CJ WOODEN · WORK SAMPLES
Recruiting decisions, worked through
Examples of how I approach hiring priorities, recruiting operations and technical talent research. Career cases describe prior work. Demonstrations show the method and deliverables, with assumptions and limits made visible.
Start here
For a founder, start with the 90 day hiring plan and first 30 days of advisory support. For an operating team, review the funnel dashboard and workflow audit. For a technical search, compare the public source feasibility study with the employer research map.
Founder advisory
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Fractional recruiting advisory demonstration ↗
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Choosing the next hire for an AI team ↗
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A founder monthly recruiting review ↗
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Calibrating an early engineering manager role ↗
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The first 30 days of a fractional recruiting advisory engagement ↗
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A 90 day hiring capacity and budget plan ↗
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A recruiting team coaching and development plan ↗
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An offer and closing plan for a critical hire ↗
Recruiting operations
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Recruiting operations audit demonstration ↗
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Reducing interview scheduling delays ↗
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A recruiting funnel dashboard and decision memo ↗
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Auditing a distributed recruiting workflow ↗
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Assessing an AI assisted recruiting workflow ↗
Technical talent mapping
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Technical talent mapping demonstration ↗
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Mapping adjacent employers for an infrastructure hire ↗
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Researching an applied AI engineer for a support product ↗
Public source research demonstration
A public source study of an applied AI hiring brief ↗
Career case studies
Career case study
Building a founding team at Google X ↗
Career case study
Improving engineering hiring at Criteo ↗
Career case study