#171: Guide to hiring an executive leadership team for first-time founders and pitfalls to avoid while hiring executive talent, with Shailaja Pittie

‘Focus your assessment on the passion for the mission’

In this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, we welcome Shailaja Pittie, Senior Executive Recruiter and Talent Advisory at Google. She is responsible for identifying, attracting and engaging & hiring the best leaders to build the future of Google Cloud.

Some of her more notable Google roles include: Global Staffing Lead Geo, Head of Talent, and Engineering recruiter. She started off her career as an entrepreneur but found her love for the HR space along the way.

She has been a Talent acquisition leader for over 20 years which makes her the best person to give us insights on the corporate talent acquisition world and how she finds ways to make work (and life!) better for everyone. Shailaja is extremely passionate about building teams, functions, and organizations.

Episode highlights:

• Common mistakes made by recruiters while hiring executives
• Recruitment and hiring process to get the desired candidates
• How to manage candidate relationships
• Guide to hire an executive leadership team for first-time founders
• Pitfalls to avoid while hiring executive talent

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Abhash Kumar


About Springworks:
Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organization that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:
SpringVerify — B2B verification platform
EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture
Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building
SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and
SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking systemSpringworks prides itself on being an organization focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

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