Bob Hancock

Bob started his career in higher education recruiting top scholars from around Arizona while continuing his education and obtaining his Master’s of Public Administration degree.  Shortly after graduation, Bob moved back to the bay area and began his career working with several start-ups as their sole recruiting and HR consultant. 

Bob worked with several Silicon Valley technical companies as a consultant before joining Salesforce as an individual contributor, then manager of the Core Engineering recruiting functions.  Other tech Unicorns including Roku enabled Bob to build a highly productive team while exceeding client and candidate expectations. 

A passionate advocate for candidate experience, he led many strategies on interviewing techniques, communication skills, competence, and accountability.  Bob has a solid reputation as being the “fix it” person focusing on problem solving, building trust, being adaptable and empathetic, and inspiring and motivating others.  

An avid reader, hiker, traveler, and improving daily cook, Bob lives in Santa Clara, CA and Palm Springs, CA with his partner, Tony.    

Areas of specialization:

• TA strategy and planning

• Work force planning

• TA metrics and reporting  

• Recruiting technology 

• Talent Pipelining and sourcing  

• Assessment methodologies  

• Recruiting leadership coaching

• College recruiting  

• Branding and marketing 

• Intergrated HR