Join a global HR community

Humaneer is where the HR community goes when they want to think out loud, get unstuck, and grow, without the noise. It's free to join, and if you're ready to go deeper, Humaneer+ gives you access to workshops, weekly resources and office hours. Check out their HR AI assistant Mak.

I got involved with Humaneer because it's the kind of community I've always wanted to exist in this industry. No posturing. No vendor noise. Just HR and talent people being genuinely helpful to each other, asking the hard questions, sharing what actually works, and building something better together.

MAK is an AI-powered productivity platform built by HR, for HR, designed to reduce admin and unlock strategic impact, combining intelligent automation with credible information sources.

The community is a safe space for HR professionals to ask questions, connect, and feel free to be themselves, built on the principle of giving more than you take.

Pledge to respond to every candidate

One of the worst things we do in this industry is ask people to put their hopes on the line, craft an application, clear time for interviews, imagine a new future, and then say nothing.

The Circle Back Initiative exists to end that. It's a simple pledge with a real impact, and if you hire people, this is the easiest values statement you'll ever make.

Champions of the initiative commit to: acknowledging every application received, sending an outcome to every unsuccessful applicant and providing feedback to anyone who reaches interview stage.

The Circle Back Initiative was launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and is dedicated to enhancing the mental wellbeing of job candidates by ensuring they receive a response to job applications and are not ghosted throughout the recruitment process. It's a collection of employers and recruitment agencies who commit to responding to every applicant. 



Simple. Overdue.

This site is built on Shazamme 

And I want to be upfront about that relationship. Shazamme provided the platform for the Talent Table website at no cost, because they believe in what we're doing in the HR and talent community. That kind of generosity earns genuine endorsement, not just a logo placement. But here's the thing: even if I'd paid full price, I'd be talking about them. Because Shazamme gets something that most career site platforms don't, that a career site is a candidate's first experience of your organisation, and that experience needs to work for everyone.

One of the things that matters most to me about this site is the disability access button you'll find on every page. It lets visitors adjust text size, contrast, spacing, and more,  making the site usable for people with visual impairments, dyslexia, cognitive differences, and other accessibility needs. This isn't a nice-to-have. It's a basic standard of respect for the people trying to access your content.

My strong view, and one I'll keep saying loudly, is that every career site should have this. If you're asking people to apply for jobs through your website, that website needs to be accessible to all of them. Full stop.

Shazamme builds this in. Most platforms don't even think about it.