Podcast 10: Yael Ran, VP HR for venture capital funds

If you are an HR professional who specializes in finding candidates based on personality matches with the company, it’s possible that you’re talents aren’t being used in the most efficient way possible.

Yael Ran is the VP HR for multiple venture capital funds, but she isn’t a normal HR professional who only deals with recruiting human assets. Companies understood the business potential of her inherent ability to choose the right people for a company based on a personality match and connect the best companies with the best people. So, they started using her as a unique function of HR, helping to choose entrepreneurs for the fund to support, and guiding both parties throughout the process in every way possible.

Here’s a fascinating interview on the relationship between HR and business potential.