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Know What's Happening in Human Resources
Chef Initiative Trains Autistic Talent for Fine‑Dining Kitchens
Chefs on the Spectrum, launched by chef Franklin Becker and autistic cook Joseph Valentino, trains and places people on the autism spectrum in fine‑dining kitchens. The program debuted at a $2,500 fundraiser for Autism Speaks, targeting both the restaurant labor shortage and unemployment among autistic adults.
Sheryl Sandberg announced that 25‑year‑old former Meta product manager Bridget Griswold will lead Lean In as its new CEO, steering the nonprofit toward closing the AI gender gap. A Lean In survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found 33% of men use AI daily versus 27% of women, and women receive 23% less managerial support for AI use. The organization, which has shed a quarter of its staff this year, aims to boost women’s confidence in AI tools and accelerate their career advancement. Sandberg emphasizes that surfacing bias is the first step to correction.
Seven weeks into the Writers Guild of America West strike, staffers represented by the Writers Guild Staff Union will lose health‑care coverage on April 1. Coverage under the PWGA Health Plan ends because they did not meet the 31‑hour work threshold...
A new FoxHire Multi‑State Hiring Compliance Burden Index reveals that half of U.S. employers reject qualified candidates over state‑specific employment rules, while 48% delay hiring or expansion due to regulatory uncertainty. Nearly half of respondents admit to turning down hires...
Senior HR and people‑culture leaders are reshuffling across tech and advisory firms in Q1 2026. BDO promoted Kerry Atkinson to chief people officer and added Willem Olivier as chief risk officer, underscoring a focus on governance and employee experience. The...
Kansai University’s Faculty of Business Data Science and Tokyo‑based transcosmos signed a partnership on March 2, 2026 to launch joint project‑based learning and a DX Talent Development Program. The collaboration seeks to produce industry‑ready data‑science professionals who can drive digital...
DJI is on track to exceed $14.5 bn in annual revenue by 2026, driven by strong market share in drones, action cameras and 360‑degree imaging. While former employees frequently launch startups, the company’s talent outflow is being reframed as a purposeful...
April’s healthcare talent roundup shows a wave of tech‑savvy hires, with Advocate Health tapping a former Verily chief and Artera appointing an ex‑Amazon CTO. Cigna announced its long‑time COO Brian Evanko will take over as CEO, while several seasoned leaders...
Leadership strategist Preetie Boler warns that many managers confuse good intentions with effective outcomes, creating a hidden "invisible gap" between what they aim to do and how employees experience it. The gap manifests when defensive tones undermine feedback, a lack...
Jack Dorsey argues that AI enables companies to eliminate layers of middle management as they only exist to pass information back and forth upper levels to frontline workers. Basically AI has access to all of the data and communications at the...
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Bastion Aotearoa announced three senior creative hires, appointing Courtney Dow as creative director and adding copywriter‑art director duo Freddie von Trott and Sophie Douglas from AKQA Sydney. Dow brings 17 years of experience across New Zealand and the UK, while von Trott and Douglas have worked on...
Sheila Bala has been appointed Head of Talent Acquisition for Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia, overseeing recruitment for both the banking franchise and the Global Business Services hub. Effective March 2026, she reports to the Global Head of TA&D in Singapore...
Julietta, a fast‑growing Brooklyn‑based jewelry brand, is hiring an Assistant Office Coordinator for its Dumbo studio. The role, paid $50,000‑$55,000 annually, focuses on shipping, sample coordination, customer support, and day‑to‑day studio logistics. Candidates will work closely with internal teams and...
SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced plans to simplify executive compensation reporting under Item 402 of Regulation S‑K, calling current disclosures costly, burdensome, and filled with non‑material data. He highlighted pay‑versus‑performance metrics and executive security perks as priority areas for reform....
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha called on the Indian government to enact a statutory right to paid paternity leave during a Rajya Sabha session, noting that only central government employees currently receive 15 days. The proposal targets the 90%...
Across industries, CEOs are shifting workplace culture, employee engagement and recognition from peripheral HR concerns to strategic imperatives. New data shows strong cultures lift efficiency by up to 20% and cut turnover costs by 40%, prompting a surge in demand...
Oracle cut 30,000 people with a 6am email this morning. At the end of the day we are all just a number on a spreadsheet.
A bad boss will keep moving the goalpost, then wonder why no one feels successful.
U.S. job openings fell to 6.9 million in February, down from 7.2 million in January, while quits dropped to the lowest level since August 2020. Gross hires slipped to 4.85 million, the fewest since April 2020, pushing the hiring rate to 3.1 percent, also a pandemic‑era...
Some of those Oracle employees hit every deadline, got strong performance reviews, and did “everything right." Still gone.
Black people looking for work, I want you to know my network is open to you.
AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude now guide two‑thirds of job seekers, turning traditional SEO into a baseline rather than a guarantee of candidate reach. Recruiters must ensure their career content is machine‑readable and semantically clear so generative models...
Amazon has settled an NLRB case brought by the Teamsters alleging the company illegally docked unpaid time off (UPT) for workers who walked off the job. Under the agreement, Amazon will restore the docked UPT for more than 100 employees...
Job openings slipped to 6.9 million in February, down from 7.2 million in January, while total hires fell to 4.8 million, pushing the hiring rate to a low 3.1 %—the weakest since April 2020. Quits edged lower to 3.1 million and layoffs held steady at 1.7 million,...
René Redzepi announced his resignation as head chef of Copenhagen's Noma, citing a desire to let his team lead the next chapter. The move follows a New York Times exposé alleging physical abuse of staff. The departure raises questions about...
Executives are increasingly seeing Saturdays and Sundays turn into optional workdays, a clear symptom of broken prioritization rather than employee dedication. The article argues that weekend work stems from under‑scoped projects, delayed approvals, and meeting overload, exposing weak operating models....
On March 30, 2026 the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule that creates a safe‑harbor framework for including alternative assets in designative investment alternatives (DIAs) offered by participant‑directed 401(k) plans. The rule, issued under President Trump’s executive order,...
In this episode of the HR Chat Show, Dr. Suzanne Cook explains her concept of “redirection,” a career stage in later life where individuals shift into new paid or volunteer roles that align with their passions and skills. Drawing on her...
On March 6, 2026 the Sixth Circuit overturned the NLRB’s bargaining order issued under the 2023 Cemex framework in Brown‑Forman Corp. v. NLRB. The court affirmed the unfair‑labor‑practice findings but refused to enforce the order, labeling Cemex as rulemaking disguised as adjudication....
eBay has opened a new Toronto office and is actively recruiting AI‑focused product designers and managers to build its Agentic Search platform. The hiring push follows the appointment of Ashley Lawrence as General Manager of eBay Canada and a recent...
LLMs are not making expertise less valuable. They are making mediocre work easier to replace. Quantity is cheap now. Judgment, taste, and direction are not. We need fewer people. But we need better ones. To be clear, I am not saying beginners are doomed. I am saying...
The New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission ruled in April 2026 that a worker cannot be deemed casual solely by an employer’s label, requiring objective criteria to apply. Justice David Chin’s decision overturns the NSW public service’s self‑definition of casual...
Ottawa’s auditor general released a report revealing that OC Transpo repeatedly bypassed its own hiring rules for senior management positions. The investigation identified ten violations where permanent or long‑term temporary vacancies were filled by appointment, seven of which involved candidates lacking...
An employee at a fast‑growing, under‑staffed firm is overwhelmed doing the work of three roles and is actively job‑searching. The employee worries that coworkers lack the skills to cover their duties and wonders how to train them without revealing the...
Tracker, an AI‑native ATS for staffing agencies, has launched integration with LinkedIn’s RSC+ to power Connected Projects for Hiring Assistant users. The integration creates a unified candidate pipeline, blends LinkedIn profile data with Tracker resume information for AI‑driven evaluations, and...
SmartRecruiters, an SAP company, has awarded a $1 million unrestricted grant to Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that reduces recidivism through entrepreneurship and workforce training. The donation is part of SmartRecruiters' 1% pledge, which supports 20 nonprofits focused on job access and...
The Florida attorney general sent a formal demand that the NFL abandon the Rooney Rule, arguing the diversity‑hiring mandate violates state law. The league’s senior vice president said it is reviewing the request and maintains that its policies comply with...
Alaska Airlines announced that Lindsay‑Rae McIntyre will become its Chief People Officer effective April 1, reporting to CEO Ben Minicucci and joining the executive committee. McIntyre arrives with more than 28 years of HR leadership, most recently as Microsoft’s Chief Diversity...
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Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) are a privileged form of employee equity that allow key staff to purchase company shares at a preset price, typically with a ten‑year exercise window and vesting schedules such as a three‑year cliff or graded vesting....
The Rise of the One-Person AI Startup: China’s Experiment and the Evolution of Hiring in the US Talent Market https://t.co/RuSZhkDbBC AI is compressing companies into solo startups. China is accelerating this shift while top talent goes independent and becomes harder...
Today’s JOLTS data highlighted the extent of the labor market paralysis that was already deepening before the Iran war. Hiring made a new 10+ year low in February excluding pandemic distortions, via @bespokeinvest https://t.co/xYctvNLqUZ
In February 2026, New York City expanded its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, requiring 32 hours of unpaid sick leave to be immediately available to part‑time and mid‑year hires. The law also broadens permissible uses to include childcare and other caregiving...
GS: Unemployment Among Young Tech Workers Has Fallen Back in Line With Unemployment for All Tech Workers https://t.co/oAVQfwTaF4
Managing people in biotech has been such a rewarding experience, but mostly taught me how much I value advocating for the people I manage. I love helping folks realize their potential and its been such wildly fulfilling watching my munchkins...
The Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) has launched a six‑month Executive Development Program to fast‑track senior women in commercial real estate into CEO, board and succession‑track roles. Partnering with P20 Leadership, the cohort‑based accelerator provides executive coaching, a...
A complete lack of change management doomed this project. Generic emails and training aren't enough. Without stakeholder engagement and tailored support, employees were unprepared and confused, leading to resistance. #ChangeManagement #ProjectFailure https://t.co/1iL9DIm3O5
Brainfood Live On Air - Ep370 - AI Sourcing Agents & AI Job Search Agents - Archer Live Demo https://t.co/Wg3fA5TCZV
"We always want the best people for the positions in any organization, but you should also create an environment that makes the interview make someone want to work there in the first place." 3 Ways to Rethink the Education Interview -...
Orgs. led by female CEOs have lower gender pay gaps. Perhaps b/c such orgs. have good gender equality policies. Or b/c female CEOs may be keener to introduce same. Anyhow, it seems to make sense 4 women 2 work 4 women—if they can. Via...
Your Strategy Is NOT the Problem - @MarketCulture Blog https://t.co/uMKTN60GYS Your CULTURE is. And if you’re a senior leader right now, that’s either the most uncomfortable truth you’ve read today or the most liberating. #culture https://t.co/NVe8Z8kLAF
