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,…
Hiring Strategy
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…
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…
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…
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 are the individuals that find them. But what I didn’t expect…
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…
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 different generations—Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen…
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 about what TA pros are really up against right now, and how we can better…
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…