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THE HIRING SIDE · MONTHLY

What employers are actually screening for.

A monthly letter from the people who read the CVs, run the interviews and hire from our cohorts. What gets candidates through, what gets them rejected, and which skills are genuinely in demand in Indian companies right now.

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WHAT AN EDITION COVERS
One hiring observation
Something we saw while screening or interviewing that month, with the number attached.
One skill in demand
What Indian job descriptions are asking for, and what candidates are missing.
One thing for hiring teams
A note for HR and L&D readers on training, retention or capability gaps.

How it works

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Editions

Every edition stays here permanently. The first goes out this month — subscribe and you will get it as it publishes.

ISSUE 01 COMING SOON
ISSUE 01 · IN PREPARATION

What 200 analytics CVs taught us about getting shortlisted

The three things that got candidates an interview last quarter, the one thing that got most of them rejected inside thirty seconds, and what our hiring partners say they wish applicants understood before applying.

Get it when it publishes →

In the meantime, our blog carries sixteen long-form guides on the same subjects — salaries, careers, hiring realities and skills, written by the same practitioners.

Who this is for

Three audiences read it for different reasons. It is written so all three get something.

CANDIDATES

Job seekers and career switchers

What actually gets you shortlisted, how interviewers read a portfolio, and which skills are being asked for in Indian job descriptions this quarter.

HR & L&D

HR, TA and learning teams

What other companies are screening for, where training budgets are going, and honest notes on why internal upskilling programmes stall.

FOUNDERS & MANAGERS

People who hire and build teams

What capability gaps keep appearing, what a competent hire in analytics, AI or growth actually looks like, and what it costs to build versus buy.

What we promise, and what we do not

It arrives monthly. Not weekly, because we would run out of things worth saying and start padding — which is how most newsletters quietly die.

It is written by people who screen CVs and run interviews, not by a marketing team summarising articles. When we quote a number, it comes from something we can point at.

—One message a month, nothing else. No daily tips, no course blasts, no forwarded promotions. If we break that, unsubscribe and you will be right to.
—No course pitch in the body. There is one link at the end. That is the whole commercial content.
—No AI-written editions. We teach AI tools and use them daily. We do not publish machine-written editions under a person’s name.
—No inflated placement figures. We do not publish average-hike percentages or salary screenshots, because those numbers are unverifiable and every institute inflates them.
—Your number is never shared or sold. It is used to send you this newsletter and nothing else. See our privacy policy and anti-spam policy.
—Corrections stay visible. When we get something wrong, the correction is noted rather than the text quietly edited.

Looking for something specific?

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FOR CANDIDATES Sit in on a free live class Ninety minutes with a working practitioner, every week. Watch the teaching before you consider paying for it. See upcoming sessions → FOR HR & L&D Train your team Closed cohorts from 12 participants, capstones scoped on your own business problems, and a written proposal with fixed pricing. Request a proposal → FOR HIRING TEAMS Hire from our cohorts No placement fees. Every profile arrives with the reviewed capstone project attached, so you can judge the work directly. See how it works →

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