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269: Winning the War for Talent in 2026: Smarter Hiring Strategies

1,097 applications in three days for a single VP-level role.

Today’s hiring strategy is overwhelmed by volume, automation, and noise. AI-powered recruiting tools are filtering resumes while candidates use AI to optimize applications, creating a talent acquisition process that feels increasingly impersonal and inefficient.

In this episode, Sean Barnes breaks down why the modern recruiting and interview process is broken and what executive leaders, HR professionals, and hiring managers must do to fix it.

You’ll learn practical hiring best practices for building high-performance teams, improving…

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