How Hiring Works in 2026. Shared by 4 Top Design Recruiters

✨ Get the next session in your calendar → https://luma.com/kul-events ✨ Improve your job search with Lena → https://cal.com/lena-kul ✨ Follow for more tips: 🌐 LinkedIn →   / lena-kul   🌐 Substack → https://substack.com/@lenakul ═════════════════════════════════ ABOUT Not a "how to fix your CV" webinar. Three design recruiters who source, screen, and select every day are sitting down to show you how hiring REALLY works in 2026 — the tools, the filters, the red flags, the stuff nobody says out loud. ⏱️ CHAPTERS [00:00] ATS and top AI features in them [06:02] Scraping a LinkedIn profile into an ATS [11:24] Sourcing for a Staff Product Designer role in LinkedIn Recruiter [50:53] Portfolio Roast [01:03:35] Q&A You'll learn: ​​→ ATS & the AI myths — what the software actually does vs. the hype, and why a human still decides ​→ How recruiters really source talent — live, inside the tools they use every day (LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, GEM) ​→ Real recruiter stories — what makes a candidate stand out, and the red flags that quietly kill an application ​→ Big company vs. startup — how hiring changes from Meta-scale to a 10-person team ​→ Live Q&A — your questions, collected ahead of time and answered on the spot ​Who this is for: ​Every level — junior, senior, staff, manager. ​Who's presenting: 🎤 Meg Rye ​Founder, Design Recruiter + Coach @ Good Maven, xMeta ​🌐 LinkedIn →   / megrye   🎤 Meghan (McCormick) Jean-Felix ​Director of Recruiting & Talent Programs @ Think Company · ex-Meta ​🌐 LinkedIn →   / meghankathleen   🎤 Jared Tredly ​Design Recruiter @ Shopify ​🌐 LinkedIn →   / jaredtredly   ​🎤 Lena Kul — Founder @ kuːl, ex-Design Recruiter & UXR 📅 Future live sessions → https://luma.com/kul-events 🌐 LinkedIn →   / lena-kul   🌐 Substack → https://substack.com/@lenakul 🌐 Book a 1:1 → https://cal.com/lena-kul ​After 8+ years hiring designers, UXRs, and leaders at Miro at 10+ companies, and 5 years teaching designers how to move through their careers, Lena brings the top insights. Having hired 100+ top talent across the globe, supported hundreds of students and private clients, and signed their offers, she's built methodologies that convert in 2026.