Craft a Standout Job Description to Attract Top Talent
When a small firm is hiring, it can be challenging to stand out and reach the right people. In this article, Daniel Yerger describes how he created a job description template for early career advisors that communicates the firm's benefits, values, and culture - and how he made it stand out to attract talented applicants: https://t.co/OjEawD52qN…listing-template/ https://t.co/97QFXvTAf3
AI Empowers Talent to Exit and Build Independently
Too many companies are confusing gravity for disloyalty. Your best people are not leaving because they stopped caring. They are leaving to build the thing they kept pitching you to do. AI changed the math. One person with the right tools does...
Counteroffers Delay Departure but Don’t Solve Underlying Issues
Most people who accept a counteroffer leave within 12 months anyway. Not because the money wasn't real. Because the money was never the reason they wanted to leave. The manager's still the same. The (lack of a) growth path's still the same....
Join USV Analyst Program: Launch Venture Capital Careers
We're hiring analysts at @USV. Some truly incredible people have come from prior cohorts of the program, including: * CEOs who's companies are worth in the billions of dollars * Founders who have sold startups to publicly traded companies * GPs who lead...
Founders Are Constantly Selling: Hires, Product, Investors
As a founder, you're always selling. You're selling new potential hires on your company, you're selling your product to customers, and you're maybe selling to investors a piece of your company.
Only Elite Lawyers Join Our Global Support Team
We mostly hire support staff around the world, but we also have a select few staff lawyers. Only the best of the best get this opportunity.
Leaders Trust Teams; Babysitting Signals Wrong Fit
Your team doesn't need a babysitter. They need a leader. If you don't trust your team to manage their own time, you either hired the wrong people or you're the wrong leader. Most likely both.
Leadership Bridges Culture and Strategy, Not Competition
Organizational Culture vs. Strategy. A hugely inappropriate comparison. “What’s important is to recognize the common factor in both—leadership.” 💡 https://t.co/agoVFDEBmZ #leadership #management #companyculture https://t.co/Zm6fDicOVv
Proposed CGT Threatens Startup Equity Compensation Model
Few things close the gap between labor and management/capital than access to equity ownership of what you yourself help build. Proposed #CGT changes basically erase the equity-based compensation system that makes #startups thrive internationally.
Amazon Denies AI Usage Metrics, Staff Remain Skeptical
Amazon said it wouldn't use AI token statistics in performance evaluations. But employees are distrustful. "'Managers are looking at it... When they track usage it creates perverse incentives and some people are very competitive about it'" https://t.co/UUfiD2hIGt
AI Adoption Becomes Cultural Challenge, Trust at Stake
AI transformation inside companies is not just a technology story. It is becoming a cultural one. Reports around Meta suggest growing tension as employees are pushed to adopt AI tools while also facing concerns about layoffs and changing roles. That is the...
AI Augmentation Beats Automation for Long-Term Success
@BOYAMUDUO Thanks for the repost, from @HRCurator Why Companies That Choose #AI #Augmentation Over #Automation May Win in the Long Run @HarvardBiz https://t.co/b9QbJ5afPK #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Clear, Documented Communication Makes Remote Work Thrive
Remote work can work really well and allows you to hire just about anyone in the world, but you have to have very clear communication in written and documented form.
Hiring Processes Demand Endless Paperwork and Video Pitches
“Upload your resume and cover letter, manually re-enter your resume, complete these skill assessments, take a personality test, and record a video introduction explaining why you want this job.” https://t.co/BtBQIHFIUn
Negotiating Your Salary Boosts Earnings Significantly
The salary gap between people who negotiate and people who don't is enormous. 🩷 Research the market rate 🩷 Name your number first 🩷 Silence after your ask is not a bad sign You don't get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.
Spotting Drive: Hiring Lessons From Everyday Interactions
I’ve hired hundreds of people throughout my career. Here’s a few things that I’ve learned + a story about spotting drive from the people you interact with in your daily life. https://t.co/33flDsuIgK
Education Dept Begins Hiring Surge After Year-Long Layoffs
Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs - POLITICO https://t.co/87UGGofYM4
Marketing Org Shifts From Functions to Outcome‑driven Loops
The marketing services + FDE structure will change drastically. The old org chart was based on functions and expertise. It created unnecessary handoffs and layers and layers of communication. It also created a subpar business model (pure labor arbitrage). The new...
Leadership Failures Poison Company Culture From the Top
What actually kills company culture: 5. Bad managers 6. No career paths 7. Toxic star performers protected 8. Leaders who confuse fear with respect 9. A CEO who’s never done their own psychological work The fish rots from the head. Always.
AI Devalues Tech Skills, Triggering Pay Cuts and Downgrades
Goldman Sachs just confirmed what every laid off tech worker already feels in their gut: • ~1 month longer to find the next role • 3%+ real pay cut when you land it • ~10% behind never displaced peers over a...
Spot Early Rumble Strips to Prevent Culture Crises
Before the Guardrails: The Rumble Strips Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore - CX Journey™ https://t.co/miUGLPnOkC Most culture, employee, and customer failures don’t happen suddenly. They happen because leaders ignore the vibration until the correction required is no longer small. https://t.co/exASq3NZ7E
Health‑tech Hires Real Journalists, Not PR Pros
In which I covered health-tech's newest hiring trend: Hiring journalists to be journalists, versus PR professionals. https://t.co/pEzNsgM91E https://t.co/mqFx20SrZq
Shrinking Workforce Undermines Wage Power Amid Inflation
Wolf Street: "The labor force has been dropping since last fall amid the crackdown on illegal immigration, a tightening up of some work-visa programs, and the wave of boomer retirements. In April, it dropped by another 92,000, to 169.99 million....
Pair New Hires with a Buddy for Faster Success
To make a new hire successful and onboard this person properly, I found that it's actually extremely helpful to have a team member work with them side by side (virtually is ok), for a while to make sure that they...
Reproductive Health Should Be a Workplace Priority
This past week a blood clot stopped me in my tracks. Caused by birth control. We barely understand menopause. Endometriosis takes 7–10 years to diagnose. PCOS. Perimenopause. The list goes on. And we’re still expected to just… show up. Reproductive health is a workplace issue. So...
California's Job Market Pivots to Healthcare, Lower Wages
"Forget AI. The California job market is powered by healthcare" https://t.co/JtusUDsgVe "States such as Idaho are adding jobs in both high- and low-wage sectors. California is undergoing a great labor market transformation towards lower-paid work." https://t.co/t1r2Ff7Rby
Rising Gas Prices Push Long‑Commute Employees to Quit
Notice: Your Employees With A Long Commute Are About To Quit (Because gas prices increase turnover) @DrJohnSullivan https://t.co/m2HOVE6qVZ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Honest Self‑assessment Fuels Growth; Digital Twins Accelerate Evolution
No one is exempt from this process. Having it go well depends on people's abilities to make frank assessments of strengths and weaknesses (most importantly weaknesses). While it's generally as difficult for managers to give this feedback as it is...
Promotion Rewards Those Who Scale Beyond Individual Contributions
I have found that the people I've been able to promote over the years have been the ones who are able to scale beyond their own individual contributions. Unfortunately, many people may be great ICs but cannot scale themselves.
ZoomInfo Cuts 20% Staff, some Notified by Text
Zoominfo laid off 20% of workforce this morning. Some of whom were told via text and one of whom was a pto. Classy.
Policy Barriers, Not Greedy Capitalists, Shrink Labor Share
I'm in @PostOpinions today discussing new research on a big driver of the declining "labor share": not greedy capitalists, but healthcare, labor, tax, licensing, & other policies that discourage employers from hiring/firing & workers from quitting: https://t.co/bHjB5uw6cI (🎁) https://t.co/RpU4QmN7iE
Even AI Giants Still Need Human Writers, Pay Premium
Anthropic (Claude AI) is hiring two writing roles with a starting salary of $255,000: • Copy & Content Lead • Copy Lead And everyone's been asking the same question: "Why does the top AI company in the world need to pay multiple 6-figure salaries...
Rethink Mid‑Career Development for Vanishing Jobs
The mid-career pivot: Are you developing people for a career that no longer exists? @TrainingZone https://t.co/szfMpvyjuF #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Name Bias, Build Resilience, Find Mentors to Thrive
In order to thrive as Women in MedTech & STEM you must overcome challenges by: - Naming existing biases in the industry. - Developing resilience and confidence in your skills. - Seeking mentorship and build supportive networks.
AI Resumes Same, Bias Treats Women Differently
AI generated identical résumés for a man and a woman. The woman was judged more harshly for using AI, despite the content being the same. The future of AI will not only reveal the power of technology. It will also expose human...
Internship Stipend Withheld Over Unclear Performance Claims
MBA student worked 10am to 7pm but didn't get stipend. Shruti Jaipur based MBA student who posted on X about her work. She joined an internship after her MBA, worked for 3 months in a company. The company suddenly kept her stipend of...
Rename ‘Soft Skills’ as Structural Skills to Boost Budgets
Stop calling them 'soft skills.' Decision-making, role clarity, conflict mediation, and structural design are the hardest skills in any organization. They're 'soft' only because we've underinvested in teaching them. Rename them: structural skills. Watch the budget appear.
Family Firms' “Surname Ceiling” Blocks Top Executive Talent
If you’re an ambitious executive, would you join a family business or family office knowing there’s a "surname ceiling" above you from day one? At the weekend, the FT explored the reality that many family-controlled firms still struggle to attract top...
Base Maintenance Malaysia Boosts Local Hiring for Global MRO Surge
Base Maintenance Malaysia Sdn Bhd is ramping up hiring of local talent as Malaysia's deep pool of technical experts and expanding aerospace ecosystem position the country to capture a large share of global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand. https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/05/1436787/bmm-builds-talent-pipeline-support-malaysias-push-global-mro
Tesla Hires Locally to Boost Giga Berlin Community Collaboration
Tesla is hiring in Giga Berlin to ramp up working together with the community around it https://t.co/NVYdQfRBWW
AI Transforms Low Performers Into Top Producers with Culture
With AI your least productive employees become 2024’s most productive ones, provided you have a great culture
Think Systemically, Not Locally, to Reach CSCO
Can a Warehouse Manager become a Chief Supply Chain Officer? I have been asked this question more times than any other in my career. Here is the honest answer: Yes. But only if you stop thinking like a warehouse manager. The CSCO thinks in...
AI's Workforce Revolution Demands Compassionate Leadership
AI will transform the workforce. But some companies are already showing how badly that transition can be handled. The future of AI will not only be defined by technology. It will also be defined by leadership and humanity. https://t.co/b9qFQX0Rf4 @andrewrchow @time
AI Threatens Female Clerical Jobs, Widening Gender Gap
JUST IN: AI is impacting women the most, as female-dominated clerical roles are the most vulnerable to automation and least equipped to adapt.
AI Labs May Need Employer‑of‑Record for Robots
Employer of Record for Robots? Why #AI Labs Might Become the New Payroll Problem @TalInCollective https://t.co/hwLbzJFAQI #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Multiplayer Design Talent Scarce Despite High Pay
@nikitabier is, as usual, correct IMO. We’re having a hard time @nfx finding people who think and design in multiplayer. It seems the combination of skills with both math and language, EQ and IQ, and mental flexibility don’t exist in...
DGA Negotiations Target Jobs, AI, and Healthcare
DGA Set to Begin Negotiations on Jobs, AI and — What Else? — Healthcare https://t.co/ZIyDylnEpZ via @variety
Regularly Reassess Team Fit; Past Success Doesn't Guarantee Future Fit
Firing people is never fun, but you have to constantly reevaluate whether all of your team members are the best fit for not only your company but the role that they are in at this point in time. Often, people...
Hire Now: Stop Drowning, Start Delegating
The paradox of hiring is that you are drowning in work and need to hire, but you have no time to spend on hiring in order to alleviate some of that work. This is where I see too many entrepreneurs delay...
Biologists Demand $400K+ Salaries for Custom LLM Work
Anyone asking biologists to spend time training their custom LLMs need to pay them at least $400K+/yr and significant stake in company. No way in hell is your billion dollar pharma startup gonna short change the engines of your success. Extremely...