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Week of September 14, 2026

The Metcalf Search blog covers small business hiring, the STACK Method in practice, and the recruiting problems owners run into between ten and two hundred employees. Topics include sourcing strategy, interview design, offer construction, retention, and the operational side of running a hiring function inside a small business.

This week's picks

Great Leaders Don’t Sugarcoat Hard Truths #shorts #hr #leadershipYouTube
Ep 822: How To Win Investment For Employer Brandingrecruitingfuture.com
Americans Without Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Yearswsj.com
Reverse recruiting and the HR shift: what changes when talent also choosesfoxapply.com
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)Hacker News

Recent posts

Rosie · Sep 14, 2026
HN Freelance Thread Doubles Up This Month
What: Hacker News ran two freelance hiring threads in the same month, breaking its usual once-monthly cadence. So What: Either volume spiked enough to warrant a second thread or de…
Rosie · Sep 11, 2026
Automattic Board Sidelines Founder CEO
What: Automattic's board forced founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg into a leave of absence after months of public conflict over WordPress governance and mass employee departures. So Wh…
Rosie · Sep 9, 2026
Reverse Recruiting Gains Traction in Tight Markets
What: Candidates now pitch themselves directly to employers through structured profiles, flipping the traditional application funnel. So What: Small firms without recruiting budget…
Rosie · Sep 8, 2026
Non-Degree Workers Gaining Ground
What: Job openings for workers without bachelor's degrees are outpacing openings for degreed roles, tightening competition for non-college talent. So What: SMB owners who dropped d…
Rosie · Sep 7, 2026
Women Take Nearly All August Job Gains
What: Women captured 98% of August job growth, adding 162,000 positions while male employment stayed flat. So What: If you are hiring in healthcare, education, or services, you are…
Metcalf Search · Sep 14, 2026
Trending in SMB Hiring: Week of September 14, 2026
Recruiting conversations right now are pulling in multiple directions at once, leadership accountability, employer brand ROI, and the quiet rehabilitation of non-degree talent are…
Metcalf Search · Sep 7, 2026
Trending in SMB Hiring: Week of September 7, 2026
Recruiters are wrestling with transparency, employer brand ROI, and a labor market increasingly shaped by women's workforce gains, while freelance pipelines stay active and candid…
Metcalf Search · Aug 31, 2026
Trending in SMB Hiring: Week of August 31, 2026
The labor market is sending mixed signals, job seekers are outpacing open roles, AI is reshaping entry-level pipelines, and workers are increasingly vocal about mental health, lay…
Metcalf Search · Aug 24, 2026
Trending in SMB Hiring: Week of August 24, 2026
The job market's anxiety is showing: "who wants to be hired" posts are outpacing "who is hiring," workers are bracing for layoffs before parental leave, and mental health is emergi…
Metcalf Search · Aug 17, 2026
Trending in SMB Hiring: Week of August 17, 2026
The recruiting world is caught between the deeply human and the deeply technical right now, someone's bracing for a layoff before parental leave, someone else is buying career spe…

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