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Talent Tip #177: 2025 Hiring Trends: Ask the Talent Market 8-Ball

January 20, 2026

People ask us questions all year long about hiring, careers, and where the liberty movement is headed. As we kick off the new year, we decided to consult the most reliable oracle we know: the Talent Market database—channeled through our very own Magic 8-Ball.

Unlike some predictions, every answer below is grounded in Talent Market’s data from thousands of searches and placements conducted over more than 16 years.

Here’s what it had to say:

Talent Tip #176: The Annual Talent Market Naughty and Nice List

December 16, 2025

As the year winds down and Santa checks his list twice, we at Talent Market figured it was only fair to do the same. After all, no one behaves quite like a hiring manager in December. Some respond to emails faster than Rudolph on a sugar high… and others vanish into the winter fog like they’ve joined the Witness Protection Program.

So grab some cocoa, settle in, and enjoy our completely scientific, highly objective 2025 Talent Market Naughty…

Talent Tip #175: The One That Got Away: What Dating Can Teach Us About Hiring

November 18, 2025

We’ve all had that “one that got away” moment in dating. You meet someone amazing but you hesitate. And next thing you know, they get swept away by someone else.

Hiring isn’t all that different.

One of our clients recently interviewed a development director who was a total catch. She’d led a multimillion-dollar campaign, understood donor cultivation inside and out, and clearly shared their passion for free-market principles. The hiring team was smitten.

Their response after…

Talent Tip #174: Hiring Horror Stories

October 21, 2025

The Shape-Shifting Applicant

Once upon a dark, stormy job search, a candidate submitted six applications to different roles within 24 hours. His resume was consistent, showing a solid career in marketing, but his cover letters were like something out of a twisted AI experiment. One cover letter painted him as an expert in Congressional rules and procedures, while another claimed significant experience with foundation relations. Then there was the expert in employment law letter, the seasoned major gifts…