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America Back to Work: Adam Gellert, Hipo
The Future of the Recruiting Experience
In this week’s episode of America Back to Work, Arnette Heintze sits down with Adam Gellert, a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Hipo—a marketplace for hiring that connects top employers with prime candidates. Adam discusses his passion for reshaping the recruitment landscape and enhancing the candidate experience.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Challenges startups and SMBs face in recruitment and how Hipo addresses them.
- The differing expectations of employers and job seekers in today’s job market.
- The relevance and transformation of job descriptions and resumes.
- Adam’s unique approach to mitigating hiring risks for entrepreneurs and startups.
- Why alignment between candidates and roles is critical in the hiring process.
- The qualities founders should look for in potential hires to ensure a good fit and company growth.
Adam also shares his candid thoughts on widely debated topics, such as the necessity of being a “people person” in HR and whether companies should rely heavily on traditional resumes. Plus, he surprises us with a personal tidbit about cutting his own hair!
Key Takeaways
- How Hired Hippo creates a curated, less cluttered hiring marketplace focused on passive high-potential talent.
- The shift away from traditional job descriptions towards more transparent and informative postings.
- The declining importance of resumes and how showcasing a candidate’s true potential becomes essential.
- The importance of trust, attitude, and passion in finding the right fit for startups and how to mitigate hiring risks.
- Adam’s advice for founders on what qualities to seek in early-stage hires and the significance of “heck yes” in decision-making.
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S2Verify is one of the leading, privately held, pre-employment background screening companies in the United States.
Arnette Heintze is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at S2Verify. Before establishing S2Verify, Arnette spent more than three decades working at the highest levels of federal, state, and local law enforcement.
He served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service as a special agent and senior executive where he planned, designed, and implemented security strategies to protect U.S. Presidents, world leaders, events of national significance, and our nation’s most sensitive assets, including financial infrastructure.
After retiring from the Secret Service, Arnette focused on building growth and performance of innovative start-ups and SMBs. In 2004, he established Hillard Heintze, a globally recognized strategic security risk management and investigations firm. In 2009, along with Bill Whitford and Jim Zimbardi, Arnette established S2Verify with an approach and methodology that delivers fast, accurate, compliant, and affordable background screening insights crucial to better managing insider risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.