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Introducing the HiringThing MCP Server: Your ATS, Now Agent-Accessible

joannac@hiringthing.com (Joanna Campa) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:11:00 GMT

Your client’s recruiting teams probably already use an AI assistant to write job descriptions or summarize interview notes. Starting today, that assistant can work inside HiringThing. Our new MCP server connects HiringThing to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Lovable, and any other modern AI platforms, and setup takes about five minutes.

Recruiting Strategies for Assisted Living Staffing

Sean Johnson — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:36:10 GMT

Anybody who has run hiring for an assisted living community knows the exact feeling of posting a caregiver opening on Monday and still staring at three unqualified applications on Friday afternoon. The good news is that most of what is broken in assisted living recruiting is a process problem, and process problems happen to be the thing technology is actually good at fixing.

Your Customers Want Hiring. Here's How HR Tech Vendors Are Delivering It in 2026

joannac@hiringthing.com (Joanna Campa) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:23:34 GMT

HR tech buyers want fewer vendors and connected data, and hiring is often the piece missing from the platforms they already use. This post is for product and partnership leaders at HCM, payroll, workforce management, benefits and LMS companies deciding how to fill that gap. It compares the ways to add hiring, explains why job distribution decides who wins, and shows where to find HiringThing at HR Tech 2026.

Thank You, NAPEO26: What's Next for Our PEO Partnerships

joannac@hiringthing.com (Joanna Campa) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:13:50 GMT

NAPEO's 2026 Annual Conference & Marketplace was full of fantastic days of partnership conversations. Here's what we heard, what it means for our current integrations, and what's coming next.

How Does Your Recruitment Process Measure Up in 2026?

Sean Johnson — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:47:05 GMT

Most of us ask customers, partners and employees for feedback all the time, but we almost never ask the people who just spent weeks going through our hiring process. In 2026, candidates share their experiences loudly and AI is changing how everyone applies, so finding out how your recruitment process really measures up may be the smartest hiring move you make this year.

AI Resume Checkers Are A Key ATS Feature. Here's How To Evaluate One.

Sean Johnson — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:16:14 GMT

This guide covers how to evaluate AI resume checking as what it should be. We’ll use HiringThing as a working example of how those feature choices look in a real product.

What's on Our Radar Heading Into NAPEO's 2026 Annual Conference

joannac@hiringthing.com (Joanna Campa) — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:30:59 GMT

NAPEO's 2026 Annual Conference & Marketplace draws over 1,000 PEO professionals, partners, and vendors. Here's what we're watching this year, from AI in service delivery to the integration questions shaping how PEOs choose their tech partners.

How to Fix Your Recruiting for Home Care and Assisted Living Positions

Sean Johnson — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:05:55 GMT

In-home care and assisted living are the rare corner of the labor market where demand is guaranteed and supply is not. Agencies are turning away clients they could bill, communities are holding units they could fill, and both are doing it for the same reason: they cannot hire and keep enough people. We look at what the 2025 and 2026 data actually says about the strain, why most of the damage happens in the days between application and start date, and how an applicant tracking system built for high-volume, high-compliance hiring recovers time, quality, and money that agencies are currently spending on churn.

Virginia Now Requires a Pay Range in Every Job Posting. Here's What That Signals for Every Other State.

Sean Johnson — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:06:15 GMT

Virginia's pay transparency law took effect on July 1. Maine's followed on July 29. If you hire in either state, or recruit into them from an office somewhere else, the rules already changed on you. Here is what the two laws require, why Virginia is the one worth studying, and the one thing to fix in your postings today.

LinkedIn Changed How You Pay for Recruiting Ads. Here's What That Actually Means.

Sean Johnson — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:55:06 GMT

LinkedIn changed how it charges for recruiting ads. If you are running a campaign this summer, the change has already happened to your account. Here is what the new model costs, how it behaves differently from what it replaced, and the one setting you should check today.