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Introducing HRexora: Why I Built a Platform for Both Sides of Hiring
The Second Shift
14 Sept 20267 min read

Introducing HRexora: Why I Built a Platform for Both Sides of Hiring

For five years I sat on the recruiter's side of the hiring table. Here's why I built HRexora to fix the exchange for both sides - not just one.

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Where I Am Now, and Why I'm Not Done
The Second Shift
13 Sept 20262 min read

Where I Am Now, and Why I'm Not Done

I don't know exactly how to describe where things stand right now. Not finished. Not abandoned. Somewhere in the long, unglamorous middle.

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What Trust Actually Means in This Work
The Second Shift
13 Sept 20262 min read

What Trust Actually Means in This Work

I've thought a lot about what trust actually means in this specific line of work, and I've come to believe it's more fragile, and more particular, than most people give it credit for.

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The Name That Almost Wasn't
The Second Shift
12 Sept 20262 min read

The Name That Almost Wasn't

A project needs a name before it can be anything real, even to yourself. The first name felt obvious when it came to me: HR Saathi.

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The Nights I Almost Quit
The Second Shift
7 Sept 20262 min read

The Nights I Almost Quit

There have been nights where the honest thought crossing my mind was simply: maybe this isn't going to happen, and maybe that's fine.

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Why I Believe People Deserve Better Tools
The Second Shift
6 Sept 20262 min read

Why I Believe People Deserve Better Tools

I believe, more strongly than I believe most things about this work, that people deserve tools that were actually built with them in mind not resized from something built for someone else.

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Why I Started Writing This Down
The Second Shift
5 Sept 20262 min read

Why I Started Writing This Down

For most of this, I didn't write anything down for anyone else to read. It stayed in notes to myself, half-formed thoughts, occasional late-night messages.

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The Question I Keep Asking Myself
The Second Shift
5 Sept 20262 min read

The Question I Keep Asking Myself

There's a question that resurfaces on the harder nights, and I've stopped trying to permanently answer it. Is this actually worth what it's costing.

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The Moment It Became About Both Sides
The Second Shift
3 Sept 20262 min read

The Moment It Became About Both Sides

For a long time, I thought about this from one side, because that's the side I was standing on. What shifted it was a conversation, more than any single insight.

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