# McCoy Blog

> The McCoy blog covers AI + legal hiring, ATS + adapter engineering, and product notes from building the McCoy Hiring Tracker (https://tracker.mccoy.io). Analysis pieces are backed by the tracker's daily data.

## Recent posts
- [Where the Entry-Level Jobs Are](https://blog.mccoy.io/where-the-entry-level-jobs-are) — Graduate unemployment now exceeds the national average. We counted the 16K entry-level roles open at the Fortune 100 and about 1,000 tech companies, and who is hiring.
- [Clay Is Hiring an Accountant to Automate the Accounting](https://blog.mccoy.io/clay-accounting-engineer) — Clay is hiring a CPA who writes SQL and uses Claude, for what it calls a new discipline. What the posting says about where accounting is going.
- [AI Is Already Writing the Government's Code](https://blog.mccoy.io/cursor-federal-sales-team) — Cursor's job postings show an AI code tool already inside federal agencies, from the border to the FBI, and about to belong to Elon Musk.
- [How to Stand Out in a Queue of AI-Written Applications](https://blog.mccoy.io/video-screen-stand-out) — Applications per recruiter are up 412% and most of them read alike. The video screen is where a person finally looks. Here is how to use that moment.
- [Anthropic Is Hiring People to Prevent Catastrophes](https://blog.mccoy.io/anthropic-hiring-prevent-catastrophes) — Anthropic has opened a run of enforcement roles aimed at specific catastrophic harms, from chemical and nuclear to violence. Here is what the postings show.
- [Overwhelmed by Hiring Acronyms? A Plain-English Guide to All of Them](https://blog.mccoy.io/recruiting-hiring-glossary) — The acronyms and terms across hiring, explained in plain English for candidates, recruiters, and anyone who hires. A living glossary we keep adding to.
- [What Recruiter Jobs at AI Companies Reveal](https://blog.mccoy.io/ai-companies-hiring-recruiters) — 44% of AI companies are hiring recruiters, more than B2B SaaS or fintech. What kind of recruiters they hire previews the next wave, from engineering to sales.
- [Harvey Is Building Its Next User Base in Law Schools](https://blog.mccoy.io/harvey-ai-law-schools) — A new Harvey role for more than 100 law schools shows how it plans to turn free student access into lasting use, and why Westlaw and LexisNexis should watch.
- [OpenAI Is Hiring an Economist to Study AI and Jobs](https://blog.mccoy.io/openai-labor-economist-measurement) — OpenAI is paying an early-career labor economist above what the BLS, the Federal Reserve, or any research university can match. That shift matters.
- [The Interview Stage Is Where Your Hiring Pipeline Breaks](https://blog.mccoy.io/interview-stage-pipeline-drop-off) — The interview stage drives up to 32% of candidate drop-off, more than application abandonment and scheduling delays combined, and most teams never measure it.
- [Anthropic Is Hiring to Protect Democracy From Its AI](https://blog.mccoy.io/anthropic-research-engineer-rule-of-law) — Anthropic just posted a role no one has held before. Here is what it signals about the AI job market and how to read your own fit.
- [Five AI Hiring Laws Most US Employers Touch](https://blog.mccoy.io/five-state-ai-hiring-laws) — Illinois, Texas, California, New Jersey, and Colorado have each activated distinct AI hiring obligations. Here is what a multi-state employer must do in each.
- [The AI Doom Loop, and the Candidates Quietly Walking Out](https://blog.mccoy.io/ai-doom-loop-candidates-walking-out) — Almost 4 in 10 candidates withdraw when an AI interview is required. They are not asking for AI to disappear. They are asking for AI that respects them.
- [When Candidates Overstate Their Skills, You Pay For It](https://blog.mccoy.io/skillfishing-hiring-risk-recruiters) — 91% of HR leaders say candidates overstate skills, and the cost of believing them can reach 30% of a first-year salary. Here is what to do about it.
- [What the Workday Ruling Means for AI Hiring Tools](https://blog.mccoy.io/workday-ruling-ai-screener-audit) — A May 2026 discovery order in Mobley v. Workday shielded a vendor's bias-testing data, which makes your choice of AI screening tool the defense you can control.
- [The Colorado Pause Does Not Excuse Your AI Screener](https://blog.mccoy.io/colorado-pause-ai-screener-liability-5-words) — The April 2026 Colorado enforcement stay is not a green light. Illinois, California, and NYC rules are fully in force, and federal bias law never paused.
- [Hiring Froze in 2026, and Every Seat Now Has to Justify Itself](https://blog.mccoy.io/hiring-froze-2026-every-seat-justify-itself) — Hiring froze for two-thirds of CEOs in 2026, and the seats that remain demand sharper preparation than the volume era ever asked for.
- [The Wrong Questions Cost You the Right Hire](https://blog.mccoy.io/non-specialist-screener-fixes) — When a non-specialist runs your screening calls, strong candidates blur into weak ones. Four fixes turn screening into something a hiring manager can use.
- [Why Your Applications Don't Get Noticed](https://blog.mccoy.io/quiet-hiring-shift) — You have sent dozens of applications and heard nothing. The channel changed, not you. More roles now fill through quiet hiring, and here is how to get found.
- [The 2-Minute Video, the 10-Minute Application](https://blog.mccoy.io/two-minute-video-application) — Candidates skip video applications assuming they take an hour and must look polished. They take about ten minutes, stay private, and work better unpolished.

## Topics
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- Novel Roles
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- News
- Tips

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McCoy — Credible Inc.
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