Transparent recruiting: a better way to hire people

The hiring market has flipped. After years of frenzied growth, tech is now defined by mass layoffs, cautious headcount, hiring freezes, and hundreds of applicants for every role. Hiring cycles have grown longer: more interviews, more barriers, lower confidence.

The problem isn’t the market, it’s that most hiring managers treat recruiting as marketing. Transparent recruiting fixes both sides of the equation by giving candidates the clarity and equity they need to perform their best, while giving hiring managers a faster, more productive hiring process.

With global examples from companies big and small, you’ll see how HubSpot hired 16 highly qualified content designers in just 5 months by focusing on a simple idea: people perform their best when they know what’s expected of them.

Audience takeaways:

A simple strategy and set of tactics you that transforms your recruiting practices, especially in a slow market where every hire counts
Compelling ways to set expectations for candidates before they even talk with you, reducing noise in your pipeline and building a strong employer brand
How to rewrite your job posts to speak directly to your target audience — their goals, motivations, and frustrations — so your roles stand out in a sea of sameness
How to help your best candidates succeed faster with enablement materials and radically transparent recruiting tools