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Need HR for a great start up in India #26

Closed Pmccord closed 6 years ago

Pmccord commented 9 years ago

This is from Kavin Mittal CEO of Hike (the Snapchat of India). He is a great young CEO with a rocket ship of a company.

One of the roles I'm resetting is HR. I'm looking fora self starter (like a CEO of HR) I strongly believe that HR should be split into two and have gone ahead and done that:

  1. Recruiting & Admin
  2. People Operations

I've had one of my x-Product Heads take up #1 to bring a very different approach to recruiting and I can already see a big difference. The guys more pro-active and has opened up a ton of more un-conventional channels of finding people and is personally hunting them down. Admin now rolls up into my CFO.

On People Operations, this is a tricky one. The expectations are so high here that I'm wondering what kind of person I'll need. Ideally a CEO of HR who handles everything from organizational behavior to the appraisal process, has a deep understanding of industry and the business and is very strategic, helps us maintain and pro-actively build the culture and also keeps our managers and people in general to a very high standard.

This is such a large gap in the company today. I really want HR to have a seat on the table but I'm struggling to find someone with vision who can fill that seat.

I'd like find someone from the US whose spend some time at a FB, Google or seen this part of a business. Ideally someone who has ties back in India.

kellidrag commented 9 years ago

I'd like find someone from the US whose spend some time at a FB, Google or seen this part of a business. Ideally someone who has ties back in India.

Patty, just to be clear this role is based in India right? What city?

kellidrag commented 9 years ago

Did they find their hire @Pmccord ?