Insights

What we learn from searches, research and interviews with candidates and hiring managers.

Hiring a C-level executive: what to know before you start an executive search

Why first C-level searches fail, what executive candidates evaluate, what to agree with your recruiter at the briefing and how long a transition really takes.

Hiring trends

The trust crisis in tech hiring: candidate fraud, overemployment and what employers do about it

Why tech hiring feels broken, which kinds of candidate fraud recruiters see, how employers respond and how to protect hiring without punishing honest candidates.

Hiring trends

What should businesses do about the change in personal income tax (NDFL) in Russia?

A detailed explainer based on a round table with the HR directors of Aviasales, Cian and Postgres Professional

Hiring practices

Hiring principles: Lev Biriukov

How Eksmo's Head of Analytics selects analysts for his team

Hiring practices

Hiring principles: Yauheni Aziomka

How BrainRocket's tech-stream program manager selects PMs for his team

Hiring practices

How Amazon hires: leadership principles, the loop interview and what other companies can borrow

How Amazon uses its 16 leadership principles in hiring, how the loop interview works, why follow-up questions matter and which practices growing tech companies can adopt.