Personality tests are a hustle

There is no bottom It’s been a minute since I ranted on personality tests. But today I was reminded there is no bottom. Personality tests are the new astrology. A plausible sounding pseudoscience that attempts to reduce the complexity of the human mind into easily...

Why AI Won’t “Fix” Hiring

Meet the new problem. Same as the old problem. AI isn’t going to “fix” the candidate experience. It’s just going to make it worse. Sounds gloomy. But it doesn’t have to be. I’m fascinated by the  “automation paradox.” David Mindell came up with it: “the...

Your old friends want to hear from you

No, reconnecting is not ‘weird’ I talk to a lot of people who lost their jobs. More than I can count, honestly. It’s a daily occurrence. The biggest mistake these suddenly-and-unexpectedly-a-job-seeker types made: not staying in touch with their networks....

The 111 Steps of the Hiring Process

More than you thought There are 111* steps in the hiring process. Which means there are 111 places where everything can go wrong. And you wonder why everyone has a nightmare job seeking story… I’ll back up. Last week I mentioned ‘knowledge illusion’ in my...