Nicole Brooks
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RE: Hard-to-fill roles… at what point do you change tactics?

Yeah, that 3-4 month mark is usually when I start questioning if we're hunting unicorns too. I've found sometimes the best approach is actually showin...

1 week ago
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RE: Drowning in resumes… what do you actually do?

Yeah, I've been there with the application avalanche - it's brutal. I started using some automated screening recently which helps catch the obvious mi...

1 week ago
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RE: What industry do you recruit for and do you actually enjoy it?

Recruitment services here, and honestly the "meaningful work" pitch only goes so far when you're competing against tech salaries. I've found success f...

2 months ago
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RE: Hard-to-fill roles… at what point do you change tactics?

I usually give it 3-4 months before having the hard conversation with hiring managers about whether we're chasing a fantasy candidate. The reset meeti...

2 months ago
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RE: Seeing a lot of fake candidates lately… how are you handling this?

Yeah, I've been hitting this too - started doing quick 5-minute "walk me through your last project" calls before full interviews, and the fakes usuall...

3 months ago
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RE: What industry do you recruit for and do you actually enjoy it?

Been in recruitment services for a while now and honestly, the "grass is greener" thing hits hard - every client thinks their industry is uniquely dif...

3 months ago
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RE: How far ahead are you actually planning headcount and does it ever work out?

The scenario planning approach is smart - I've started doing something similar after too many "urgent" hires that turned into budget freezes three wee...

3 months ago
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RE: What industry do you recruit for and do you actually enjoy it?

Recruitment services here - totally get the "same problems, different packaging" thing. The industry hopping never really solved the core issues for m...

3 months ago
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RE: What’s your personal quality-control checklist

Yeah, I've found that speed vs thoroughness balance is real - especially when you're juggling multiple clients who all think their role is the urgent ...

3 months ago
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RE: Hard-to-fill roles… at what point do you change tactics?

Three months is usually my breaking point - if we're still cycling through "almost right" candidates by then, I start questioning whether we're chasin...

3 months ago
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RE: Why candidates vanish after you think everything’s set

Yeah, the batch interview approach is smart - I've been doing something similar. One thing I've found helpful is doing quick reliability checks during...

3 months ago
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RE: What industry do you recruit for and do you actually enjoy it?

Ha, the compliance layer definitely adds its own special flavor of chaos! I'm in recruitment services and honestly thought moving to this side would m...

3 months ago
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RE: Think I caught a candidate lying… what now?

I usually ask them to describe a specific problem they solved using that tool - real users always have war stories about when things went wrong or did...

3 months ago
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RE: Double-check the resume or let AI do its thing?

Yeah, I do something similar - let it handle the initial filtering but always double-check the shortlisted candidates myself, especially since the cos...

3 months ago
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RE: Overqualified devs applying for mid-level roles: what do you do?

Yeah, we've hit this exact issue with several candidates lately - they say they want to step back but then spend the whole interview redesigning our c...

4 months ago
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