An open hand releases hundreds of fragments into the air, knowledge given freely

shout

“recruitment, said out loud.”

A free resource centre for the people on both sides of hiring. Field guides, tools and the editorial nobody else publishes, made by people who’ve spent years working out what actually moves a CV from the no pile to the yes pile.

free, always open & honest occasionally controversial
280applications per role, UK average
8wksaverage time to hire, up from 4.8
£132kcost of one failed mid-level hire
100%everything published, free, always
wherever you are in the room

two audiences.
one resource.

i’m looking for work.

From the CV recruiters actually read to the 90 seconds of video that gets you in the room: everything we know about getting hired, written down and given away.

start with field guide №01 →

i’m looking for people.

The other half of the conversation. How to write job adverts candidates actually read. How to interview without doing damage. Editorial on what’s actually broken in hiring.

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the library

the field guides.

A lone figure in a vast chamber of falling documents, the CV pile
N№01 · OUT NOW

the cv that gets read.

Seven stops, two universal don’ts, and a personal statement that doesn’t read like a press release.

A lone figure stands in a vast dark archway toward the light
N№02 · OUT NOW

the 90 seconds that get you in the room.

The script, the setup, the six things that kill an intro video instantly.

A lone figure stands beneath a single spotlight in a vast empty auditorium
N№04 · OUT NOW

interview preparation.

Frameworks, scripts and checklists to stay on message and score points in any interview.

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N№03 · SPRING 2026

linkedin, properly.

The headline that does the work. The summary that sounds like you wrote it.

the shout report · issue 01

the view from
outside the glass.

14 pages. 28 sources. Every claim referenced.

talent intelligence,
not a sales deck.

Why Hertfordshire and Home Counties businesses are struggling to recruit in 2026. One recurring finding, six recurring mistakes, one recurring solution nobody wants to pay for.

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the editorial

the dispatch.

opinion · issue 03

the recruitment model is overdue a rethink.

A response to a LinkedIn post that landed candidly. The case for changing a model that has barely moved in half a century.

feature · 2026

ai cvs: the honest, brutal, slightly awkward truth.

81% of people are using AI to write their CVs. 62% of employers reject them. Here is what you actually need to know.

law & governance

the eu ai act: what uk recruiters need to know.

Brexit does not protect UK firms. Most modern hiring tech is high-risk by law. Here is who is caught.

the toolkit

free tools.

the shout cv template

The clean, no-fluff layout that works in the ATS and on screen.

the banned-word poster

Print it. Stick it to your monitor. Never write “fast-paced environment” again.

reasons for leaving, cheatsheet

Twelve better ways to say “seeking a new challenge.”

interview question generator

Drop in the job title. Get ten questions that test for the real thing.

what we believe

what we believe.
and what we don’t.

Hiring is loud at the top, quiet where it matters.

The calls that decide your career happen in five-second judgements nobody explains to you. We explain them anyway.

Two well-aimed applications beat fifty mediocre ones.

Always, without exception. We’ll show you the maths if you need convincing.

Everything we publish is free. Always. Forever.

That’s the whole point and it will never change.

the dispatch · every friday

one email. friday morning. worth reading.

One feature article. Two short notes. A banned word of the week. Free, always. Cancel any time.