Week of July 14th, 2025
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Remember to Take Vacation
Gershwin might have said that “Summertime, and the livin' is easy,” but while he was a great composer, he was not in RecOps (to be fair, though, RecOps wouldn’t be created for nearly 80+ years). There is rarely a time when the livin’ is easy in RecOps and summertime is no different. Our stakeholders and key project partners leave for vacations, the dog days of summer reduce productivity, interviewers cancel last minute, putting pressure on us to help our RC teams, but the same output is expected. Sometimes, that expectation isn’t coming from our leaders or the company; sometimes, it comes from our own minds.
So here is your reminder: take a break. Disconnect. This role requires more creativity than most would have you believe.
But I have so much to do! Give me a quick checklist so I don’t have to think about it.
Happy to! Carve out about 2 hours of pure focus time.
Write down all the projects and programs you are working on.
Eisenhower Matrix them.
Delegate.
Breakdown all the items in your Do and Decide. Most likely you will see that none of them are truly life or death.
Ok, I did that. Now what?
Put in your PTO request and go touch grass (or a Highland Cow they are readily available)
Weekly Survey
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Articles / Industry News
📖 🎧 Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar (sorted by type - Bolded denotes individuals)
Brian Fink’s Recruiters Need to Stop Measuring Vanity Metrics (article)
candidate.fyi’s The Quiet Power of AI In Interview Scheduling (article)
Reimbi’s Why In-Person Interviews Are a Strategic Advantage in the Age of AI Fraud (article)
Unicorn Talent’s A Guide to Headcount Reforecasting (article)
Viet Nguyen’s ROI Framework: Where Should Recruiters Use AI? (deck)
Talivity’s The Candidate Experience Automation Matrix (guide)
Greenhouse’s Global job market trends from the Greenhouse 2025 Workforce & Hiring Report (report)
iCIMS’s July 2025 Workforce Report (report)
The Revol•TA Podcast’s Data-Driven Recruiting with Luke Eaton and Headcount is a Gift with Camille Tate (podcast)
Tracy St. Dic’s Candidate Risk Detector for Hiring Teams Built on Zapier (post)
HR.com’s Episode 16: Better Hires Begin with Better AI with Stephen McGrath (video/podcast)
Gem’s AI Prompting 101 (video)
📰 Product News
Crew (AiO) - Integration: Aircall (announcement post)
GoodTime (Scheduling) - Product update: AI-powered screening passed NYC Local Law 144 bias audit
Endorsed (Resume Review) - Product update: Now finds 90% of personal emails
Juicebox (Sourcing/CRM) - Product update: Quick Find/keyboard shortcuts, Chrome extension (see people in your ATS already and complete tasks from the extension), advance filters for sequence management
Pinpoint (ATS) - Integration: 6+ including candidate.fyi
SCALIS (ATS / Job Board) - Product update: Talent pools, email sequences
SmartRecruiters (ATS) - Product update: Winston Match
Talent Llama (Conversational AI) - Product update: June updates
Warden AI (AI Compliance) - Announcement: Funding round
Permanent Articles
Recruiting Operations: Dictionary & Resources
Events
Week of July 21st
Week of July 28th
Calyptus’ AI in HR & Talent featuring Luke Eaton
Talent Collective, Unicorn Talent, and PURPL’s From H1 to H2: How Top Recruiting Teams Report, Forecast, and Influence Strategy
Better Thing’s Job Search Summit
Week of August 4th
Recruiting Brainfood’s Ep322 - RecOps & AI - How to Accelerate AI Adoption in TA with Mark Harman, Victoria Murphy, and Stephen Collopy
Martyn Redstone’s AI Masterclass: For Recruiters & TA Professionals: The AI-Powered Recruiter Workshop
Week of August 11th
Week of August 25th
Martyn Redstone’s AI Masterclass: For Recruiters & TA Professionals: The AI-Powered Recruiter Workshop
Week of September 29th
Week of November 3rd
Job Search
Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.
Additional Resource
We consolidated this section into job search resources on our Linktree.
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
Short Bio
Michaela is a Sr. Talent Operations professional with a demonstrated history of process optimization, recruiting analytics, and HR technology implementation in high-growth startups. She is skilled in managing cross-functional recruitment initiatives, refining applicant tracking systems (ATS), and improving the candidate experience through operational effectiveness.
Looking for Roles In:
Talent Operations
Recruiting Operations
Talent Enablement/Project Management
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Until next week, Regulators 😊