June 24, 2026

Athletes try out. Why don't your candidates?

Every athlete who makes a team has to prove they can play. They run drills. They scrimmage. They perform under pressure while someone watches. But in hiring, we skip all of that. We scan a resume for six seconds, run a few conversations, and make a six-figure investment based on how someone talks about work they've done, not whether they can actually do the work in front of them. The companies still making this mistake aren't doing it because they don't know better. They're doing it because t...

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