Once upon a time, not too long ago, finding a job or hiring a promising candidate was more art than science, an often messy, time-consuming ritual. Recent graduates would spend late nights tweaking their résumés and drafting cover letters, sending them off into the void, waiting anxiously for a response that might never come. Meanwhile, hiring managers at growing companies faced the opposite but equally daunting challenge: they’d sift through stacks of CVs, scrub LinkedIn profiles, and schedule phone screenings in search of that elusive “perfect fit.” Both sides, locked in a dance of inefficiency, spent weeks or sometimes months navigating a process that felt slow and frustrating.