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Hiring in San Francisco: Five Lessons From 26 Years and Thousands of Hiring Decisions.
Hiring in San Francisco can be very different from hiring in other markets. After 26 years of recruiting throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area, I share five lessons for employers about compensation, commuting, attracting top talent, moving quickly in a competitive market, and why local recruiting knowledge can make all the difference.
Bradford Mattin
Aug 124 min read
What Those Job Board Numbers Really Mean (and Why You Shouldn’t Panic)
(Spoiler: 432 applicants are not 432 qualified competitors) You’ve just applied for a job on LinkedIn or Indeed. You hit submit and immediately see it: “472 people have already applied.” Cue the stomach drop. You picture a virtual line of hundreds of other candidates — all better qualified, faster, sharper, with color-coded résumés and executive references. You close your laptop, grab a cookie, and think, “Why bother?” Before you start catastrophizing, let’s pause. Those big
Bradford Mattin
Oct 29, 20254 min read
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