Friedberg requires every hiring request at Ohalo to include a paragraph explaining why AI cannot do the job.
“Ask those questions. And so maybe every job description that needs to get approved by leadership, and the first paragraph is, why aren't you using AI?”
Friedberg mandates managers justify headcount requests by first explaining why AI cannot accomplish the same tasks.
“So for example, when anyone asks for head count, ask them, Why can't AI do the job? Right.”
Friedberg's non-engineer chief of staff used AI to write a Python script that screened hundreds of resumes in hours.
“So Laura asked AI to write a Python script for her, to download all the resumes from Greenhouse, scan them, score them, and give her results. She did this all in a couple of hours.”
Friedberg describes an old hiring system where talented people found jobs through phone calls with senior field leaders.
“If you were any good and you needed a job, you talked to one of the people who was high up in the field, and they got on the phone. And by the time they got off the phone, you had a job where you needed to be.”