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Unshitifying Hiring, Part 3: The Candidate Experience Is Broken (And Everyone Knows It)
We've normalized garbage. As job seekers, we now expect to send out 100+ resumes and hear back from 2, to get ghosted after interviews, to talk to 4 people before we learn what the job actually pays, and to be judged by keyword-matching bots instead of actual work. It's not just inefficient—it's demoralizing.
Read ArticleAI Resume Screening: How It Works & Why It's Changing Hiring
Resume screening is broken. Every job gets 100+ applicants. Most are irrelevant. And the best candidates often get buried under buzzwords. But in 2025, there's a smarter way to screen talent—without wasting hours reading resumes line by line.
Read ArticleHow to Hire Top Tech Talent with AI (Even Without a Hiring Team)
Trying to hire top engineers, designers, or data scientists—without a full recruiting team? Welcome to startup life. The tech talent market is brutal, the good ones get scooped up fast, and most hiring platforms just throw resumes at your inbox.
Read ArticleUnshitifying Hiring, Part 2: Burn the Funnel, Build the Flywheel
The hiring "funnel" we've been force-fed by job boards and bloated ATS platforms isn't a pipeline to great people—it's a business model built on friction. The more you struggle to hire, the more they win. That's why we're unshitifying hiring—not just by removing friction, but by replacing the whole system with something better.
Read ArticleAI Recruiting vs Traditional Hiring: What's Faster & Cheaper?
Hiring used to be a team sport. Recruiters sourced, hiring managers screened, coordinators scheduled… and weeks (or months) later, maybe you had a shortlist. But in 2025, startups can't afford slow, bloated hiring. And they don't need to. AI recruiting is rewriting the rules—making hiring faster, leaner, and surprisingly more human.
Read ArticleUnshitifying Hiring: Why It's Time to Focus on Outcomes, Not Clicks
Let's face it—hiring is broken. Somewhere along the way, platforms stopped helping you find great talent… and started monetizing your pain. You pay to post a job. You pay to promote that job. You scroll through hundreds of resumes that don't fit. Then you pay again—to message someone who may or may not even respond.
Read ArticleHiring Without a Recruiter: How Founders Can Use AI to Scale
Hiring is hard—especially when you don't have a recruiter. As a founder, you're juggling product, growth, operations… and now, building a team. But without a dedicated hiring function, it's easy to fall behind—and lose great candidates to competitors.
Read ArticleHow to Automate Candidate Sourcing with AI
Tired of spending hours combing through LinkedIn or resume databases? You're not alone. Candidate sourcing is one of the most time-consuming and repetitive parts of the hiring process, especially for lean teams without a dedicated recruiter.
Read ArticleBest AI Recruiting Tools for Startups in 2025
Struggling to find top talent while wearing 10 other hats? You're not alone. Startup teams need to scale fast—without bloated recruiting costs. The good news? AI-powered recruiting tools in 2025 are making it easier than ever to automate hiring, streamline sourcing, and cut time-to-hire in half.
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