AI in Recruiting with Rolescale CEO Mehdi Taifi

In this episode of "Startup Mindsets" we dive headfirst into the
fascinating notion of how AI is set to change recruiting and
hiring with Mehdi Taifi, CEO and founder of Rolescale. We also
talk working on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and quitting a
career with a safety net to pursue entrepreneurship.





About Mehdi:


Mehdi is the Founder and CEO of RoleScale, a SaaS company
specializing in AI based solutions in the recruiting tech space.
Mehdi is an experienced founder with over 18 years of Wall Street
and Silicon Valley experience combined. He was one of the early
joiners at Robinhood where he built and scaled operations for
their brokerage division. Mehdi also worked on Wall Street for
some of the top investment banks including Bank of New York
Mellon and Deutsche Bank.





Giving candidates a fairer chance at landing a job.


Conversation Time Stamps:


(5:00) What Rolescale does/inspiration for starting


(12:00) Being data driven, efficient, and automated to save
recruiters time/energy (23:00) Moving from wall street to silicon
valley (28:00) Carving out a niche in the recruiting industry
(31:00) Helping grow a startup to unicorn status (34:00) Making
the decision to leave Robinhood and do a startup full time
(40:00) discipline, keep motivating yourself


(42:00) Working with the founders of Robinhood. The value of a
humanities/nontechnical degree(45:30) Getting a job in tech is
tough (49:00) Miami Tech/startup scene (55:00) Writing and
publishing a novel on magical realism (58:00) Is getting a degree
in the humanities worth it? (60:00) the value of philosophy,
today. (62:00) How art and philosophy ties into a business by
taking a logical approach (64:00) Leading a company despite the
emotional toll (66:00) understanding team member's motivations
and pulse check on how the team is feeling.





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