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Screening at scale: why hiring more recruiters won't fix it

Recruiters handle 411% more applications than in 2022 with half the team. Why more headcount isn't the fix, and what high-volume screening actually takes.

5 min readby Hirevoice
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What a bad hire really costs (up to 3x the salary)

A bad hire can cost 1.5 to 3 times the salary, over €100,000 for a mid-level manager. Why the real cost is a weak process, and how to cut the risk.

5 min read
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Recruiters spend about 7 seconds on your CV

Eye-tracking studies put a recruiter's first look at a CV at about 7 seconds, most of it on six surface facts. Why a skim is not an evaluation, and what is.

4 min read
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Record job vacancies in Spain: 159,785 in a single quarter

Spain just recorded 159,785 open job vacancies in one quarter, an all-time high. What a record number of open positions means for the teams that fill them.

4 min read
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HireVue, Paradox & Amazon alternatives for Spain and LatAm

HireVue, Paradox and Amazon built their AI interviewers for the US. A side-by-side look at what changes when the product is designed for Spain and LatAm.

6 min read
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WhatsApp vs email in recruiting: why candidates go silent

Confirmation emails go unread and the process stalls. Why WhatsApp's read rates change high-volume recruiting, and where email quietly loses candidates.

4 min read
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AI job interviews: 63% of candidates have already taken one

63% of candidates have faced an AI interview, up 13 points in six months. The adoption is the easy part. What separates a good AI interview from a bad one.

4 min read