Cruit Group

Ryan catches up with Cale Owen in the latest episode of the Cruit Group podcast. From being Customer #13 of Alex Hormozi for his struggling gym, to working a commission only sales job at Gym Launch and ultimately becoming CEO down the road, to his current role as Partner at W.O.L.F Gyms. Don't miss this convo on scaling businesses, recruiting & hiring effectively, Culture vs. Tactics, The "Sco...

Ryan welcomes on long-time industry friend, Tyler Qahhaar from DUDE Wipes to discuss building a brand that attracts talent, the impact of social media, humor, and viral content on recruiting, how the brand culture lives inside the company, and more!

Ryan & Ben catch up to discuss the challenges of starting a recruiting agency, obtaining new clients/business, AI in recruiting, issues around "ghosting" in the industry, candid feedback in the interview process, content creation & branding + what it takes to be a good recruiter in today's world.

Ryan Levy interviews former mentor and colleague, Virg Palumbo. Virg is a US Marine Corps Veteran and has spent 26+ years in the staffing world, working for a publicly traded firm. Tune in for an insightful conversation about leadership, AI changing the landscape of recruiting, differentiating yourself in a crowded field, mentorship & more!

Ryan Levy interviews Steven Lu, CoFounder and CEO of Pin.com, which is an AI Optimized Recruitment from First Contact to Scheduled Interviews. Steven is also the former CoFounder & CEO of Interseller, which was ultimately sold to Greenhouse. A developer and entrepreneur since he was 13 years old, Steven talks to us about AI in recruitment, startup life, hiring, good culture and more!

Ryan welcomes long-time friend, Alex Sandkuhl, Founder & CEO of Keystone Growth Advisory & CoFounder of Terres Blanches Wine Merchants on to the Cruit Group Podcast. Keystone is a full-service growth firm helping bootstrapped B2B SaaS founders grow to $10 million ARR without venture capital. Snapshot of convo: - What makes a successful entrepreneur? A good sales person?  - Navigating the e...

Ryan welcomes Sam Kuehnle, VP of Marketing for Loxo (Talent Intelligence Platform for the Recruiting Industry) & host of the "Becoming a hiring machine" podcast onto the Cruit Group podcast to discuss B2B marketing success, differentiating yourself from the competition in a tough industry, iterating and evolving at a rapid rate, effectively, drip campaigns, stopping pitching and starting to pr...

Ryan welcomes Dandan back onto the pod to discuss her new book, changes in the recruitment industry, traits of top billers, AI and Automation in recruitment, niches, burnout, real estate and so much more!

Ryan sits down for an ENERGIZING convo with the one and only Kenya Carr! We discuss the transition from agency to corporate recruiting + recruiting to pure HR, the HRBP role, professional & life coaching, servant leadership, accountability, prioritization and so much more!

Ryan sits down with CEO and CoFounder of Miami-based startup, SupplyCaddy. They discuss the business, Venture Capital, their recent $3.2 million round of funding, startup life, employee retention & attraction, equity, time management and more! SupplyCaddy is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of packaging and disposables for the food service industry.  With headquarters in Miami, Flori...

Ryan welcomes successful tech executive, Vishal Agarwal onto the pod to discuss the current state of the job market, artificial intelligence, startup life, leadership and more!

Ryan welcomes on long-time friend, Chris Coghlan to discuss the transition to Major League Baseball to Major League Business. We talk about the journey to becoming a professional baseball player, transferrable skills, value chain matching your value proposition, execution, ambition as a negative and defining success. Tune in for a great conversation!

Ryan welcomes Founder & CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics on the pod for an engaging conversation around sports data & analytics. Fast, AI Cloud-enabled decisions made accessible, actionable, and predictive–no coding or external consultants necessary. Gemini Sports Analytics empowers stakeholders with the first sports-specific, end-to-end Automated Machine Learning tool. This helps to sign, d...

Ryan sits down with Kristina Campbell, CFO of Ripple (the leading provider of  crypto  solutions for businesses) to discuss her background, life and culture at Ripple, RippleX, Money Transmitter Licenses, NFTs, innovation at Ripple, redirecting focus to building and operations in a market downturn, carbon credits and more!

Ryan Levy syncs up with Scott Lyle, Head of the Pet Insight Project at Kinship (a division of Mars Petcare) to discuss how we can use data and data science to create a better world for pets and much, much more!

Ryan Levy comes out of podcasting retirement to welcome serial entrepreneur and cofounder of humanpredictions, Elliott Garms to the show! The two discuss second generation recruiters, becoming an entrepreneur, motivation & success, the future of recruiting, standing out in today's crazy hiring market and most importantly....what is search-based messaging, and why is it so important?

Ryan Levy syncs up with Esther Shpitalnik, former big-city lawyer turned success consultant to discuss the meaning of success in a career, self and relationships, the art of networking, the 6 steps to interview success and more!

We discuss the importance of staying in touch with your alumni in today's market. The employee experience is a key piece to the success of an organization. What are the things you love? What makes you smile? How do you continue to be innovative and deliver value? Data without action is just a fancy dashboard and "you can't measure what you can't track" are words to live buy in today's business wor...

Ryan welcomes on Nick Surkov, founder of NPHire & WonderSourcing to discuss his newest project and business of teaching recruiters how to code! Will this be a new trend in the recruiting world to differentiate recruiters from their competition? We discuss.

Ryan & Evan dive deep into brand awareness, personal branding, going from "consideration to conversion", social media and consistency, self-awareness, the importance of marketing and branding in today's climate, effective messaging and more!

Ryan Levy syncs up with Ben Nader, Founder of 6 Figure Recruiter & Seattle Search Solutions to discuss startup recruiting, entrepreneurship, running a full desk, automating mundane tasks, the importance of creativity in the recruiting world, cold emails, motivation & more!

Ryan Levy discusses AI, automation and more in the recruiting World with Kevin Wilson, Account Executive at TopFunnel. Will these tools make good recruiters great, make great recruiters unstoppable, eliminate weak recruiters, make weak recruiters decent, or all of the above?

Ryan Levy interviews Dandan Zhu, CEO & Founder of DG Recruit. They discuss: Recruiting recruiters and why she got into recruiting Why recruiting is such a great career and how recruiting changed her life What are the future opportunities within recruiting? What type of people do well in recruiting/what traits are we looking for? What kept you in recruiting, why have you never left this industr...

Ryan Levy welcomes Anna Ladanyi, a former coworker who is a 15 year staffing veteran that currently works as a Strategic Director of Strategic Accounts for a public firm. They talk remote work, relationships, mentorship, the art and importance of the interview prep and more!

Ryan welcomes Toby Coffey on to discuss his journey through 18+ years in the staffing industry, the current status of the job market with the Coronavirus, tips for being successful as a remote employee, the future of staffing, maintaining balance between production and management, planning & time-blocking, successful routines & more!