The Forever Layoff
Jackye Clayton and John Baldino dig into what they are calling the forever layoff: a shift away from one big publicized round of cuts toward continuous, quiet trickles of terminations. They walk through why companies structure layoffs in small batches to avoid triggering WARN Act notice requireme...
Priced Out of Prevention
Weight loss drugs like GLP-1s have exposed a deep divide in how employers think about preventative health care, and who gets to decide what counts as medically necessary versus elective. John Baldino and Jackye Clayton dig into the real cost of prevention, from insurance denials and weight bias t...
Why HR Needs a Seat at the Executive Table
HR has heard "you need a seat at the table" for decades, but the real problem isn't the seat, it's proving strategic impact instead of just tactical execution. John Baldino and Jackye Clayton unpack what actually earns HR influence, why so many practitioners struggle to advocate for themselves, a...
Building a Culture of Gratitude (Even When It's Tough)
Gratitude sounds easy until life actually gets hard, and this episode leans into exactly that tension. Jackye Clayton and John Baldino talk through practicing thankfulness during a genuinely difficult year, redefining career identity without shame, and why leaning on the benefits already sitting ...
Hiring While You're Firing
This episode unpacks why so many organizations are laying off and hiring at the same time, and what that mismatch signals about how work gets defined, evaluated, and communicated inside companies. John Baldino and Jackye Clayton connect the dots between vague job descriptions, subjective performa...
Nobody Wants Your Corner Office
This episode explores why so many capable employees are turning down promotions into management and what organizations can do to make leadership worth wanting again. John Baldino and Jackye Clayton discuss changing definitions of success, the burnout and vagueness that surround leadership roles, ...
LIVE from RecFest USA 2026
Live from the RecFest USA 2026 show floor in Nashville, Jackye Clayton and John Baldino cover the rise of candidate fraud, the limits of AI interviewing, and why relationships still drive talent acquisition, all while touring the loudest vendor booths on site.
Key Takeaways:
Candidate fraud is a...
Human Interaction Requires Communication
John Baldino and Jackye Clayton dig into why so many workplace communication habits are quietly costing companies billions. Poor communication now drains more than two trillion dollars a year from US businesses, and knowledge workers say it spikes their stress and drags down how they feel about t...
Nobody Trusts the Robot Recruiter
Jackye Clayton and John Baldino dig into why candidates are losing faith in AI driven hiring. From applicant tracking systems that reject resumes on a literal keyword match to AI interviewers that mishandle a candidate's name, they walk through where automation in recruiting is helping and where ...
Jumping on the Skills Bandwagon with John Baldino of Humareso
John Baldino, President of Humareso, talks with Mark Feffer on this episode of PEOPLETECH about building stronger HR software, and how the skills trend seems to be all talk and no action.
One way HR tech platforms are failing is by having a weak dashboard. This part of the application should pro...
