Ageism rant incoming Overqualified is a garbage term and we should stop using it. It could mean a lot of different things. e.g. We think you’d be unhappy in the role. You’re too expensive. There’s little growth. etc. All of which you could address head...
Words have meaning. At least they should. Ever stop to think how “Talent Acquisition” is an absolutely absurd term? “I acquire talent for a living” said no one ever. “I recruit software developers for my company” is how people *actually* talk. Apparently “Recruiter”...
More to this than you’d think. We got into an argument. A couple weeks ago, in one of our brainstorming sessions, the team couldn’t agree on one topic: ????Is it ok to pull an offer if a job seeker doesn’t accept immediately? (By ‘immediately’ we’ll say 24-36...
Some light economics if you need a nap Did you know that 2022 is on track for the lowest number of layoffs in a year, ever? Since we started keeping track, anyway. (Source.) Yet Big Tech’s layoffs meltdown accelerated. 59,710 in November. The most this year....
Neither Market 2: Electric Boogaloo This wasn’t on my 2022 recruiting bingo card: ????Individual contributor job seekers asking for severance package details in their offers. 3 times in the last couple weeks. No, it’s not a sweeping trend. But it’s a lot more than the...
FOMO exists. Even in hiring. The obsession with finding the ‘perfect fit’ goes beyond checking all the boxes. (Even when some of those boxes are unnecessary nonsense.) We see a candidate’s value rise all the time just because they have another offer....
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