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Hiring Strategy
The True Cost of a Bad Hire: A Framework for Hiring ROI
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Retention
Why Your Best People Quit: Information Asymmetry in Retention
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The Economics of Employee Turnover: What CFOs Get Wrong
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The Hiring Economics Series
The True Cost of a Bad Hire: A Framework for Hiring ROI
The accounting is worse than incomplete. It’s dangerously misleading.
The Screening Bottleneck: Why More Applications Mean Worse Hires
Your open position just received its 500th application. Congratulations. You now have a problem that looks like success but performs like failure.
Signaling Theory in Hiring: What Candidates Really Tell You
Your hiring managers believe they’re evaluating competence. They’re not.
Information Asymmetry in Interviews: Why Candidates Know More Than You Do
Your interview process reveals what candidates want you to know. The real question is: what are you doing to learn what they don't?
The Retention Playbook
The Economics of Employee Turnover: What CFOs Get Wrong
Your finance team calculates employee turnover at 50-75% of annual salary. They're wrong by at least half.
Why Your Best People Quit: Information Asymmetry in Retention Strategy
This information gap makes most retention efforts reactive theater rather than preventive strategy.
The Half-Life of Salary Increases: Why Retention Bonuses Don’t Work
You're not solving retention; you're teaching employees to hold you hostage.
The Manager Quality Paradox: Your Best Employees Leave Your Worst Managers
The economics are perverse. Your best employees, who have the most employment options, leave bad managers first. Your worst employees, with fewer alternatives, stay.
Compensation Strategy Guide
The December Hiring Paradox: Why Q4 Job Postings Surge Despite Conventional Wisdom
Companies aren’t freezing recruitment; they’re recalibrating it.
The Promotion Cycle: Understanding Corporate Budget Timing for Career Leverage
The train runs on a schedule.
Industry Rotation Strategies: Reading Economic Indicators for Career Moves
Your industry’s health matters more than your individual performance.
The ATS Arms Race: How AI Resume Screening is Reshaping Candidate Strategies
The game changed and most job seekers missed the announcement.
Leadership Frameworks
The December Hiring Paradox: Why Q4 Job Postings Surge Despite Conventional Wisdom
Companies aren’t freezing recruitment; they’re recalibrating it.
The Promotion Cycle: Understanding Corporate Budget Timing for Career Leverage
The train runs on a schedule.
Industry Rotation Strategies: Reading Economic Indicators for Career Moves
Your industry’s health matters more than your individual performance.
The ATS Arms Race: How AI Resume Screening is Reshaping Candidate Strategies
The game changed and most job seekers missed the announcement.
Remote Work Economics
The December Hiring Paradox: Why Q4 Job Postings Surge Despite Conventional Wisdom
Companies aren’t freezing recruitment; they’re recalibrating it.
The Promotion Cycle: Understanding Corporate Budget Timing for Career Leverage
The train runs on a schedule.
Industry Rotation Strategies: Reading Economic Indicators for Career Moves
Your industry’s health matters more than your individual performance.
The ATS Arms Race: How AI Resume Screening is Reshaping Candidate Strategies
The game changed and most job seekers missed the announcement.
Organizational Design Principles
The December Hiring Paradox: Why Q4 Job Postings Surge Despite Conventional Wisdom
Companies aren’t freezing recruitment; they’re recalibrating it.
The Promotion Cycle: Understanding Corporate Budget Timing for Career Leverage
The train runs on a schedule.
Industry Rotation Strategies: Reading Economic Indicators for Career Moves
Your industry’s health matters more than your individual performance.
The ATS Arms Race: How AI Resume Screening is Reshaping Candidate Strategies
The game changed and most job seekers missed the announcement.
The Manager Quality Paradox: Why Your Best Employees Leave Your Worst Managers
The economics are perverse. Your best employees, who have the most employment options, leave bad managers first. Your worst employees, with fewer alternatives, stay.
The Half-Life of Salary Increases: Why Your Retention Bonuses Don't Work
You're not solving retention; you're teaching employees to hold you hostage.
Why Your Best People Quit: Information Asymmetry in Retention Strategy
This information gap makes most retention efforts reactive theater rather than preventive strategy.
The Economics of Employee Turnover: What CFOs Get Wrong
Your finance team calculates employee turnover at 50-75% of annual salary. They're wrong by at least half.