Practical writing for recruiters who run volume: what the first round costs, how to write criteria, what to let an AI decide, and what the law is about to ask of you.
Candidates phoned per role, times minutes per call, times what an hour of a consultant costs. The arithmetic behind the first round, what it leaves out, which part should stay a human call, and how to measure it on your own desk in a week.
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Read the postFrom 10 December 2026 the Privacy Act requires privacy policies to describe automated decision-making that significantly affects people. If your agency uses any AI or automated tool in the hiring funnel, including ATS knockout questions, this is what to do before then.
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