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Melissa Brandt & Associates Melissa Brandt & Associates helps organizations make better talent decisions. We believe exceptional hiring isn't driven by technology alone.

Melissa Brandt & Associates helps organizations make better talent decisions through strategic talent advisory, executive search, recruitment consulting, fractional recruiting support, and organizational advisory. We partner with business leaders to solve hiring challenges through strategic talent advisory, executive search, and recruitment consulting. Rather than focusing solely on filling open positions, we help organizations strengthen hiring processes, evaluate talent strategy, and build teams positioned for long-term success. Our services include executive search, hiring strategy, recruitment process consulting, fractional recruiting support, and organizational advisory. It comes from thoughtful strategy, trusted relationships, and a deep understanding of the people behind every hiring decision.

I recently took a closer look at how AI is being used as the first line of candidate screening and found myself far more...
29/07/2026

I recently took a closer look at how AI is being used as the first line of candidate screening and found myself far more concerned than I expected to be.

The issue is not whether AI belongs in hiring. It is whether a particular tool, used for a particular role and decision, deserves the authority it has been given.

In this article, I examine automated assessments, transcription disparities, hidden false negatives, the validation problem, and why compliance alone does not make a hiring practice wise.

The First Wall: When AI Decides Who Earns a Human Interview

Employers are increasingly using automated assessments to screen applicants before a recruiter or hiring manager becomes involved. These systems may evaluate recorded interviews, written responses, games, simulations, technical exercises, and behavioral assessments and then help determine who advanc...

28/07/2026

Hiring problems rarely begin and end with finding more candidates.
・Sometimes the role itself isn’t clearly defined.
・Sometimes the compensation, expectations, and available talent simply don’t align.
・Sometimes a search has stalled, the internal team is overwhelmed, or the hiring process is quietly losing strong candidates.

That is where Melissa Brandt & Associates can help.
MB&A provides strategic, practical support across:
• Executive and specialized search
• Recruiting strategy and process improvement
• Fractional recruiting and talent leadership
• Organizational design and workforce planning
• Executive and hiring-team advisory

Support can be structured around a single difficult search, a defined project, or an ongoing organizational need.
If your company is preparing to hire, struggling to fill an important role, or questioning whether its current recruiting process is working, let’s talk.

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