GIFTHEAD Press & Media

We occasionally step out of the hiring trenches and into the spotlight - sharing what we see, build, and learn along the way.

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The Jerusalem Post (April 2025) - Gifthead CEO Inbal Horesh Levy on how Israeli tech companies are preparing for U.S. tariffs and hiring freezes

Calcalist Tech (April 2025) - Op-ed by Inbal Horesh Levy, Founder & CEO of Gifthead: "Thinking of not job hunting over Passover? Think again"

Geektime (February 2025) - Guest column by Karina Glikin-Yaari, tech recruitment lead at Gifthead, on the strangest stories from tech hiring

mako (July 2025) - Inbal Horesh Levy of Gifthead on the new high-tech roles created by AI and what they pay

Channel 10, Israel's economic channel (July 2025) - TV interview with Inbal Horesh Levy on how AI is reshaping existing jobs

N12 News (July 2025) - Gifthead in Channel 12's report on AI and the future of work

"The Candidates Aren't Good Enough" - This Isn't a Talent Problem. It's a Structural Market Failure.

A recurring pattern has emerged in Israeli tech hiring in 2025-2026: founders and CTOs consistently report that candidates fail to meet expectations. This is not a candidate failure. It is a structural market failure driven by three converging forces - AI raising the bar for what companies need, a historically thin pipeline of senior developers in Israel, and a new generation trained in an AI-first environment that bypasses the foundational depth companies are seeking. Yester

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"The Candidates Aren't Good Enough" - This Isn't a Talent Problem. It's a Structural Market Failure.