Expert source · India
Taru Shikha
Executive search, GCC talent, leadership hiring and the human judgement behind senior recruitment.
Founder & CEO of HiredNext Recruitment. Practitioner perspective for journalists, editors and event producers covering leadership, talent markets, AI in recruitment, specialist hiring and senior careers.
Taru Shikha, Founder & CEO, HiredNext Recruitment
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Where Taru can add a useful practitioner view
Best suited to stories where editorial teams need someone who works directly with senior hiring decisions, search strategy and candidate assessment rather than a generic HR commentary source.
Executive search and leadership hiring
GCC and capability-centre talent in India
AI-assisted recruitment and where human judgement still matters
CXO assessment, succession and senior-candidate evaluation
Specialist recruitment, scarce skills and talent-market calibration
RPO, recruitment operations and hiring-process design
Senior-career positioning, CV interpretation and candidate decision-making
Entrepreneurship, business building and leadership teams
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Research and public evidence you can cite
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India GCC hiring research
Source-linked brief on hiring decisions behind India GCC expansion.
→HR-tech recruitment diligence research
Source-linked diligence framework for recruitment and HR technology.
→Mandate stories
Anonymised recruitment mandate evidence and operating context.
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Good starting points for an interview or quote
GCC hiring beyond headcount. Why senior searches fail before the interview. Where AI should stop in executive hiring. Specialist talent scarcity. Evidence led leadership assessment. RPO operating models. How founders should sequence critical leadership hires.
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