Hikari Skills Lab

The best of recruitment. Free, always.

A living library of AI-native skills for recruiters — built by recruiters, tested in the open. The methods of the best, in the AI you already use.

Built by Will Grady — 22 years recruiting for Google, Meta, Amazon, Shell and BP.

Our mission

To make the best of recruitment free to every recruiter.

Built on recruiting pedigree at

Logo of Meta Platforms -- Graphic created by Detmar Owen

Engineering from Apple and Amazon.

You were sold a stack.

  1. Tool after tool. Thousands a year. Gathering dust.
  2. The software was never the point. The craft is.
  3. We build that craft into AI-native skills — and give it away.
  4. Your judgment + the Lab. The only stack you need.
The proof

We test what others sell.

Before a skill that judges people gets a badge, we swap the name, age or gender on fictional CVs and publish what moves — including the one that failed. Tested means tested.

When free isn't enough

Want your whole desk doing this, not just you?

Train your team

We train your recruiters to use these skills on their own roles. No six-month rollout. The Lab makes one recruiter sharper; this makes the desk sharper.

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Build it around you

Your ATS, your inbox, your live market — wired in and built for your desk. We call it Hikari. You approve every move.

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The movement

Built by recruiters. Add your name.

Every skill carries the name of the recruiter whose method it is. Add yours, or just take what's useful.

The list

New skills and the bias report, when they're out.

One email to confirm, with the bias report as it stands. Nothing weekly.

Your address stays with us. Off the list in one click.