Essays on how hiring actually works, and where the job market is going.
Hiring managers post open roles on LinkedIn and leave out the recruiter running the search. Why naming your recruiter leads to better hires, and how to do it in 30 seconds.
Read More →Applicants per open role have doubled since 2022, yet two thirds of recruiters say qualified talent is harder to find. What happens when AI sits on both sides of the process.
Read More →Many years of watching the employment market, and the old deal looks different. Why AI, cheap infrastructure and a decade of layoffs are pushing experienced people toward working for themselves.
Read More →A recruiter can know the most a company will pay and the least a candidate will accept. That is real power, and the industry has never been clear about how it should be used.
Read More →You agree the percentage once, so it feels fixed. It isn't. Where the arithmetic actually lands, why the incentives differ, and the four cases where paying per hire is still right.
Read More →Why the best candidates are usually the ones not looking, and what access, precision, and confidentiality are actually worth when you're building a team.
Read More →Whether you're hiring, exploring, or just curious about how we work.
