Two Sides of the Interview Table: What Recruiters and Job Seekers Want Each Other to Know
On one side of the interview table: a recruiter trying to find the right candidate for an open req their hiring manager needed filled last Friday. On the other:…
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How Jobvite Helps TA Teams Manage Complex Recruiting: Results from The Hackett Group® 2026 Talent Acquisition Vendor Assessment
There’s a scene in Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times where he’s working on an assembly line, trying desperately to keep up with everything coming at him. The assembly line keeps moving…
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People Actually Recap: What We Learned from Episodes 6 and 7
I went to New York to meet a few of our customers, and while I was there I recorded a couple new episodes of people actually. And as I was…
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One Size Fits One: What 1,500+ Job Seekers Taught Us About the Candidate Experience
What do a recent college graduate and someone five years from retirement have in common? They’re both applying for jobs in the same hiring market. But here’s the catch: their…
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Bots vs. Bots: What Happens When Candidates and Employers Both Use AI
TL;DR: AI is officially on both sides of the interview table. Candidates are using AI to find jobs, improve resumes, prepare for interviews, and even generate answers in real time.…
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7 Job Seeker Statistics Every Recruiter Should Know About in 2026
What are candidates really thinking? How are they responding to today’s job market? What makes them accept one offer over another? And what does it take to earn their trust?…
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7 Job Seeker Statistics Every Recruiter Should Know About in 2026
What are candidates really thinking? How are they responding to today’s job market? What makes them accept one offer over another? And what does it take to earn their trust?…
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“Speaking C-Suite:” Aligning HR’s Data with the Bottom Line
Imagine you’re in an executive meeting, and your CEO turns to you and asks, “How is hiring impacting the business?” How do you answer? If your first instinct is to pull up your latest...
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The Great Pause, Trust, and Why Candidates Are Thinking Twice
When we introduced the concept of the “Great Pause” in this year’s Job Seeker Nation Report, the obvious takeaway was that fewer people were looking for jobs. In plain terms,…
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From Credentials to Capabilities: How Employ CEO Jerry Jao Hires Beyond the Resume
Since joining Employ and spending my days talking with recruiters, TA pros, and HR leaders, I’ve found myself reflecting a lot on my own hiring philosophy. So much of it comes from my…
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The Growing Gap Between Candidate Experience and Candidate Perception
Think back to the last time you applied for a job… For years, hiring teams focused their attention on creating the kind of candidate experience that checks all those boxes and…
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Balancing AI and Authenticity: Keeping Hiring Human as AI Reshapes Both Sides of the Interview Table
Five years ago, recruiters didn’t spend much (if any) of their time questioning whether a resume was authentic. And candidates? Generally assumed there was a real person reviewing their...
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People Actually Recap: What We Learned from Episodes 4 and 5
When I started the people actually podcast back in March, my vision was to simply highlight the unsung heroes behind every company—the TA and HR pros. Because people power your business, and these...
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From Credentials to Capability: Why Skills-Based Hiring Is Replacing Resumes
TL; DR Hiring isn’t resume-led anymore—and in truth, it can’t be. Thanks to the rise of AI, all a candidate has to do is pop a job description into their LLM of choice and out comes…
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Across the Generational Divide: A Look at What Different Generations Expect from the Hiring Process
Baby Boomers first started entering the job market in the 1960s. Gen Z? They’re entering the job market as we speak. Today’s workforce is made up of four very distinct, and often, very...
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Job Seeker Nation 2026: Why Hiring Has a Trust Problem
You heard it here first: The “Great Stay” is officially over. Welcome to what we’ve coined at Employ as “The Great Pause.” For the past few years, our Job Seeker Nation data showed a consistent...
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What the Rise in AI-Powered Candidate Fraud Really Means for TA Teams
TL;DR: AI didn’t just change the hiring game—it completely rewrote the rules. But with new benefits came new challenges. Specifically: candidate fraud. Almost overnight, TA pros were left...
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Don’t Let Peak Season Catch You Short-Staffed: How Travel & Hospitality Teams Leverage Recruitment Marketing Software
TL; DR Peak season doesn’t sneak up—but somehow the hiring scramble always does. One minute you’re fully staffed. The next? Open shifts, long lines, and “we’re hiring” signs everywhere. ...
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CAB Conversations: What TA Pros Told Us (And What We’re Doing Next)
Buzzwords? Polished decks? Surface-level trends? Let’s just say… those weren’t in the room at Employ’s recent Customer Advisory Board (CAB) meeting. What was in the room? Honest conversations...
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5 Hiring Truths: What 2026 Benchmarks Reveal About Your Funnel
Time to hire. Offer acceptance rate. Candidate experience score. In today’s recruiting world, tracking these metrics is table stakes. But the real question is: How do you know if your results...
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