Chief People Officer or 'CPO' is pretty much the top job in the internal side of the recruiter industry. I'm delighted to say that several people I knew when they were individual contributors have progressed their careers so that they now hold this position. How did they get there? We're bringing in a squad of recently minted CPO's to let us know what we need to know if we ever want to get to this spot.

- How is CPO different from the other roles in the function?

- What are the knowledge gaps which are most important to fill in this role?

- What is the optimal career trajectory to be considered for role?

- How important is domain experience for this role?

- Is it better that the person comes from HR, TA or something else?

- What was the interview process like, what do you have to prepare for?

All this and more in this week's Brainfood Live On Air. w/ Layla Kidwai, VP People, (Funding Circle), Antonio Arias Lopez, CPO (QuoIntelligence), Becs Beslee, CPO (Dice FM)  & Leslie Kivit, Founder, (The People Lab)

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Brainfood Live On Air - Ep152 - The Career Ladder to Chief People Officer