Why ElevenLabs’ Non-Traditional Hiring Strategy Proves What We’ve Been Saying All Along at Open To Work Social When Business Insider published its recent piece about ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski, I’ll admit — I stopped scrolling. Not because of the company’s $6.6 billion valuation. Not because of its AI breakthroughs. But because of one sentence. “We’re very against traditional hiring… we found some of our best talent by ignoring LinkedIn.” There it was — the quiet truth

Why Job Seekers Need to Think Like Storytellers (and How Open To Work Social Makes It Free) If you’ve been job hunting lately, you’ve probably heard it a hundred times: “You need to build your personal brand.” Recruiters say it. HR specialists repeat it. LinkedIn influencers make entire careers out of it. But here’s the problem — no one tells job seekers where to actually do that. Sure, you can post on LinkedIn. Maybe start a blog. But most platforms weren’t built for you —

Why Your Story Matters — and How You Can Be Featured in Open To Work Social Magazine Let’s face it — the job search system is broken. Resumes vanish into automated portals. Recruiters rely on keyword filters and algorithms. And real stories — your story — gets buried under the noise. At Open To Work Social, we believe it’s time to change that. We built this platform around a simple truth: 👉 Your story is the most powerful part of your career. Because behind every job title,