Why Most Hiring Processes Fail Before the Panel Ever Meets the Candidate

Field Note: Detroit. 2025. Panel ready. Job description posted. Applications coming in. The blueprint says: screen candidates, advance the strongest ones. The reality: nobody documented what the role actually requires, what the logistics are, or what values alignment even looks like before the first call. The panel inherits whatever the screener remembered. That is not a process. That is a gamble.

Here is what I built instead.

HiringRhonna-RoseMarch 16, 2026Comment

Why I Stopped Writing PIPs

Field Note: Detroit. 2025. Staff member. Documented performance concerns. Supervisor ready to escalate. The blueprint says: issue a PIP. The reality: this person has never worked somewhere that didn't eventually discard them. A PIP isn't a performance tool in this room. It's a threat. I didn't write the PIP. Here's what I built instead.

Performance ManagementRhonna-RoseMarch 15, 2026Comment