“Nepotism is the new quiet hiring trend—and it’s everywhere. But you don’t have to play dirty to win. Learn how to navigate the favoritism era without losing your confidence or your edge.”
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http://leadboldly1.blog/2025/11/10/nepotism-nation-how-to-keep-your-head-up-when-hiring-isnt-about-merit-anymore/

Nepotism Nation: How to Keep Your Head Up When Hiring Isn’t About Merit Anymore

Written by Cari Borden Let’s talk about the quiet hiring epidemic no one wants to admit exists nepotism.And before you roll your eyes, no, it’s not just your imagination. In a market where unemploy…

Lead With Your Heart

In the final instalment of this edition of the Talent Aperture Series, I continue the case that hiring isn't procurement—it's stewardship—and explore:

🧠 How we reclaim human judgement in hiring
📈 Why blind recruitment and contextual interviews are gaining ground
💎 What good decision-making really demands in a world drunk on metrics.

https://robert.winter.ink/the-talent-aperture-reopened/

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The Talent Aperture, Reopened

In a world of automated hiring, human discernment is vanishing. Part III of the Talent Aperture Series explores how over-reliance on algorithms compromises diversity, adaptability, and ethics. Yet through a three step process we can restore judgement as a core capability in hiring—and outlines how organisations can do so. Once upon a restructuring, someone in […]

Dr Robert N. Winter