Quirky job titles may be killing your recruiting pipeline. As hiring tightens, a rising trend of “vanity” descriptions of applicants’ work experiences is making hiring
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In recent weeks, several tech companies took the unusual step of speaking very clearly and publicly about internal performance expectations. Intel laid out a plan for
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It’s 2025, and many companies are still hiring on vibes—gut instincts and subjective impressions of job applicants—rather than objective skills assessments. Of all the ways
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When Intel CEO Li-Bu Tan admitted the company erred in rewarding managers for building bloated teams, he sent out a wake-up call not just for Intel, but
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This Class Is Different—Because You’re Different. This isn’t “Job Search 101.” This is real strategy for seasoned HR and Talent professionals who are sick
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One of the things I love about Improv is ridiculous physical comedy. Big hand gestures, ridiculous yoga poses, and eye rolling are designed to be
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Pope Francis passed away this morning in Rome at 7:35, marking the end of a papacy that influenced far more than just the Catholic Church.
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James, a deli worker at Meijer, the midwestern supermarket chain, stole a fruit cup and some chicken. Over a few months, that added up to
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“I’ve never cared what my barista is wearing when she hands me my drink and my breakfast.” “This will make a big difference. A touch of professionalism goes a
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One of the nice things about being an adult is we generally don’t need to ask anyone’s permission to go to the bathroom. It’s a
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If you work in compensation planning, you may think, how much damage can one spreadsheet do? In 2012, JP Morgan Chase lost $6 billion–that’s billion with a
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A small electrical contractor that had never had an HR department before hired me as their first HR manager. He says he sincerely appreciates his
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When it’s time to trim payroll, a $25,000 payout can feel like a generous, clean exit. That’s one of the things Kristi Noem, head of the
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) broke the record for the longest filibuster on the Senate Floor. His goal, according to political analyst Ed Kilgore, was to
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When companies run into trouble, the C-suite often defaults to secrecy, sharing updates on a need-to-know basis. But when that happens, people make stuff up
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Every once in a while, we hold what we call “Pop Up” improv shows. These are 45-minute free shows in the basement of a local
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