For recruiters, 2023 may not be over

Don’t assume hiring has turned the page. Recruiters may have turned the page on 2023, but that doesn’t mean things are going to get “better.”  By better, I mean easier. Internal recruiters are the only skill area in the typical company set up that need...

Let’s get this year started ON TIME

New year new me. New Year’s Resolutions are like performance reviews: if everyone fixed bad habits as they happened, they’d be totally unnecessary. But we’re humans. We don’t. Even after the once a year reminder. (It’s funny because it’s true.) I do have a resolution...

How hard did VC funding fall off in 2023?

I used effect and affect in the same blog. Ask me anything. How hard did VC funding fall off in 2023? And how did that affect recruiting? Some stats: 👉In dollars: VC investment down by 45.6% Q1 to Q3 2023 vs 2022 (here) 👉In deal volume: VC deals down 31% Q3 2023...

2 Hard Truths To Ruin Your Holiday Season

The kids call it rizz Two hard interviewing truths to ruin your holiday season: 👉You don’t have to agree with interview feedback. But if you have a mental meltdown over it, you weren’t right for the job anyway. Everyone likes to say they want feedback. But we’ve all...

Influencers just say stuff.

How “How Money Works” butchered the Ghost Jobs explanation. Influencers just say stuff. Shocker. Back in the day, if you wanted to learn a new topic, options were limited. Take a class. Read a book. Ask a friend. Now? It’s all on YouTube. You can learn a...

“You need to smile more”

On Fridays I’ll share stories from my mailbag. DM’s open lol. “I have feedback for you. On Zoom calls you look like you don’t want to be here. You need to smile more.” That was given to a contact of mine. An internal recruiter. From her manager, the...