Written by Jan Tegze
Every article, arranged by the problem it solves.
Jan writes a long-form recruiting newsletter alongside the book. This page indexes that archive by topic so a specific question leads somewhere specific. Articles open on the newsletter, where they are published.
The book is the reference. These articles are where the practice gets tested against what changed this year - a search that stopped working, a model worth trying, a rule that now applies.
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Sourcing and search
Boolean and X-ray technique, search engines beyond LinkedIn, OSINT research, and where to look when the obvious source is exhausted.
Sourcing chapters in the bookWritten for this site
Boolean and X-ray search, after the ground moved
What actually broke on LinkedIn, what replaced it, the operators still worth knowing, and how the skill changed once AI could write the strings. Read the guide
Six Months In, She Generated a Better String Than I Did
AI is commoditizing Boolean search. What replaced it? How top sourcers are adapting from syntax mastery to problem definition and intake mastery.
You Don’t Have a Sourcing Tool Problem
Before buying another sourcing tool, run this diagnostic. Most sourcing problems aren’t tool problems. Here’s how to find out what’s actually broken.
How to Find Industry Experts on LinkedIn
Learn how to find and connect with industry experts on LinkedIn to enhance your recruitment strategies. Discover advanced search techniques and research tips.
Apollo.io Blocked? Best LinkedIn Alternatives
Apollo.io is gone from LinkedIn. I explore the best alternative lead-gen tools and strategies for recruiters to keep sourcing top talent.
Testing AI for Boolean Search Strings: Which is Best?
Find out which AI is best for creating Boolean search strings to help you find candidates. I tested Top AIs to see which one delivers the best results.
How to Find People on Bluesky
Discover how to make the most of Bluesky’s powerful search features and advanced Boolean tricks to find people on Bluesky, the alternative to X (Twitter).
Threads Search Guide: Advanced Tips to Find Any Profile
Learn search techniques for Threads using Google operators. Discover how to find specific profiles and content with site: and inurl: commands effectively.
Unlocking Hidden Talent: OSINT Tools for Recruiters
Explore OSINT and AI tools for recruiters, including OSINT Industries, Forensic OSINT Screen Capture, Google Cache alternatives, and Chrome extensions.
Unleash the Power of "intitle:index.of" for Ethical Sourcing
Discover the hidden gem of Boolean searches - the "intitle:index.of" string. Learn how to ethically leverage its power for sourcing candidates while respecting privacy and GDPR.
Master LinkedIn’s New Search Filters to Find Top Talent
Discover how LinkedIn Recruiter’s powerful new filters can optimize your candidate searches and help you find dozens or even hundreds of new candidates.
Is LinkedIn X-Ray Search No Longer Working?
Wondering if LinkedIn X-Ray Search is still working? Get the latest update on LinkedIn X-Ray Search and make the most out of your Google searches.
How to Find Candidates on WordPress Sites
Learn effective techniques for finding candidates on WordPress sites. Discover the strategies and methods to streamline your candidate search and optimize your recruitment process.
Filter Bubble: How It Affects Your Search?
Discover how the filter bubble impacts your search and its consequences. Dive into the effects of personalized algorithms on your online experience and learn how to break free from its limitations.
How to Find Candidates on Google (Guide for Recruiters)
Discover effective strategies on how to find candidates on Google with Boolean search string examples. Enhance your recruitment and sourcing process.
AI in recruiting
Which models are worth a recruiter's time, where AI genuinely shortens the work, where it quietly introduces risk, and what the regulation now requires.
About the book in the bookWhich LLM Is Best for Recruiting and Candidate Sourcing?
I tested multiple AI models on the same sourcing brief. Some hallucinated. Some refused. One changed how I find candidates. Here is what I found.
How Recruiters Can Use NotebookLM for Faster Hiring
Learn how recruiters can use NotebookLM to organize role details, align with hiring managers, speed up market research, and answer candidate questions consistently.
The Recruiter’s Guide to the EU AI Act
Learn what the EU AI Act means for recruiters, which tools are high-risk, and how to stay compliant while building fair hiring processes.
Recruiting Automation with n8n: A Beginner’s Guide
Learn how recruiters use n8n to automate tasks, save time, and boost productivity without coding. Step-by-step guide with templates and tips for everyone!
AI Bias on Trial: The Mobley v. Workday Hiring Lawsuit
Explore how the Derek Mobley v. Workday lawsuit highlights the risks of AI bias in recruitment and its major implications for recruiters, vendors, and companies.
Recruiter 2030: How AI Will Redefine Hiring, and Your Role
Discover how AI will transform recruiting by 2030, from shrinking teams and smarter tools to the decline of LinkedIn and rise of AI-powered job markets.
AI Cheating in Job Interviews: How to Spot It
Is AI helping candidates cheat? Learn how recruiters can spot AI-driven cheating in online interviews and keep the hiring process fair.
New Market: AI-Powered Market Research for Recruiters
Unlock new talent pools! Learn how recruiters can use AI for effective market research, conquer new territories, and make smarter hiring decisions.
DeepSeek vs Gemini: Which AI Wins for Recruiters?
DeepSeek’s reasoning skills are making waves, but how does it stack up against Google’s Gemini for recruitment? Let’s explore the pros, cons, and privacy concerns.
AI Agents: Friend or Foe for Recruiters?
AI agents are changing recruitment, but are they really replacing recruiters? Discover how AI impacts talent acquisition and why human skills remain essential.
LinkedIn’s AI Hiring Assistant: The Future of Recruitment?
Discover how LinkedIn’s AI Hiring Assistant streamlines recruitment by automating tasks, enhancing candidate matching, and empowering recruiters.
Beware: AI Scammers Target Job Seekers and Recruiters
Scammers are exploiting AI to cheat job seekers and infiltrate hiring processes. Learn how recruiters can protect themselves and spot candidate deception in a changing landscape.
How Good Is Too Good? The Surprising Power of Imperfect AI
New research shows that imperfect AI algorithms can actually boost recruiters’ hiring accuracy more than near-perfect AI. Find out why "good enough" may be best when it comes to AI-assisted recruiting
Mastering the Art of Questioning AI: The Super Skill
Discover the importance of asking the right questions to AI and learn actionable tips to maximize your results while ensuring accuracy and reliability.
Why Recruiters Need a Devil’s Advocate AI
Stop falling for your own ideas! Learn how an AI devil’s advocate can boost critical thinking, expose biases, and lead to career-boosting insights.
What AI Should I Use For Outreach Message in 2024?
Discover the top AI technologies to consider in 2024 and find your answer to "What AI should I use?" Stay ahead of the curve with the latest advancements in AI.
LinkedIn Recruiter 2024: Embracing the AI Wave
Discover the LinkedIn Recruiter 2024, where we ride the wave of AI innovation to transform recruiting. Join us as we embrace the future of talent acquisition and unlock new possibilities.
Outreach and engagement
Messages that get answered, the reasons candidates disengage, and the conversational skills that hold a process together.
Engagement chapters in the bookIs Email Outreach Dead for Recruiters in 2026?
Gmail’s AI filters are killing cold email for recruiters. Learn which outreach channels actually work in 2026 and how to adapt before your pipeline dries up.
How to Build Rapport as a Recruiter
Learn how top recruiters build lasting rapport with candidates, hiring managers, and leaders through trust, empathy, and clear communication.
How Storytelling Helps Recruiters Win in an AI World
AI tools are helpful, but stories connect. Learn how to use narrative with AI to attract top talent, stand out, and make your recruiting more human.
Why Urgency Is the Missing Skill in Recruiting
Urgency is one of the most valuable skills in recruiting, yet many recruiters lack it. Here’s why it matters and how to build it with simple habits.
De-escalation: The Essential Skill Every Recruiter Needs Today
De-escalation is now a must-have skill for recruiters. Discover proven techniques to defuse conflict, protect relationships, and strengthen your hiring process.
Recruiting Email Outreach: 2025 Best Practices
Level up recruiting email outreach! Discover 2025’s best practices, benchmark data, and tips. Craft messages that get replies and avoid the spam folder.
How to Master Social Selling for Recruitment
How can recruiters leverage social selling? Learn 5 key steps to build relationships, engage top talent, and boost placements using social media strategies.
How to Create LinkedIn Outreach Messages in Seconds with AI
Leverage AI technology to craft compelling outreach messages. Learn how to create LinkedIn outreach messages using AI, saving you valuable time and effort.
Candidate Ghosting: Strategies and Tips for Recruiters
Learn how to navigate candidate ghosting in this informative article. Discover effective strategies for dealing with this common hiring challenge.
Unlocking the Potential: Storytelling in Recruitment Strategies
Explore the transformative power of storytelling in recruitment. Learn how narratives captivate potential employees, set your brand apart, and turn your workforce into brand ambassadors.
Interviews and assessment
Structured interviewing, assessment frameworks, skills-based hiring, and keeping evaluation fair when candidates use AI too.
Interview chapters in the bookYour Interview Process is a Product. Right Now it Has A 1-Star Rating.
Most companies treat interviews as a filter, not a product. That’s why top candidates drop off, ghost your offers, and leave 1-star reviews.
Top Interview Techniques Recruiters Must Know
Discover effective interview techniques for recruiters. Learn structured, behavioral, and rapport-building methods to run better interviews.
How to Successfully Rehire Your Company’s Ex-Employees
Discover the benefits and best practices for recruiting boomerang employees - former employees who return to your company. Learn how to reach out and re-engage.
How to Achieve Unbiased Hiring: Eliminate Assumptions
Learn how assumptions and biases can impact the recruitment process and discover best practices for removing them to ensure fair and effective hiring.
What is Talent Density? Build a Rockstar Team Like Netflix
Talent density is the key to high performance. Learn what it is, how to calculate your ratio, and proven strategies from Netflix to attract, hire and retain A-player talent in your organization.
Are Job Interviews Becoming Obsolete in the Age of AI?
Explore why job interviews still hold significant value in the AI-driven era and how they are adapting to integrate new technologies effectively.
Skills-Based Hiring: Promise vs. Reality
Despite growing popularity, skills-based hiring has yet to significantly increase opportunities for non-degreed workers, according to new research.
CARL vs. STAR: Which Is Right for You?
Explore the differences between CARL and STAR interview methods. Understand their advantages and unique features to make informed hiring decisions.
Candidate experience
What a hiring process costs when it goes wrong, why candidates drop out, and how to protect the people moving through it.
Candidate experience in the bookHow to Protect Your Identity From Job Scammers
Scammers clone recruiter profiles to run job frauds. Learn how to verify your identity, document scam operations, and build protection platforms won’t provide.
Candidate Experience: Trends You Need to Know in 2024
Discover the latest candidate experience benchmarks from the 2024 report. Get key findings, recommendations, and expert tips to enhance your hiring process.
Tips for Handling Rejection from Candidates
Discover the best tips on handling candidate rejection professionally. Learn to maintain a positive outlook and improve your recruitment process.
How to Calculate the Cost of Bad Candidate Experience
Learn how to calculate the cost of bad candidate experience and its impact on your business. Understand the significance of providing a positive candidate journey for long-term success.
How To Remove Reviews From Glassdoor
Discover the fastest way to delete Glassdoor reviews and effectively manage unwanted feedback. Unlock efficient methods for removing unwanted reviews.
Search filters and restrictions, how the feed actually distributes posts, and building a profile that does recruiting work for you.
Sourcing chapters in the bookThe LinkedIn Posts You Remember Are Lying to You
Why scrolling successful creators gives you the wrong idea about what works, and what to analyse instead.
Why Viral LinkedIn Posts Are Rarely What They Seem
Your post got 30 likes. Theirs got 1,400. Here’s why the gap has nothing to do with your writing, and everything to do with a system you were never told about.
How The LinkedIn Algorithm Really Works Now
LinkedIn now uses one large AI model to rank content, so old hacks fail. Learn how it reads your posts, your profile, and your behavior to shape visibility.
Create Viral LinkedIn Posts with AI: Insider Secrets
Learn how to create viral LinkedIn posts using AI tools responsibly. Discover insider tips for crafting authentic content that resonates with your audience and skyrockets your visibility.
How to Get More LinkedIn Followers
Discover proven strategies to organically grow your LinkedIn following as a recruiter. Build your brand, attract top talent, and position yourself as an industry leader.
LinkedIn Trends 2024: What’s Next for Recruiting?
How will AI revolutionize recruiting? Get LinkedIn’s predictions (AI, skills-based hiring, Gen Z...) and strategies for adapting in 2024. Be ready!
Top LinkedIn Writing Frameworks to Craft Viral Posts
Learn the top LinkedIn writing frameworks that influencers use to go viral and gain engagement. Enhance your content strategy with these proven methods.
LinkedIn’s New Features for 2024
Discover LinkedIn’s latest features and redesign. Learn how the updated interface, creator mode, and analytics can level up your networking. Discover how to make the most of these new features.
LinkedIn Shadow Ban: Is It Real? How to Avoid & Fix It
Discover the truth about LinkedIn shadow bans. Learn how to detect, avoid, and fix a shadow ban to maintain your professional presence on LinkedIn.
How to Create a LinkedIn Newsletter (Benefits and Tips)
Learn how to create a LinkedIn newsletter with this helpful guide. Discover the benefits and get valuable tips to make your newsletters stand out on this professional platform.
What to Post on LinkedIn That People Will Read
Discover effective LinkedIn content ideas that will captivate your audience’s attention. Gain insights on what to post and write content that people will read.
How to Overcome LinkedIn’s New Restrictions in 2024
Discover effective strategies to overcome LinkedIn’s new restrictions. Stay ahead of the game and maximize your professional networking potential.
Does the Size of your LinkedIn Network Matter?
Discover the impact of your LinkedIn network. Does LinkedIn network size really matter or not? Explore whether it truly matters and how it can impact your professional journey.
Metrics and strategy
Recruiting measurement, market data, hiring-manager partnership, and the shape of the profession as it changes.
Analytics chapters in the bookCreator-Led Recruiting Will Beat Career Pages In 2026
Candidates aren’t reading your career page first; they’re reading your employees’ LinkedIn posts. By the time they apply, the decision is mostly made.
How Many Recruiters Are In The World In 2026?
How many recruiters are in the world in 2026? Regional counts, open recruiter roles, what changed since 2025, and what it means for you.
How Many Recruiters Are There in the World in 2025?
Discover if AI is really replacing recruiters. Global data from 2021-2025 reveals unexpected hiring trends and what’s next for the industry.
The 2026 Recruiting Toolkit Most TA Teams Miss
Practical decision tools for capacity, req priority, reverse funnel volume, outreach limits, and pipeline aging, so plans do not collapse in January.
Talent Acquisition Predictions for 2026
A clear look at the recruiting trends shaping 2026, from AI hiring tools to skills based recruiting, and what these changes mean for modern recruiters.
What Will Recruitment Be Like in the Year 2025?
Discover the key trends, challenges, and opportunities that will shape recruiting in 2025, from the rise of AI to the evolving hiring funnel and metrics.
Why Recruiters Should Google Their Name
Recruiters should Google their name to track mentions, monitor LinkedIn visibility, and use AI tools to protect their online reputation and professional brand.
The Recruiter’s Secret Weapon: Mastering Personal Branding
Explore the benefits of personal branding for recruiters. Learn strategies to increase your visibility, attract top talent, and accelerate your recruiting career growth.
How to Get More Views From Content You Already Made
Learn how recruiters can turn your content into fun, engaging posts for platforms like TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube Shorts with the help of AI tools.
The Global Talent Acquisition Landscape 2025: What’s Next?
Discover what 2025 holds for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals with the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities. Read the latest research.
Proven Strategies to Slash Candidate Drop-Off Rates
Learn top strategies to reduce candidate drop-off rates, improve hiring processes, and boost engagement with proven techniques from industry-leading companies
How to Manage Multiple Requisitions as a Recruiter
Feeling overwhelmed by a mountain of open requisitions? Discover best strategies to prioritize critical roles, leverage time-blocking, and align with hiring managers for recruiting success.
Recruiting Secrets: Why Sharing Knowledge Beats Hoarding It
Learn why successful recruiters share their expertise instead of keeping it secret. Discover the benefits of knowledge sharing for your recruiting career and team.
Free and Paid Tools for Recruiters to Boost Productivity
Discover 9 powerful tools that can revolutionize your recruiting process and save you hours each day. From AI-driven chatbots to productivity apps, we’ve got you covered.
How to Find Your Recruitment Mentor at Any Career Stage
Looking for a recruitment mentor to boost your career? Get valuable insights and guidance to excel in the world of recruitment, no matter what stage you’re at.
Power of Data: Recruiting Metrics for 2024 Success
Elevate your recruitment game with data-driven metrics. Discover the most important KPIs to track and analytical approaches for informed decision-making in 2024.
Unlock Data-Driven Recruiting with URL Shorteners
Discover simple tricks and advanced strategies for using URL shorteners in recruitment. Improve your outreach and attract better talent.
9 Mistakes to Avoid When Working With Recruitment Agencies
Is your company looking to work with a new recruitment agency? Don’t miss these 9 common mistakes to avoid, ensuring a smoother hiring process.
10 Skills Recruiters Will Need in 2024 and Beyond
Discover the top 10 skills that recruiters will need in 2024 and beyond. Stay ahead of the game and prepare for the future of recruitment.
Top 10 Recruitment Trends for 2024: Are You Ready?
Discover the top 10 recruitment trends of 2024 and ensure you’re fully prepared for the future. Stay ahead in the competitive job market!
How To Improve Your Relationship with Hiring Manager
Discover effective strategies to improve your relationship with hiring managers. Learn how to turn bad relationship into fruitful one in few steps.
Where this goes deeper
The articles follow the news. The book holds the method.
Each topic above maps to chapters that work through the underlying practice rather than the current example. Both books are listed with their regional booksellers.