NationStaff isn't going anywhere. As a candidate, if you've ever wished you had someone in your corner who actually knew how the hiring process worked from the inside, that's exactly what Top of the Stack was built to be. We haven’t just read about the job market and hiring processes, we lived it for decades. To understand what Top of the Stack is, it helps to understand where it came from. The backstory: 24 years on the other side of the table. Ed Guy, NationStaff's Managing

Here's a headline that sounds impossible: recruiters are struggling to fill roles while job seekers are struggling to get hired. Both things are true at the same time, and a recent Washington Post investigation lays out exactly why. Spoiler alert: the answer isn't AI, even though that's what everyone keeps blaming. Tech recruiter Matt Walsh and other experts say the growth of AI and the struggle to find entry-level work mask a bigger problem: the United States is facing what'

A landmark lawsuit is working its way through the federal courts; here's what's happening, in plain English. The story starts with one man and over 100 rejections. Derek Mobley is a Black man over 40 who lives with anxiety and depression. Starting in 2017, he spent years applying to more than 100 jobs through companies that all used the same HR software platform: Workday. He was rejected every time, often within minutes, sometimes with automated emails arriving at 1:30 in the

It's a fair question, and one that more people are asking as the job market gets more complicated. The short answer is: it depends. But the more useful answer is understanding what recruiters can and can't do for you, so you're not over-relying on them or underutilizing them. Here's the honest picture from people who've been on both sides of this. What recruiters actually do, and who they work for. This is the most important thing to understand before anything else: most recr

Most senior professionals spend very little time thinking about how they come across as a candidate. They’re busy doing the work and delivering at a high level, which makes total sense. But when it’s time to make a move, or when something unexpected happens, there’s a reckoning that happens. How are you showing up on paper, on LinkedIn, and in hiring conversations? And is that representative of who you are and what you bring to the table? For most people, the honest answer is

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