Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 12: Legacy Recruiting Models
Legacy recruiting isn’t just broken—it’s a cosmic joke.
Continue ReadingLegacy recruiting isn’t just broken—it’s a cosmic joke.
Continue ReadingIf 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.
Continue ReadingIf 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.
Continue ReadingEver 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.
Continue ReadingMost recruiters think organizing one search means slapping candidate resumes into a folder and hoping for the best. But when you actually need to find that “needle in a haystack” candidate six months later, that folder might as well be a shredder. Data integrity? Good luck. And if your tech stack doesn’t play nice, your pipeline turns into a leaky bucket—just in time for hiring crunch o’clock.
Continue ReadingMost candidates abandon searches because of one thing recruiters consistently botch: keeping them informed. Your "quick hire" just became a 6-month nightmare because nobody returned a call.
Continue ReadingEver have great candidates melt away midway through a search—vanishing faster than free Wi-Fi at a tech conference? That’s not a pipeline, that’s a ghost story.
Continue ReadingIs your screening process passing over the perfect fit, or is it set up to unveil the best in the market? Believe it or not, The hardest part isn’t finding talent—it’s ensuring every viable candidate truly makes it to your desk.
Continue ReadingThe fastest way to slow down a search? Let your recruiter deliver half-vetted candidates just to “get something on the board.”
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