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Darrian Mikell
Darrian Mikell
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Darrian Mikell

Qualifi

Indianapolis, IN USA

"Whatever path you choose, whatever direction you want to take your life, don’t focus only on yourself. Try to serve others in some sort of way."

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Darrian's work combines: Entrepreneurship, Business, and Accomplishing Goals

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Day In The Life

CEO

I lead the overall strategy for a virtual high-volume hiring platform.

My Day to Day

Each day is never the same but generally speaking, I’m focused on aligning the team around strategy and helping in different areas, like sales and product, to make sure we are progressing as a company.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Finance & Entrepreneurship

    Indiana Wesleyan University

Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    I’ve always been pretty ambitious and entrepreneurial—in fact, I started my first entrepreneurial endeavor in college.

  • 2.

    I earned my bachelor’s degree in finance and entrepreneurship from Indiana Wesleyan University.

  • 3.

    While working at a startup and helping it scale up, I oversaw a lot of the internal operations and experienced firsthand the challenges of recruiting and hiring.

  • 4.

    After identifying phone interviews as a major pain point of the recruiting process, I set out to find a way to make it more efficient.

  • 5.

    I took the issue to my brother, who was also facing similar challenges in his work, and together we created Qualifi, a virtual hiring platform that helps improve the interview process for recruiters.