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Zapier: Strategic Hiring
Zapier has evolved strategy to emphasize asynchronous, results-focused work across globally distributed team in 40+ countries
Source: Fast Company
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening artificial intelligence executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Backdrop: a 107.8 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 2.4 on the month) with Americas activity rising (+15.4pts).
Zapier: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Artificial Intelligence median of 1 across 88 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 3 tracked across 94 days.
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