human resources

“I would say the biggest mistake I am seeing is that they're not bringing it on soon enough. They, a lot of our CEOs and founders feel that once they've hired the recruiter they've kind of covered themselves on the HR front.”

“A CEO can't stay connected with every person in an organization, and so they're really, they should be that, you know, a confidant to the CEO, but also the person who can roll up themes and issues that need, need to be addressed in an organization.”

“Recruiters from a personality standpoint, to be a world-class recruiter, you have to be kind of a world-class salesperson, and generally, world-class salespeople tend to have a fairly self-centric view of the world, like that's what makes them good and, you kn…”

“So when I talk to our founders, I always talk to them about you know, the true, the worth of HR is, is that they are an extension of the founder in their vision, in the way that they want to build the company, in how they bring people on board, and how they ac…”

“If you hire the right HR person, as I said, they're an extension of the CEO. HR comes in to kind of, you know, I think you said this before in one of your blog posts, kind of quality assurance against management.”

“At a lot of companies, including a lot of big tech companies, it's HR has a charter to basically drive political and social change and enforce that change. Very broadly inside the organization, right?”

“If I'm an HR person and I want to really assert control over a company, it's like, look, I've got the law on my side, I've got your career in my hands, and I can nuke you on social and moral grounds whenever I want. Like, that's an incredibly powerful set of c…”