The Culture Fit Trap: Why You’re Solving the Wrong Hiring Problem By Jason P. Carroll _____________________________________________ When I was scaling my previous company, every time a hire didn’t work out, the explanation we gave ourselves was the same. Bad culture fit. It became the default diagnosis for everything from low performance to poor communication to someone just not clicking with the team. And it sounded right, like we’d figured out

We’re Not Hiring Employees. We’re Casting Performers Authored by: Abhishek Shah Last year, I hired someone who interviewed brilliantly. Thoughtful answers, sharp questions, a polished presence that made the entire panel confident. Six months later, they were gone, not because they had misrepresented themselves, but because the skills that made them great at interviewing had almost no relationship to what the role actually required. That experience forced me to confront

What Most Resumes Get Wrong About Showing Impact (And What Hiring Managers Wish They’d Do Instead) Authored by: Neha Jain Most resumes describe activity. Very few describe impact. That gap is the single biggest reason qualified candidates get passed over, and it shows up across almost every resume we see at WriteCV. The pattern looks like this. A candidate writes “Responsible for managing the company’s social media accounts.” It’s accurate.

The Job Situationship Is Here — and HR Can No Longer Ignore It Authored by: Oryna Shestakova A trend HR professionals have been observing anecdotally is surging: the majority of Gen Z employees are not disengaged, but they are not committed either. Researchers are calling it the “job situationship” — and the implications for retention strategy, workforce planning, and AI governance are significant. The Core Finding Fresh research surveying Gen

Trust Is the Culture. HR Is How It Holds. Authored by: Gearl Loden Most organizations talk about culture as if it were something you could install. New values on the wall. A survey, a workshop, a hashtag. Then they wonder why none of it changes how people actually behave on a Tuesday afternoon when something goes wrong. Here is what I have seen across three decades of leading: culture is

What Product Managers Can Learn from the Structure of the IRS Fresh Start Program Authored by: Eric Pemper Here’s a confession: I never expected a government tax program to hand me the most useful product design lesson of my year. Yet there I was, helping a friend navigate his tax situation, when the structure of the IRS Fresh Start Program stopped me cold. Not because of the tax mechanics but

Stop Trying to Fix the Candidate. Fix the Hiring Process. Authored by: Stephanie Lemek When a hiring pipeline isn’t producing diverse, qualified hires, our reflex is almost always to work on the people. We coach candidates to interview better. We run resume workshops. We tell underrepresented applicants to network more, advocate harder, project more confidence. The unspoken assumption is that the candidates are the variable that needs adjusting. They usually

Why People, Not Technology, May Be the Biggest Energy Transition Challenge Authored by: Matthew Curnow The global energy transition is often discussed through the lens of technology, infrastructure and investment. Solar panels are cheaper than they once were. Battery storage is improving. Governments are setting stronger renewable energy targets. Global clean energy investment is now measured in the trillions. Yet one of the biggest constraints facing the industry is not

Your AI Policy Is Sending a Message You Didn’t Intend Authored By Marc Shorb When leaders sit down to write an AI policy, the goal is usually practical. Set some guardrails, reduce risk, and keep people from doing something that lands the company in trouble. The output is a document about what’s allowed and what isn’t. But employees don’t just read the rules. They read into them. Every policy carries

Building a Better Return-to-Work Program: How HR Can Impact Workers’ Compensation Claims Costs Authored By: Adam Price For midmarket and large employers, the rising cost of workers’ compensation claims is putting pressure on the bottom line. Year over year, the cost of claims is impacted by rising inflation, medical care costs, and employee wage increases. According to the Workers Compensation Research Institute, the total costs per claim across 18 states