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In 5 years single member recruiting "teams" will be responsible for scaling, leading and managing a company from 0-1000+ employees. The current trend of doing more with less will continue to compound exponentially. The TA leader of the future will be responsible for everything and will actually be *more* efficient and effective than the recruiting orgs of today. So, "what does this person look like"? What skills do the recruiters of the future have to successfully leverage emerging technologies at hyper velocity? In our opinion (Syelo Ventures) there are 4 key traits/skills that the recruiter of tomorrow will manifest exceptionally: 1. Master connectors/network builders. Today process driven TA leaders thrive given the complexity & customization of hiring/interviewing processes - AI tools will make systems creation/maintenance less important through automation. The only true "asset" a Talent Leader will bring to the table is the relationships they have invested in and the ability to create those relationships at scale. 2. Technical acumen. The future leaders of TA *will build their own*, custom, lightweight, agentic tools specific to their organization. SaaS providers will provide monolithic tooling but TA leaders will build for the nuances of their team leveraging platforms like Replit (shoutout to Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh). 3. Data analysis. AI will collect, aggregate and present massive data sets against the TA funnel. TA leaders will analyze this data and make the strategic decisions that drive efficiencies and outcomes. 4. Role agnostic. Today hyper growth hiring teams like to hire recruiting specialist (IE: GTM recruiters, software recruiters, hardware recruiters, etc.), specializations will become significantly less important. The TA leaders of the future hire agnostically and leverage educational tooling to upskill quickly on emerging trends/technologies that impact their organization. The blend we believe will take over the TA world is: 25% data analyst, 25% strategist, 40% relationship builder, 10% custom tooling designer/builder. Start getting ready.

The market is back and recruiters are getting hired again but the real question for talent leaders is, what are you doing during this AI powered bull run to make yourself invaluable? What are you doing to make sure you don't fall flat on your ass again? In the last 4 years we saw two massive boom and bust cycles that impacted 80%+ of the human capital labor force. In a tumultuous economy where the vast majority of investor capital is being deployed towards workforce automation recruiters find themselves in a temporary lull but corrections are coming to the recruiting landscape. So, what did you learn to ensure that you won't go through 6+ months of unemployment again? How are you investing and preparing for the future? A bit of advice from the cumulative learnings of hundreds of the best talent leaders in the country: invest in your network, invest in skills. These are your superpowers and frankly they're the only ones that work.

My friends at Etched are building a trillion dollar chip company and they need world class Hardware Recruiters to help build this generational mission. If you: 1. Love the challenge of sourcing, identifying, and recruiting the best talent in the world within their respective field, please apply. 2. Want to build at the bleeding edge of AI infrastructure and take-on a 3 trillion dollar behemoth, please apply. 3. Are low ego, deeply mission oriented, motivated, and inspired by HUGE challenges, please apply. 4. NEED to be on one of the best teams building the best product in its respective space, please apply. 5. Enjoy and are unafraid of hard work, an incredibly fast paced culture, and getting sh@% done, please apply. This role is based in-office, Cupertino. Reach out to me directly. Will get you looped into the interviewing process.

Very excited to announce that today we at Syelo Ventures are launching a $25m fund for Talent Leaders. The reality is that our profession has no direct path to c-suite, limited opportunities to generate significant wealth, and minimal career stability/longevity. $10b is spent annually by recruiters on tooling that usually sucks. 99.9% of the solutions in the space were not built by us and it shows. That changes today. By bringing together a community of the world's best and brightest recruiters we create collective buying power that will redefine the industry for generations. As an incubator we have one core focus: for us by us. Over the next 5 years our community will ideate, test, buy, partner and roadmap over 100 different tools launching 15-20 products that cumulatively generate $500m+ in ARR. Our sole focus is to create financial security for our community by driving unmatched financial returns in an ecosystem that only *we* truly understand. In the next 6 months we will be rolling out 3 new products that we have stealthily been building as a community and we can't wait to share them with the world. If you are interested in learning more don't hesitate to reach out :). For us by us.

Top Women Leaders of 2024 Women We Admire is proud to announce The Top Women Leaders of 2024. These remarkable women exemplify authenticity, creativity, and resilience, combining analytical thinking with empathy to navigate challenges. Jennifer Ménard-Shand (Staff Shop Inc.), Diana Morales (DM Consulting, LLC), Sreeveni Kancharla (SailPoint), Katherine Lees (Dozanü Innovations), Norma Garcia (NRJ Media Group), Sera Chowdhury (MineralTree, A Global Payments Co.), Annie Reyes (Hivedeco), L. Nicole Martin (PNC), Katy Carrillo (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.), Kelly Barrena, CDP, CDMP, PCM (Barrena Branding), Patricia Whittaker (AfireFi), Mimi Swain (Ring & Blink), Kimberly Harris (CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield), Linda Villafane (Loews Hotels & Co.), Angela Ratliff, CAMS (MUFG), Chelly Conley, MBA,SPHR,SHRM-SCP (KnowBe4), Neeta Maliakal (Velocity Global), Terra McBride, MBA (Prime Capital Financial), @Aliah Davis-McHenry (Novartis), Alisha Burton, MAEd (Hibbett), Amanda Bruno (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP), Amanda Fennell (Prove Identity), Amy Tatro (G.W. Tatro Construction, Inc.), Andreina Viera Silva (Arka HR, Inc.), Api Appulingam, P.E., A.A.E. (City of Philadelphia, Department of Aviation), Carla H. McIntosh (Syelo Ventures). Nominate a woman leader at https://lnkd.in/gr_guaPH Sign up for free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/gFsjdj4 #leadership #womenleadership https://lnkd.in/gGuNnEVd

Dorky grin because there is nothing more fun than hanging out with the best talent leaders in the Bay! Massive shoutout to our SF crew for a fun night out last week. I have said this 1000x but the best part of Syelo Ventures is all of you. A special thank you to our Chapter Lead Marlon Dulay, Jr. and Sabrina Baez for putting together such a fun event.

Last week we Syelo Ventures were incredibly lucky to host our newest Senior Advisor Carla H. McIntosh for an Executive Fireside Chat! Hands-down one of the best conversations I have had on the state of TA, career navigation/optimization, and the future of our function. Here are my key take-aways: 1) Talent Leaders do not always do the best job of demonstrating value. It is core to our role and function to be a strategic value add to the business, and one way of doing that is understanding the business inside and out. 2) All recruiters, regardless of skill level should be willing to roll up their sleeves and source at an extremely high level. 3) The relationship with your CFO is paramount. 4) Embrace AI & Automation. Become an expert in the newest tools being developed. 5) The future of TA is data heavy. AI can automate and optimize data but someone needs to interpret it. Strongly recommended that TA leaders invest in some type of data analyst certification.

Today we hard pivoted Syelo into Syelo Ventures. A community of the world's greatest talent professionals who collectively invest in early stage startups, but our investment is unlike any other... Syelo invests in startups by deploying fully-embedded Talent Leaders into their company for ZERO cost -?in short we trade People services for sweat equity. This offering makes us the *only* recruiting service that is truly mission and incentive aligned for Founders. In a space full of charlatans Syelo ensures that your long term success is our success and we're willing to bet on it. As Talent Leaders we have always been the ones building the unicorns with the human capital they need to succeed. When companies go from 0 to a billion executives, engineers, and sales teams reap the financial reward but very rarely do we. Nor are we given the opportunity to invest in the best startups at their earliest stages. That all changes today. As a community based fund membership dues means automatic vesting in the companies we partner with. A true retirement plan for Syelo members. We do this because we believe in human exceptionalism. We do this to champion the gold standard of our industry. We do this to achieve incredible returns for our community and their families. Mike Rubino Sabrina Baez

Very excited to be welcoming our new Senior Advisor Carla H. McIntosh to Syelo Ventures! Recruiting has no "alumni association" and because of that there is a massive gap in information sharing that typically happens between seasoned executives and up-and-coming leaders. As a community we believe deeply in bridging that gap and creating learning and mentorship opportunities for our members through?a network of seasoned executives. Carla has spent over 25 years leading and building and leading world class teams at brands like?Reddit, Google, and Robert Half. We are extremely excited to be collaborating with such an incredibly knowledgeable, experienced, thoughtful, and passionate?leader in our space. Over the next few months Carla will be hosting multiple events here at Syelo (office hours, roundtables, etc.), including being the featured executive for our monthly fireside chat in September. As a community we cannot wait to learn and build with her. Welcome Carla!!!! Mike Rubino Sabrina Baez