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The Dumbest Guy in All the Right Rooms w. Michael Kainatsky

Host Justin McMenamy interviews Michael Kainatsky, a former corporate leader and recruiter, about leadership lessons, the broken hiring ecosystem, and the proper role of LinkedIn within a healthy professional network.

Kainatsky recounts an accidental, fast-rising career from sales to C-level roles, then into recruiting, arguing the hiring ecosystem is broken and candidates, recruiters, hiring managers, and HR are all complicit. He says mass AI-driven applying and AI resume screening create a feedback loop that rewards bots, while many recruiters overcharge for their low-quality advice and…

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