Jaclyn Lilly

Jaclyn Lilly

I’ve spent 9+ years working with enterprise IT clients, mainly in recruiting and pre-sales. I focus on building strong client relationships, understanding business needs, and partnering with technical teams to find the right solutions. I’m also especially interested in the growing Charlotte engineering market and currently building hands-on skills in AI and C# development.
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You’re Probably Doing More Than “Manual Testing”

Lessons from a QA professional navigating the job market for the first time in 12 years. When you’ve spent 12 years at the same company, you don’t expect your next challenge to be writing a resume. But that was the…

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AI Doesn’t Fail Because of the Technology

I’ve been thinking a lot about the gap between seeing what AI can do and actually getting people to use it. Because the demos are everywhere. Someone builds an impressive workflow. The automation works. Everyone gets excited about the possibilities.…

QA Market Watch

From what I’m seeing in the market, there’s been some QA movement at TQL and CPI Security. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve connected with QA engineers who have either interviewed with these organizations or recently moved on from them.…

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Let’s Not Roll the Dice on a $130K Engineering Seat

Here’s a scenario every recruiter knows: you run a clean, professional interview loop. Everyone feels good about it. And at the end, your managers can’t decide or agree which candidate is the better fit and the decision comes down to….a…

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The Recruiter Who Isn’t Letting AI Make the Final Call

One of the questions I keep hearing from Talent Acquisition leaders is: “Where does AI actually fit into recruiting?” Where is it saving time? Where is it improving workflows? And where does human judgment still matter? So I sat down…