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I Asked a TA Operations Leader What Made Her Invest in AI Upskilling. Her Answer Wasn’t What I Expected
Read more: I Asked a TA Operations Leader What Made Her Invest in AI Upskilling. Her Answer Wasn’t What I ExpectedOne thing I’ve been doing inside the PromptMates community is pulling Talent Acquisition leaders aside and asking how they’re approaching AI. Not the LinkedIn version.Not the conference version.The real version. What are they learning? What are they experimenting with? What is actually pushing them to invest time in this space? Recently, I spoke with a…
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A Peek Into Charlotte’s Hiring Market with Liv Brandt
Read more: A Peek Into Charlotte’s Hiring Market with Liv BrandtI met up with Liv, a Business Development Manager at Axiom Path, to get a pulse check on what she’s seeing across the hiring market. Liv spends her days talking with hiring managers, technology leaders, and candidates across technology, data, cybersecurity, engineering, accounting & finance, and business operations. Naturally, I was curious about what she’s…
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I Asked a Talent Operations Leader Where AI Is Actually Creating Value in Recruiting
Read more: I Asked a Talent Operations Leader Where AI Is Actually Creating Value in RecruitingSpend enough time on LinkedIn and you’ll start to think AI in recruiting only means one thing: sourcing candidates faster. Every conversation seems to come back to resume screening, candidate matching, outreach automation, or fears that AI is making hiring decisions. I had a conversation with Dan, a fellow Promptmates member and Talent Operations professional…
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What Two TA Leaders Told Me About AI in Recruiting
Read more: What Two TA Leaders Told Me About AI in RecruitingEvery week I hear the same questions from job seekers: Am I being screened out by AI before a human ever sees my resume. How do I beat the AI in recruiting. Is my application even making it to a recruiter. People keep asking the same questions about AI in recruiting so often and I…
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Most Companies Don’t Need More QA Engineers. They Need Someone To Tell Them What’s Wrong
Read more: Most Companies Don’t Need More QA Engineers. They Need Someone To Tell Them What’s WrongI pulled my engineering manager Ryan Anderson aside to discuss what he’s seeing across client environments right now. What surprised me wasn’t the technology. It wasn’t AI. It wasn’t Modern Automation Tools. It was how companies describe their problems. When engineering leaders reach out for help, they rarely come with a precise diagnosis. Instead, they…
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Example Of How Senior QEs Are Actually Using AI in Real Work
Read more: Example Of How Senior QEs Are Actually Using AI in Real WorkMany recruiters are still trying to figure out how to vet automation skills. Now add AI into the mix. So I asked a senior QE how they’re actually using tools like Claude Code and Cursor day to day. The answer wasn’t “it writes code for me.” It was: • Writing test plans, test strategies, test…
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I used engineers to vet engineers. When I went internal, I looked for a staffing partner that did the same.
Read more: I used engineers to vet engineers. When I went internal, I looked for a staffing partner that did the same.I hired 100+ engineers between 2022–2025 and used a Quality Engineer on payroll to help me do it. No, they weren’t a recruiter. He’s an engineer who became one of the most valuable parts of my hiring process. He helped me:• Vet candidates against the actual requirements of the role• Validate whether candidates could really…
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Are recruiters dropping the ball once the technical interview is scheduled?
Read more: Are recruiters dropping the ball once the technical interview is scheduled?Recruiters spend a lot of time right now sorting through noise. Hundreds of applications. AI-generated resumes. Candidates applying everywhere. So when they finally find someone worth moving forward, that candidate is supposed to matter more. Not less. But in practice, that’s where something breaks. Because once the interview is scheduled, the focus often shifts away…









