Blog
Notes on hiring, sourcing, AI, and compliance from the team building TalentGleam.
Recent articles
Best ATS for small business in 2026: reach and price compared
Most small-business ATSs cover the same basics. What matters is reach: how many candidates your job ads pull. Prices, terms, and caps for ten tools, sourced.
Best student job boards in Germany: 11 platforms for 2026
Eleven student job boards for hiring in Germany, plus direct university postings. What each is built for, what it costs, and when to post.
ATS vs recruiting CRM: which does an SMB need?
What an ATS and a recruiting CRM each do, why most SMBs need the ATS first, and the signals that tell you a talent CRM has finally earned its place.
Hiring
The hiring screen: knockout questions first, deep CV read second
Most teams burn the wrong attention on the wrong CVs. Filter on hard facts first, then spend real time on the qualified pool.
Writing job ads with AI: prompts that work and pitfalls to avoid
Where AI earns its keep drafting a job ad, where it quietly hurts, and where it should stop being used. A short field guide for SMB recruiters.
Hiring software should respect the size of your company
Most ATS tools are built for procurement teams at enterprise scale. A 30-person company moves differently, and the software should reflect that.
How to write a job description that actually gets applications
Most job descriptions read like internal HR notes. Six concrete moves that get qualified applicants to click apply instead of scroll past.
Five hiring metrics that beat time to hire
Time to hire averages across roles and rewards rushing. Five measures that predict hiring outcomes better, ordered from lead to lag.
Interviewing
Reference checks: questions that work, questions that don't
Reference checks are either theatre or signal. Here's the question set that produces signal, the legal frame, and when to skip the call entirely.
Structured interviews: questions that predict performance
Twenty-five years of research says structured beats unstructured by a wide margin. Here's the framework and the questions, in plain language.
Channels
Best job sites in Spain: 12 platforms for hiring in 2026
Twelve Spanish job boards we route to at TalentGleam. Generalist, tech, executive, remote. What each one is built for and when to combine them.
Best job sites in Switzerland: 15 platforms for hiring in 2026
Fifteen Swiss job boards we route to at TalentGleam. Generalist, tech, regional, healthcare, executive. What each one is built for and when to combine them.
LinkedIn vs. Indeed: which platform fits which hiring problem
LinkedIn vs Indeed for SMB recruiters: which platform fits which role, the Quick Apply lift, and the routing patterns we see at TalentGleam.
Indeed or Stepstone: which platform fits which role
Indeed vs Stepstone for DACH recruiters: where each platform wins, the Quick Apply lift, and the routing patterns we see at TalentGleam.
Best job sites in Germany: 19 platforms for hiring in 2026
Nineteen German job sites we route to at TalentGleam. Generalist, tech, start-up, regional, executive. What each one is built for and when to pair them.
Best job sites in the Netherlands: 8 platforms for hiring in 2026
Eight Dutch job sites we route to at TalentGleam. Generalist, IT, executive, expat. What each one is built for and when to combine them.
Best job sites in France: 18 platforms for hiring in 2026
Eighteen French job sites we route to at TalentGleam. Generalist, tech, executive, finance, sector-specific. What each one is built for and when to combine them.
Best free job boards: 12 platforms that actually work in 2026
Twelve free job boards we route to at TalentGleam. What each one is built for, where free beats paid, and when free stops being enough.
Compliance
The EU AI Act for small recruiting teams: a plain-language checklist
What the EU AI Act actually requires of small hiring teams, in plain language. Five questions to ask any ATS vendor before you sign.
AI as assistant, not as decision: a framework for SMB recruiters
Where AI helps in hiring, where it doesn't, and the line we won't cross at TalentGleam. A short framework for evaluating AI features in any recruiting tool.