🎄Pausing on Christmas Eve, The Essential HR Resource Kit, Fake CV Risks - Dec 24, 2025

Happy Holidays, HR Pros! 🎄

As inboxes quiet down and OOO replies multiply, this is your reminder to pause, unplug, and catch your breath.

You’ve spent the year supporting everyone else—now it’s time to log off with confidence, recharge fully, and enjoy the moments that matter with family and friends.

The work will be there when you’re back; for now, give yourself permission to truly switch off and end the year restored, not just relieved.

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🛡️ Fake CVs, Real Risk — HR Grapevine

• What’s unfolding: Amazon warns HR teams about North Korean operatives using fake identities to infiltrate remote tech roles through sophisticated hiring fraud.

• Why it matters: HR must strengthen identity checks and partner with security teams, as hiring imposters poses serious legal, financial, and data-security risks.

• What’s unfolding: Google plans to ramp up green card sponsorships for H-1B workers in 2026, with eligibility tied to role level, performance, and relocation.

• Why it matters: HR should map eligible talent now, align mobility policies, and prepare immigration timelines ahead of early-2026 filings.

• What’s unfolding: Major tech firms are warning some foreign employees to avoid international travel due to visa delays that could strand them abroad.

• Why it matters: HR must proactively communicate travel risks, adjust policies, and coordinate with immigration counsel to prevent workforce disruption.

BREAKROOM

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