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Next Year Starts Now

Oct 6, 2026

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4 min read

Next Year Starts Now

Nearly half my career placements happened in Q4. There's a reason, and most companies miss it.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Stop Fishing, Start Hunting

Sep 29, 2026

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3 min read

Stop Fishing, Start Hunting

Your two biggest hiring headaches are actually the same problem. And you're causing it.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

If You Ain't First, You're Last

Sep 22, 2026

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5 min read

If You Ain't First, You're Last

Somewhere out there, a faster company is stealing the person you wanted.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Nobody Wins Solo

Sep 15, 2026

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4 min read

Nobody Wins Solo

The people you surround yourself with decide how far you go. Here's how to find them.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Your AI Is A Liability

Sep 9, 2026

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4 min read

Your AI Is A Liability

Regulators are drawing a hard line around AI in hiring, and the risk lands on you.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Can You Hear Me Now?

Sep 1, 2026

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3 min read

Can You Hear Me Now?

The five signals AI can't fake, and how I read them.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

When It All Goes At Once

Aug 25, 2026

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3 min read

When It All Goes At Once

Six things all broke, all at the same time. Here is what actually saved me.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The Best Candidates Are NOT Looking

Aug 18, 2026

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4 min read

The Best Candidates Are NOT Looking

Airbnb's founder learned this the hard way.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Google Doesn't Even Trust AI to Hire for Google

Aug 11, 2026

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3 min read

Google Doesn't Even Trust AI to Hire for Google

The world's most AI-forward company just revealed something every hiring leader needs to hear.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The August Advantage

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

The August Advantage

The data shows August is one of the best kept secrets in hiring. Here is how to use it.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Trust is... Earned?!

Jul 28, 2026

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3 min read

Trust is... Earned?!

The hiring process has a trust problem. On both sides. Here is what to do about it.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

What Spain Just Taught Every Founder About Building a Team

Jul 21, 2026

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3 min read

What Spain Just Taught Every Founder About Building a Team

The most dominant World Cup final in history had nothing to do with the best player.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Hiring. The Fear Is Real.

Jul 14, 2026

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3 min read

Hiring. The Fear Is Real.

The most expensive mistake in hiring is more avoidable than you think.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The Hiring Engine Is Redlining

Jul 7, 2026

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3 min read

The Hiring Engine Is Redlining

More applications than ever. Fewer worth your time. Here is what to do about it.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Everyone's Talking About Candidates Ghosting. Nobody's Talking About This.

Jun 30, 2026

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3 min read

Everyone's Talking About Candidates Ghosting. Nobody's Talking About This.

A wave of online conversation is flipping the ghosting narrative completely.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Turns Out, Being Human Is a Competitive Advantage

Jun 23, 2026

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3 min read

Turns Out, Being Human Is a Competitive Advantage

AI just made human skills the most valuable thing in the room. Here's what that means for how you hire.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Celebrating Issue #10 🙌 10 Years of Recruiting Principles.

Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

Celebrating Issue #10 🙌 10 Years of Recruiting Principles.

A decade of placing over 10,000 people inside scaling businesses. Here is what I know for certain.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Is HR Becoming Obsolete? The Question Nobody Wants to Answer.

Jun 9, 2026

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3 min read

Is HR Becoming Obsolete? The Question Nobody Wants to Answer.

Uber just made a move that every founder and hiring leader should be paying attention to.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The Hiring Report Card: What 2026 Has Taught Us So Far and What's Coming Next

Jun 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Hiring Report Card: What 2026 Has Taught Us So Far and What's Coming Next

Five stories that defined the first half of the year. Four predictions for what comes next.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Why Candidates Ghost... And How to Stop It Before It Happens

May 27, 2026

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3 min read

Why Candidates Ghost... And How to Stop It Before It Happens

Ghosting almost never happens at the offer stage. It was already in motion long before that.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Is LinkedIn Hiring Dead in 2026?

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

Is LinkedIn Hiring Dead in 2026?

The companies leaning hardest on LinkedIn are often the ones losing the best candidates. Here's why.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

You Don't Hate Recruiting. You Hate Your Broken System.

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

You Don't Hate Recruiting. You Hate Your Broken System.

Five signs your hiring system is failing you and exactly how to fix each one.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The Talent Pipeline: How to Find A-Players Before You Need Them

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

The Talent Pipeline: How to Find A-Players Before You Need Them

The best performing companies never stop looking. Here's the system they use.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

Why Most Hiring Processes Are Designed To Find The Wrong Person

Apr 28, 2026

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3 min read

Why Most Hiring Processes Are Designed To Find The Wrong Person

The frustration is always different. The cause is almost always the same.

Jared Black
Jared Black

Personal Letter

The X-Factor: The One Thing I Look For When Hiring, Before Anything Else

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

The X-Factor: The One Thing I Look For When Hiring, Before Anything Else

It's the first thing I look for and It's almost never where you'd think to look.

Jared Black
Jared Black
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