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AI in Recruitment: The end of the candidate database Moat
Why AI Is Breaking Recruitment’s Two-Decade Moat
Renish Narola
Oct 30, 2026 · 7 min read
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39 articles
Hiring
Why 200 applications is worse than 5 good profiles
Renish Narola · Oct 24, 2026
Sourcing
The Boolean string is a tax on your best recruiter
Mann Rijiya · Oct 18, 2026
Signals
What switch intent actually measures
Renish Narola · Oct 11, 2026
Signals
Reading a GitHub graph as a hiring signal
Saral Team · Oct 4, 2026
India
The vacancy nobody fills: senior roles in tier-2 cities
Renish Narola · Sep 27, 2026
Product
Hinglish briefs: what changes when you stop translating
Mann Rijiya · Sep 20, 2026
Sourcing
How to write a brief a machine can read
Saral Team · Sep 13, 2026
Sourcing
Salary bands are a sourcing tool
Renish Narola · Sep 6, 2026
Hiring
The 48-hour shortlist: what breaks first
Mann Rijiya · Aug 30, 2026
Outreach
WhatsApp is the new first touch in India
Renish Narola · Aug 23, 2026
Hiring
Portfolio over pedigree: hiring designers who never apply
Saral Team · Aug 16, 2026
Signals
The pipeline problem is a definition problem
Renish Narola · Aug 9, 2026
Hiring
Why your ATS is a graveyard, not a database
Mann Rijiya · Aug 2, 2026
Sourcing
What a hiring manager actually reads in a profile
Saral Team · Jul 26, 2026
Signals
Measuring sourcing quality without a control group
Renish Narola · Jul 19, 2026
Signals
The case against candidate scoring
Mann Rijiya · Jul 12, 2026
Product
How we evaluate fit at Saral
Renish Narola · Jul 5, 2026
Outreach
Passive candidates do not hate recruiters
Saral Team · Jun 28, 2026
India
India's GCC boom, seen through job titles
Renish Narola · Jun 21, 2026
Hiring
The five decisions behind a 38-day vacancy
Mann Rijiya · Jun 14, 2026
Product
Enrichment is not magic: how we find a phone number
Saral Team · Jun 7, 2026
Outreach
Why reply rates drop after the third message
Renish Narola · May 31, 2026
Outreach
The brief that got 14 replies in a day
Mann Rijiya · May 24, 2026
India
Hiring in Surat: what the market looks like in 2026
Saral Team · May 17, 2026
Hiring
A short history of the job board
Renish Narola · May 10, 2026
Sourcing
When to stop sourcing and start closing
Mann Rijiya · May 3, 2026
Signals
The evidence problem in AI screening
Renish Narola · Apr 26, 2026
Product
Designing a shortlist a founder will read on a phone
Saral Team · Apr 19, 2026
Sourcing
Referral networks reward the same ten people
Mann Rijiya · Apr 12, 2026
Hiring
The quiet rise of the recruiter-in-residence
Renish Narola · Apr 5, 2026
India
What we learned from 5,000 HeadsIn candidates
Renish Narola · Mar 29, 2026
Product
Why we named it Saral
Mann Rijiya · Mar 22, 2026
Signals
Data protection for sourced candidates: a practical guide
Saral Team · Mar 15, 2026
Sourcing
The salary conversation should happen before the screen
Renish Narola · Mar 8, 2026
Outreach
Rejecting candidates well is a growth channel
Mann Rijiya · Mar 1, 2026
India
How agencies win mandates in 2026
Renish Narola · Feb 22, 2026
Product
The one metric we watch every week
Saral Team · Feb 15, 2026
Signals
What AI still cannot tell you about a person
Mann Rijiya · Feb 8, 2026
Product
Notes on building a search engine for people
Renish Narola · Feb 1, 2026
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