How big is your pile? A client of ours recently had a leadership level finance & accounting search that got over 600 inbound applicants. Now, my first reaction when my colleague told me this was: “Let me guess, only a small handful fit? And the rest were yolo...
Why everything is so slow right now, explained. “Why is everything taking so long?” is the defining question of the current recruiting (and sales!) market. On their hiring front, there’s 3 different drivers of this: 1. The false impression that there’s a dozen other...
In this week’s insights, Emily and Ryan highlight a TikTok by @pm_alec, a content creator in product management who examines the impact of no-meeting days, siting a Sloan Institute study that reveals that implementing 1-3 no-meeting days per week can greatly reduce...
In episode 9 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*king Up Your Team), Suresh Khanna joins Tom Wilkinson to share his insights on effective hiring practices. As a seasoned technology executive, Suresh has hired hundreds of people and outlines the key traits...
I forget which words are made up, then I realize all words are made up. Compensation Creep™️: the phenomenon where the longer an interview process lasts, candidates will find more and more reasons to ask for higher comp. (I honestly didn’t know if “Compensation Creep”...
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