{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FutureProof You","title":"The Seasons of Hiring","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1817,"description":"FutureProof You Podcast — EP 18: “Seasons of Hiring”One‑liner\nWhen should a job seeker push hard versus play the long game? Aaron Makelky, John Lovig, and Dan Yu map the hiring year—late summer slowdown, Q4 surge, bonus-season churn, and spring steadiness—and give a practical playbook for each.\nTL;DR TakeawaysLate summer is slower (vacations, back‑to‑school), so expect longer response times—use the window to upgrade the profile, post consistently, and pre-seed networking for September.\nSignals that the market’s waking up: more job postings, noticeable LinkedIn activity, and companies hiring recruiters (hiring follows recruiters).\nQ4 moves fast: “use‑it‑or‑lose‑it” budgets, pockets of holiday slowdowns—win with “politeful pestering,” clear availability, and transparent timing across parallel processes.\nYear‑end to Q1: bonus visibility and payouts trigger candidate movement; January is quiet, then momentum builds—by March through May, hiring is steady and planned.\nAlways be networking and creating social proof (content, recommendations); the work done today often pays off quarters later.Chapter Guide\n00:00 — Welcome + why “seasons of hiring” matter\n01:07 — Late summer slowdown: vacations, back‑to‑school, two‑week decision drag\n02:30 — What to do now: still apply to active roles, and always apply on the company site (ATS searchable)\n04:05 — Signs of the turn: more postings, more LinkedIn activity, recruiter job counts as a health gauge\n05:24 — Q4 dynamic: budgets, “use it or lose it,” and holiday slowdowns to plan around\n07:08 — Content still works in “dead zones” (algorithms serve later); prep for the fall push\n08:30 — Natural holiday networking + plotting the rest of the year\n09:16 — Client win: from placeholder profile to offer in ~60 days through optimization + posting\n12:00 — Social proof: help your network (and yourself) with better profiles and recommendations\n17:20 — October tactics: “time kills all deals,” sequence outreach to newly hired recruiters\n19:19 —...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/x7_dn29sshkrCwNbZEfifDo_MyLT2iBAQGH5WP2FKDs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZGVj/MTE2NjcxMGE3ZTc4/MDU4YTY3MzA5OGY4/ODc5Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}