As the founder of Entelo, one of the earliest recruiting tech startups, and now the leader of ZoomInfo’s recruiting product, Jon Bischke’s seen every wave of industry change. In this episode, he joins Nolan to talk through what actually works in hiring today, what’s changing fast, and why the most elite companies are doubling down on data, not guesswork.

You’ll hear about:

• Why pipeline cures all hiring pain
• How “proof of work” is becoming more powerful than LinkedIn profiles
• What agent-to-agent recruiting might look like in the near future
• How to raise hiring quality with real benchmarks

Key topics covered:

[00:00] Intro

[03:42] Pipeline cures all recruiting problems

[08:15] Entelo's founding story and market creation

[11:16] 9 years running Entelo in 3 acts

[13:23] Why Entelo copycats struggle to scale

[15:32] AI agents talking to AI agents

[18:36] Regulatory challenges blocking AI adoption

[21:49] John's return to recruiting tech

[24:47] ZoomInfo's AI builder catalog launch

[28:44] Proof of work sourcing advantage

[31:01] Pipeline strength prevents bad hiring decisions

[34:56] Bespoke recruiting in the AI era

[37:16] Zero executive attrition in 8 years

[39:30] Hire above average framework

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Nolan and Siadhal share their boldest predictions for recruiting and AI in 2026. 

They debate the trends that might shape the year to come, including:

• AI-powered screening and sourcing going mainstream
• $100M offers for non-technical people
• The rise of the role of the “agent manager”
• Increasing invisibility of the ATS
• Social unrest from tech workers, & more 

Tune in, disagree, and drop your own predictions in the comments.

Key topics covered:

[00:00] Intro

[01:10] VC talent partner exodus 

[03:56] AI becomes first screen for candidates

[10:34] ATS becomes invisible through AI agents

[12:37] 90 percent of sourcing will be automated

[14:13] Outreach automation disaster incoming

[20:51] Backlash against human data extraction

[23:35] White collar tech worker social unrest

[27:46] Agent managers emerge as new job title

[32:09] Crazy compensation for non technical talent

[38:26] Foundation labs move into applications

[42:28] 2026 Predictions Wrap Up

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

What makes someone “good”? If you ask Dan McCarthy, Talent Partner at Paradigm (the world’s largest crypto VC), it’s not what’s on their resume. After two decades in tech, he’s got sharp takes on evaluating talent, building elite networks, and why AI will disrupt recruiting less than most people think.

In this episode, Nolan and Dan cover the mindset shift recruiters need to thrive in the AI era—and why being interesting, emotionally intelligent, and hyper-reliable will separate the 10x from the rest.

Key takeaways:
- A recruiter has two real jobs: don’t drop the ball, and have polish & charisma
- Long-term relationships are your biggest moat in an AI-saturated world
- How your content diet (classics over the infinite scroll) can give you an unfair edge

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Key moments: 
[00:00] Intro

[03:43] Most Candidates Are Not Good

[04:55] Relationships and Judgment Don't Scale

[07:00] Building Executive Relationships Before Roles Open

[08:33] AI Creates Winner Take All Markets

[11:01] Tell Me Your Life Story Interview Question

[14:25] The Mid Wit Meme in Hiring Processes

[16:17] Google's Hiring Process Institutional Failure

[19:45] Recruiters Have Two Jobs Don't Mess Up

[21:16] Building Charisma and Communication Skills

[22:51] Content Diet for Sharp Thinking

[24:59] Twitter as the Center of Learning

[26:29] How AI Will Change Recruiting

[30:05] Human Connection Becomes More Valuable

[32:38] Defending Against the AI Tsunami

[33:53] Preparing Kids for an Unknown Future

Rhys Hughes has led talent at Adobe, Rubrik, and now GV—so when he talks about hiring, you listen. In this episode, Rhys joins Nolan to challenge conventional recruiting wisdom and lay out what actually works at the highest levels of hiring. From betting on internal talent to exposing the flaws in "time to hire," Rhys unpacks how world-class companies build teams—and why your next great hire probably isn’t on LinkedIn.

Key takeaways:

• Why hiring should be your last resort (and what to do instead)
• The hidden costs of prioritizing speed over quality
• How to earn trust before you need to hire
• The underrated power of emotional intelligence in exec hiring

Key topics covered:
[00:00] Intro
[05:17] Rhys’ Journey to GV
[11:07] Day to Day Talent Partner Role
[15:16] Performance Evaluation at GV
[18:06] Key Executive Characteristics for Today
[22:30] Back Channel Reference Strategies
[26:00] Building Authentic Professional Brand
[27:50] Promote Within vs External Hiring
[31:52] Why Hiring Should Be Last Resort
[35:30] Time to Fill is Overrated Metric
[38:56] Current Wild Compensation Market
[41:44] Sports Analogies in Executive Recruiting

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this crossover episode from HR Heretics, Metaview CEO Siadhal Magos joins Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich to demo Metaview's new autonomous AI Sourcing agent. They break down why AI-native sourcing tools are redefining what's possible in recruiting, how "promptless sourcing" creates magic from your hiring conversations, and why everyone from founders to recruiters are seeing massive productivity boosts.

Key topics covered:

[00:00] Intro

[02:28] Why Metaview Built AI Sourcing

[04:47] Vibe Sourcing vs Traditional Methods

[08:39] Live Demo of AI Agent

[11:51] Behavioral Changes for AI Workflows

[15:01] Agent Creates Ideal Candidate Profiles

[17:00] Boolean Search is Dead

[19:17] World Class Sourcing for Everyone

[22:19] Natural Language Prompting Power

[24:32] Real-Time Feedback and Calibration

[26:16] Data Sources and LinkedIn Constraints

[28:53] Future ATS Integration Plans

[30:04] What's Next for Metaview

[31:51] Free Trial Access Available

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Matt Stephenson, Head of Tech Talent at Bain Capital Ventures, joins Nolan to get real about what VC talent partners actually do—and what it really takes to hire the best in 2025.

This one covers the whole ground game: VC strategy, comp wars, secondary equity, sourcing experiments, and why the best recruiters today are business partners first.

In this episode:

• What being a VC Talent Partner actually looks like
• Why advice alone doesn’t cut it anymore—only hires do
• How leading startups are adapting comp, equity, and secondaries to win

Key topics covered:

[00:00] Intro

[03:44] From Google Sourcer to Bain Capital Ventures

[04:24] Talent Partner 2.0 Era Demands

[06:46] Working with Seed Series A Companies

[09:35] Network First Hiring Strategy

[11:15] Compensation Wars at Early Stage

[13:56] Secondary Markets Changing Startup Equity

[19:22] Recruiter Shortage Crisis Explained

[22:24] Quality of Life vs Career Growth

[24:02] Creative Recruiting Experiments Required

[25:37] AI Tools Transforming Sourcing Workflows

[29:14] Founder Recruiter Partnership Problems

[31:30] Ground Game Recruiting Strategy

[33:48] Relationship Building Over Candidate Experience

[36:32] Long Game Network Compound Effects

[37:57] Product Feedback as Recruiting Hook

[39:59] Building Your Dream Team List

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Amber Weinberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Aperture, explains why most go-to-market leaders flop in interviews (hint: they don’t know how to tell their story), and why she ditches scorecards in favor of outcomes and cultural wiring. Her take? The best exec hires come from obsessively deep context—not checkbox criteria.

You’ll learn:

• Why scorecards can derail high-stakes hiring
• How to decode a company’s culture with one question: “What are you afraid of?”
• The reference-checking playbook that goes until the signal stops
• What it takes to truly integrate a new exec, long after the hire is made

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Key topics covered:
[00:00] Intro

[02:53] GTM leaders tell terrible candidate stories

[05:46] Nolan's pitch gets reconstructed live

[08:48] Snowflake versus Databricks storytelling secrets

[13:14] Culture and chemistry trump resume brands

[16:52] Deep immersion tactics for executive search

[19:15] What keeps founders up at night

[21:26] Why scorecards kill great hiring decisions

[23:39] Reference until you stop learning strategy

[25:20] Building proprietary candidate access networks

[29:27] Handling negative references with spiky executives

[31:25] 6 month executive onboarding reality check

[34:48] Board relationship setup prevents surprises

In this episode, Nolan sits down with Evan Connor, VP of Talent at Ambience, to unpack why the next generation of top recruiters won’t just be great at sourcing and pitching, they’ll be full-stack operators embedded in the business.

You’ll learn:

• Why great recruiters are business operators first
• How to grow recruiting talent instead of waiting to hire it
• What Ambience’s onboarding pitch certification looks like

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Recruiting top talent isn’t just hard, it’s a game of scarcity. In this episode, Chandler Martin shares how to operationalize talent density with predictive hiring, disciplined outbound, and ruthless clarity.

He covers:

• Why indiscriminate outbound is killing your long-term pipeline
• The predictive hiring model Zocdoc uses to anchor hiring managers
• How to bring humanity (and speed) back to candidate experience

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Personio’s VP of Talent, Fritz Singer, breaks down what it actually takes to scale teams globally—and the hard-won lessons he learned along the way.

You’ll hear how Fritz:

• Scaled Personio’s team across 30+ countries, and 12+ nationalities
• Built a bar-raiser program with actual teeth
• Made internal mobility a business priority 
• Learned why “context beats commands” the hard way

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Vercel's Head of Global Recruiting Ops,Viet Nguyen, and Nolan unpack a deceptively simple experiment that turned into a hiring cheat code: reverse-engineering the judgment of an A+ interviewer to level up everyone else.

What started as a Friday night curiosity turned into a new framework for talent density, interviewer training, and turning instinct into insight. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How Viet uncovered what behaviors top candidates actually exhibit — and how to operationalize them
• The custom tool Vercel built to surface high-signal inbound applicants
• How to stop obsessing over perfect systems and just start building

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

As a senior partner at Swing Search, Annie Wenzel has placed some of the most impactful GTM execs in tech—often before they were obvious bets. In this episode, she breaks down the playbook that consistently lands top 10% talent, even in a market full of fear, fatigue, and overpromising.

This conversation is a masterclass in strategic recruiting:

• Why every great search starts with alignment, not speed
• How to vet founders before taking on a search
• The real reason 10x operators say no—and what gets them to yes
• How to use candidate experience as leverage, not fluff

This one’s for anyone who’s ever had to win trust, coach a founder, or close someone who doesn’t need the job.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Nolan shares unfiltered hot takes from Day One Ventures’ CEO Converge event—what CEOs really think about team chemistry, Glassdoor, and who makes the best salespeople.

Then he shifts gears to show recruiters how to go beyond “AI slop” with two practical hacks from his own workflow: a custom GPT for LinkedIn posts and Metaview templates that save 40+ minutes per candidate write-up.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

AI interviewers are here—from CodeSignal’s new agentic interviewers to a 70,000-applicant experiment where an LLM voice recruiter beat humans in hiring customer service reps. Nolan and Siadhal break down where AI belongs in the process today, why high-volume/inbound is the proving ground, and how human connection still creates alpha.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Are references the most important part of hiring...or totally overrated?

In this episode of 10x Recruiting, Nolan and Siadhal debate:

• Why references can be the highest-signal part of hiring—or a dangerous trap
• When to use "front door" vs backchannel references
• How to ask questions that actually reveal the truth (and not just polite praise)

Check it out and let us know how you run references.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

From the shortage of top-tier recruiters to the rise of ruthless talent density targets, Nolan and Siadhal break down what they’re seeing in the market right now.

They cover three hot-button topics shaping recruiting in 2025:

• Why companies are moving slow on recruiter hires despite a flooded market
• The real meaning of “non-regrettable attrition” and how to use it as a performance barometer
• The newest AI breakthrough—computer use—that could give recruiting teams an edge overnight

Plus, the AI experiment you should start running tomorrow to blow your exec team away.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

What does it really take to meet Elon's bar for talent?

In this episode, we go deep with Charles Guillemet, whose recruiting career spans Neuralink, Gusto, Meta, and now LocalGlobe. Charles shares what it takes to hire elite operators, why gut instinct is underrated, and how Europe has become a magnet for top-tier tech talent.

You’ll hear about:

• The extreme clarity and rigor of hiring under Elon
• Simple, brutal questions that cut to signal fast
• Why “vibe” isn’t fluff — it’s feedback

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Jeff Moore spent 13 years at Google leading some of the company’s most elite recruiting teams. Then he left it all for Toast. Why?

Jeff unpacks what Big Tech gets wrong about TA, why “just take the call” is still golden advice, how to scale a recruiting team from 20 to 80—fast, and so much more.

We cover:

• How executive recruiting actually works when done right
• Why recruiting will always be an art, not a science 
• The real secret to evaluating recruiter performance

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode of our How I AI series, Shiv Brodie (GTM recruiter at Metaview) walks us through the AI workflows she’s using day-to-day to source, engage, and assess top talent. She’s built a powerful system that gives her leverage at every step, and it’s surprisingly simple to replicate.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Shiv’s custom GPT turns a JD into sourcing gold 
• Why she leans on Perplexity, not ChatGPT, for company intel
• How she uses Metaview snippets to level-up multi-touch outreach
• The power of templates for structured, repeatable hiring excellence

Watch the episode to steal Shiv's playbook for building an unfair competitive advantage with AI.

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

This week, Nolan chats with Andy Pittman, VP of Talent at ShipBob—the e-commerce ops platform that’s built one of the most disciplined talent orgs out there.

Andy unpacks how ShipBob sets a high bar for hiring and holds themselves accountable to it. He breaks down their dead-simple but powerful “Would you rehire them?” system for tracking quality of hire, why every backfill requires a business case, and how ShipBob uses internal mobility as a signal of recruiting success.

You’ll also hear:

• Why employer brand should be about selling a better life, not just a job
• The underrated power of fast, structured interview feedback
• How getting founder buy-in changed their recruiting culture
• Why quantity of hires means nothing without retention and performance

To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x