First Hire, Company-Matched IRA: Feeling Grown‑Up
Just signed up my first full time employee and set up their IRA benefits with a company match. I feel like such a big girl 🥹
Redundant Resume Requests Lead to Instant Automated Rejections
“Ask them to upload their resume. Now make them type all the same information again. Now auto-reject them from a noreply email in under two minutes.” https://t.co/Z7By997HKD
AA Flight Attendants Revive Strike Pins, Still Vague
American Airlines Flight Attendants Union Brings Back Strike-Threat Pins — But Still Will Not Say What It Wants - View from the Wing https://t.co/j8JThVqVOa
On-Demand Tools Transform Engaging Professional Development
📚 In this episode, we talk about making professional development more engaging and easier to access. 🧩 Naomi Church shares strategies for using on demand tools to support ongoing learning. 🤝 I’m excited to partner with @jotform to share this bonus episode....
Early‑Morning Hustle Hurts Doctors: Embrace Natural Energy Peaks
The 4:00 a.m. executive wake up call is a productivity myth, and it is actively driving physician burnout. As healthcare leaders and professionals, we often feel pressured to be online before dawn just to keep up with the inbox. But what...
When Connections Trump Qualifications in Hiring
Story time: At my last company we got a new CHRO within his first month. He hired all his friends for 4 high paying critical positions. Im in HR Tech, so word got around, I found out they did...
Cheapest Payroll Pick Became Our Costliest Mistake
Choosing TriNet over JustWorks for price reasons was the most expensive decision we've ever made
HR Must Have a Plan for International Assignments
Sending employees abroad? This week proved why HR needs a plan @HR_Exec https://t.co/pkmsbX5P2S #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
AI Boosts Workload, Not Reduces It
WSJ: "One of the great hopes for AI—at least, among workers—is that it will ease workloads, freeing people up for more high-level, creative pursuits. So far, the opposite is happening, new data show...AI is increasing the speed, density and complexity...
AI-Driven Layoffs: CEOs Cutting 20‑40% Staff Now
I get at least one text a week from a CEO planning to cut staff. Not small companies. $20M, $200M, $400M businesses. Block just cut 40% of its workforce — 4,000 people. Gone. Harry Stebbings from 20VC is saying the same thing: at...
Sick‑day Paperwork Reveals Employer Distrust Built by Hustle Culture
Somewhere right now, an employee is sitting in an urgent care waiting room - not because they need urgent care, but because their company needs a piece of paper. That paper, costing them a co-pay and half the morning, will confirm...
Coaching Expectation Misfires: Managers Lack Time, Incentive
It was about 10-15 years ago I started hearing about managers needing to be coaches/mentors in tech. Outliers aside, this was a terrible expectation to set up. Managers rarely have the skillset/time for this and even if they do, there are too...
AI Determines Who Advances or Gets Replaced
AI is reshaping which leaders get hired, promoted, or replaced. Are you telling a powerful AI impact story about your work? #AI #Career https://t.co/mIefOcbMM8
Too Many Screens Scare Away Genuine Candidates
Validating whether or not a candidate is real by subjecting them to a battery of assessments and screening layers seems like a great way to lose real candidates.
Synthetic Recruiters Will Set Recruiting Back Decades
Apparently the best response to “synthetic candidates” is synthetic recruiters. This whole fiction is going to set back the profession by decades.
REI Plans Pay Cuts, Benefit Reductions, Faces Union Legal Challenge
Scoop: REI has told staff it plans to cut pay for future hires and reduce benefits for current staff. REI has also told its union, UFCW, that it plans to unilaterally impose terms from its final offer at recently-unionized stores. Union...
Future Work: Humans and AI Collaborate, Redefining Roles
The future of work isn’t about humans vs AI. It’s about humans working alongside AI and rethinking every role in the process. https://t.co/cxcXEI9Jq6
Praise Publicly, Criticize Privately: Protect Your Managerial Seat
This is why you need to learn how to "manage up". I personally follow one rule: praise in public, criticize in private. If I have something good to say, I say it in front of the whole team. If I...
Standardized Playbooks, Not Unicorns, Drive Scalable Success
McDonald’s doesn’t need world-class chefs at every restaurant. That’s the whole point. My second job ever when I was 14 was working at McDonald’s. At 14, the best meal I could make on my own was a bowl of cereal or...
High Performance Means Building Conditions for Team Results
"High performance" is one of the most abused terms in business. It's vague enough to mean anything. Boards love it because it sounds strategic. Senior leaders love it because it gives them cover to fire people fast and call it...
Remote‑First Policies Win Talent, Undermine Office Return
"The return-to-the-office trend backfires" https://t.co/iB1cPOgbRm "Executives do not adopt remote-first for public relations purposes — they adopt it to win talent markets." https://t.co/vlt8l58rp7
Enterprises Bet Big on AI-Driven HR Solutions
#HRTech Watch: Companies Are Making a High-Stakes Bet on Enterprise #AI https://t.co/X6EnAJYGvQ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Cathay Rewards Staff with 11‑week Bonuses After $1.38B Profit
Cathay Group’s employees will receive over 11 weeks of bonuses & a salary increase this year after the group reported a full-year 2025 profit of US$1.38 billion (HK$10.8 billion) driven by higher capacity, load factors & strong cargo demand.
Lufthansa Pilots Schedule Two‑day Strike, Causing Major Disruptions
Lufthansa pilots are planning on going on a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday. Here's the reason for this strike, and what disruptions we can expect. https://t.co/QEncl5Rgyl
Positive Leadership Turns Trauma Survival Into Thriving
From Surviving to Thriving: Positive #Leadership in the Aftermath of Trauma @ABPsychologists https://t.co/Hf1Xgv5lfH #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
AI Forces Founders to Rethink Org Structures From First Principles
For a long time great advice for founders was “don’t try to innovate on basic organizational practices.” The roles you need, executive jobs, ratios, spend in each area, and operational methods are kind of known in major classes of company....
Seeking Leaders to Drive Our Vision Forward
We're looking to hire to build this vision - Head of Product - Head of Talent - Director of Sales - GM Among other roles... Link in first comment
Find Purpose-Driven Jobs at LA & SF Hiring Events
If you’re looking for a job & want to do good in the world I’m hosting events in LA & San Francisco in April with incredible employers/ recruiters who are hiring ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ LA (April 11) bit.ly/lapavilion26 SF (April 24th) bit.ly/sfpavilion26
Apoorva Joins Carnegie Endowment’s Team Asia
Terrific new addition to #TeamAsia at @CarnegieEndow and a great get for our @CarnegieSAsia program. Welcome, Apoorva.
Redesign Work, Not Just Add AI to Existing Jobs
Most companies are using AI to optimize the past. That’s the problem. ❌ They’re asking how to make people a little faster, meetings a little shorter, workflows a little cheaper. Useful? Of course. Transformational? Not even close. The 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 is not about adding...
Make Feedback Stickier: Calm, Direct, Timed, Expectation‑Aware
Criticism is sticky. When we get criticized, we often can't let it go. How to give better feedback 1. Turn down the alarm 2. Stop Feedback sandwiches 3. There’s a sensitive window. 4. Our expectations impact our interpretation.
Controversial Figures Rehired Despite Past Allegations
My latest, on hiring Jeff Shell, John Lasseter and Max Landis… also Bari Weiss and a pair of young producers who are running a new genre label. They have credits on Weapons, Woman of the Hour and Friendship even though...
Join Ground Floor Growth: 300+ Startup Roles for High‑Agency Talent
Today we're launching Ground Floor Growth, a talent collective for the most talented, high-agency people who want to get in on the ground floor of tomorrow's biggest companies. At @hustlefundvc, we look for founders who are curious, data-driven, and execute with...
Hiring for Impact: Aligning Culture Fit and Values
Reserve your spot at Friday's Coffee with Digital Trailblazer. Our topic this week: Determining "Culture Fit" - Hiring for Impact, Partnering on Values https://t.co/w6RE2OKuen #CitizensDevelopment https://t.co/9VeVhdW9CL
Elsevier Celebrates Award-Winning Inclusive Workplace Culture
At Elsevier, inclusion is embedded in the culture, the processes, and the products they create alongside their communities. This recognition reflects the experiences of the people who make Elsevier what it is, a workplace where everyone can feel valued, supported, and...
Women’s Perspectives Drive Creativity and Solutions in Tech
The tech and cybersecurity industry thrives on ideas. And the best ideas come from diverse voices. Amplifying women’s perspectives makes teams more creative and better at solving complex problems. Diversity is what allows tech to serve everyone. https://t.co/RgjeIvlGNS
Labor Shortage: Pipeline Issue or Workforce Design Flaw?
Is the labor shortage a pipeline problem or a workforce design issue? Tasha Jones, Espire Collective, answers on The Peggy Smedley Show. Tune in live at 12 pm CT at: https://t.co/ykUbRecWPm #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast...
Mass-Apply Fail: Smarter Targeted Job Search Wins
Why Applying to 1,000 Jobs Won't Work (And What Will) This podcast brought to you by: "Career Intelligence Weekly" - the newsletter that tracks the invisible job market for smarter career decisions. https://t.co/vTpz3eKWaJ In this episode: At a recent conference,...
Empower, Recognize, and Reward: Define Your Leadership Style
"I never give a score of 5." This is what one of my managers told me once as we started our annual review. Not exactly the motivation that I was expecting, and the more she tried to justify it, the...
HR Leaders Must Own AI Sprawl Talent Challenge
#AI sprawl is a #talent problem: Ownership must belong to HR leaders says EY @UNLEASHgroup https://t.co/vYutnlxyhM #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Transformation Succeeds When Employees Embrace the Vision
RT Driving transformation requires more than technology - it demands engaged employees who understand the vision and their role in achieving it. Hear strategies from digital leaders. #EmployeeEngagement #Leadership #Transformation @Star_CIO https://t.co/7PLi7KH9Ub
Scale by Orchestrating, Not by Doing Everything Yourself
One of my students made $74K last year and burned out. This year, he’ll clear that by the end of Q1. How? He‘s not working harder. He’s directing three projects right now where he’s not doing the work. He came to me a...
Southwest Restricts Jumpseat Rides to Specific Staff
Southwest Airlines has updated its policy regarding which type of employees can fly in jumpseats. There's an interesting backstory to this policy change. https://t.co/Z9VIBO9xn0
AI Spurs Hiring Surge: 55% CEOs Plan to Expand Workforce
KPMG just surveyed CEOs of large U.S. companies on their 2026 hiring plans. Here's what it says: • Only 9% plan to cut jobs because of AI. • 55% plan to INCREASE hiring because of AI. • 36% plan on no change in...
Neurovirse Bridges Hiring Gap for Neurodiverse Talent
Neurovirse is tackling a problematic gap in the recruitment space: making it easy to hire neurodiverse talent
AI Displaces High‑Earners, Not Low‑Wage Workers
The People Moat: Why "Toil" Is Dead I want to challenge something people keep getting wrong about AI and jobs. It's not coming for truck drivers and call centre reps. Well, it is—but that's not the shock. The shock is *who's actually at...
HSBC Ends Remote Work for Hong Kong Frontline Staff
HSBC says customer-facing staff in Hong Kong, including traders and salespeople, must either be with clients or in the office five days a week, ending the pandemic era of work from home for frontline personnel in the city https://t.co/OjqshLuaLs @DeniseWee1
Invest in Entry-Level Talent Now, Dominate Tomorrow's genAI Market
"Leaders who invest in entry-level talent today will control the genAI talent market tomorrow." > Those who don't will be overpaying for scarce experts who learned somewhere else. #AI #Hiring #CIO #CHRO https://t.co/W7YbwP6jrL
Failed Benefit Cuts Prompt New Policy Attempt
The first attempt to kill benefits didn’t work, so they are trying a new one
Companies Seek AI‑Native Graduates Who Solve Unseen Problems
@amasad's Advice to college grads & Gen-Z: Every company will want to hire an AI-NATIVE graduate who understands the problems that THEY DON'T.