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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WednesdayWisdom AI makes you faster. It doesn't make you an expert. Domain knowledge is still the multiplier. Full episode: www.youtube.com/live/qef8sBD...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hiring has a trust problem. The fix might start with the people who have already seen your work. Gerald Gordon, Co-Founder and CTO of ReferenceMe.ai, joins TRAP Chat to unpack why domain knowledge will outpace AI skills. Tune in at 2:00 pm ET! www.youtube.com/live/qef8sBD...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Monday again = a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing #TACoffeeShot | #HRCoffeeShot

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Monday again = a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing #TACoffeeShot | #HRCoffeeShot

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Your résumé makes the claim. Your references back it up. Coming up on the next TRAP Chat, Gerald Gordon, Co-Founder and CTO of Reference Me, explains why references should show up before you do, not after the final interview.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"As much as they need me, I need them." Dominque says it to the girls at DBI all the time. Her father, her co-founder, knows them by name and mentors their incarcerated parents from inside. Mentorship goes both directions and it crosses walls. Full episode: www.youtube.com/live/NJxSkbA...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OTD in 1863, Mary Church Terrell was born. At 86, she was refused service at a segregated D.C. restaurant. She sued and won at the Supreme Court at 89. "Desperately and continuously they are forced to fight..."

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OTD in 1957, a mob of 1,000+ forced the Little Rock Nine out of Central High. Two days later, they walked back in with the 101st Airborne. "I was not going to give up, because that way they would've won." – Carlotta Walls LaNier

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today at 1 pm ET! Dominque Jones-Johnson discussess what it takes to build an organization with a co-founder who calls into staff meetings from prison, and why she makes funders come see the work in person before they question the budget. www.youtube.com/live/NJxSkbA...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Chasin’ the clouds away and adding some 🎶ba-dee-ya🎶 with this Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing. #TACoffeeShot #HrCoffeeShot #MondayMotivation

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Seven years of the same complaint is not a small problem. It is a volcano with a slow fuse. When there is smoke, there is fire. Most leaders are looking at the wrong end of the room. Full episode: www.youtube.com/live/XwLeBMh...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Founder of Common Sense Consulting@Work Janice Downing joins TRAP Chat to unpack the pivot she never planned, how she earns real access inside organizations where everyone has a reason to protect themselves, & more. Tune in today at 3:00 pm ET! www.youtube.com/live/XwLeBMh...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Birmingham, AL September 15, 1963 10:22 a.m. 🖤💫

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today is NHPI Women's Equal Pay Day. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women are typically paid 59¢ on the dollar — 67¢ counting only full-time, year-round work. Over 40 years: $1,006,640. She matches his career earnings at 80. NWLC, 2024 ACS

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📢 I'm in the Noon AI 2026 Talent 100! Big thanks to Chris Russell for nominating me! Full write up included here: www.noon.ai/talent100/ke...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Celebrating Labor Day with a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing. #TACoffeeShot ☕️ #HRCoffeeShot

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

August 2026 jobs report: +162,000 jobs, 4.1% unemployment. Two categories produced 62% of added jobs — food services (+59K) and local government education (+42K). The 12-month average is 31,000. May was announced at +172,000. It now stands at +63,000.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HR holds everyone accountable. Who holds HR accountable? Michael Chism on why the handbook has to be his too.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm hanging out in Shally’s Alley tomorrow, Friday, September 4 at 1 pm ET for Status Check: What’s Happening in the Job Market? Join us: www.linkedin.com/events/statu...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If the position disappeared, who are you? Strategic HR leader, Michael Chism, Ph.D. joins TRAP Chat to unpack why organizations keep putting the position in front of the person, and what it takes to put the human back in human resources. www.youtube.com/live/d2jMkbF...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Seven months of jobs reports. One contradiction. Unemployment fell from 4.3% to 4.1%. Almost nothing underneath it improved. Job growth peaked in March at +214K and has fallen every month since. July came in at −23,000.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On this day in 1963: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Jobs came first in the name, but it's the part that gets left out. Four of its ten demands were hiring and wage policy. Demand 10 named employers, contractors, employment agencies and unions. Still the work in 2026.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anne T. Griffin breaks down why some AI backlash is a design problem: chatbots that hijack what you're doing, tools that never figure out what you actually need, and the exhaustion that sets in by the 100th new tool. Full episode: www.youtube.com/live/1e5Kbib...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Two OFCCP final rules published Friday. Sept 21: disability self-ID invitation rescinded. CC-305 gone. Veteran self-ID stays. Oct 26: EEO statement off contractor job postings. The EEO-1 rescission is still only a proposal. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended

The U.S. Department of Labor is revising its implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503). The revisions align the regulations with applicable l...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Starting the week with a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing #TACoffeeShot ☕️ #HRCoffeeShot

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licia @astra99.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

astronomers just announced details for a deep partial lunar eclipse on aug 27-28, 2026. it'll reach 96.3% obscuration in earth's shadow. makes you think about our precise understanding of celestial mechanics.

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Astronomers Detail Upcoming Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse with 96.3% Obscuration

Astronomical observations and calculations, recently announced on August 23, 2026, have provided precise details for a dramatic partial lunar eclipse slated for the night of August 27-28, 2026. This s

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Part 3 of The Apply Button Trap. Their Terms list an absolute commitment: each consent authorizes only the operation it specifies. One consent is never standing authorization for another. Hold that thought.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today’s Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing = coffee, peace, and a croissant. #TACoffeeShot ☕️ #HRCoffeeShot

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Part 2 of The Apply Button Trap. Same application. Two emails, hours apart. One recommended AI Engineer. The other, Solutions Engineer. Same resume, same application, two different answers. The variable isn't you.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#TBT to my mini session at Alimond Studio. #BusinessMullet = 50% Before 50% During 100% Somebody’s Next TA Leader Know a team that’s hiring? Referrals welcome.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yesterday I posted about an ATS recommending me for AI Engineer after I applied to lead talent acquisition. Someone asked who sent it. That question turned into a rabbit hole. I never applied to SourceHire. I applied to a job.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Applied to a Director of Talent Acquisition role. Couldn't tell you when; that's how many I've sent. This morning an email showed up telling me that based on that application, I'd be a good fit for.... AI Engineer. Worst one you've gotten?

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s a beautiful day for a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing #TACoffeeShot ☕️ #HRCoffeeShot

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The July 2026 jobs report just dropped. Here's the breakdown. 👇🏽 −23,000 jobs. 4.1% unemployment, down from 4.2%. The rate fell because 264,000 people left the labor force — not because anyone got hired. The real trend: 34,000 jobs a month.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today’s #TACoffeeShot ☕️ #HRCoffeeShot courtesy of what will likely be another disappointing jobs report

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The guy building AI into his recruiting software says AI isn't replacing recruiters. "As long as humans are hiring humans, we are going to need human recruiters." Chris Allen, CEO of Happlicant, on TRAP Chat.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today is Moms' Equal Pay Day. 74¢ compares mothers to fathers, not to men. Fatherhood is the one parental status that pays more. So, the gap is mothers measured against a line that got pushed up. And it counts full-time, year-round mothers. Count all of them and it's 64¢.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Recruiting tech keeps adding features. Chris Allen went the other way. Today on TRAP Chat he unpacks why he set out to cut the bloat of legacy platforms, and why recruiting stays human even as AI reshapes the work. Tune in at 2:00 pm ET. www.youtube.com/live/EF21-YY...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Seventeen years in, at the top of her game, and new hires were being told not to bring her their questions. Adult bullying. Most people living it don't have a name for it, so they carry it as proof something is wrong with them. It isn't. www.youtube.com/live/RDWJJiy...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Michele Petersmark, LCPC joins TRAP Chat to unpack why she walked away from her career mid-pandemic, how adult bullying in the workplace reshaped the way she saw herself, and what it took to rebuild trust in her own voice. Tune in today at 2:00 pm www.youtube.com/live/RDWJJiy...

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Every layoff headline blames AI. Tara Turk-Haynes listened to what executives said on their own earnings calls. AI wasn't always the reason. Economic uncertainty was. Role automated? Skills problem. Role never funded? Timing problem. Two different searches.

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TRAP Recruiter @traprecruiter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Starting my day with a Fairfax Coffee Perfect Pairing #TACoffeeShot | #HRCoffeeShot

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