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Notes from the hiring floor.

What the data actually says about recruiting, the playbooks our own team uses, and the decisions behind what we build and refuse to build.

Hiring data

Where the week actually goes: 38% of recruiting time is scheduling

Nobody puts “moved a call from Tuesday to Thursday” on a performance review. Yet it is the single biggest line item in a recruiter's week, and the cheapest one to get back.

12 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Trust & compliance

Why we will never ship auto-reject

It is the most requested feature we have turned down, and the reason is not squeamishness. It is Article 22, the SCHUFA ruling, and what happens when a regulator asks one simple question.

5 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

Playbooks

The 46%: your next hire is probably already in your database

Rediscovery now accounts for nearly half of all sourced hires. Here is how to find the people you already interviewed, and why “keep for the future” has to mean something.

29 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Playbooks

Sourcing on LinkedIn without losing the account

There is no official API for search or outreach, at any price. So the question is not which tool automates the most, but which one keeps your recruiter's account alive.

22 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

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