Helpful thinking on IT staffing, technology teams, and delivery.

What we're seeing in actual requisitions and placements this year — the skills rising, the roles cooling, and how demand differs across three industries.

OKAYA turns twenty. Notes on what two decades in the staffing business actually taught us — the revolutions that mattered and the fundamentals that didn't move.

The between-contracts playbook: what to do in the final month, the first week after, and how the consultants who are never on the bench manage it.

We debrief interviews every week from both sides. What technical loops actually test now, where candidates stumble, and how to prepare in a week.

Recruiters place the candidates they know and trust first. How to become one of those candidates — and what a good recruiter owes you in return.

Everyone wants an AI team this year. The companies getting value hired in a different order than the ones with expensive science projects — here's the sequence.

Managed staffing programs promise control and savings, then quietly optimize for compliance over quality. How to get the good suppliers to bring you their best.

The industry quotes 30 percent of salary. After twenty years of seeing the aftermath, we think that number is off by a multiple — here's the honest accounting.

Staffing firms love quoting database sizes. Here's what candidate depth actually changes about your search — and what to ask any vendor about theirs.

Add people to your team, or hand the outcome to someone else? A practical framework for choosing — and the middle path most companies miss.

Most job reqs read like legal documents and source like them too. How to write one that brings in the candidates you actually want.

Fake recruiters target IT candidates constantly, and the scams have gotten polished. The tells that give them away — and how real firms operate.