Recruiting Glossary
Browse 6 recruiting terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
6 Recruiting Terms
- Candidate Experience
- The overall experience a job candidate has during the hiring process, including communication, interviews, scheduling, feedback, and respect for their time. In...
- Cold Outreach
- Direct contact initiated without an existing relationship, usually for sales, hiring, partnerships, or fundraising. Effective cold outreach depends on...
- Hiring Pipeline
- The sequence of stages candidates move through during recruiting, such as sourcing, screening, interviews, debriefs, and offers. Teams treat it like an...
- Phone Screen
- An early-stage interview, traditionally by phone and now often by video, used to assess basic fit, communication, and sometimes technical baseline before more...
- Purple Squirrel
- A recruiting term for an unrealistically perfect candidate who matches every desired skill, background, and experience requirement. It is usually used...
- Unicorn Hire
- A rare hire who is seen as combining unusually strong technical skill, domain fit, communication ability, and leadership potential in one person. The phrase...
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- Interviews (1 terms in common)
- Sales (1 terms in common)