Notes from the field.
Honest comparisons, AI-first playbooks, success stories, and a long-running conversation with the people doing the work.
The series
A very good TA convo
28 conversations with recruiters, TA leads and founders about how the work is actually changing, across 3 seasons. Newest first; scroll each season sideways.
Season 3 8 episodes
Season 2 10 episodes
Guides & comparisons
The useful stuff
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How a small talent team should roll out an AI hiring tool in 90 days
A 90 day plan for small in-house talent teams: start on one live vacancy, capture your baseline first, split the work with the agent, then widen on evidence.
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Avery vs. LinkedIn Recruiter: the honest comparison
Where LinkedIn Recruiter genuinely wins, where Avery wins, and why many teams keep one Lite seat and let Avery do the rest.
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What the EU AI Act requires of companies using AI in hiring
Recruitment AI is high risk under the EU AI Act, the Digital Omnibus moved the deadline to 2 December 2027, and here is what a hiring team owes.
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8 Red Flags in AI Recruitment Software Vendors
8 vendor red flags that predict a costly AI recruiting mis-buy: weak explainability, "coming soon" compliance, and no clear exit terms.
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Dani Nguyen books 15+ interviews a week sourcing less than an hour a day
Dani Nguyen books 15-20 interviews a week on 80 minutes of sourcing. See her batching, outreach, and screening system that beats the 15-hour grind.
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Human-AI collaboration: why your skeptics are your best allies
Hiring managers resist AI screening when it feels like a verdict, not a tool they command. Reframe fit scores as decision support and skeptics become allies.
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What does an AI recruiter actually do?
A plain English guide to what AI recruiting software really automates in 2026, what it must never decide, and the questions worth asking any vendor.
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The Multi-Client Recruiter's Playbook for Rolling Out AI
A four-phase framework (Shadow, Parallel, Selective, Calibrated) for solo recruiters and lean agencies rolling out AI across client accounts.
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What does filling one role in Europe actually cost?
A worked breakdown of what one European hire costs: the agency fee, loaded recruiter hours, the empty seat, and where a software subscription sits.
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The Solo Recruiter's 2-Week Guide to Trusting AI Hiring Tools
A two-week calibration sequence for solo recruiters: shadow mode, trust thresholds, and override tracking to stop second-guessing AI candidate scores.
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Recruiter Training for AI Hiring Tools: A Rollout Guide
A rollout playbook for AI hiring tools: measure decisions changed instead of logins, run parallel assessment first, and tier enablement across accounts.
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AI Hiring Oversight: How Recruiters Catch What the System Misses
With ~88% of companies screening candidates with AI, recruiters are the last checkpoint: a four-stage framework to stop rubber-stamping and catch AI's errors.
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How to Evaluate AI Recruitment Tools for Fit
A framework for recruiters to tell AI tools that sharpen candidate fit from tools that just add volume, and to make stack decisions they won't regret.
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LinkedIn Recruiter Alternatives for European Teams in 2026
Why European teams are moving beyond LinkedIn Recruiter's pricing and walled garden, comparing Juicebox, Metaview, and Avery as 2026 alternatives.
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AI Recruitment Tools: Three Moves That Actually Matter for Founders
Founders don't need a recruiting stack; they need three capabilities in this order: salary benchmarking, AI-assisted sourcing, and automated screening.
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The Boolean Search Guide for Recruiters (2026)
A complete, honest guide for recruiters: the operators, 15 copy-paste strings, the platform quirks, what changed in 2026, and what Boolean quietly can't do.
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How to source for roles that don't exist yet
Article created in collaboration with Cristina Podgurschi-Popa , Technical Sourcing Partner EMEA at Adobe.
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A very grand tour 2025. Recap
How a crazy idea became our greatest adventure so far
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The death of the degree: why your best hires don't have perfect resumes
Article created in collaboration with Giuseppe Stivaletta, Head of Talent Acquisition & Learning & HRIS at Sicuritalia S.p.A.
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Cross-cultural recruitment: the hidden biases sabotaging global hiring in 2025
Aleksandra Kosintceva (Uber, Klarna, Remote) on the real barrier in cross-cultural hiring: leaders choosing people who think like them, and what fixes it.
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Breaking the bias cycle: why your AI hiring tools are failing, and how to fix.
Article created in collaboration with Marie Chaproniere, Founder of Behind the mask community
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The AI recruitment stack: building your tech ecosystem for 2025-26
Article created in collaboration with Jessie Schofer, Founder of Stakkd
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Rethinking talent pipelines: why skills-first strategies are revolutionizing hiring
Why pipelines that chase roles instead of skills keep failing, and how skills-first, borderless strategies cut time-to-shortlist by 60% and lift retention.
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Beyond speed: how to build hiring velocity that actually works
Article created in collaboration with Donja Huidar, Founder of GingerMoon
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Beyond handoffs: Building collaborative frameworks between Recruiters and Hiring Managers
Article created in collaboration with Renita Käsper from Cohorts
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The hidden forces killing your new hires: Diana’s simple integration framework
Article created in collaboration with Diana Abdrakhmanova from Neelix.io
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The playbook for hiring fast with AI, while staying human
How Marcus Morrison (Nike, Amazon, Mollie) combines AI-driven efficiency with human empathy to cut time-to-hire without damaging candidate trust.
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AI in talent acquisition: balancing efficiency and candidate experience
Article created in collaboration with Giovanni Di Felice, Global Head of TA at Statista (ex-Delivery Hero, Zalando).
Success stories
How it went for them
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Success story: Giuseppe Stivaletta
How a senior freelance recruiter builds a shortlist in 10 hours instead of 10 days: feasibility checks and long-listing with Avery.
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Success story: Tiger Tribe
From search to signed: How HEINEKEN's TigerTribe hired a Senior DevOps Engineer with Avery
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Success story: Timetohire
From search to signed: How Timetohire hired a Senior Front-End Engineer with Avery, in just 1 week