The hiring process is universally acknowledged as difficult, but it’s often viewed through a single lens—either the candidate’s frustration or the employer’s struggle. In reality, the entire ecosystem is riddled with systemic flaws, technological risks, and increasing regulatory burdens that create a terrible experience for every party involved. The Candidate Experience: The Black Hole &… Read more »
If remote work opened the door to global talent, then AI application bots and mass tech layoffs kicked it wide open. How do remote‑first teams find genuinely qualified people in all that noise?A tech lead at a Series B startup posts a remote software engineer role on a Monday. By Wednesday, the application count already… Read more »
Talk about a rollercoaster. For the talent acquisition community, 2020-2023 was a chaotic blur: layoffs, remote work, hire everyone, skill-based hiring, retention (x3!), over-hiring, and then fire everyone.And let’s not forget the endless AI saga: “It’s coming…nope, not yet…wait, it’s here…maybe? No, seriously, it’s here this time and replacing some of you…” It was the professional equivalent of… Read more »
Employers can’t find talent, and talent can’t find jobs. Welcome to the most confusing hiring landscape in recent memory.Imagine posting a job and receiving 300 applications within 24 hours. The recruiter is thrilled — until she opens them. Half don’t meet basic qualifications. A quarter clearly used AI to blast-apply without reading the job description…. Read more »
Recruiters get the blame for slow time-to-hire, but are your hiring managers unknowingly sabotaging your results?By their own admission, hiring managers make plenty of mistakes. As per a 2024 Resume Genius report, 70% of hiring managers admitted blatantly lying to candidates during the recruiting process. Nearly a third of bad hires happen because hiring managers look… Read more »
While everyone assumes Google and Apple have recruiting on easy mode, the reality is far more complex. Both big-name brands and lesser-known employers face hiring challenges that can make or break their growth plans.Brand recognition seems like the ultimate recruiting advantage. When candidates instantly recognize your company name, surely they’ll flock to your job postings,… Read more »
Companies need to hire fast and hire well, but managing a flood of applications in a tight hiring timeline is a constant challenge in the high-volume sector.The modern economy runs on high-volume hiring. Every package delivered to your door, every meal served at a restaurant, every call answered by customer service — they all represent… Read more »
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the recruitment process has brought unprecedented efficiency, allowing employers to sift through vast candidate pools, automate scheduling, and even conduct initial screenings with remarkable speed.However, this technological leap often comes at a cost: a sterile, impersonal candidate experience that leaves job seekers feeling like a data point rather… Read more »
With AI changing the value of human expertise, what new skills and competencies will recruiters need to stay relevant and add value?In 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development made the bold claim that, within 15 years, automation would drastically reshape one-third of all jobs and entirely wipe out another 14%. That prediction covered… Read more »
Despite dire predictions of an AI-driven bloodbath in white-collar employment, research suggests a more nuanced reality where humans and AI will collaborate rather than compete for jobs. Earlier this year, the chief executive of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs issued a dire warning: that AI could soon eradicate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs… Read more »