What’s happening in the workplace in 2026? It’s not just about a paycheck or a fancy title anymore. So you just consider what are the essentials for employees. Employees want more: from being their own boss to having a cozy corner they can call their own. Source: Freepik This guide will help you figure out… Read more »
8 Useful Employer Branding Trends for 2026
The job market continues to be dynamic and competitive. So, employers need to be on top of their game to attract the best talent. Employers have to maintain a great brand and reputation that will attract top talent and help retain employees and key stakeholders. Several trends have changed the way employers present themselves to… Read more »
200+ Applicant Tracking Systems in 2026 – Big & Small
Our Ongig team talks to hundreds of people a year about which applicant tracking systems they use because the applicant tracking systems are often directly related to candidate experience and employer branding (things we care deeply about). So, we’re by no means experts on the best applicant tracking systems. However, we’ve learned a bunch on… Read more »
Using Multiple ATS’s Doesn’t Have to Hurt Your Candidate Experience
If you’re using multiple applicant tracking systems, it likely hurts your pre-apply candidate experience for your company career site. It might force candidates down a path before they even know which path is right for them. For example, I know one major financial company who has 12 applicant tracking systems across 12 countries. I know… Read more »
15 Benefits of AI in Recruitment/Talent Acquisition
Year-end celebrations are synonymous with all kinds of lists, from shopping, to guests, and even destinations for your next big vacation. In the spirit of year-end list traditions, we have curated 15 advantages that AI brings to your TA pipeline. We hope these benefits will inspire your hiring campaigns as we head into 2026! 1. … Read more »
16 Helpful Career Site Self-Service Tools for You
42% of the Fortune 500 use career site self-service tools for a reason. It lets them change their career pages on the fly. That lets you solve just about any recruiting-related problem. Need a new Interns page? Bam! Do you need a new diversity page? Bam! Need to leverage the newest AI search technology from… Read more »
10 of the Best Company Career Site Job Search Examples (2026 Update)
Company career site job search is one of the biggest drivers of candidate experience, and one of the most overlooked. Did you know that some candidates leave your company’s career site if there is no job search at all? And if you have a career site job search already, it better be good. Tech-savvy candidates… Read more »
The Craziest Job Description on Reddit and What They Reveal About Hiring Today
Job descriptions don’t usually go viral. Most are skimmed, saved, or forgotten within seconds. But every so often, one stands out, not because it’s inspiring, but because it raises immediate questions about what the job (and the company behind it) is really asking. That’s what happened when a post titled “Craziest job description I’ve seen… Read more »
How to Build a Talent Pipeline That Supports Rapid Product / Engineering Scaling
When you’re building products at scale, you could need a talented engineer at any time. But without access to high-quality candidates at your fingertips, you risk dragging out the hiring process. Or, worse, not meeting your product development goals. Luckily, you found this article, which lays out exactly what you need to do to build… Read more »
Best Practices for Ensuring Job Post Compliance Across Regulated Industries
If you’re looking to fill roles for jobs in regulated industries, you need to make sure your job postings are compliant with applicable laws and regulations. Otherwise, compliance officers may flag you for not meeting regulatory requirements. To avoid legal and financial fallout, we’ve put together 13 best practices that help ensure your job description… Read more »
Beyond the Buzzword: What Recruiters Must Learn from the HiringLab AI Context Deficit Study
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days. Every job board seems to mention “AI,” “GenAI,” or “AI-powered” in its job descriptions. But as employers rush to ride the AI wave, a new realization is emerging: many of these job posts offer no clarity on what “AI” really means. In fact, Indeed Hiring Lab revealed a… Read more »
Is Performative Inclusion Hurting Your Talent Pipeline?
DEI initiatives are known to attract quality candidates by expanding the workforce with varied skills that boost organizational efficiency. Research shows that companies dedicated to DEI initiatives generally yield a 39% increase in performance compared to competitors with more exclusionary practices. Yet, a company’s DEI initiatives (which includes inclusive hiring) could differ vastly from the… Read more »
Last Week I Had a Viral LinkedIn Post — But Why? (And What TA Folks Can Learn From It)
We don’t just read job posts. We imagine our future in them. That’s why my recent viral LinkedIn post about how fast a job goes from dream to disappointment “blew up”. I didn’t expect it to resonate like that. But now I see exactly why it did. I wrote: “Most of us don’t realize how… Read more »
Job Description Process Improvement: How One Workflow Fix Saved 1,200 JDs from Chaos
Our client used to live in email h*ll. Hundreds of job descriptions, scattered statuses, and no way to know who owed what. That chaos? It’s officially canceled. We worked with them (a large insurance org), who had a common but painful problem: tracking the job description workflow across a ton of people. Their admin was… Read more »
How Technology is Transforming the Way Recruiters Analyse Employee Soft Skills for Roles
More and more employers want people with soft skills, and technology is helping us find them more accurately than ever before. Artificial intelligence, data analytics, and specialist digital tools are all working together to make candidate evaluations more fair, faster, and easier to scale than ever before. I have seen how these technologies have changed… Read more »
