AI Won't Take Your Job, But THIS Will... (Future of Recruiting Exposed)

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Welcome back to More Unfiltered, folks!

This episode is one every founder needs to stop and listen to. We're pulling back the curtain on the single most critical, yet most messed-up, part of building a successful company: Hiring and Recruiting.

I'm sitting down with the legendary Amy Vernetti, who has spent over 25 years at the intersection of talent and impact, building leadership teams for startups and giants alike. Amy worked directly with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and has incredible insights into how the Google founders approached building one of the world's most successful tech companies. She even shares how she ran searches and observed how seriously they took recruiting, using an app-based feedback system immediately after interviews.

Amy drops absolute bombs on what separates a good recruiter from a fraud, why curiosity is your secret weapon, and how the concept of pattern recognition comes from interviewing hundreds of executives (she's like an LLM that's been trained for decades!).

In This BOLD Conversation, We Cover:

-The Larry & Sergey Lesson: Why they took recruiting so seriously, took the time to conduct a proper interview , and put feedback in the app right after an interview.

-The Hard Truth About Ageism: What startups are missing when they rule out senior, experienced candidates (HINT: It's historical perspective and wisdom!).

-Diversity Beyond Quotas: The perfect "alchemy" of diverse teams and how a good leader gets the most out of their team to spur innovation.

-The Biggest Founder Mistake: Why viewing recruiting as an "aggravating thing" rather than the most important thing they will do is a path to failure.

-AI and the Future of Search: Amy's take on how AI is impacting the industry, and why somebody who knows how to use AI is going to take your job.

If you're treating recruiting as a checkbox, you're already way behind. This is a leadership discipline. Tune in, take notes, and tell us your biggest takeaway in the comments!

If this episode moved you or gave you a different lens on adversity and growth, I want to invite you to go deeper.

I wrote Step Back and Leap for people exactly like us. People building through chaos. People trying to find meaning inside uncertainty. People choosing purpose over comfort. You can get it here:
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Because sometimes the most powerful leaps forward start with stepping back, grounding yourself, and reconnecting to why you are here in the first place.

— Patrick