Miles Randle has built teams inside startups like Fractal, Flip CX, and The New York Times, helping founders turn ideas into teams and teams into real businesses. He an I caught up to talk about what is actually happening inside recruiting right now as AI floods the market with noise, shortcuts, and excuses.
Miles breaks down why candidate quality is not an AI problem, why pattern disruption is the last real edge recruiters have, and why teams that cannot find talent will never retain it. Miles is a real one who does the real work of recruiting, too. Sourcing, stakeholder management, being committed to post-hire-outcomes. He gets it.
In this episode we talk about:
• Why recruiters blame AI instead of fixing their fundamentals
• What pattern disruption really is and how to use it
• Why curiosity will outperform any tool
• The link between poor recruiting and poor retention
• How to operate as a talent leader inside early-stage chaos
• What founders misunderstand about hiring in 2025
Episode 015 of Building the Talent Machine is out now. 🔊
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