Recruiters on Getting Hired in a Low-Hire, Low-Fire Job Market

Three recruiters who have sat on the other side of the table are comparing notes on what is actually working right now. David Hollestelle spent years recruiting for a16z-backed startups, Kerry Rockers ran HR for two decades before coaching full time, and Carol Santos spent 14 years inside Google and Meta watching who got hired and who got passed over. Expect specific talk about what recruiters notice in the first ten seconds of a resume, how referrals actually move through a hiring pipeline, and what has changed about who gets interviews when companies are hiring less and firing less. Forty five minutes will not cover every industry, but you will leave with a clearer read on what is actually slowing your search down.