Inside the Talent Market
An inside look at the current talent and hiring environment.?
2025 is quickly approaching, with many companies planning big transformation initiatives and bold growth goals. As the clock ticks, leadership teams are grappling with some tough questions…
“Is our hiring strategy aligned with our larger business goals and transformations? Do we even have the right leaders in place to lead the way and drive success next year?”
In this edition of Hunt Club’s Inside The Talent Market, we dive deep into real stories from top industry leaders in our ExpertAccess Program—sharing hard-won lessons about transformational leadership, getting comfortable with change, and what it takes to drive growth in uncertainty. Paired with fresh, eye-opening survey data, we explore the leadership gaps and talent strategies that could make or break success in the coming year.
G2 CEO Godard Abel Shares Inside Look Into the Hiring Strategy That Found Leaders Who Helped Shatter $100M ARR Goal
You need the exact right team, at the exact right time and place to drive your business to the next level of growth and meet a specific goal.
Take G2, the world’s leading software marketplace, which set its sights on a bold objective: surpassing $100M ARR. To make it happen, CEO Godard Abel steered the company through one of its most pivotal transformations yet—building a powerhouse C-suite that would drive this growth.
??SEE THIS COME TO LIFE: Gain insights into the hiring strategy that drove G2’s business transformation.
Get Access to Top Leaders on All Things Talent Through Hunt Club’s ExpertAccess Program
Finding the right talent is hard. Getting talent to actively listen vs. passively take a call is hard. Integrating the right talent into your company is hard. But when it happens — it’s magic.
After 4,000+ searches, we’ve realized how powerful it can be to have a community of leaders who intimately know the role and market, have a dense network of talent to refer, and weigh in on “who’s right” for our clients.
We’ve also realized how much passion our Expert Community has for helping companies solve their toughest talent challenges and opportunities. So we created the ExpertAccess Program, which offers deeper access to the leaders who can uniquely:?
Meet a few of our Experts and hear their stories:
?? How GTM Is Changing, From the Perspective of a 3X CMO-Turned-CRO
Amanda Malko, a 3x CMO from industry giants like G2 and Mailchimp, shares her recent journey from CMO to CRO to better align with how GTM is evolving. Plus, she shares valuable leadership and hiring lessons she learned along the way. Read her full piece here.
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Lawrence Waldman, a passionate leader with over 20 years of experience building, growing, and leading Customer Success Management teams, uncovers the main ways Customer Success teams are changing and the nuances of what companies should look for in the right CS leaders. Read his full piece here.
?? Is Fractional the Future? 5 Pitfalls & 5 Benefits of Fractional Leadership
David Berkowitz, a serial founder and marketing leader with two full-time CxO roles and now, several fractional CMO roles, has been on both sides of the table. With his experience, he’s sharing how companies can evaluate the need for a fractional leader, as well as helping leaders assess if it's a good path forward for them. Read his full piece here.
[New Survey Data] 61% of companies have a vision and strategy for transformation, but do NOT have the right executive leadership to turn their ambitions into reality.
Everybody’s changing. (Or at least, they want to.)
In fact, companies are gearing up for many large changes and have set eyes on lofty new goals. According to our recent market survey, the top five transformations organizations plan to execute in the next 12–24 months are:?
But as organizations strive to adapt in a fast-paced market and undertake these big plans, it’s clear that having a robust strategy isn’t enough.?
The lack of effective leadership is leaving many floundering, unable to execute their plans and reach their goals.
?? READ THE REPORT: Find more hiring data, insights from real leaders, and helpful questions to help assess if your hiring strategies are built to find a transformational hire.
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