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I’m just a Marylander doing Talent Acquisition things. Obsessed with optimizing broken recruiting processes. Ambivert. Glass is always half full. Go Nats!

[The Jobfather ® 🇯🇲🇨🇦🇬🇧 @TheJobfather__]

Referrals are not just “can you refer me?” Start softer. Ask about the team, the role, the problem they are solving, or what the company actually values before making the referral ask.

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[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

A bank we work with uses an AI tool to screen every resume that comes in.

Here's how it works.

We send them a candidate. Their internal recruiter runs the resume through the tool. If it scores an 8/10 or higher, the candidate gets an interview. Anything below that, auto rejected.

We sent them a candidate a few weeks ago for a Python Developer role. She just ended a project for us at a competing bank with excellent references. The skills they actually needed for the role? Python, FastAPI, SQL. She had all three, used daily in her last job.

The tool scored her a 7.5.

Rejected.

We pushed back and asked why.

Turns out the job description had everything and the kitchen sink listed. Fifteen skills, half of them "nice to haves" that had nothing to do with the actual work. The AI weighted all of them equally and her score got dragged down by gaps that didn't matter.

We pushed back on the internal recruiter citing she had the main skills + excellent references. We got her the interview and she got the offer.

This is where internal recruiting teams are headed.

AI tools layered on top of ATS systems, scoring candidates before a human ever reads the resume. In theory it saves time. In practice, it rejects qualified people because nobody bothered to write a clean job description.

The tool isn't the problem, the inputs are. If your JD is a wish list instead of a job description, your AI is going to reject the exact people you're trying to hire.

We're early in this. The tech will get better. But right now, a lot of great candidates are getting filtered out for reasons that have nothing to do with whether they can do the job.

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@SiteWarming @aakashgupta 💯

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TA Trends 2026: Human–AI Power Couple | Highlights

More than half of talent leaders are planning to add autonomous AI agents to their teams in 2026.

https://t.co/lqZmJjySoW

[Adam Karpiak @Adam_Karpiak]

when you upload your resume and it doesn’t ask you to enter the same info manually

[Adam Karpiak @Adam_Karpiak]

Resume Tip:

Not getting interviews for roles you know you’re qualified for?

You probably have the right skill set...but the resume might not be focused on the right skills.

Resumes are evaluated on relevance, scope, and impact. That's the value proposition. Hiring teams are quickly scanning for signals that show whether you’ve done similar work at the level they need.

That’s why prioritization matters. Your resume needs to lead with the experience that best supports the role you’re targeting now. When the right experience isn’t obvious immediately, even strong candidates get overlooked.

Your resume shouldn’t just describe your career. It's not your permanent record. It should make a clear case for why you make sense for the role you want next.

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

We all have "to do" lists. But a "stop doing" list can also help you be more productive. https://t.co/cj0iSYIRMB

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

As you develop your answer, understand that the more specific you are, the more powerfully your answer will resonate. https://t.co/wazcTY2WQ3

[Adam Karpiak @Adam_Karpiak]

Here’s a roundup of all the job search advice I’ve shared across social media over the last few months, organized by theme.

Hope you find it helpful!

https://t.co/dzsLfSs1iT

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@JeffreyWShapiro As AI becomes an integral part of hiring, how are you balancing its efficiency with the need to keep the candidate experience human and empathetic?

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A reminder that listening is the most underrated skill in leadership and process improvement. 👂🏼

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

In a study of 60 leaders, those who were most successful in overcoming resistance were the ones who diagnosed the root of a disagreement before trying to persuade. https://t.co/wA4ll3N7MG

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@JamesLucasIT Portugal’s Douro Valley is 🤯

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Drone races

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AI Expo Day 1 was fun! 🤖

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Good read

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Adopt an “always recruiting” mindset. https://t.co/3iuJ1OGHOY

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Interesting read: Chief People Officer at Atlassian, outlines the benefits of asynchronous, distributed work. https://t.co/XRXxjbTz11

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@randomrecruiter If candidate took time to interview, we owe them a phone call. Especially after final round! This is the continuation of candidate pipelining & an excellent source of referrals if handled professionally. For those in staffing, this would be a lead for future business.

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[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

It pays to work with a *good* recruiter.

It can be the difference between an accepted offer, or a rejected offer and starting your search from scratch wasting everyone's time.

Anyone can find a good candidate. Not everyone can find a good candidate + high % of going through the interview process + high % of accepting an offer + high % of sticking around long term.

If you're truly hiring A players, you're going to want to pay that premium for a good recruiter.

I don't care how bad the market is. The best candidates always have options. Even staying put at their current job and doing nothing is an option.

A basic recruiter can only say "our job pays X", "where else are you interviewing", etc.

A good recruiter really knows how to operate within a candidate and client's pain points, motives, and operate in the gray.

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Agree with his sentiments on Recruiting 💯 #importantjob

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Steve Jobs on the importance of having a common vision and aligned purpose