Umamy Blog
Insights on AI-powered hiring
Talent strategy, founder-led hiring, and the tools shaping how great teams get built.
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.
Your ATS Is Full of Qualified Candidates You Never Called Back
Companies spend heavily to reach strangers while hundreds of people who already applied sit unscreened. The economics of inbound screening have quietly changed.
New website, smarter filters, and talent pool in beta
A new marketing site, smarter hunt filters, a redesigned hunt details view, and the talent pool entering beta. Here's what changed in February–March.
On-Profile, Not High-Volume: What Candidate Quality Actually Means
Every sourcing tool promises quality candidates and almost none define it. Here's a definition you can measure, argue with and miss — and why more volume makes it worse.
White-glove recruiting, Ashby sync, and the metrics dashboard
A managed recruiting service, Ashby ATS integration, a metrics dashboard, webhooks, and bulk tagging — the February update covers a lot of ground.
Most AI Hiring Tools Automate the Wrong Step
Teams adopting AI in hiring almost always start with outreach. It's the easiest step to automate and the least important. Here's the step that actually decides whether a search works.
Rebuilt from scratch: AI-first hunt setup and smart outreach
Hunt creation is now AI-first. The recruiting assistant is live. Smart outreach sequences adapt automatically. Here's everything we rebuilt in January.
AI hiring is now table stakes — what separates the best teams
87% of companies now use AI somewhere in hiring. Adoption is no longer the advantage. Here's what separates teams getting real results.
The Real Cost of a Bad Hire (And Why Your Gut Instinct Is Making It Worse)
A bad hire costs 6–12 months of salary. Most of them happen because interviewers trusted their gut. Here's the data on why intuition fails — and what replaces it.
What Skills-Based Hiring Actually Means (And What It Doesn't)
Everyone claims to do skills-based hiring now. Most of them are just removing degree requirements and calling it done. Here's what it actually takes.