Right now, I’m working with my improv students on a game called “Changes.” This is where you do a scene, and the director shouts “change,” and you have to change your last line. Here’s an example: I wish my students were so good. I wish I were so
Do you have your HR plan for 2025? Do you know what you need to focus on? Do you have all the skills you’ll need for the upcoming year? My guess is no. Often, HR professionals put everyone else in the company’s career above their own. We work
The ATS isn’t the one rejecting your application — it’s the recruiter. This is a common point recruiters make, particularly when responding to claims from resume-writing companies that promise candidates they can “beat” the ATS using specific templates or professional reviews. Jay Miller, CEO at Uplink, a recruiting
Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested today, October 22, on sex trafficking charges. Jeffries ran Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014. While Jeffries is no longer CEO, the claims of bad behavior cover his time at the company’s helm. Last year, the BBC investigated Jeffries and found “an organized network used a middleman to recruit young adult
Employees come and go. No matter how fantastic you are as an employer and what a great culture you have, people will eventually quit. And sometimes you’ll need to fire people, or maybe you’ll hit some bumpy financials and have to lay off employees. Regardless, people will leave
In a recent memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg, Home Depot announced that all employees–including executives–will have to work a full eight-hour shift in a store once per quarter. This is brilliant, and how all businesses should operate when the core functions of the business differ substantially from the corporate office.
Boo! It’s spooky season, when ghosts abound–but some ghosts may soon be unwelcome. New Jersey is sick and tired of companies ghosting candidates and has introduced a bill to ban the practice. (Tinder users, you’re on your own here.) Headhunter Nick Corcodilas’ newsletter brought this new ghost-busting bill to my attention. He wrote:
Last Saturday, I took an improv workshop with Djibril Traoré. He said the above: “Don’t be prepared; be available,” and attributed it to Keith Johnston. Now, this specifically relates to the “yes, and” concept of improv. You cannot plan everything out because you don’t know what will come
Here’s some radical honesty for you: I had no idea who Simu Liu was when I saw his recent post on Threads about his approach to using radical honesty on LinkedIn. It turns out he’s an actor who is known for his work in Barbie, Marvel’s Shang-Chi, and Kim’s Convenience. I’ve seen Barbie and a couple episodes of Kim’s
I like being in my 50s I’m finally old enough that no one has asked me if I’m pregnant in a long time. When they did (and I wasn’t!) I would cheerily respond, “Nope, just fat!” I’m still fat and past my baby years (my “baby” is now