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Vicky Valet

Vicky Valet is the editor of HR Brew, a Morning Brew publication dedicated to helping people in the people profession do their jobs better. Prior to joining Morning Brew, she was the deputy editor of communities and leadership at Forbes, where she oversaw coverage of careers, executives, and entrepreneurs.

Eleni DuBois and Kristen Parisi
HR Strategy

What’s the point of HR conferences?

“I want to go someplace and walk away and be like, ‘Oh, you know what? Today was work. But it was a lot of fun.’”

A portrait of Jaime Petkanics, chief people officer at vitamin-maker Gruns
Recruitment & Retention

How to encourage employee feedback in exit interviews

“No one is going to be honest with you in an exit interview if they know you’re going to take the full script and verbatim go repeat it back to their manager, their teammates, the leadership team.”

Q&A with portraits of Kaila Lopez and Kyle Hagge, hosts of the 'Per my last email' podcast
HR Strategy

The dos and don’ts of office romance

“The company’s at risk, your career is at risk, and their career is at risk if something goes wrong.”

Maceo Owens
DEI

How to ensure ERGs are seen as essential to your organization

“Things just become so much easier once you kick off with clear purpose.”

A portrait of Garima Shah, co-founder and president of B2B SaaS platform Biller Genie
HR Strategy

How to set goals for, and with, employees

“Allowing people to have these micro wins…It just makes them more motivated to get to the next goal.”

A portrait of HR Brew reporter, Mikaela Cohen
HR Strategy

What HR needs to know about the Gen Z workforce

“If you’re meeting people where they’re at, then you’ll both be better in the end.”

A portrait of Josh Reeves, CEO for Gusto, a cloud-based payroll company
HR Strategy

Gusto CEO talks building a business, and HR department, from the ground up

“What does leadership mean? It means setting up an environment for other people to go do incredible work. I can’t change or separate the concept of leadership and a lot of people and HR topics.”

A portrait of Sam DeMase, a career expert at ZipRecruiter
HR Strategy

How HR can promote work-life balance

“HR sets the tone,” Sam DeMase, career expert at ZipRecruiter, says.

A portrait of Dani Herrera, a talent culture and DEI consultant
HR Strategy

How HR can prepare for the company holiday party

“It goes back to whatever policy you have in place and the culture that you’ve built,” a talent culture and DEI consultant tells HR Brew.

A portrait of Barbra Gago, founder and CEO of career progression platform Pando
HR Strategy

Performance review season is coming: Is your process missing these basics?

“The more that you can do of that stuff upfront, the faster the process will be, the more aligned everyone will be, and the less work you have to do at the end,” Pando’s founder and CEO says.