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Notes on hiring, from both sides of the table.

Practical takes on recruiting, CVs, and building a hiring process that respects everyone’s time.

Company POV

Most hiring tools pick a side. That's the problem.

Every hiring tool quietly picks a side — the employer or the candidate. That single choice is why hiring still feels broken to everyone stuck in it. Our case for building the whole loop instead.

4 min read
Hiring

Hiring is broken on both sides — and both sides know it

Employers drown in CVs they can't read fast enough. Job seekers apply into a void. The same broken loop, felt from two directions — and why we build for both.

2 min read
Job Search

The ATS-friendly CV: what actually matters (and what doesn't)

No, you don't need white text stuffed with keywords. Here's what an applicant tracking system genuinely reads — and the handful of changes that move your score.

2 min read
Hiring

Small teams don't need an enterprise ATS. They need to hire.

If your hiring runs on a shared inbox and a spreadsheet, the fix isn't six-figure software. It's a workspace you can stand up today — and shut off when the role closes.

2 min read