051: Looking to Hire? Look no further than Hireology (with Adam Robinson)…

Background on Adam Robinson with Hireology:

Adam Robinson is the Co-founder and CEO of Hireology, where he's on a mission to assist business owners to make better hiring decisions by means of predictive data and innovative technology. He is a renowned recruiting industry expert, speaker, and author with 20 years of experience in the field of hiring and selection management.

Under his leadership, Hireology has been recognized nationally by Entrepreneur magazine as a “Top Company Culture” and by Crain's Chicago Business as a “Best Places to Work” for both Millennials and GenX. In 2015 he was added to the Chicago Tribune's Blue Network, a listing of Chicago's most influential entrepreneurs and innovators, and named a “Top 25 HR Industry Game Changer Under 40” by Workforce magazine.

Adam is very passionate about entrepreneurship, donating time to a number of organizations that support the entrepreneurial cause. Through multiple leadership roles at Entrepreneurs Organization, he has helped to develop and launch programs that teach core business skills to early-stage entrepreneurs and beginners around the world.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

[0:45] Hireology works with brands and companies that do not have any distribution channels.
[6:50] Adam knows a lot about the co-employment legal issues in the franchise industry.
[7:30] A landmark ruling by the government really made him nervous and he thought he was going to lose a major deal.
[9:10] Adam graduated in 1998 at the University of Illinois and he wanted to teach High School History.
[10:25] He worked on a startup company called Click Commerce.
[13:12] He started his own company, which he describes as an outsource recruitment provider.
[16:02] He learns to be very careful in choosing customers he wants to do business with.
[17:50] The 2007 economic recession hit his business very hard.
[23:45] He had to tell his employees that they were going to be laid off and out of work.
[26:15] He finally quit and sold his business to a staffing company. He also worked for this staffing company for one year.
[27:31] In 2009, he quit his job and started a new company that sold interview guides on the internet using adwords.
[28:30] He made a blog and wrote about interview guides.
[30:20] He and his friends collaborated on creating a new business that eventually became Hireology.
[33:05] He warns about customer concentration.
[33:45] “The other lesson learned is just understanding what your time is worth.”

Fabulous 4 Questions:

📖📚 Favorite Book(s)? Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins
🙌😎 Favorite Amazon.com purchase? Dyson Air Blade – it purifies the air.
🌱💸 Favorite Tool that's GROWN your Business? EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System (Book is called… Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business).
💭💡 BIGGEST Challenge keeping your Business from GROWING? The ability to execute at new scales, we have to re-invent every 6 months.