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Looks Good on Paper
Looks Good on Paper flips hiring on its head. Hosted by Andrew Wood and Anita Chauhan, we dive into why CVs and "perfect fits" are overrated. Through fun, insightful conversations with industry experts, we explore how skills, potential, and real experience should be the focus of hiring... not what looks good on paper.
Quick, candid, and packed with actionable insights, we’re here to rewrite the rules of hiring, one episode at a time.
Podcasting since 2022 • 73 episodes
Looks Good on Paper
Latest Episodes
Learning Velocity Is the New Superpower
Companies keep saying they've moved past credential-based hiring. They haven't. Most are still filtering for where someone worked, where they went to school, and how many years they've held a similar title. The data says that's not the signal t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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The Hiring Bias Nobody Thinks They Have
Most companies believe they've moved past credential bias. They've rewritten their job descriptions, dropped degree requirements, maybe even adopted skills assessments. But when six hiring leaders were asked the same question independen...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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It's Just Robots Hanging Out: What's Actually Happening in Hiring Right Now
AI is flooding hiring pipelines — and most of the tools claiming to fix it are making the noise worse. Automated outreach, AI-generated applications, and screening tools that were never built for the volume they're now processing: the signal-to...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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Better Hiring Without the Noise: Why Hiring Feels Over-Engineered (and How to Fix It)
Hiring isn't broken. It's over-engineered. Every new tool added to the stack, every extra screening step, every automated touchpoint is making the process heavier — and candidates can feel it.The irony is that teams adding complexity are...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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18:06
They Belong in a Museum: Why Most Resumes Say Nothing at All
The resume was already a weak signal before AI. Now candidates generate polished CVs in minutes, ATS systems sort on keywords, and hiring teams are drowning in documents that tell them almost nothing about whether someone can actually do the wo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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