Hi Reader, Connecting people is something I’ve always admired in others and always wanted to learn myself. I’m getting better at it by watching the experts. Timur Novopashin is one of them. He built International HR Club while working in-house as a talent acquisition leader. Today it’s a free, curated community of 1,800+ HR and talent professionals on Slack and Telegram, with verified membership and zero tolerance for toxicity. We’re all busy, and when the week fills up, community is the...

Hi Reader, Daria’s here. Most of us still see a full-time job as the safe choice. You get a steady salary, a clear title and a plan for the next promotion. But tech companies cut more than 150,000 jobs in 2024. In Gallup’s Q4 2025 survey, only 28% of U.S. workers said it was a good time to find a quality job. In mid-2022, that number was 70%. When you work for one company, you have one client. If a business leader told you their company depended on a single client, you’d say it’s crazy. But...

Hi Reader, You make your first People hire at 40 people. You give them a VP title, because you want a strong candidate to say yes. Eighteen months later you’re at 200 people, opening a second market, and you need a CHRO. Now you have to tell a loyal, hard-working person that the top job is going to someone else. That conversation usually starts at the moment of the first hire, long before anyone thinks about the CHRO. Hire for the Stage In the latest Built by People Leaders episode, I talk...