Umamy Blog
Insights on AI-powered hiring
Talent strategy, founder-led hiring, and the tools shaping how great teams get built.
The Resume Is Now a Liability
AI-generated applications have surged 239% in a year. Recruiters now open resumes looking for reasons to doubt, not reasons to say yes. Here's what that means for how we hire — and what verification actually looks like.
What We Shipped in July: Smarter Filters, Slack Alerts, and a Table View That Actually Works
Umamy's July 2026 product update: 30+ new candidate filters, Slack notifications in beta, manual candidate import via LinkedIn URLs, and a rebuilt table view for the candidates screen.
Hunt setup AI-first, assistant everywhere, inbox — July update
Hunt setup went AI-first. The assistant is now everywhere. Candidate recommendations have a unified inbox. Here's everything we shipped this month.
Hiring Software Shouldn't Wait for You to Open It
The dashboard model assumes the user shows up. Hiring managers hire twice a year and have a full-time job in between. That assumption is why pipelines go stale.
Your Hiring Data Should Be Reachable From Any AI. That's What MCP Is For.
The questions people ask about a hiring pipeline are different every time, which is exactly what a dashboard can't handle. The Model Context Protocol changes the shape of the problem.
We went to VivaTech. Here’s what we took away.
Umamy was at VivaTech 2026 in Paris. Three days of conversations with talent leaders and founders — here's what came up, over and over.
Talent pool, AI assistant, activity feed — May update
The talent pool exits beta, the AI assistant is everywhere, the activity feed is live, and intent detection flags candidates before you ask. May 2026 update.
The Four Recruiting Metrics That Actually Predict a Hire
Time-to-hire and cost-per-hire tell you what already happened. Four leading indicators tell you whether a search is working while you can still do something about it.
Cross-hunt analytics, degree filters, and Flatchr partnership
Cross-hunt analytics dashboard, degree timing filters, inbound Q&A filters, AI message generation, Flatchr partnership, and MCP coming soon — May update.
Outreach You Can Defend: The Governance Layer AI Sourcing Forgot
AI lets three people contact thousands of candidates. Almost nobody builds the controls that make that safe — and the failure modes aren't gradual, they're single events.
LinkedIn Recruiter sync, collaborative notes, and scorecard AI
LinkedIn Recruiter now syncs with Umamy. Collaborative notes, scorecard AI suggestions, do-not-contact lists, candidate transfers — the April 2026 update.
ATS inbound, hunt overview redesign, employment status
ATS inbound sourcing is live, hunt overview gets a redesign, employment status tracking added. The March 2026 Umamy product update.