TALENT OPS · OPERATOR DESK
I've spent nearly a decade inside recruiting operations — understaffed teams, broken workflows, hiring managers with strong opinions and no time. I write about hiring from that side of the table, not the consultant side.
Areas of Expertise
About Michael
“Michael spent five years running recruiting operations at growing companies. Not advising on them — actually running them. He knows what it looks like when you have 80 open roles, a team of three, and a hiring manager who needs someone started in two weeks.
That background is pretty much why he writes. A lot of content about hiring is aimed at the people selling tools or setting strategy from the top. He is more interested in the people who are actually in it, trying to figure out what works and what is just adding steps to an already complicated process.
At Joblet.ai he covers recruiting operations, hiring workflows, and the technology that sits inside them.
Credentials & Experience
From the Desk
Prepare an honest failure answer with a spoken example, guidance for first-time job seekers, and practical ways to explain what changed afterward.
Prepare an honest five-year answer with a fill-in template, examples for different career stages, and responses to difficult follow-up questions.
That pause after the salary question can make you overexplain. Ask for the band, give a range, and name what is flexible.
Stop reciting adjectives. Pick one role-relevant strength, prove it with a specific action, and land on an outcome someone else felt.
Weekly Newsletter
One short, no-nonsense email. Recruiting workflows that actually scale, employer-side hiring strategy, and the operational realities behind modern talent acquisition.
