I have sat in on more performance reviews than I can count, and the managers who handle them best usually come prepared with good performance […]
Year: 2026
Temp to Hire Explained: How It Works for Employers and Candidates
Most hiring decisions are made on surprisingly thin evidence, and that is the exact problem temp to hire was built to solve. A résumé, a […]
Employee Retention Strategies That Keep Your Best People
Most employee retention strategies fail for a simple reason: they start after someone has already decided to leave. The resignation that taught me this […]
The Complete Employee Onboarding Checklist for New Hires
A weak employee onboarding checklist is usually where early turnover begins, and I have sat across the table from enough people on their last day […]
30 Interview Questions to Ask Candidates (and What to Listen For)
The best interview questions to ask candidates are not clever. Instead, they are simple, job related, and asked the same way to every person in […]
How to Write a Job Description That Attracts the Right Applicants
I have read somewhere north of ten thousand job descriptions in my career and written a few thousand of my own, so I have strong […]
Boolean Search for Recruiters: Strings That Find Better Candidates
A few years ago I inherited a search that had been open for eleven weeks. Senior backend engineer, payments background, strong Kafka, hybrid in Austin. […]
How to Start a Staffing Agency: A Step-by-Step Guide
Most people who call me asking how to start a staffing agency have already decided they want to do it. What they want from me […]
Best Free Applicant Tracking Systems for Small Recruiting Teams
Most small recruiting teams I work with do not call me asking for a free applicant tracking system. They call because a strong candidate slipped […]
15 Free Job Posting Sites Recruiters Should Use in 2026
I have written more job ads than I can count, and I have watched the rules around free job posting sites change under my feet […]