Same Work, Same Pay: Float's Julia Fulton Talks Pay Transparency, Why Cover Letter's Stink

This week Julia Fulton (Float) joins us on Looks Good on Paper to break down why hiring in 2025 has got to shift away from praising perfection, to rewarding potential.

If you care about candidate experience, transparency, and why compensation shouldn't have to be an IRL Spider-Man meme - this episode is for you!

In this week's episode we'll cover:
Why sharing compensation upfront changes everything for candidates (and why everybody deserves to know)
How hiring the "perfect fit" conceals the hidden bias that limits team growth
What might help replace the CV - and why authentic responses matter more

📌 About Float
Doing your best work, while living your best work life - that's the philosophy behind Float. Float is a fully global, async-first company helping teams do their best work across different time zones, without the chaos. philosophy powers a transparent, human-first hiring approach.
👉 https://www.float.com/

👧🏻 Guest Bio
Julia Fulton is the Talent Manager at Float, a global, async-first company whose philosophy is all about doing your best work, while living your best work life. Float is fast on the rise, and for Julia, it’s all about championing the candidate experience, and having complete transparency — rooted in her own path into tech, and the belief that great hiring balances rigour with undoubtable humanity.
👉   / juliafulton1  

📄 About Looks Good on Paper / Willo
Looks Good on Paper is your weekly source for hot takes from modern talent leaders, recruiters, and powered by Willo, the async video platform helping teams hire faster-and more thoughtfully-at scale.
👉 https://www.willo.video/

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⏱ Chapters
00:00 - Welcome & Intro to Julia Fulton
00:48 - Julia's path into TA & her human-first philosophy
02:15 - The #1 hiring mistake: lack of upfront compensation transparency
04:26 - Float's global async model & public Notion handbook
06:06 - "Same work, same pay" & building trust with candidates
07:29 - Why candidates return after rejection
08:03 - Hidden bias: hiring for perfection instead of growth potential
09:41 - Non-linear backgrounds, real skills & resourcefulness
10:56 - Imagining hiring without CVs (and the cover letter debate)
12:33 - Application questions, specificity & AI-proofing responses
13:49 - Loom videos, candidate friction & authentic storytelling
15:52 - How candidates show passion in different formats
17:23 - Role skills vs interview skills
18:12 - Using AI intentionally in the hiring process
19:49 - Analog writing, saving time & maintaining authentic voice
20:37 - Meet BoBo the cat & closing thoughts

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