, book of Raj Sisodia, Jag Sheth, and David B. Wolfe
• Action Meeting episode: BNW Ep. 80 with Sam Spurlin
• check-in

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