Do Recruit: How to find and keep great people.

by Khalilah Olokunola

Overview

Khalilah "KO" Olokunola has an unconventional approach to hiring and retention that was forged during her time employing active gang members.

As chief people officer at a progressive brewery, she looked beyond the CV to recruit the "whole person"; valuing traits such as loyalty, problem solving and life experience - all essential in today's workplace.

In Do Recruit, Khalilah shares her tools and strategies for the first time. You will learn how to:

• Rethink your "go to" hiring platforms
• Discover the real person at interview
• Invest time and resource in onboarding
• Let people go with kindness

With practical advice, real-world scenarios and "back-pocket scripts", Do Recruit brings a refreshing and inclusive approach to the world of recruitment. It puts the "human" back into Human Resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914168307
Publisher:	Global Book Sales
Publication date:	06/04/2024
Series:	Do Books , #39
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,050,717
Product dimensions:	4.75(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Khalilah Olokunola is not your ordinary HR professional. An Impact Architect and the founder of ReEngineering HR, her clients include Patagonia and many others. She is known for transforming company culture and creating innovative hiring and retention strategies aligned with a company's mission and values. Prior to founding ReHR, Khalilah served as Chief People Officer at TRU Colors, a brewery with a social mission to reduce violence in the community by employing active gang members. Khalilah is an inspirational speaker. Her work has been featured in print, online and on TV, including Forbes and Good Morning America. It has earned her recognition as an HR innovator and Conscious Business Leader. She is married with four children. She calls Wilmington, North Carolina, home by way of Brooklyn, New York.

Editorial Reviews

"I look forward to the day when businesses adopt KO's 'whole person' and leading from the heart approach. This practical handbook is for anyone aware that business needs collective and inclusive hand-holding to evolve." – Whitney Clapper, Community Relations & Impact, Patagonia

"Khalilah has a unique perspective in the recruiting space. You need to get a copy of her book. It will refresh how you look at talent!" – Steve Browne, HR leader, author and SHRM board member

"A refreshing rethink of traditional recruitment processes, Do Recruit encourages readers to reassess what they know about recruitment for the better" – People Management magazine

"Brilliant. Filled with the kind of fierce-with-reality insight that only comes from lived experience. A must read." – Jerry Colonna, bestselling author of Reunion

"Khalilah introduces a new perspective on what it means to be human in the business world. It's a courageous approach that challenges us to unlearn business as usual" – Duke Stump, founder Bonfire with Soul

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