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Research, case studies, and analysis on why modern hiring is broken — and how AI-powered screening is fixing it.

Case Study8 min readJune 2026

Why Amazon Scrapped Its AI Hiring Tool — And What It Reveals About Volume Recruiting

In 2018, Amazon quietly shut down an internal AI recruiting system that had been systematically disadvantaging women. The story is not just about bias — it is about what happens when hiring volume becomes unmanageable.

Industry Analysis9 min readJune 2026

The Easy Apply Effect: How One-Click Applications Are Drowning Hiring Teams

LinkedIn's Easy Apply feature was designed to help candidates. But for recruiters, it created a flood of applications that made quality assessment nearly impossible. Here is the data.

Hiring Practice10 min readJune 2026

The Salesforce vs SAP Problem: How Narrow Job Briefs Are Eliminating Your Best Candidates

Across Business Analyst communities, the same story repeats: outstanding professionals with decade-long careers are being filtered out because they use SAP instead of Salesforce. The tool is different. The skill is identical.

Industry Analysis9 min readJune 2026

The Generalist Consultant Problem: Why Recruitment Agencies Struggle With Specialised Roles

A recruitment consultant managing Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Developer roles simultaneously cannot be a deep expert across all three. This structural flaw is costing companies great hires every day.

Research10 min readJune 2026

The Last Resume Wins: How Recency Bias Is Quietly Sabotaging Your Hiring Decisions

Academic research confirms what many HR professionals suspect — candidates reviewed later in a sequence are rated more favourably, not because they are stronger, but simply because of when they were seen.