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Industry  ·  June 2026

The Funnel Is Full. The Pipeline Is Empty.

90% of companies missed their hiring goals last year. The industry diagnosed a speed problem. The data points somewhere else entirely.

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Field Service  ·  May 2026

Why Field Service Roles Stay Open 60 Plus Days

Most industrial companies blame the talent market when field service roles go unfilled for months. The real problem is almost always upstream. It starts before the search does.

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Industry  ·  May 2026

The Industry Is Over-Rotating on AI. Here Is What It Is Costing You.

Recruiting just got a new excuse to stop doing the hard part. AI can screen a thousand resumes before lunch. But the hard part was never the volume problem. It was the relationship.

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Access  ·  May 2026

The Talent Pool Most Recruiters Never Reach

Every generalist recruiter is fishing in the same water. ETG is not. Here is where we find the candidates most firms never see, and why that access changes the outcome of a search.

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Veteran Talent  ·  May 2026

The Junior Military Officer You Keep Passing Over

A candidate of 26 who led 40 people through a combat deployment is not a junior hire. Here is what hiring managers miss and what that gap is costing their organizations.

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