Connext Survey: One Unfilled Critical Role Costs $14,700 Monthly
A Connext Global Solutions survey estimates that an unfilled critical role costs $14,700 a month, while Tim Mobley’s failed Salesforce-HubSpot search shows why briefs need scrutiny.
Topic
Recruiting
Topic
Recruiting
Some 70% of Job Seekers Use AI to Research Their Future Employer
Indeed data shows some 70% of job seekers use generative AI tools to research employers, while roughly 40% of cited culture sourc…
Employers turn homebuying assistance into a recruiting tool
BNY is offering U.S. employees earning less than $100,000 a $6,500 down-payment contribution as Nestment, NestSteps and Twitch tu…
Median Startup Engineer Pay Hits $200,000 as AI Talent War Reshapes Hiring
Startup engineer median pay has reached $200,000, up 25% since 2022. New data shows AI talent picks full-time founders and protot…
a16z Cuts Its In-House Recruiting Team, Per Startup Fortune
Andreessen Horowitz has cut its in-house recruiting team, according to Startup Fortune, which framed the move as a tell on AI's i…
a16z Cuts Majority of Its Portfolio Recruiting Team
Andreessen Horowitz laid off the majority of its portfolio recruiting team, Axios reports — a concrete signal that the venture gi…
Bending Spoons Hired 286 of 800,000 Applicants in 2025
Bending Spoons drew 800,000 applications in 2025 and hired 286 people. No bonuses, no titles, and revenue per employee of $2.57 m…
Flip Phone Startup Made 900 Internship Applicants Write Cover Letters by Hand
Dumb.co, which sells $20 flip phones, got nearly 900 internship applications — then required handwritten cover letters to filter…
Airbnb's Chesky Spends Three Hours a Day on Hiring
Airbnb's Brian Chesky spends three hours a day recruiting, co-hires his executives' direct reports, and tells managers who object…
True Opens Boutique Search Practice for Venture-Backed Firms
True has launched a boutique executive search practice dedicated to venture-backed companies, Hunt Scanlon Media reports, adding…
LinkedIn Gives Companies Power to Purge Fake Employee Profiles
LinkedIn will let verified companies remove imposter employee accounts within weeks, and is piloting mandatory workplace verifica…