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23 October 2026
"The Ground is Moving": CEO of crooton, Stephen Anderson Issues Analysis on Structural Shifts in Recruitment Marketing
Responding to high-profile industry closures and strategic pivots, Anderson reflects on the death of traditional job listings, crooton’s early mistakes, and why the talent sector requires rapid adaptation. October 2026 — Traditional job advertising channels are undergoing a fundamental structural transformation, driven by a rapid shift from active job board listings to targeted, brand-led passive
23 October 2026
Nobody got into recruitment to chase right-to-work expiries. Tracker's new brand is built for the people who didn’t.
Ask any recruiter the best part of the job and they’ll say the people. Ask the worst part and they’ll say the people, too. That’s recruitment. It’s messy, human and personal, and it’s never been about chasing right-to-work expiries or pulling together Friday’s report. After more than 12 years in staffing technology, I’ve learned that the people, on the good days and the bad, are what a great brand
1 October 2026
SourceWhale launches MCP to bring recruitment context into AI tools
Recruiters are already using tools like Claude and ChatGPT to prepare for meetings, research clients, write follow-ups and pull together reports. But those tools don’t know the history sitting in your recruitment platform unless you give it to them.