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After bearing the brunt of the pandemic, HR leaders at startups are experiencing burnout.
Some have decided to move to bigger companies or retire amid a growing shortage of talent.
Companies are working harder to close candidates for chief people officer jobs, experts say.
Janathri Nanayakkara gets cold messages from recruiters on LinkedIn sometimes five times a week.
She s director of talent at LeafLink, a venture-backed startup that makes software for the cannabis wholesale market. And lots of human resources officers like her are being inundated with job offers. Most of them are not great opportunities, Nanayakkara said. I turn the tables on them and I reach out to those recruiters and say, Are you looking for a new job?