Good, fast, predictable hiring is about asymmetry

You see every candidate has a peak decision moment - where emotions, logic, and market forces collide into a single opportunity Miss that moment, and the equation collapses

This happens at every stage: In the first conversation - If you don’t ask the right questions, you will never control the negotiation later In the interview process - If you let too much time pass, you are not managing risk, you are creating it At the offer stage - If you fail to lock them in with the right number at the right time, you are not negotiating. You are losing

The difference between hiring top talent and losing them is a matter of precision and who understands and capitalises on this window

Yet most of the teams and individuals involved in recruiting MISS the moment. Or even have true understanding of this WINDOW Which is why when the moment has passed, conversations tend to gravitate to

• Oh, if only we reached out earlier
• If only we knew their real salary expectations
• IF ONLY this
• IF ONLY that

Reality is: That window doesn't care about your excuses It opened. It closed. Someone sharper took the shot Recruiting isn't about who you talk to It's about WHEN you talk to them and WHAT you do in that moment. Period Too slow? Too bad. Now matter how you say it - Someone else just closed them

The way I see it Opportunity has a half-life Good recruiters and Good Orgs sense timing. They listen to signals Recruiting isn't a numbers game - it's a game of timing and leverage