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Safe For Work (SFW)

Perspectives about building great startups that leverage the full power and potential of its people.

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026. From a setback to a comeback: Tips for job searching in a terrible job market

A few weeks ago, I was invited to be a speaker for a networking event hosted by Tech Ladies. The host, Caro Griffin, gave me a heads up that a lot of folks in attendance are actively job searching – and indeed, when we kicked off the fireside chat, we asked who in the room was looking for a job, and just about every hand went up.

025. A collection of unhinged tweets (From The Vault) (Shade-Throwing Edition)

As I’ve previously written, I’m in the process of divesting from Twitter, given its increasingly uncertain future.

024. @jenistyping’s Rules for Startup Scaling, Part 2: Recruiting Edition

Pithy Principles from your People Princi-pal

023. Startup equity: The obvious, yet often-bungled way to motivate employees

If you work at a startup, you don't want to miss this post.

022. The People Leader vs. Business Leader Debate

You'll won't see the various clickbaity Linkedin posts on this topic the same way again...

021. [Founder Psychology Lesson] How to evolve from cowboy to leader

Founders might feel attacked by this one

020. How big company recruiters can kill your startup, and how to spot the ones that will send it to the moon

OK, I have a very non-HR approved opening for today’s post: A while back I stumbled upon a tweet that said, “S*x with love and s*x without love are two totally different things.”

020. Startup Hiring Lessons (@jenistyping's Version) (From the Twitter Vault)

[TL;DR - Below is a curated selection of my favorite past tweets about startup hiring, captured for posterity.

019. The Career Casino – The Good/Bad/Ugly of startups

This one's going to get some hate comments.

018. The definitive debate: Should you use your gut in hiring?

Should you trust your gut to make hiring decisions? Think about your answer, then read on for mine: