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AdviceWhat a good job brief actually contains
Most briefs describe a person. The useful ones describe a problem. Here is what changes when you write the second kind.
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IndustryContingent, exclusive or retained: picking the model before the role stalls
The three recruitment models solve different problems. Choosing by price rather than by problem is why roles sit open for months.
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IndustryYour first commercial hires in a security vendor
The first sales and pre-sales people in a security company set the ceiling for everything after them. Hiring them like ordinary software sellers rarely works.
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TechWhy security engineers ignore your message
Strong security engineers get approached constantly. What separates the messages they answer from the ones they delete has almost nothing to do with the package.
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TechHiring for data and AI without the title confusion
Data scientist, ML engineer and analytics engineer mean different things in every company. Here is how to work out which one you are actually hiring.
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AdviceYour hiring process is a product demo
Candidates judge a company by how it hires. For commercial and technical hires with options, a slow or vague process is usually the reason they went elsewhere.
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- KOLY InsightsAdviceWhat a good job brief actually containsMost briefs describe a person. The useful ones describe a problem. Here is what changes when you write the second kind.
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