Ep. 436 - Quickly Hire COO, Emily Hunkler

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron is joined by Emily Hunkler, Chief Operating Officer of Quickly Hire, a staffing and recruiting agency.

You'll hear the journey of a driven COO who shares her insights on building effective teams and fostering a thriving company culture. Emily discusses the importance of collaboration and adaptability in achieving ambitious goals, even when the path forward is uncertain.

Discover a unique approach to scaling businesses through innovative solutions that prioritize flexibility and efficiency. Drawing from personal experiences and the company’s own practices, Emily explores how leveraging fractional talent can empower organizations to achieve impactful results while remaining agile in dynamic markets.

This episode offers insights into the transformative power of embracing discomfort and taking risks in both professional and personal growth.

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Enjoy!

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The benefits of hiring fractional talent, including guaranteed weekly hours and the ability to grow teams. (9:54)
The importance of communication skills and language proficiency for global talent. (14:13)
Quickly Hire's marketing strategy, focusing on direct outreach and building a community for pros. (28:23)
The challenges of managing a remote team and the importance of clear communication and regular check-ins. (30:52)
And much more...

Resources:

Connect with Emily: Website | LinkedIn

Connect with Cameron: Website | LinkedIn

Get Cameron’s latest book "Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO"

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Cameron Harold, the host of the Second Command podcast. Before we dive in, there's something you need to know.
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0:34.6	Go to COOalliance.com to learn more and see if you qualify.
0:39.0	You can even book a free call with our team to ask questions. Now let's jump into this week's
0:43.3	episode. When we first launched this company a few years ago, it was really entry level. I'd say
0:49.5	for the most part, it was our audience of digital agency owners who were really just looking for some developer help,
0:56.0	page builders, building out pages, that sort of thing.
0:58.7	So we were bringing on, it started with WordPress developers that we were finding and kind of
1:03.2	essentially subcontracting out.
1:05.2	But as the business has grown and the demand has grown, we have been bringing in the mid-level, the managers, the strategy
1:12.2	people. And we also have a few of the fractional executives, right? So CMOs and CFOs, we have
1:19.2	some of that in the network as well. So we have a little bit of everything. I'd say the bulk is probably
1:23.8	that mid-to-entry level still. But as we've been growing, we've been,
1:28.2	we've been definitely bringing in more of the manager strategy level and then some of the
1:33.0	executive as well. Welcome to the Second and Command podcast, produced by the C.O.
1:44.1	Alliance and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold.
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