Beyond Hiring: The Evolution of Talent Acquisition with Barbara Gaillard

Episode notes

When a company scales from 5,000 to 17,000 employees overnight, the traditional HR playbook doesn't just need an update - it needs a total transformation. Barbara Gaillard shares how she moved TA from a purely transactional function to a "People as a Product" model that balances rapid execution with deep long-term strategy.

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