How to Get Hiring Managers to Change Outdated Recruiting Practices

How do you get hiring managers to change when they’re attached to outdated recruiting practices? This worked for me.

Neurodiversity Hiring Guide for Recruiters & HR Professionals

Neurodiversity hiring is a talent acquisition approach that embraces neurological differences like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia as natural variations in human cognition. For recruiters and HR professionals, implementing inclusive hiring practices involves removing bias from job descriptions, offering flexible interview formats, and providing workplace accommodations to unlock untapped talent pools.

My Fall 2026 Webinar Series For Recruiters

This fall, I’m hosting a webinar series for recruiters who want to master the human side of recruiting before 2027.

Hiring Alignment Template: Stop Hiring Manager Stalls

Kat Kibben’s Hiring Alignment Template helps recruiting teams prevent hiring manager stalls by establishing pre-interview consensus across four key pillars: Autonomy (task independence), Aptitude (technical skills), Collaboration (team dynamics), and Leadership (ownership). This structured chart ensures stakeholders align on definitive hiring criteria, reducing post-interview decision-making friction.

Who Should Interview New Hires? The 4 Essential Roles

A successful interview panel should consist of four key roles: a recruiter for initial screening, the hiring manager for final alignment, an aptitude interviewer to verify technical skills, and a collaboration interviewer to evaluate team dynamics. Industry experts advise against using external contractors to prevent bias and legal liabilities.

Why Candidate Rejection Emails Matter (And How to Write Them)

Candidate rejection emails are critical in today’s AI-driven, contractor-centric market. Ghosting candidates destroys future pipelines. By sending empathetic, timely rejections, recruiters protect their employer brand and keep runner-up talent warm for incoming contract opportunities, turning necessary rejection into an active relationship-building and talent retention strategy.