Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 17: Culture Mirage
Transparent, evidence-based vetting means everyone expects reality, not shallow branding.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 16: Sourcing That Doesn’t Suck
Screwing up sourcing doesn't just waste money—it poisons your brand, demoralizes your team, and ensures top candidates run the other way, IF you even reach them (which you won’t be able to validate).
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 15: Candidate Qualification & Assessment
Ever wonder why your “shortlist” looks more like the clearance rack after Black Friday? Here’s the harsh truth: The way candidate qualification is handled in most orgs would make an airport baggage screener wince.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 14: Your Interview Process Is a Hostage Situation
Most companies treat interviews like endurance tests instead of evaluations. Panels stacked with unprepared interviewers, redundant questions, and multiple scheduling reschedules. By the time you offer, your top candidate’s already been hired by someone who acted like a grown-up.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 13: Reference Checks that Actually Matter
Reference checks: step behind the curtain, and it’s part Matrix, part Inception—reality bends, layers unfold, and the real story always hides deeper than the surface.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 12: Legacy Recruiting Models
Legacy recruiting isn’t just broken—it’s a cosmic joke.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 11: “Broken” Interview Panels
If your interview process requires a Ouija board to figure out who’s on the panel and what they’re even assessing, congrats—you’ve built an unholy recruiting mess that only a horror director could love. Most companies treat interview teams like a surprise party no one wanted to be invited to.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 10: Modern & Effective Feedback
If your hiring ‘feedback’ process was any more broken, it would come with a recall notice. Most companies couldn’t give actionable feedback if you stapled it to their forehead—so candidates end up with useless corporate word salad or, worse, dead silence.
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Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 9: Talent Pool Development & Nurture Strategy
Ever notice how most recruiters treat talent pools like a takeout menu—ignore it for months, then panic-order a “hot candidate” when something’s on fire? Newsflash: That stud you found months ago? He’s already working for someone who remembers his name.
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