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The Scope Creep Is Real: Why You're Still Hiring After 9 Interviews
You define the problem. You draft a role. You post the listing. Then you start interviewing. And that's when it happens. Before you know it, you're not hiring for the role you posted. You're hiring for something new. Something… bigger. Something fuzzier. You're chasing the ghost of an ever-expanding unicorn.
Read ArticleWhy Traditional Resumes Fail and How STAR Format Hiring Solves It
Tired of resume guesswork? Discover how STAR-format profiles give hiring teams real context and results—no keyword filters required.
Read ArticleThe Candidate You Need Is Already in Your Inbox. You're Just Not Allowed to See Them
They applied. They were qualified. They had done the work before. But they didn't use the right buzzwords. Or their title was off by one word. Or your AI filter couldn't parse their resume layout. So… they got ghosted by your system. Not because they weren't good. Because they weren't formatted for the machine.
Read ArticleHow to Stand Out in a Broken Hiring System (Without Gaming Your Resume)
If you've ever felt like your job applications are vanishing into a black hole, you're not imagining it. Most hiring platforms are designed to filter for keywords, reward brand-name employers, and discard nuance. But you don't need to game the system—you need to tell your story in a way that matches the problems companies are trying to solve.
Read ArticleAI Resume Screening Isn't AI Hiring (And That's Why It's Failing)
If you ask most hiring teams whether they use AI, the answer is yes. But dig deeper, and you'll find their AI is just automating outdated processes. That's not smarter hiring. That's just faster filtering. Hiring isn't broken because it's too slow at filtering. Hiring is broken because it's filtering for the wrong things.
Read ArticleUnshitifying Hiring, Part 6: Why Job Boards Are Built for Noise, Not Results
You post a job. You get 300 applications. You think: 'Wow, what a great response!' But then reality hits: Only 10% meet the basic qualifications. Only 3% make it to an interview. And maybe, maybe 1 is a good fit. If this sounds familiar, it's because job boards are optimized for volume—not accuracy.
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