Joseph Haecker

Rethinking the Resume System in the Age of Algorithms I recently had a conversation with a human resources professional that perfectly captured what’s wrong with the modern hiring process. She told me her HR department serves over 1,200 employees and processes around 4,000 resumes every time they try to fill a single job vacancy. You could hear the fatigue in her voice. She said, “We need a faster way to sort through all those resumes. Our algorithms just can’t keep up.” At first, that might...

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 so many in...

By Joseph Haecker — Editor, Open To Work Social The Silence That Follows I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your unemployed friend doesn’t need another “you got this.” They need you to stop acting like their layoff is contagious. Because when someone loses their job, they don’t just lose income — they lose identity, routine, confidence, and connection. Trust me, I’ve been there. Twice. And both times, it wasn’t the layoff that broke me. It was the silence that followed. The text...