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Hiring Is an Operational Function
Shar's reframe of where hiring belongs in a company.
How it works
- 1Founders treat hiring an outside recruiter as though the problem has been handled.
- 2Hiring belongs in operations, not in HR, because it determines what the company is capable of executing.
- 3Product market fit and runway resolve themselves one way or another.
- 4The talent problem never resolves and compounds as the company grows.
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