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𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: Shibui

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙞 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?
𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘪 is a Japanese aesthetic concept that describes a subtle, understated beauty that becomes more profound with time and observation. It embodies simplicity, refinement, and depth often found in objects, art, experience, or people that are not flashy but evoke a quiet elegance and harmony.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙞 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿?
You likely have seen other Japanese words throughout your experience, like 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘯, 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯, and 𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪. Like those words, 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘪 refers to not just a definition but a philosophical concept as well. We chose it because, too often in our field, we pursue the most complex solution, thinking it is the best solution. This can lead to chase shiny new tools or processes before our teams are ready or we've taken the time to truly review what isn't working (e.g., adoption/usage rates, drop-off rates, etc).

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙄 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙞 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬?
When conducting retros or going back to first principles, consider solutions that can create the highest impact without adding more complexity. If you are incorporating automation or AI into your process, consider how you can make adopting or using it as easy as possible for the end users (for example, can you create copy-and-paste prompt libraries or auto-populate prompts for the most commonly used).

RecOps - The GPT

RecOps - Available in the OpenAI store and free to use.

Articles / Industry News

Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar (sorted by type - Bolded denotes individuals)

Andrew Lewis’ From Cost Center to Growth Function: A New Era of Talent Acquisition 🌄
Johannes Sundlo’s Proprietary AI Models (article)
hireEZ’s 2025 Recruitment Trends: Smarter Strategies to Cut Costs and Boost Talent Quality (article)
Reimbi’s The Return of In-Person Interviews: Is Your Candidate Reimbursement Process Ready? (article)
No BS Product Management’s Why Your Product Strategy is Failing (article)
TeamTailor’s How to improve your candidate screening process (article)
Cerebral Valley’s Metaview is building the AI agent colony for recruiting 🌐 (blog)
Talent Collective’s How AI Regulations Are Transforming Hiring Practices (blog)
Recruit CRM’s AI vs Recruiters: Who Wins? with Brian Fink (podcast/video)
Amy Wood’s Capacity model advice (post)
Ashby’s Recruiter Productivity | 2025 Talent Trends Report (report)
SmartRecruiters’ AI at SmartRecruiters (whitepaper)

Product News (sorted alphabetically)

Dover (ATS/Screening) - December 2024 Product Releases
candidate.fyi (Candidate Experience/Scheduling) - Feature Release: Upgraded API for better data
Manatal (AiO) - Integration: Quil

Permanent Articles

Recruiting Operations: Dictionary & Resources

Events

Week of January 13th

Week of January 20th

Week of January 27th

Kula’s How to do Recruiting Right in 2025 (Yes, it involves AI) with Lou Adler
JobSync’s Roundtable: Everything but AI - What's in Store for Enterprise Hiring in 2025 with Gerry Crispin and Chris Hoyt

Week of February 3rd

Week of May 12th

Ashby’s Ashby One - This in-person conference is for the conference for ambitious Talent & RecOps Teams.

Week of June 2nd

Talent Collective’s Talentsphere Summit. For an additional 10% off, use the code RECOPS.

Job Search

Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.

Additional Resource

ChartHop's PeopleOps Job Board
ATS/Tool-Specific Job Boards
- iCIMS's HR professionals job board aggregates all the HR jobs across their customers
- Metaview’s job board highlights companies in their portfolio that use their product
- Workable’s job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use Workable
- SmartRecruiters’ job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use SR
Denys Dinkevych's remote job board, which aggregates jobs from all the major ATS
Drew Callin’s list of VC and PE job boards for their portfolios (pay attention to the comments too here since there are more)
Kara Zucker's The Startup Job Board Library
Steve Levy’s tips for Google job alerts
TrueUp’s Has a fantastic job board filled with information others don’t like the last time the company did a layoff, application experience based on the ATS, and more.
Darren Bush’s Get Hired Toolkit

Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search

We’ve consolidated our list of boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them more accessible for everyone. Check out the list here. Kaitlyn Elting also built a generator for you if you are worried about your attention to detail.

Thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many beautiful and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent boolean and sourcing content.

#YourNextHire / People Looking In the RecOps Community

Darla Downing-Williams

What I'm Looking to Do:

I am an AI savvy, creative, and strategic human being with 8+ years of expertise and passion in tech and Talent Operations. I have a proven track record of success in serving outstanding candidate experience and creating, implementing, and leading clear internal processes that scale and also uplift recruiting teams. I am focused on a clear vision and execution of systems and data management and love working to create documentation and communication within internal teams. I am a problem solver at heart and love to repair, build from scratch, and craft a better system powered by Earl Grey tea and positive human emotion!

Roles I’m Looking For:

Manager, Talent Operations
Talent Operations Manager
Foundational TA/RecOps Specialist

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