AI Interview Intelligence: How We Discovered Our Best Interviewers Were Making the Worst Hiring Decisions
We had a problem we didn’t know existed. One of our most senior hiring managers—let’s call him Tom—was everyone’s favorite interviewer. Candidates loved him. He was warm, engaging, asked interesting questions. His interview feedback was detailed and thoughtful. Then we implemented AI interview intelligence software that analyzed all our interviews. The data was shocking: Tom’s […]
Skills-Based Hiring in 2026: How We Unlocked 10 Million Qualified Candidates We Were Ignoring
We did something radical last year. We removed bachelor’s degree requirements from 73% of our job postings. Our hiring managers freaked out. “How will we know they’re qualified?” “We’ll get flooded with unqualified candidates!” “This will lower our standards!” You know what actually happened? Our qualified candidate pool expanded by 340%. Our quality-of-hire scores improved […]
How to Triple Your Recruiting Team’s Productivity (Without Working Them Into the Ground)
Your recruiters are drowning. They’re working 55-hour weeks. They can’t remember the last time they took a real lunch break. They’re scheduling interviews at 7 AM and sending candidate emails at 9 PM. Their calendars are triple-booked. And despite all this effort, your time-to-hire is still 47 days and candidates are complaining about poor communication. […]
High-Volume Recruiting: How to Hire 100+ People Without Losing Your Mind (Or Your Standards)
Let me paint you a picture: You need to hire 200 warehouse associates for holiday season. You have six weeks. Your recruiting team is three people. Applications are flooding in at 300 per day. Your ATS is choking. Your recruiters are drowning. And your operations team is breathing down your neck because the facility opens […]
Recruiting Automation: The Brutally Honest Guide to What Actually Works (And What’s Just Hype)
Let me tell you about the worst advice I ever followed. It was 2018. Some consultant told our executive team that “automation will never replace the human touch in recruiting.” So we kept doing everything manually. Reviewing every resume by hand. Scheduling every interview with email ping-pong. Sending personalized follow-ups to hundreds of candidates. We […]