Coffee with a Recruiter

Abbe Smith is a Senior Talent Enablement Manager at Legend. In this episode of our podcast, we had an enlightening discussion with Abbe about the evolving role of talent enablement, its objectives, and the skills required to thrive in this domain. We discussed: A (non-agency) career journey into talent acquisition and enablement Defining talent enablement How to make processes more efficient and e...

Quick announcement - I've launched my own talent consulting company - March Talent! More details later this month on another podcast episode. Our guest today is Raj Ghir , a senior talent partner currently working at Chapter2. Raj brings a wealth of experience to this podcast where we talk about our recruitment journeys, candidate experience, what metrics to look at, how interviewers & recruit...

John Hazelton is a recruiter and entrepreneur with experience in agency, in-house, RPO, events and podcasting. He's hosting a special charity event on the 17th of December with SOS Children's Villages to help them build homes for orphans so they can stay with their brothers and sisters. Click here for more information and don't forget to join! In this podcast, we discuss: (01:00) Intro to John's c...

Joe Atkinson is the founder of PURPL , a peer-to-peer learning platform for in-house recruiters. Joe is incredibly passionate about the talent partner space and shared insights on: (01:00) intro to PURPL, startup journey (03:30) Joe's career journey (06:30) PURPL's focus and courses (12:10) AI fatigue and prioritising skills over tools (16:20) becoming a content creator on PURPL (19:30) growth, ch...

James Adams is the founder of Recdeck.net , the trusted b2b review platform for recruitment. James has worked as an agency recruiter and in start-ups as a People Director and brings tons of insights to this episode: (00:35) intro to James and shifts in the recruitment market (06:30) the purpose of Recdeck, finding trusted recruiters (11:00) how buyers choose a recruitment partner (18:40) establish...

James Lock is a Lead Talent Ops Specialist at Delivery Hero. James joins me to discuss his career journey, living in Berlin and what the Talent Ops function entails. Topics include: (00:35) intro do James, journey into recruitment, Berlin life (06:15) discussing TA Ops, key responsibilities (11:10) the need for soft skills, stakeholder management (18:30) career progression and growth I hope you en...

James Wardle is the founder and CEO of Alderson James (AJ), a UK-based recruitment company that helps companies  build People, Talent and Sales teams globally. We discussed: (00:40) intro to James and AJ, career journey (06:40) the recruitment market and evolution of recruiters (12:30) advice for recruiters looking for roles (17:33) thoughts on recruiter LinkedIn profiles and branding pitfalls (2...

My guest is Sam Merron , a London-based Senior Talent Partner and founder of Bonsai Talent , a recruitment consultancy. Sam has over 15 years of experience in recruitment and brings tons of insights to this episode: (01:35) Intro to Sam, from agency to in-house (10:00) Setting up Bonsai Talent (15:35) The value of networking (20:05) The job market, bias and having the right attitude Thank you for...

Should you become a fractional talent partner? What are the pros and cons of using this recruitment model? Liam Haghighat is an experienced fractional recruiter and founder of Your Remote Tech Recruiter . Topics: (01:10) intro to Liam, career journey (06:00) creating a fractional and coaching business (10:00) the fractional recruitment format (16:40) work-life balance and time management (20:00) p...

Paul Abercrombie is a Director of Talent Acquisition at Klaviyo . In this episode, we discuss: (01:58) intro to Paul and Klaviyo (04:10) Klaviyo culture and communities (09:00) thoughts on the current job market from a recruiter's POV (15:35) AI, new tech companies, thoughts on Metaview (22:00) new flexible working legislation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I speak with Beth Nevins , the founder of developa.io . Developa is a people and talent consultancy that helps start-ups hire and develop the best talent. We discuss Beth's journey to becoming VP of People and Talent, starting developa, how developa helps start-ups and examples of projects she's delivered. This episode was recorded a while back, so do visit their website for a mor...

Lilyana Kostadinova (Head of People Experience) from Radically Digital joins us to discuss culture at a people-driven consultancy: (00:20) Intro to Lilyana, career journey and joining Radically Digital (06:00) Radically's mission, growth, remote work (19:30) What makes Radically Digital a great place to work? (23:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (27:00) Diversity, onboardi...

Annie Jackson (Head of Talent Acquisition) from Cleo joins us to discuss life at a fast-growth, diverse tech company: (00:45) Intro to Annie, career and growing into a head of talent (01:30) Cleo's mission, products, history (04:00) What makes Cleo a great place to work? (09:00) Diversity at Cleo (13:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (16:00) What are the onboarding and Bene...

Danny Crook (Talent Acquisition Manager) from Kognity joins us to discuss life at an ed-tech company and what makes Kognity a unique workplace: (00:45) Intro to Danny, differences between the UK and Swedish workplace (06:50) Kognity's mission, products, history (11:30) What makes Kognity a great place to work? (23:35) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (28:00) What are the onboa...

We're joined today by Ellie (Senior People Partner - Birdie) and Max (Head of People - Intruder) , where we discuss the PeopleOps function, their day-to-day tasks, and future developments in the people function. (00:00) Intro to Ellie, Max (03:40) What is PeopleOps, day to day examples  (09:40) transitioning to PeopleOps (13:10) working with recruiters (16:40) What advice can you give people...

Zumar Dean joins me in discussing ChatGPT and the potential impact of AI on recruitment. We start with what ChatGPT is and then go into how to apply it for: (06:00) job intakes, job descriptions, bias in AI (15:10) sourcing, reach outs, LinkedIn posts, salary ranges, market mapping, boolean search (24:00) employer branding, writing blogs, career pages (29:00) assisting but not replacing recruiters...

Zumar Dean (Director of Talent - StackAdapt) joins me as a co-host on the podcast to discuss the job market, hiring freezes, layoffs and what recruiters can do during these moments. (1:20) Intro to Zum and StackAdapt (3:50) The UK/US labour market, hiring freezes and layoffs (9:15) What caused these layoffs, differences between the US and UK (18:30) What can recruiters do in these circumstances? I...

Kim Goddard is the Director of Talent at Point Nine; a venture capital fund focused on backing seed-stage B2B SaaS and B2B marketplace entrepreneurs anywhere in the world. Kim has a wealth of experience hiring across product and tech in Startups, ScaleUps and Multi-Nationals. He brings a unique and personal take on VC investment and hiring trends in this episode of the Coffee with a Recruiter...

I had the pleasure of attending RecFest 2022 - an amazing event where talent acquisition professionals can learn from other businesses, speakers and colleagues. I wanted to know - how do you set up a stand at RecFest? How do you prepare and deliver a presentation as a speaker? What were the best moments from the event? And of course, how do you deal with this scorching hot weather we’re having in...

Brian Evje is a seasoned talent and people leader with experience growing startups and large companies in London and San Francisco. Topics discussed: What causes fast growth in tech companies? What risks are involved when companies need to hire quickly? What can talent professionals, interviewers and founders do to minimise these risks and grow effectively? Welcome, Brian, to the Coffee with a Rec...

We all want some level of professional success in our lives, but achieving success at work is a very difficult and ambiguous goal. Here to bring some clarity to this goal is Karolina Hayes. https://www.karolinahayes.com/ Karolina is an HR leader turned Leadership and success coach. She helps people and organisations define success, unlock potential and reach goals—whether that’s growing a business...

How do you create a culture where ownership and product focus is central in software engineering teams? Here to answer this question is Jose Luis de la Peña. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jldelapena/ Jose is the Head of Engineering at Generation Home and a former Engineering Manager at Transferwise. Topics discussed: - (1:25) Intro to Jose and his team - (6:30) Career progression tips for engineers...

Emily Sander is a Chief of Staff, author, C-Suite executive, and ICF-certified coach. She has a decade of experience across Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. We discuss: (02:10) Intro to Emily, career transitions (14:00) Three circles approach to problem-solving (26:00) Good communication, learning from mistakes (34:22) Adaptability through the Swizzle technique...

Sean Allen is the Head of Talent Acquisition at The Very Group , a community admin at DBR and a member of RL100. He has tons of recruitment experience and is here to teach us a thing or two about: (01:00) intro to Sean, living in the North vs London, thoughts on hybrid work (08:40) DBR, RL100, the value of networking (15:00) tips on becoming a lead, what to expect (22:55) improving diversity in hi...

Vincent Warmerdam is a Developer Advocate at Rasa. He’s a speaker at various tech talks, a contributor to open source projects, and has a deep interest in all things tech hiring. You might also know him from a certain recruiter/Pokemon meme. https://twitter.com/fishnets88/status/1317032960831488000 https://calmcode.io   https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentwarmerdam/ https://rasa.com/blog/welco...