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 damn thing.

 

Jeff Smith and James Hornick propose a (not so) crazy idea in The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Make Chief Hiring Officer A Thing”