October 10, 2026
Best ATS for Companies Hiring Fewer Than 20 People a Year
At low volume most ATS pricing stops making sense. What you actually need, what you can skip, and…
Emily Thompson is a Talent Acquisition Expert with 11 years of experience building recruiting functions that consistently attract and retain high-calibre talent. She has led hiring at venture-backed startups and public companies alike, developing sourcing strategies, structured interview frameworks, and employer branding programmes that reduced time-to-hire and improved offer acceptance rates. Emily is particularly focused on candidate experience — how the way companies recruit reflects and shapes their culture. Her articles break down recruitment strategy, hiring manager enablement, and the operational details that determine whether a recruiting process scales or collapses.
Articles Published
October 10, 2026
Best HRIS for a Company Crossing 500 Employees
The three things that break at 500 that worked fine at 200, what enterprise platforms give you that…
October 9, 2026
Hardware Refresh Cycle: Picking the Year You Replace Machines
Why three years is a convention rather than a finding, how to work out your own replacement point,…
October 9, 2026
The Offboarding Checklist That Actually Gets the Laptop Back
Why the equipment step is the only offboarding task that depends on somebody outside the company, and the…
October 8, 2026
One Handbook, Several Countries: When the Same HR Answer Does Not Travel
Why a single handbook answer stops being right at a border, how to mark the sections that diverge,…
October 7, 2026
The Cost of a Laptop Nobody Returned: Putting a Number on Unrecovered Equipment
The four costs behind each missing device, how to produce the figure in an afternoon, why depreciation hides…
October 7, 2026
Laptop Leasing for Business: When Renting Hardware Beats Owning It
Why leasing laptops is a cash decision rather than a cost saving, who carries residual value risk, how…
October 6, 2026
HR Automation: What to Automate First and What to Leave Alone
What to automate first in HR and what to leave alone, with three tool types, seven options and…
October 3, 2026
MDM Pricing: A Practical Guide to What Vendors Publish and What They Do Not
Every MDM price published as of October 2026, verified against each vendor's own page. The bundle, unit and…