Today's Human Resources Pulse
Lateral Associates Now Dominate Biglaw Hiring
In 2025, lateral‑hired attorneys accounted for roughly 48% of associate hires, overtaking new law‑school graduates for the first time. The shift reflects firms’ growing appetite for experienced talent amid heightened client demand and billing pressures, tightening the market for recent graduates.
Raven Software Co-Founder Brian Raffel Retires After 36 Years
Brian Raffel, who co‑founded Raven Software in 1990, announced his retirement after 36 years at the studio. David Pellas will succeed him as studio head, while the studio looks to sustain its role in the Call of Duty franchise and the broader Midwest game ecosystem.
Warren Buffett’s Best Advice on How To Read People Like A Book
Warren Buffett emphasizes that reading people hinges on character, not just competence. He starts with integrity, then examines incentives, actions, and long‑term habits to predict behavior. Buffett’s framework treats reputation as a durable data point, insisting that consistent honesty and...
8 Ways AI Can Help with Change Management
Artificial intelligence is being positioned as a practical assistant for change‑management initiatives, offering eight distinct use cases ranging from drafting training materials and employee communications to building project timelines, presentation templates, chatbots, video content, and visual data assets. Each AI‑generated...
This 1 Leadership Communication Skill Helps You Get Results Without Burning Out Your Team—Or Yourself
Episode 347 of Let’s Grow Leaders introduces a single communication habit—"schedule the finish"—that transforms vague requests into concrete, time‑bound commitments. By replacing terms like “ASAP” with explicit finish dates, leaders can align priorities, reduce miscommunication, and ensure work is completed...
Coworker Says the N-Word. Employer Fires Him Within a Week. Court: No Liability.
The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a Pennsylvania packaging plant that fired a coworker who used the n‑word and later terminated a Black employee for exceeding attendance points. The court held that a single, non‑supervisory slur, followed by swift...
Lead Better - Transferring the Leadership Mantle to a Successor
In this episode of Lead Better, hosts Scott and Mikey dissect Field Note #1758 on transferring leadership to a successor, exploring why letting go is so challenging across corporate, family, and community settings. They highlight how leaders often conflate their...
The Cosmetic Surgery Industry Is Mainly Built for Women. So Why Is It Run by Men?
The aesthetics industry is driven largely by women, who spend over $1,000 annually on cosmetic procedures and conduct extensive research before treatment. Yet fewer than 20% of board‑certified plastic surgeons in the United States are women, and only about 8%...
Kavita Singh Steps Down as CHRO of United Breweries
Kavita Singh, United Breweries' chief human resources officer, is resigning effective April 30, 2026, concluding a five‑year tenure. During her time she oversaw a workforce of over 12,000 employees across 19 manufacturing plants and 16 co‑packing units, handling talent management,...
Exclusive: ATFX Hires SquaredFinancial Alum Muntaser Halaseh as VP Sales MENA
ATFX announced the appointment of Muntaser Halaseh as Vice President of Sales for the MENA region. Halaseh joins after a year as Regional Director at SquaredFinancial and five years leading sales at Equiti Group. The move underscores ATFX’s strategy to...
How to Master Hybrid Working
Hybrid working is no longer a logistics puzzle but a mirror exposing broken workplace cultures. Companies that treat hybrid as a human challenge—focusing on trust, purpose, and equitable experiences—outperform those that rely on rigid policies. Research across 16 countries shows...
Let’s Talk: Transformation (Webinar Series)
SAP’s Let’s Talk Transformation webinar series introduces organizations to cloud‑based HR solutions, emphasizing benefits such as streamlined processes, real‑time data access, and strategic agility. The program features SAP experts who outline migration pathways, share best‑practice guidelines, and present real‑world case...
Prove to Create 50 New ‘High-Value’ Roles in Ireland
Prove, a digital identity verification platform, is investing $5 million to create 50 new high‑value roles in its Dublin operations. The positions span product management, software engineering, R&D, and data science, bolstering the company’s global product development pipeline. Since establishing its...
Companies Turn to Remote Work in Response to Surging Fuel Prices
Rising fuel prices in Vietnam, driven by the Middle East conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have prompted a wave of remote‑work initiatives across tech, media, and manufacturing firms. Companies such as Thanh Giong Computer, Sacombank, and...
Why Is Ethics at the Heart of Good Leadership?
Ethical leadership is presented as the foundation of effective, good leadership, emphasizing the impact of leaders on culture and employee wellbeing. The article outlines a practical five‑step framework—awareness, attitude, relationality, inner values, and learning—to help leaders make life‑affirming choices. It...
Khaitan & Co. Promotes 49 Lawyers to Leadership
Khaitan & Co., one of India’s leading law firms, announced the promotion of 49 lawyers to senior positions, elevating 17 to partners and 32 to counsel. The move expands the firm’s leadership roster to 349 senior members, reflecting a deliberate...
Unscreened, Unqualified Hires Lead to Disaster
This is what happens when you have people unqualified to do the jobs and have no screening
Employment: Deloitte Plans to Hire 50,000 in India Amid Focus on AI and Upskilling: COO Nitin Kini
Deloitte South Asia plans to add 50,000 employees in India, emphasizing AI‑focused upskilling rather than automation‑driven layoffs. The firm has already trained nearly 30,000 staff in artificial intelligence and is moving another 20,000 onto its proprietary platforms. Deloitte invests roughly...
Cut Administrator Overhead, Empower Direct Worker‑Customer Connections
I'd be interested to see this graph for "administrator"-type jobs across all industries (academia, public schools, government, corporations, etc.) over the last few decades. Administrators represent a form of tax on value and innovation. The administrators didn't do anything wrong...
Attrition and Career Ladders
Employers are increasingly using attrition—letting positions disappear rather than filling them—to cut costs while avoiding the political fallout of layoffs. Artificial intelligence is automating many entry‑level tasks, effectively removing the first rungs of the career ladder. This shift transfers employment...
What May (or May Not) Get University Employees Fired
A recent column outlines how university employee terminations are inconsistently applied, noting that only 10 of 28 extreme misconduct scenarios actually led to firing. It attributes this variability to leadership avoidance, tribal dynamics, vague policies, lack of documentation, and bias...
BYD Cuts 1,00,000 Jobs Despite Record Sales
Chinese EV giant BYD slashed roughly 100,000 jobs in 2025, trimming its workforce by 10% to about 870,000 employees. Despite the layoffs, the company posted record revenue of 8,039.6 billion yuan (≈ $1.13 trillion) and delivered 4.6 million vehicles, including over one million exported...
UK Gender Pay Gap Widens at Clifford Chance and McKinsey
The latest UK gender‑pay‑gap reporting shows the disparity widening at two flagship firms. Clifford Chance’s gender pay gap rose to roughly 45% this year, up from about 38% a year earlier. McKinsey’s gap also expanded, reaching approximately 48%, a six‑point...
Ivy Nazareth Is Now Lead-Partner Hiring, KPMG India
Ivy Nazareth has been promoted to lead‑partner hiring at KPMG India, marking her second tenure with the firm. A commerce graduate with an HR postgraduate diploma, she began her career at First Advantage and Tata Communications before joining KPMG in...
HRBrain Unveils ‘HRBrain Brain’ AI Decision‑Support Tool for Real‑Time HR Analytics
HRBrain Co., Ltd. launched ‘HRBrain Brain,’ an AI‑driven decision‑support feature that converts existing HR data into real‑time, actionable insights. The chat‑based tool aims to reduce the 83% of companies that currently underutilize employee data and to cut employee time spent...
SHRM Pushes for Federal AI Rules as 89% of HR Firms Report Efficiency Gains
The Society for Human Resource Management released a white paper showing 89% of organizations using AI in HR see efficiency gains and urging Congress to adopt a single federal framework. The report highlights both productivity boosts and growing policy gaps...
Tyler Perry’s $250K Gift Card Payout Cleared for TSA Agents
Tyler Perry donated $250,000 in $1,000 gift cards to roughly 100 TSA agents at Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a six‑week payroll shutdown. Federal officials have now confirmed the agents can keep the cards, ending a brief legal tug‑of‑war and...
US Job Market Cools as Openings Fall
US labor market showed signs of cooling in February as job openings dropped to 6.9 million, the lowest level in months. Private payroll growth slowed to an average of 18,000 jobs per month while layoffs held steady, indicating employers are pausing...
A Double-Edged Sword: Digitalization of Listed Companies and Employee Overtime
A new preprint examines how digitalization of listed firms influences employee overtime, using nighttime satellite light data as a proxy for digital activity. The authors find that digital transformation raises overtime hours through market‑expansion and technological‑innovation channels, yet also boosts...
Stop Underselling Complex Ops Work to Boost Earnings
There are a lot of people who would be making more money right now if they stopped underselling the complexity of their own work. Especially people in operations, coordination, delivery, support, and cross-functional roles. A lot of that work gets...
Meta and Google Trial Signals HR Digital Wellbeing Focus
Meta-Google’s social media trial is a timely signal for HR on digital wellbeing @HR_Exec https://t.co/f8KZ96Vuaa #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
US Department of Education Voluntarily Dismisses Appeal in DEI Guidance Litigation
The U.S. Department of Education has voluntarily dismissed its appeal in the Fourth Circuit case challenging its February 2025 diversity‑related Dear Colleague Letter. The district court’s ruling—finding the guidance unconstitutionally vague and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act—remains in force,...
India Sees Rise in Early‑morning Layoff Announcements
Oracle News | Booted Before Breakfast: Early Morning Layoff Trend Hits India https://t.co/4cKFJTKYSN via @YouTube #layoff #jobloss #oraclelayoff #india
AI‑Powered World Model Makes Traditional Org Charts Obsolete
Jack Dorsey just published something that should be required reading for every founder. The premise: the org chart needs to be replaced entirely. And the argument starts 2,000 years ago. For thousands of years, every organization on earth has run on the...
Friday Forward - No Offense (#530)
Bob Glazer reflects on a recent presentation that sparked a single harsh critic, prompting him to examine why he felt sympathy rather than defensiveness. He argues that today’s culture, amplified by social media, encourages people to seek offense, especially through...
GM Fills Cadillac CMO Role With Longtime Uber Exec
General Motors has appointed David Mogensen, former Uber global marketing chief, as Cadillac’s new chief marketing officer, ending an eight‑month vacancy. Mogensen brings experience leading Uber and Uber Eats across 30 markets and a prior stint at BMW, aligning with...
Company Healthcare Premiums Jump 12% Year‑over‑year
Just saw that our healthcare premiums we're paying as a company will increase by 12.09% YOY...
Why Fast Promotions Slow Company Growth
Fast promotions often look like progress, but they can cripple growth when leaders are elevated before mastering managerial skills. Companies reward high performers, yet the new titles outpace the development of judgment, delegation, and systems thinking required for effective leadership....
Morgan Stanley Bumps Saperstein’s Pay to $34 Million for 2025
Morgan Stanley increased co‑president Andy Saperstein's 2025 compensation to $34 million, a 26% rise from the prior year. The package includes a $1 million salary, $11.2 million cash bonus and roughly $22 million in long‑term incentives tied to performance. The board highlighted his role...
Fast‑growing Canadian Firm Seeking Top Engineers
Are you a cracked engineer and live in 🇨🇦 ? We're growing really damn fast. DM me.
Interior Incentivizes More Staff Departures After Already Cutting 20% of Its Workforce
The Interior Department, after cutting about 20% of its workforce over the past 15 months, has launched a new Deferred Resignation Program that lets most full‑time employees take paid leave through September before exiting government service. The program, which previously...
Government Payroll Overhauls Frequently Turn Into Boondoggles
Complex Systems has been acquired by… darn, a day late for a topical April Fool’s joke. No, this week’s episode is about payroll systems, with an extended riff on why government payroll revamps so often turn into boondoggles.
Intel CEO: Hiring Zoom’s COO To Lead HR, Legal Affairs Is ‘Central’ To Our Transformation
Intel announced that Aparna Bawa, former Zoom COO and chief legal officer, will assume the combined role of chief legal and people officer in May. The move consolidates Intel's legal, human resources, ethics, and compliance functions under a single executive,...
Western Switzerland to Mandate Four-Day Work Week in 2027
Western Switzerland will enforce a mandatory four‑day work week beginning January 1, 2027 under the Work West 4.0 program, while preserving full salaries. The reform, overseen by the Office for Temporal Equity and Workplace Flourishing, seeks to boost productivity, employee wellbeing, and the...
Interior Department Planning More Changes To National Park Service Staffing
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a new reorganization that will shift more National Park Service employees into visitor‑facing roles. The move follows a prior reduction that eliminated roughly a quarter of the 70,000‑person workforce through retirements, firings, and attrition. Critics...
A Year After Mass Layoffs, Former Federal Employees Are Helping Each Other Find Work
In the year following the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) layoffs, more than 300,000 federal employees have departed the civil service. Former workers have organized department‑specific alumni networks that provide job leads, mentorship, and mental‑health support, with the...
Drinks With The Deal: Cooley’s Proffitt on Leading Through Change
Rachel Proffitt, Cooley’s partner and CEO, sat down on the Drinks With The Deal podcast to outline her leadership philosophy for navigating rapid change. She highlighted the importance of flexible organizational structures, proactive talent management, and the strategic use of...
(PR) Intel Appoints Aparna Bawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer
Intel announced the appointment of Aparna Bawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer, reporting directly to CEO Lip‑Bu Tan. Bawa will oversee the company’s global legal, ethics, compliance, people, and culture organizations as Intel accelerates its...
Shift to Experience‑First Culture to Rebuild Trust and Profit
Employee engagement 101: Rethinking EX in the age of declining trust https://t.co/xdbYxFC31N @CX_Network #EmployeeEngagement & #trust have stagnated, even declined. This 3-pillar framework helps reorg operations, shift from profit-first #culture to experience-first & drive profit https://t.co/JicAwNRYKS
Florida Poker Business Wrongfully Ousted Pregnant Workers, EEOC Alleges
The EEOC filed a lawsuit against BestBet Jacksonville, alleging the casino‑style poker venue violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by refusing reasonable accommodations for multiple pregnant employees. One worker with low‑blood‑pressure issues and a subchorionic hematoma was denied a doctor‑recommended...
ETS Report Finds Adaptability Is Crucial for Job Security in AI Era
ETS released its 2026 Human Progress Report, revealing that 80% of workers are upskilling but many lack clear pathways, and that adaptability has become the primary skill for job security in an AI‑driven economy. The findings press employers, educators and...