Breaking Down Silos to Build a Better New Hire Experience

Something that “works” is quite different than something that “works well.” 2025 HR Game Changer Becca Baier, Director of People Development at Paramount Global, understood the distinction. After mapping her organization’s end-to-end new hire experience, she uncovered what so many HR professionals suspect but rarely confront: onboarding isn’t a straight line — it’s a web of implied handoffs, siloed functions, and institutional knowledge living in people’s heads. Her solution was to gather representatives from 12 functional teams into one room, every week, for six months. What happened next transformed not only the onboarding process, but the culture around it. Here’s how she did it, and steps you can follow to undertake a similar challenge.

C2HR Compensation Surveys Reveal Industry Pay Trends

Is your compensation strategy keeping pace — or falling behind? C2HR recently released findings from our Annual Compensation Surveys, and the results reveal a tale of two industries. Content developers saw steady pay growth fueled by bonuses and rising demand for specialized roles, while connectivity providers experienced modest base salary gains with equity doing the heavy lifting. With mergers, restructurings and economic uncertainties continuing to shake up the labor market, understanding exactly where pay is climbing — and where it’s stalling — has never been more critical for your talent planning. Read the full findings to benchmark your organization against 45 industry participants representing nearly 140,000 employees across media, tech and entertainment.

Hot Jobs Gone Cold: Pay Data Reveals Volatility

For the first time in recent memory, C2HR’s 2025 Compensation Surveys found zero “hot jobs” among connectivity providers — but don’t mistake stillness for stability. On the content developer side, preditors and media relations pros are commanding serious premiums, while digital competitors are paying data scientists 235% more in total comp than traditional media. M&A turbulence is rewriting salary norms overnight, and the gap between what stayers and new hires earn has never been wider. The numbers are in, and your 2026 pay strategy can’t afford to ignore them.

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