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Notes from imast
Comparisons, deep dives, and product updates from the team building the AI HR agent.
Jun 3, 2026
How to Detect Fake Resumes: A 2026 Recruiter's Guide to Resume Fraud
How to detect fake resumes in 2026 — the fraud taxonomy, red flags for each type, a portable verification workflow, and where AI screening catches fraud (and where it gets fooled).
Jun 2, 2026
AI Candidate Sourcing: How AI Finds Hires Across 800M Profiles
AI candidate sourcing finds hires across 800M+ profiles boolean search misses. How the mechanics work, where it beats manual sourcing, and where it doesn't.
Jun 1, 2026
AI HR Agent: What It Actually Does (and What It Can't Yet)
An AI HR agent runs sourcing, screening, and outreach on autopilot — but not the hire/reject call. What it does, the legal limits, and how to evaluate one.
May 29, 2026
AI Resume Screening Software: 8 Tools Recruiters Actually Use (2026)
Compare 8 AI resume screening software tools recruiters actually use in 2026 — grouped by layer, with pricing, limits, and a bias + competence buyer checklist.
May 28, 2026
The Agentic Recruiting Stack: How AI Agents Run Sourcing, Outreach & Screening in 2026
52% of TA leaders are deploying autonomous recruiting agents in 2026. The 4-layer stack, named vendors per layer, ATS-integration traps, and EEOC reality.
May 27, 2026
How to Spot AI Cheating in Technical Interviews: A 2026 Recruiter Playbook
48% of tech candidates show AI-cheating signals in 2026 interviews and 61% pass the bar. The tool taxonomy, six live signals, and the structural fix.
May 26, 2026
Recruiter Outreach Templates for Engineers: 9 Cold Messages That Beat 10% Reply Rates (2026)
Nine recruiter outreach templates for engineers, each with the hook, copy, length, sequence position, and 2026 reply-rate band. Engineer InMail baseline is 4.77%.
May 24, 2026
The AI-Generated Resume Flood: How ChatGPT Broke Recruiter Screening (And the 5-Move Fix)
AI-generated resumes flooded recruiter inboxes. Why detection fails, what 25 years of selection research says, and the 5-move screening fix that works.
May 24, 2026
Engineering Recruiting Benchmarks 2026: Every Funnel Stage, Compared
Engineering recruiting benchmarks for 2026 — time-to-fill, response rate, interview-to-offer, OAR, cost-per-hire — with healthy / average / red-flag bands by role.
May 23, 2026
7 HR Pain Points Recruiters Vent About on Reddit — And How to Fix Them (2026)
The recruiting challenges recruiters complain about most on Reddit in 2026 — AI resume floods, ghosting, ghost jobs, ATS misses — plus a practical fix for each.
May 22, 2026
Greenhouse vs Lever vs Ashby: Which ATS Fits AI-Era Hiring (2026)
Greenhouse vs Lever vs Ashby for AI-era hiring: API openness, MCP, native AI, and pricing compared. See which ATS fits your team and what AI layer to add.
May 21, 2026
AI Candidate Screening: How It Works and Where It Goes Wrong
AI candidate screening promises faster, fairer hiring. Here's how it really works, where it quietly fails, and what to check before you trust the shortlist.
May 19, 2026
Sourcing senior engineers outside LinkedIn: a 2026 field guide
LinkedIn is the obvious sourcing channel for engineering hires, but most strong candidates are more visible on GitHub, conference rosters, and personal sites. Here is where to look and what each signal is actually worth.
May 10, 2026
imast vs LinkedIn Recruiter — when to switch and what you give up
A practical comparison of imast and LinkedIn Recruiter for sourcing teams: pricing, coverage, workflow, and what each tool is genuinely better at.
May 10, 2026
imast vs Juicebox — choosing your AI sourcing tool
imast and Juicebox are the two AI-native sourcing platforms most often shortlisted together. Here is how to pick.
May 10, 2026
imast vs hireEZ — modern AI sourcing or enterprise rediscovery?
hireEZ is the enterprise incumbent for outbound recruiting. imast is the modern self-serve alternative. Here is when each makes sense.