I made a 2025 resolution to write more about market trends. The obvious first one was to write a 2024 recap and make a few predictions about 2025. The problem is that if you wait too long, no one will care. It is the last day of January. We are 2+ weeks past...
idk if “unpopular opinion” is still a thing but here we go… Unpopular opinion: crazy wide ranges in job posting salary ranges are not just because companies want to withhold information and drive job seekers crazy. (Sure, it’s a reason, but...
Have you even asked yourself that before? Is your hiring process exciting for candidates? It’s not a trick question. If it’s hard to answer, it’s probably because you either: Haven’t thought about it before. (Which is most people.) Are laughing at the idea that...
Maybe it always is? Compensation is a trainwreck right now. Let’s review the last few years: 👉Post-financial crisis until 2020. A decade of good times where people got accustomed to salaries inching higher every year. Companies just baked it into the cost of doing...
Meet the new year. Same as the old year. No matter who I talk to. What industry they work in. Everyone hates meetings. There’s a reason why “this meeting could have been an email” became such a popular meme. (I miss the days when it was played out. Man, I laughed...
Say what? Finding candidates is the easiest part of hiring. You’re either dumbfounded by me making that statement or you’re nodding your head saying “thanks Captain Obvious.” The biggest challenge to companies with not-yet-fully-baked hiring processes is the idea that...
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