people are tired of job platforms that just don’t work for what they need #hiring #hiringintech

20 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by taylor desseyn. This content was uploaded by taylor desseyn. This is a YouTube video titled "people are tired of job platforms that just don’t work for what they need #hiring #hiringintech" (created 2026-07-20). The excerpt is a spoken segment in which a single speaker describes recruiting practices used by engineering managers: they largely post openings on company careers pages to reduce low-quality applicants, rely on personal networks (a Signal group of ~15 engineering managers) to source candidates, and run initiatives like a "Laid Off Lounge" series to bring in guest speakers and involve hiring managers.

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I have a group chat of like 15 engineering managers or so on like a Signal group chat. And I just kind of ping them with various questions. And I asked them, I said, hey, when you guys post jobs right now, where do you post right now? Almost all of them said, we pretty much only post on our careers page now. So the career page allows less riffraff to get through. And every single engineering manager was like, I immediately go to my network. I mean, we even have— Yeah. We have a Laid Off Lounge series where we bring in like a guest speaker just to talk about, you know, And I try to get hiring managers in.