Notes on hiring tech, HR strategy, and the future of work.

AI in hiring: the 2026 line between helpful and creepy

There is a version of AI-assisted hiring that helps both sides — speeds up the boring parts, surfaces qualified people who would have gone unseen, and gives candidates faster, fairer answers. There is also a version that scrapes social media for vibes and rejects you because of a sentence in your cover letter. Same technology, different choices.