People Puzzles™
TA Lab
Free recruiting tools for the work in front of you: scan your hiring system, fix the intake, tighten the interview loop, check AI compliance, and plan the searches. No signup required.
TA Systems Scan
A free five-minute scan across six areas of your talent system, separating a one-off problem from a repeated pattern or constraint.
Leave with a score for each area and the one lever to pull first.
Run the ScanIntake Shredder
Turn intake notes and job requirements into a recruiting search plan, a friction score and a Boolean starting point in about 30 seconds.
Leave with a search anchor, a friction score and a Boolean starting point.
Create My Intake PlanInterview Loop Builder
Choose who actually needs to interview, assign what each person owns, and fit the whole process into one business week.
Leave with a five-interview maximum loop, scorecards and the interviews you can cut.
Build My Interview LoopAI Hiring Compliance Audit
Answer questions about the AI in your recruiting process and get a plain-language audit of where legal and bias risk sits.
Leave with a risk summary you can share with counsel or leadership.
Audit My AI HiringSourcing Plan
Talent pools worth working, target companies, the first move in each, a search string starting point and a 30-day sequence.
Leave with talent pools, target companies and a 30-day sourcing sequence.
Build My Sourcing StrategyTalent Map
Map where people with this skill set work today by role, industry and location, and which channels reach them.
Leave with a short map of where to look first.
Map This TalentRecruiter Load Balancer
Answer five questions and get a directional staffing estimate, your capacity gap and the tradeoffs.
Leave with a staffing estimate, your capacity gap and the tradeoffs.
Calculate Recruiter CapacityPushback Builder
Create a professional response to unrealistic requirements, vague candidate feedback, shifting priorities and impossible timelines.
Leave with words you can copy and send.
Build My ResponseFree downloads
No email gate. Click and the file is yours.
Recruiting Staffing Plan Template
An Excel template for turning a hiring plan into recruiter headcount and workload.
Candidate Sourcing Plan Template
An Excel template for organizing talent pools, channels and first moves for a search.
AI Toolkit for Downtown Executives
A PDF guide to using AI as a force multiplier in day-to-day operations.
Not sure where to start
Start from the problem instead of the tool on the TA Lab home page — or, if you are the person hiring, go straight to the tools built for hiring managers.