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Writing on HR hiring, people-team structure, and the organisational change that creates new roles.
By Matteo Muscio / MVRK24 February 2025
Recruitment / Leadership / Change Management
How to tell whether a senior HR hire worked
A senior HR hire rarely moves one clean number. Set a baseline before they start, then judge the hire at 90 days, six months and a year.
Read the article →23 October 2026
Hiring a senior leader from outside your sector
Italian job ads, a meta-analysis of 81 samples and our own client feedback: when sector experience belongs in a senior brief, and what to ask for instead.Recruitment / Leadership / Best PracticesRead the article →20 October 2026
When the CEO changes, HR follows
We coded every HR head appointment at Italy's 40 largest listed companies since 2019. After 29 CEO changes, 14 HR heads changed within a year.Executive Search / Succession / FTSE MIBRead the article →20 October 2026
Who picks Italy's top executives? Mostly the shareholder
We coded every CEO and CFO appointment at FTSE MIB companies from 2019 to September 2026. Outsiders took 46 of 80. The share has not risen, and ownership predicts it.Executive Search / Succession / FTSE MIBRead the article →15 October 2026
How to hire your first Head of HR
A first Head of HR has to advise the leadership team and set up the basics of HR. How to tell when you need one, write a realistic brief and find the right person.Recruitment / Leadership / Best PracticesRead the article →12 October 2026
The coding test is becoming a judgment test
HackerRank's AI interviewer now scores how engineers work with AI, while 62% of organisations still ban AI in technical interviews. What that means for assessing engineers.AI / RecruitmentRead the article →1 May 2025
Don't waste your shortlist
The finalists you didn't hire last time are often the quickest route to your next hire. How to go back to them well, and what the GDPR asks of you.Recruitment / Best PracticesRead the article →28 April 2025
What to automate in hiring and what to keep human
Automate the admin, let AI draft and keep people on the decisions. How to split the work, and the EU and UK rules that apply to each part.AI / Automation / RecruitmentRead the article →6 April 2025
MEDDIC(C) in recruitment: how candidates decide
A senior candidate decides like a buyer, with other people and to a timeline. A sales method helps you understand that decision before the offer.Recruitment / Best PracticesRead the article →1 April 2025
15 questions to answer before you start a search
A job title isn't a brief. Answer these 15 questions before the search starts, and you'll know what to assess every candidate against.Best Practices / RecruitmentRead the article →18 March 2025
Hire for culture add, not culture fit
"Culture fit" often ends up meaning "like us". Write your values as behaviours, interview for them, and look for what the team lacks.Recruitment / LeadershipRead the article →4 February 2025
Why job ads rarely find a senior HR leader
A job advert reaches the people who are looking. The HR leader you need often isn't. When ads still help, and how to find the people they miss.Recruitment / LeadershipRead the article →20 January 2025
Quiet cutting vs restructuring: what UK law requires
Moving people into lesser roles until they resign can still count as a dismissal in UK law. If roles must change or go, follow the process instead.Restructuring / LeadershipRead the article →2 January 2025
Where the time goes in a senior hire, and how to save it
Senior searches rarely run long because candidates are hard to find. The days go on waiting and rework, and you can save them without cutting the assessment.Recruitment / Best PracticesRead the article →
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