Strictly Internal | Issue #15

60+ new internal communications jobs at Best Buy, British Airways, JPMorganChase and more. Plus: Some reflections...

Welcome to Strictly Internal #15! 60+ new internal and change/transformation comms jobs today from the US, UK and Canada. Lots of great opportunities!

Plus: a few reflections on Strictly Internal and a preview of what’s next, research on remote/hybrid’s impact on internal comms, and perspectives on the “barrage” of AI-powered job applications.

Let’s roll…

New internal comms roles

Looking back…and a look ahead

This week marks three months since I launched Strictly Internal. I am so incredibly grateful to everyone who has subscribed, shared with friends, and sent in notes and feedback. Thank you! I’m excited to keep going and help comms professionals expand their impact and careers. Looking back, it’s been a busy three months…

  • 1,389 subscribers

  • 751 jobs shared

  • Geographic distribution: 🇺🇸 519 listings (69.1%) | 🇬🇧 178 listings (23.7%) |🇨🇦 25 listings (3.3%) [CAN is new-ish to SI...this will go up!]

  • Top 5 locations: London (88 listings) | New York (54 listings) | Chicago (34 listings) | Remote-US (33 listings) | San Francisco (22 listings)

  • Top 10 companies by number of listings:

    1. Amazon (11 listings)

    2. Microsoft (7 listings)

    3. JPMorgan Chase (6 listings)

    4. Apple (6 listings)

    5. Johnson & Johnson (6 listings)

    6. Wells Fargo (5 listings)

    7. Google (5 listings)

    8. McDonald's (5 listings)

    9. Salesforce (5 listings)

    10. GSK (4 listings)

Next Week I’ll share an addition to the “Strictly-verse” with subscribers. Stay tuned! 🙏 🎉🤔

New transformation & change comms roles

New insights

  • “Remote and hybrid practices have created a delicate balancing act between corporate culture and employee morale, which presents internal communicators with the opportunity to redefine the future of work and their role in it,” say the authors of this USC Annenberg/IABC study on remote/hybrid and the impact of internal comms. Check out the helpful thought starters. (from June, so maybe ICYMI)

  • “A ‘barrage’ of AI-powered applications had led to more than double the number of candidates per job,” says this report from the FT, which also notes that ~50% of job seekers use AI as part of their job search. This LinkedIn news roundup has some helpful tips and perspectives on how to navigate.

    • FWIW, I think this underscores the essentials on resumes/applications: a clear value prop, show your impact not your activities, do all the ATS formatting things, tailor it to the job…and use AI as an aid, not a tool to spam the world with your CV (which probably won’t work out in the short or long term 🙂).

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