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…
AI in Recruiting
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.…
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 application…
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…
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 pattern:…
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 to grapple with one big question: how do we effectively weed out…
Early Screening in the AI Era: 5 Shifts Hiring Teams Can’t Ignore
Hiring teams are facing a shifting reality. Applications are surging, signals are harder to trust, and candidate fraud is becoming more sophisticated by the day. In 2025, the average number of applicants per…
The New Hiring Equation: Speed, Signal, and Safeguards
TL;DR AI has reshaped the hiring landscape. But with new opportunities come new risks, namely candidate fraud. Today, TA leaders have a dual mandate: accelerate hiring and protect the funnel. The teams getting…
Why Your HRIS Can’t Keep Up: The Case for HR Recruitment Software
Many recruiting teams still run recruiting through their core HR system—but their clunky screens, manual scheduling, and other non-automated tasks slow hiring and hurt candidate experience. According to our 2025…
From Spreadsheets to Strategy: How Jobvite’s AI-Powered Dashboards Turn Recruiting Data into Business Impact
Analytics have become essential in recruiting. According to Employ’s 2025 Recruiter Nation Report, 82% of recruiters use analytics to improve their recruiting strategy. When data is captured and applied effectively,…