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Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Most hiring advice is vague. This show is not. Lucas and Luna examine the actual mechanics of talent acquisition and workforce reduction: how to structure a behavioral interview, how to evaluate a candidate's long-term potential beyond the résumé, and how to manage a layoff with dignity and legal safety. They walk through real corporate cases — from Google's Project Oxygen to Amazon's 'Pivot' performance-improvement plans — and dissect the numbers behind hiring yields, employee churn, and the…
Episodes
Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce DecisionsWhy Your Job Ad Should List the Salary Range
In episode 53 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a simple but powerful change that transformed applicant quality: including salary ranges…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a Simple Paycheck Changed Hiring Forever
Lucas and Luna explore the radical impact of paying job applicants for their time during interviews. They examine a 2024 experiment by a mid-sized tech firm…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a Blind Audition Doubled the Diversity of New Hires
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a mid-sized tech company eliminated names, schools, and photo from early resume…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Recruiter Who Hired for Uncommon Commonalities
Lucas and Luna dig into the hiring philosophy of a standout recruiter at a midsize cybersecurity firm who deliberately looks for 'uncommon…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Unstructured Interviews Predict Almost Nothing
Lucas and Luna dig into the research showing that unstructured job interviews—the classic 'tell me about yourself' conversation—are barely better…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Team Interviews Drive Away Top Candidates
Episode 48 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna dig into a surprising hiring failure — the team interview. They examine a 2025 study of 1,200…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Exit Interviews Reveal Your Real Retention Problems
Lucas and Luna dig into the failure of the standard exit interview — why departing employees rarely tell the truth, how companies waste the data they do…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Your Best Hires Come From Internal Referral Networks
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the surprising power of second-degree internal referrals — recommendations from…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a Pre-Interview Quiz Raised Offer Acceptance Rates
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into a specific data point: companies that send a short, role-relevant pre-interview quiz…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The 40 Percent Drop in Overqualified Applicants After One Job Ad Change
Lucas and Luna dig into a surprising hiring case: how a single tweak in a job description—replacing '5+ years experience required' with 'we…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a One-Question Screener Cut Bad Hires by 40 Percent
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into a surprisingly effective hiring tactic: the one-question screener. They unpack a case…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Requiring References Backfires on Your Hiring
Episode 42 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna challenge the near-universal practice of reference checks. They examine a 2025 study from the…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Public Salary Ranges Attract Better Applicants
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the surprising impact of listing salary ranges in job postings. They break down a case…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a Two-Word Change Tripled Applicant Quality
Episode 40 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dig into a specific experiment by a mid-size SaaS company that replaced '3-5 years…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Unpaid Trial Tasks Are Sabotaging Your Hiring
Episode 39 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo digs into the hidden costs of unpaid trial tasks in recruiting. Lucas and Luna cite a 2025 study by the recruiting…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Your Job Post Is Repelling Your Best Candidates
Episode 38 of Hiring & Firing digs into the surprising data behind job description language. Lucas and Luna examine a 2025 study from Textio analyzing 2.7…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Internal Mobility Beats External Hiring Every Time
Episode 37 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo dives into the overlooked power of internal mobility. Lucas and Luna examine why companies that promote from within…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Hiring for Grit Backfires on Your Team
In Episode 36 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into why the popular concept of hiring for 'grit' can actually harm team dynamics…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How Hiring Managers Inflate Job Requirements and Block Candidates
Lucas and Luna drill into a specific problem that costs companies millions in wasted recruiting budget: hiring managers who pad job descriptions with…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Hiring for Grit Backfires on Your Team
Episode 34 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna take down the 'grit' hiring fad. They trace the concept back to Angela Duckworth's…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Hiring for Potential Beats Hiring for Experience
Episode 33 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dive into a growing body of research showing that candidates hired for their learning ability…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Pre-Employment Tests Can Predict Performance
Episode 32 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo dives into the science behind pre-employment assessments. Lucas and Luna examine a 2025 meta-analysis of 250 studies…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Counteroffers Are Costing Companies More Than They Save
When a top employee resigns, many managers rush to offer a counteroffer — more money, a better title, flexibility. But research shows that nearly 80 percent of…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Bias Hidden in Your AI Resume Screener
Episode 30 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dig into the hidden bias in AI-powered resume screening tools. Lucas breaks down a 2025 study from…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Skills-Based Hiring Beats Degree Requirements
Episode 29 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo explores why more employers are dropping degree requirements and shifting to skills-based assessments. Lucas and…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Referral Hiring Myth and What Actually Works
Employee referral programs are often hailed as the gold standard for hiring—faster, cheaper, higher retention. But new data from a 2025 study of 1,200 tech…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How One Job Description Kept Out Half the Applicant Pool
Lucas and Luna dig into a 2024 study from the Society for Human Resource Management that found the average job description contains more than 80 requirements —…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Overlooked Cost of Hiring for Remote Roles
Lucas and Luna dive into the hidden costs of hiring for remote roles — specifically the overlooked expenses tied to asynchronous onboarding, home office…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Hidden Cost of Hiring for Culture Fit
Episode 25 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo unpacks the overlooked downside of hiring for culture fit. Lucas and Luna examine a 2025 study of 500 tech companies…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why You Should Hire People You Fired Before
Episode 24 of Hiring & Firing tackles a counterintuitive strategy: rehiring former employees who were let go for performance issues. Lucas and Luna examine a…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Apprenticeships Beat College Recruiting for Technical Roles
Lucas and Luna examine how companies like Siemens, IBM, and Salesforce are shifting from traditional college-degree requirements to apprenticeship programs for…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Relocation Packages Are Failing Remote Hiring
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into a hiring trend that's quietly blowing up budgets and offer letters: relocation…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Ghosting Candidates Destroys Your Employer Brand
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna tackle a costly hiring blind spot: candidate ghosting. Drawing on a 2025 survey by the talent…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Salary History Bans Are Reshaping Negotiation Power
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how salary history bans are fundamentally changing the dynamics of compensation…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Boomerang Hires Outperform New Hires Every Time
Episode 19 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo explores the overlooked power of boomerang employees — former staff who return to a company. Lucas presents…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How Quiet Hiring Is Reshaping Workforce Strategy
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the emerging trend of 'quiet hiring' — where companies fill skill gaps by…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Mismatch Between Recruiters and Hiring Managers
In episode 17 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into one of the most persistent friction points in talent acquisition: the broken handoff…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Personality Tests Are Failing Your Hiring Process
Lucas and Luna dig into the multi-million dollar personality testing industry used by 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. They examine a 2024 meta-analysis…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Salary Transparency Laws Are Reshaping Hiring
Episode 15 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo explores how salary transparency laws across U.S. states and Europe are changing recruitment. Lucas and Luna dig…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How One Bad Interview Process Cost 10 Million Dollars
Episode 14 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dissect a 2024 forensic analysis by the corporate-training firm Braintrust that tracked 68 failed…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How the Hiring Ramp Self-Corrects a Slow Market
When the job market slows, most companies freeze hiring. Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive pattern: recessions and hiring slowdowns often produce…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Multilingual Candidates Get Hired First
Lucas and Luna explore the growing competitive edge that bilingual and multilingual candidates hold in the modern labor market. Drawing on a 2025 LinkedIn…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Return to Office Mandate Is Backfiring on Employers
By late May 2026, a growing number of companies are demanding employees return to the office five days a week — and the data is showing it may be hurting more…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
How a Failed Hire Cost One Startup 2 Million Dollars
Lucas walks through the case of a 50-person SaaS startup that made one bad senior hire and lost $2 million in six months — not just in salary, but in destroyed…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Onboarding Is a 90-Day Process Not a One-Day Orientation
Most companies treat onboarding as a single day of HR paperwork and a tour of the break room. Lucas and Luna unpack why the first 90 days are actually a…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Internal Mobility Hiring Advantage
Most companies treat hiring like an external scavenger hunt, ignoring one of their best talent pools: their own employees. This episode zeroes in on internal…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Your Best Employees Are Quietly Quitting Right Now
In episode 7 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the silent turnover crisis that HR teams are missing: 'quiet quitting' — not the…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Case for Firing Faster
Lucas and Luna challenge the conventional wisdom that hiring decisions should be slow and careful, arguing that firing decisions are often too slow and too…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Reference Checks Fail and What Actually Works
Lucas and Luna dig into the broken mechanics of the standard reference check—why most hiring managers get useless information and how structured reference…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why Skills Based Hiring Is Beating Degree Screens
Lucas and Luna break down why a growing number of employers — including Fortune 500 companies like IBM, Bank of America, and Walmart — are ditching mandatory…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Hidden Cost of a Bad Hire
Lucas and Luna drill into the real financial and cultural cost of a bad hire—beyond the obvious salary waste. Using a mid-size tech company case study, they…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
Why the Stay Interview Is Smarter Than the Exit Interview
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna challenge the conventional wisdom that exit interviews are the best way to learn why employees…
- Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions
The Great Resume Black Hole and How to Escape It
In the premiere episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna drill into a single startling number: in 2025, the average corporate job posting…