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How Missing Evidence Should Affect Candidate Fit

How Missing Evidence Should Affect Candidate Fit

A practical framework for classifying missing candidate evidence, judging materiality and choosing whether to progress, verify, hold or close.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

How Feedback Improves the Next Candidate Search

How Feedback Improves the Next Candidate Search

Learn how to turn hiring-team feedback into controlled sourcing changes while keeping evidence, weighting and human approval visible.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Hiring Developers in Singapore: A Founder Guide

Hiring Developers in Singapore: A Founder Guide

A practical guide to hiring developers in Singapore, from role scope and budget to sourcing, technical evidence, offers and work authorisation.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Hiring Developers Across Borders: Operating Models Compared

Hiring Developers Across Borders: Operating Models Compared

Direct employment, remote teams, employer of record, contractors and agencies — what each model costs you in admin, control and risk.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Hiring a Founding Engineer: Sourcing and Evaluation Plan

Hiring a Founding Engineer: Sourcing and Evaluation Plan

A practical founding engineer hiring plan covering role scope, sourcing, evidence, work samples, references, offers and mutual diligence.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

GitHub Sourcing for Engineering Roles: What to Inspect

GitHub Sourcing for Engineering Roles: What to Inspect

A practical GitHub sourcing guide for engineering roles: inspect project context, authorship, collaboration, recency, licences and privacy limits.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Candidate Ranking and Screening: From a Pile of CVs to a Shortlist

Candidate Ranking and Screening: From a Pile of CVs to a Shortlist

Too many CVs for one role? Rank them with a free tool, then screen the best ones yourself. Five steps from a pile of CVs to a shortlist, with a worked example.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Candidate Ranking for Technical and Product Roles

Candidate Ranking for Technical and Product Roles

Learn how evidence differs for technical and product hiring while keeping candidate ranking criteria, unknowns and human decisions consistent.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Candidate Ranking Checklist for Founders

Candidate Ranking Checklist for Founders

A copyable founder checklist for reviewing candidate rankings, checking evidence, controlling changes and assigning the next action.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Candidate Matching Software: What Should Be Scored?

Candidate Matching Software: What Should Be Scored?

Compare candidate matching software by job-related evidence, uncertainty, explainability and review controls, not a misleading fit score.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

Candidate Fit Score Explained for Hiring Managers

Candidate Fit Score Explained for Hiring Managers

Learn what a candidate fit score means, what it cannot prove, and how to inspect criteria, evidence, unknowns and ties before deciding.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27


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