Candidate Perspective

Hiring looks very different from the other side of the table. This section is for experienced professionals who want honest insight into how decisions get made — so you can show up to every stage of the process with clarity and confidence.

• Should You Accept a Counteroffer? Four Claims, Weighed Against the Survey Data — One UK survey found 74 per cent of people who accepted a counteroffer had left within a year. Here are four familiar claims about counteroffers, each given a verdict and a source.
• How to Decide Between Multiple Job Offers — Five things candidates are told when choosing between job offers — and how many of them actually hold up. With a decision tree, sharper citations, and one honest uncertainty about what really determines whether you thrive.
• Ghost Jobs: Why Employers Advertise Work They Are Not Hiring For — A survey of 649 hiring managers found close to 40% admitted their employer had run ghost adverts. Here is why it happens, how to test a listing in one message, and what honest employers owe applicants.
• Dear Recruiter: My Candidate Ghosted Me After Signing the Offer — Post-offer ghosting breaks the recruitment chain at its most expensive point - here is how to spot the signals earlier and keep candidates genuinely committed through to their first day.
• What a Great Cyber Startup Hiring Manager Does Differently in the First Call — What great cyber startup hiring managers do differently in the first call - and why those thirty minutes determine more than most teams realise.
• Why Cyber Startups Lose Candidates in the Offer Stage, Not the Interview — Cyber startup hiring often fails not in the interview room but in the quiet days after the offer goes out - here's how to stay present and stop losing candidates at the finish line.
• Why a Thank You to Your Recruiter Actually Matters — A genuine thank you to your recruiter after getting the job matters more than you think - and it matters from both sides of the hire.