Hiring market lab · 54 articlesSignal over noise
Signal over noise
for hiring & careers.
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Field notesApril 2026
What we're watching
Short, opinionated signals from the hiring market — useful context, not clickbait headlines. We refresh this block as the hiring narrative shifts.
For hiring teams
- Internal TA: hiring manager intake quality is the lever — cost per submit drops when reqs are honest about success at 6 and 12 months.
- Agency ↔ in-house: the best partners trade in scorecards and rejection reasons, not résumé volume.
- Tooling: ATS hygiene (fields, stages, SLAs) beats another sourcing hack when time-to-fill stalls.
For candidates
- Active search: proof-of-fit beats keyword density — one crisp story beats ten generic bullets.
- Career change: hiring managers buy momentum; show how you reduced risk in your last domain.
- Market: ghosting and slow feedback are still structural — design follow-ups that add value, not noise.
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Job seekers
47 articles on résumés, interviews, negotiation, and search sanity.
- CV & LinkedIn
- Interview craft
- Offers & negotiation
Recruiters
Sourcing, intakes, ATS, and candidate experience — 3 articles.
- Sourcing & outreach
- Structured hiring
- Employer brand touchpoints