Hiring, screening and retention — in practice
Written for the people doing frontline and operations hiring, not for a conference stage.
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Why Frontline Hires Quit in the First 90 Days (and What to Do About It)
Most frontline hires who quit in the first 90 days leave because the job or the first weeks weren't what they expected, not because you hired the wrong person. How to tell which problem you have, and a week-by-week plan to keep new hires.
· 6 min read
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How to Choose an AI Recruiting Platform: 12 Questions for Large Employers
There's no single best AI recruiting platform. The right one fixes your specific hiring bottleneck, keeps a person in charge of the decision, and can show its evidence. Here are the 12 questions to compare vendors on, plus red flags, a pilot plan and a scorecard.
· 7 min read
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One-Way Video Interviews vs. a Real Conversation: What Candidates Actually Prefer
One-way video interviews save scheduling but cost you candidates. Here's why applicants dislike the format, why it loses your strongest ones, and what a real conversation looks like instead: an AI voice interview first, then a person on video.
· 4 min read
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How to Reach Hourly Candidates Before Your Competitors Do
Strong hourly candidates are hired within 48 hours — usually by whoever reaches them first. Here's how to win the speed race: the channel, the timing, and the follow-through.
· 4 min read
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Résumé Screening vs. Behavioral Screening: What's the Difference?
Résumé screening ranks the document. Behavioral screening evaluates how a candidate will perform. Here's the difference, when each works, and which predicts success.
· 4 min read
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What Is an AI Recruiter?
An AI recruiter is software that automates recruiting tasks a human would normally do. The term spans everything from a scheduling chatbot to a system that interviews and scores every applicant — so what matters is which stage it handles and what it measures.
· 4 min read
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How to Screen Hourly Workers at Scale (Without Lowering the Bar)
Screening hourly workers at scale comes down to four things: evaluate behavior instead of résumés, screen every applicant to the same standard, move fast enough to reach good people before they're gone, and keep a human on the final decision.
· 5 min read
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How Does AI Interview Screening Work? A Step-by-Step Guide
AI interview screening uses AI to interview and score every candidate before a human review. Here's how it works step by step, what it measures, and who decides.
· 5 min read
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What Is AI Candidate Screening?
AI candidate screening uses artificial intelligence to evaluate applicants before a human interview. Here's how it works, the two types, what each measures, and where it helps most.
· 7 min read