Holiday hiring: your real deadline isn’t Christmas
Every fall, Quebec retailers staff up for the holidays by counting back from Christmas. That’s the wrong marker. The date that matters is the one where the new hire runs the floor alone, and in 2026 it lands on November 21. Counted backwards, the holiday hiring calendar puts the job posting in mid-September. The scene […]
AI and recruitment: why your 40 applications all look the same
In this article AI didn’t create the problem, it finished it Why your candidates are right to do it The race you can’t win Ask for what can’t be generated Try it tonight. Print the last ten applications you received for your open role. Hide the names. Try to guess who is who. You won’t […]
What an incomplete profile says to the other side
She reshot it three times. On the first take, her voice was shaking. On the second, she felt awkward. The third will do. She posts, closes the app, and tells herself she just did something a little crazy: showing her face to strangers who will decide her future. The next day, she opens the profile […]
Your Job Posting Tells the Story of Your Bad Hires
“Must be autonomous.” That line added in ten seconds says a lot — not about the role, but about your last bad hire.
Posting the Salary: The Honest Math
Posting the salary is scary for three good reasons. Put them up against what silence really costs you.
250 Applications, No Information
You’ll never read your 250 applications. That’s no longer a flaw in your method — it’s the sign that a tool has stopped working.