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Rak Rewind: Winning the War for Talent Through Purpose (and Strategic Hiring) with Jennifer Trzepacz
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Insights from a people guru who’s hired over 6,500 employees in 23 countries!
Employment used to be transactional. But companies don’t just go out and hire people, especially talented people. They need to attract them. It seems that more and more these days, the war for talent will be won by purpose. HR guru Jennifer Trzepacz joins Off the Rak to share what she’s learned in her two decades of experience in HR. As the Chief People Officer at SymphonyAI (and now Transcarent), she knows how to make HR a value within an organization and aligned with the business bottom line. AI — how it’s perceived and used — is transforming how we manage people and company culture, now and in the future. You don’t want to miss this!
About the Guest
Jennifer Trzepacz has more than 20 years of experience implementing operational and talent strategies at transformative, industry-leading companies.
Now Chief People Officer at Transcarent, she was previously at SymphonyAI and Wildcat Venture Partners, where she was an HR operating partner for over 20 B2B and B2B2C technology portfolio companies. Previously, she was the executive vice president of HR and business operations at Rocket Fuel, a role she took on following the AI-driven predictive marketing SaaS platform’s 2013 IPO.
Prior to that, Trzepacz held talent leadership positions with Salesforce, Yahoo, and LivingSocial, among other fast-growing technology companies. During her career, she has been an early adopter of HR technology and supported many start-ups to build out their product offerings for mainstream markets. Trzepacz was selected as one of the Top 100 most influential HR leaders in the tech industry. Trzepacz earned her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management in Boston and her undergraduate degree from Bryant University.
Links in this Episode
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