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Employer of Record: Solution or Shell Game?
Posted on August 6, 2025 Leave a Comment
Today, global hiring isn’t just for Fortune 500s. It’s for every seed-stage startup that needs to prove they can build a distributed team without knowing the first thing about, say, employment law in Poland.
Enter the new EOR platforms: sleek, SaaS-y, VC-funded, full of promise and able to sell services at a software multiple.
Winston Goes to Walldorf: SAP Acquires SmartRecruiters’ AI and Ambition
Posted on August 1, 2025 3 Comments
In this market, you don’t pay enterprise prices for recruiting software unless you’re either (a) really desperate or (b) finally ready to take recruiting seriously.
SAP, from the looks of things, is both. Which is why their acquisition of SmartRecruiters makes perfect sense.
The State of HR Industry Analysts 2025
Posted on July 25, 2025 7 Comments
The future of work is not just about people. It’s not just about skills. It’s not even about AI. It’s about staying ahead of the narrative. Because in a world of endless transformation, one thing stays constant:
There will always be another trend. And there will always be another analyst to monetize the hell out of it.
You’re Not Talent. You’re Inventory.
Posted on July 22, 2025 5 Comments
Talent acquisition, at least writ large, is no longer about building relationships, “getting to know candidates,” or even about people, really. It’s about pipelines. Workflows. Throughput. Velocity. Optimization. You know the buzzwords by now. But it’s the sentiment behind them that necessitates a shift in how we think about how we hire.
Big Data Doesn’t Always Add Up.
Posted on March 10, 2015 6 Comments
I will admit that I am not a leader in any way, shape or form. I have managed as many as a dozen direct reports at once, but the problem is, I’m a solipsist, you see, and would rather execute on my own shit than operationalize others’, which is pretty much what management is. I […]
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