INSIGHTS
Insight from the operator’s seat.
Practical analysis of the operating decisions that determine hiring capacity, technology value, integration risk, and recruiting cost.
Articles
Latest thinking.
Article
Integrating a 20-brand hiring function without stopping hiring.
Multi-brand organizations can run one instance without making sacrifices.
Jason Pistulka
September 11, 2026
Hiring Ops
You Attracted the Candidate. Indeed Sold Them to Your Competitor.
David Weinstock
September 10, 2026
Technology Buying
The Demo Is Not the Decision.
Every purchase is really five decisions stacked on top of each other.
Jason Pistulka
September 1, 2026
LONG-FORM ANALYSIS
Analysis for the decisions that shape hiring.
Operator-led perspective on the systems, structure, and decisions that determine whether hiring capacity holds up.
The ATA Audit: What a full read of your hiring function covers.
Process, technology, people, and reporting — what we look at, in what order, and why we do not recommend a single change before the read is done.
Cost center or growth lever: Reframing talent acquisition.
Why the way you measure hiring decides how it performs, and how to move the function from expense to advantage.
Choosing an ATS at volume: ERP suite vs. specialist.
The trade-offs that actually matter at scale — data model, integration cost, and recruiter adoption — not the demo.
ON THE RECORD
Talks and podcasts.
Podcast · AudioTalentless Podcast
Kill your Indeed habit: What job ads actually cost you.
Jason on the Talentless Podcast: what job advertising actually costs you, and why an Indeed habit usually hides a process problem.
Jason Pistulka
VideoPromptMates
How to Pick Your Recruiting Tech.
PromptMates Live is a free show for recruitment and HR professionals to learn from industry leaders and become AI-native.
David Weinstock
Podcast · AudioSocialTalent
From Soft Costs to Hard Dollars.
Most TA leaders lose budget battles not because their ideas are bad, but because they're making the wrong argument.
David Weinstock