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Most job hunting is you doing all the chasing. Scrolling boards, tailoring the same CV twenty ways, applying to endless roles not knowing which ones are actually a good fit. Archer works the other way round. It matches you to roles based on what you're good at and what you actually want, so the right ones come to you. The more complete your profile, the sharper those matches get. If you're job hunting, sign-up's in the comments.

Most people accept the first offer without asking, because asking feels risky. Done well, it rarely is. A few things that actually help. Do the homework first: look up the market rate for the role, your level and your location, so your ask is backed by data instead of a guess. Then frame it on that. "The going rate for this is X, and here's what I'd add" gives the recruiter a case they can take to their budget holder. "I need more because life's expensive" doesn't, even though it's true. When you say your number, a range or a figure you're sure of, say it plainly and then stop. Don't fill the silence or talk yourself down. And negotiate more than the base. Depending on the company, there's often room on flexibility and remote working, equity if it's a startup, a learning budget, or extra time off. Work out what actually matters to you, ask what's flexible, and get the final offer in writing before you say yes. What's the best salary-negotiation advice you've ever been given? Drop it in the comments to help someone else.

The offer rarely loses a great candidate. The silence before it does. When someone's strong, they're usually interviewing in a few places at once. That quiet week or two while you line up the next stage is exactly when another company gives them a date and a reason to say yes. Come back too late and they're already gone, and it was never about the money. The fix costs nothing. Tell people where they stand. A rough timeline beats radio silence every time. Give a date to come back to them, then keep it. And if you're on the other side of this, waiting to hear back: the quiet usually isn't a no. It's a gap in someone's process, not a verdict on you. Recruiters, what's actually kept a strong candidate warm when your process slowed down?

200,000 of you follow Archer and hackajob. Thank you, genuinely. Job hunting is hard, and hiring well is harder than it looks. We've spent years building free tools for jobseekers, and now we're widening it out: starting next week we're kicking off Hiring, decoded - a weekly series on how hiring really works, useful whether you're looking for a job or filling one. To mark 200k, here's some of the free stuff we've already built (all linked in the comments): 👉 Job search guide: how the search really works in 2026, from CVs that get past the filters to negotiating the offer. 👉 Technical assessment guide: how to prep for technical interviews well 👉 CV checker: upload yours, see what's holding it back. 👉 Interview prep tool: add your target role and CV, get 5 questions you're likely to face and how to answer them from your own experience. 👉 DevLab: the podcast where engineers, PMs and CTOs tell you how they actually built their careers. 👉 Our newsletter: industry news, tools, interesting stories for anyone hiring or job hunting. And the big one: Archer, your AI advocate in the job market. It finds the roles you genuinely match, shows you why, and helps you apply with confidence, knowing you are a good fit. Here's to the next 200k 👇

Job hunting has become a numbers game nobody enjoys. With Archer, you set your preferences once. The kind of company, the skills you actually want to use, days in the office, salary, where you're based. When a role that fits goes live, you get a nudge, and you decide whether to put yourself forward. One profile doing the work, not 300 tailored copies. For hiring teams, the same thing looks like this: the people landing in your ATS are there because they chose your role, not because they sprayed everything that moved.

Job hunting and hiring are broken in the same way, and it's making both worse. Candidates apply to everything, hoping something lands. Companies then drown in the applications, most of which were never a fit. Volume goes up on both sides, signal goes down, and the people who'd genuinely suit each other rarely meet. Archer, our AI sourcing agent, goes at it from the other end. Candidates set what they actually want and get shown a handful of roles that fit, not hundreds. Companies get qualified, verified people landing in their ATS, not another inbound pile to sift. Recruiters still make every call. Wise talked through what that did for them on the Disrupt Stage at RecFest. Most of the people Archer surfaced had never been in their system before. Less noise for the person job hunting, less noise for the team hiring. Hiring? Book a free demo of Archer, link's in the first comment. Job hunting? Sign-up's there too. #RecFest26

Archer's 🏹 June in numbers is truly bonkers 🤯 12.3m candidate <> job assessments 687k matches generated 90k new candidates signed up 41k successful intros For context, Archer is our AI sourcing agent for passive, in-demand talent. And we're seeing more companies move to sourcing channels that: 👌 Qualify candidates so you know they're real and accurately representing their experience 🤝 Use first-party data for compliance and a great candidate experience ⚡ Make recruiters more productive rather than giving them another tab to log in to Archer is the only sourcing agent working at scale that can deliver this 💫 Onwards 🚀🚀🚀

New on hackajob: a Courses tab, built with Learnisa 📚 100,000+ courses sitting right next to the roles you're matching with. If there's one skill standing between you and the job you want, you can find a course to close it right where you're already job hunting. It shows you courses that map to the roles you're actually after, and you decide what's worth your time. It's live in your profile now. Have a look 👇

Big day out at RecFest UK 💗 We're here, we're in pink, come say hi. 📍 2:40, Disrupt Stage, we're joining Wise to talk Archer. Limited totes available at the talk, come get yours! #RecFest26

It's RecFest UK day! Catch us at 2:40 on the Disrupt Stage, where we're joining Wise to talk Archer, then grab one of the limited-edition totes before they vanish 👀. We're the ones in bright pink 🩷 . See you there 👇 #RecFest26