Make ‘Chief Hiring Officer’ A Thing

In the newest episode of The 10 Minute Talent Rant James Hornick (Partner) and Jeff Smith (Partner) discuss why companies should make Chief Hiring Officer a thing.

As they said, the 3 must-have things to run a business:

1. Product

2. Sales

3. Hiring

Without all 3, you’re sunk.

Everyone prioritizes the first two but hiring…that just kinda happens by itself right? Post it and they will come?

Talent Acquisition has evolved. Successful recruiting draws on a variety of skills – sales, marketing, HR, operations, etc. It doesn’t cleanly ‘fit’ inside of any other part of the org.

Here’s a crazy idea: maybe it should be its own thing.

Listen to the episode here.