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Award winning GTM Recruiting Expert | CEO @ Selr.io
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Hamish Stephenson positions himself as a straight-talking GTM talent partner who prioritizes long-term career integrity over the "spray and pray" tactics of traditional recruiting. His content strategy centers on pulling back the curtain on the hiring process, offering high-stakes advice for Founding AEs and Enterprise sellers while championing AI literacy as the new non-negotiable filter for top-tier talent. He is notable for his refusal to participate in the "cringe" LinkedIn creator economy, opting instead for a quality-over-quantity approach that favors raw, vetted insights over polished copywriting. By intersecting deep industry transparency with a founder’s perspective, Hamish builds trust through a unique value proposition: he doesn't just fill roles; he de-risks the startup journey for both the candidate and the company.
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If there’s one person in the New York tech scene who consistently brings the energy, it’s 🐰 Jen Igartua. Jen and I met on a plane when we were both opportunistically upgraded to be seated next to ea…
My boss doesn’t believe in snow days. Yesterday was a full-blown snow day in New York. The city shut down. Schools closed. Subways “running with delays.” Which we all know means: the MTA is running…
If you’ve been laid off from Square (or just Block in general) in the past week, hit me up. Right now, I have Account Executive and GTM roles coming out of my ears. Especially in NY or SF the paym…
I started posting on LinkedIn because my fourth 'boss' in 18 months didn’t like my ideas. If I couldn’t implement them internally, I figured I’d put them out into the world instead. He exited soon…
Selr.io is a finalist for the TIARA Awards. If you’re outside of recruitment, that probably means nothing. So here’s why it matters to me. A decade ago, I was a 23-year-old recruiter in Sydney, wear…
I’m not going to drop another recruiter post about “life changing opportunities” at the next unicorn, talking a bunch of smack that everyone gets in InMails every day. Anyone who’s worked with me kno…
2.0 posts/week
Posts / Week
3.9 days
Days Between Posts
1
Total Posts Analyzed
LOW
Posting Frequency
46.4%
Avg Engagement Rate
STABLE
Performance Trend
180
Avg Length (Words)
HIGH
Depth Level
ADVANCED
Expertise Level
0.85/10
Uniqueness Score
YES
Question Usage
0.8%
Response Rate
Writing style breakdown
<start of post>
Most people think recruiting is just matching resumes to job descriptions.
If that were true, I’d have been replaced by a basic GPT-3 prompt two years ago.
The reality?
It’s about the things that don’t show up on a PDF.
I was speaking with a Founder yesterday who’s looking for their first Enterprise AE. They didn’t ask about quota attainment first.
They asked: “Do they have the stomach for a 9-month cycle where the product might break twice?”
That’s the part no one tells you.
In this market, 'good on paper' is the baseline. It’s not the winning edge.
High curiosity (do you actually use the tools you sell?)
Resilience (can you handle a 'no' from a CFO after 6 months of work?)
Adaptability (can you sell the vision when the demo glitches?)
I’m seeing a massive divide right now between the 'coasters' and the 'builders'.
The builders are the ones winning the $300k OTE roles.
I’m breaking down the 3 specific traits these builders have in this Friday’s newsletter.
I’ll drop the link in the comments.
#salesrecruiting
🦘
<end of post>
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