Insights

Writing on the craft of hiring.

Essays, field notes, and observations from live searches. New pieces go up when there's something worth saying — not on a content calendar.

Market
2 April 2026 · 8 min read
The 2026 talent shortage, in real numbers
Four public datasets on the state of global hiring — ManpowerGroup, the World Economic Forum, OECD, and the U.S. BLS — and what they mean for specialist searches this year.
Hiring
18 March 2026 · 6 min read
Why your last three hires took six months
The real bottleneck in modern hiring isn't sourcing. It's calibration, silence, and the long tail of ambiguity between a signed brief and a closed offer.
Economics
5 March 2026 · 6 min read
What 44 days actually costs you
The average professional role now takes 44 days to fill. Here's what that number looks like when you convert it into lost output, using BLS, Josh Bersin, and NACE data.
Hiring
27 February 2026 · 7 min read
The cost of a wrong hire (and how to avoid it)
A wrong hire rarely costs a single salary. It costs momentum, team trust, opportunity, and the six months you don't get back. Here's what the real number looks like — and how to bring it down.
Markets
22 January 2026 · 7 min read
The Gulf engineering market in 2026
Saudi Vision 2030, UAE Industrial Strategy, and Kuwait Vision 2035 have created the largest sustained infrastructure pipeline in a generation. What the public data actually says about the hiring challenge.

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