Hello,
Job sites make hiring look cheap. Post a job, review a few résumés, conduct a couple of interviews, and get started.
But before a new hire does a single hour of productive work, your team has already spent valuable time writing the job post, screening candidates, holding interviews, and trying to determine who can actually deliver. And when the wrong person is hired, the cost multiplies because the process starts all over again. As we shared in our recent article, what looks inexpensive at the front end often becomes far more costly in lost time, team disruption, and operational drag.
That problem is only getting harder. Candidates are appearing more polished than ever, but SHRM is now highlighting the growing issue of “skillfishing,” where perceived capability exceeds real skill, accelerated by AI-assisted résumés, interview coaching, and credential inflation.
This is exactly why Vanguard Rising matters. Vanguard Rising gives employers a skills-first way to evaluate talent through real-world, employer-aligned work, cross-functional Agile team projects, and demonstrated performance, not just résumé polish. Instead of hiring on hope, businesses can observe how candidates communicate, collaborate, respond to feedback, and perform under real expectations.
If your business is feeling the strain of hiring guesswork, we would love to talk with you about how Vanguard Rising can help you get meaningful work done while building a stronger, lower-risk talent pipeline.
Be on the lookout next week as we recap Q1 results and where Q2 is headed!
With gratitude,
Robyn
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