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Hiring
8 posts
Some of the jobs you're applying to don't exist
Ghost job listings, postings for roles that were already filled or never seriously intended to be filled, are a measured phenomenon rather than paranoia. Here's how common they are and how to spot one.
Your application is one of 242. Here's how to not disappear.
The average job posting now draws about three times as many applications as it did in 2017, which means most resumes get seconds of real attention. Here are six ways to survive that first pass.
Why your applications aren't getting callbacks (and what does)
If you're applying and not hearing back, the issue is rarely your CV format. It's usually that nothing on your application can be confirmed in 90 seconds.
ATS vs source: why Greenhouse can't fix your funnel
Your ATS is excellent at managing applicants. It cannot, by design, do anything about the people entering it. That's a different problem with a different fix.
References are dead. Here's what replaces them.
The reference call as we know it is a polite formality that helps no one. Here's what a useful version of it actually looks like.
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a top-of-funnel problem.
Companies obsess over interview loops, ATS workflows, and offer letters. Almost none of those changes will help if the wrong people are entering the funnel in the first place.
The stealth startup problem
Two years at a company you can't name, building something you can't describe. The phrase has a lot of legitimate uses — and a lot of illegitimate ones.
Resume screening is broken. Here's what we're building instead.
We're not optimising the funnel. We're rebuilding what enters it. A short note on why we started Dealt — and the mess we keep tripping over.