How Leaf Home Built A 15,000-Hire/Year Recruiting Machine From Scratch With Joe Leno, Senior Director Of Recruiting Talent All-Stars podcast

How Leaf Home Built a 15,000-Hire/Year Recruiting Machine from Scratch with Joe Leno, Senior Director of Recruiting

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What happens when you drop a former agency recruiter into a hypergrowth environment with no budget, no ATS—and 15,000 hires to make?

Joe Leno, Senior Director of Recruiting at Leaf Home, shares the inside story of how he scaled a grassroots recruiting operation into a full-fledged TA engine that powers one of the largest home improvement companies in North America.

In this episode, Joe reveals how he earned a seat at the strategy table, how he leads a team that supports 260+ locations, and what it really takes to scale hiring with consistency and culture.

Joe also shares:

How to recruit across vastly different markets and geographies
Why rapport and respect drive cross-department collaboration

The importance of tying investments in recruiting directly to company profitability.

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