Hire Learning with Oz Rashid

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Investment banking isn't for the faint-hearted. It's unpredictable. It's gruelling. It's each man or woman for themselves out there. Could YOU fit the profile needed to nail such an explosive industry? And what does it actually take to succeed? Join me as I speak to CoFounder and CIO at @Raise Green, @Jackie Logan as she spills all the industry secrets, including: - Her unconventional career path....

This week, I'm joined by the product KING himself: Nitin Bhat. Having built and led products for AWS, Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, and Smartsheet (not to mention he's the current CPO of Workiva,) we delve into the secrets of: Integrating your product into your customer's lifestyle. Leading with real empathy. Having to unlearn fundamentals as your business grows. What problems AI *actually* solves. Wh...

This week I am joined by Jamie McDonald, the CEO of Upsurge Baltimore, to have a really frank and important conversation on diversity in not just tech but across all industries. We discuss: Evolution in the industry. New technology innovations (AI). How to build a diverse team. Our biggest failures as founders. Red flags to look out for in an employer. Jamie has an incredible way of framing divers...

On today’s episode, our host, Oz Rashid, welcomes Joe Aurilia, Jr. , Senior Vice President of Operations at Cyware , a cybersecurity company focusing on Cyber Fusion and collective defense.  Having joined the company as the first US hire, Joseph talks about the challenges and opportunities of working in a geographically dispersed workforce with offices across multiple countries.  Joe’s o...

On the newest episode of Hire Learning, our host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Leslie Graham , Chief Human Resources Officer at Groups Recover Together , the premier provider of value-based care for individuals grappling with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) across the nation. Leslie started her career in retail, but while she was supposed to be focusing on sales and operations, she loved hanging out with the...

On today’s episode, our host, Oz Rashid, welcomes Kristin Forney , Chief Financial Officer at Ocean Spray Cranberries , an agricultural cooperative of cranberry growers headquartered in Massachusetts. She discusses her background in consumer packaged goods, her CFO role, lessons learned in finance, preparing for interviews, hiring and career advice for those just starting out. Kristin talks about...

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by David Lu , Co-Founder & CEO of Clarity Movement Co . — a team of passionate engineers and scientists focused on making a positive impact in the world by tackling the global air pollution crisis using air-sensing technology, IoT devices, and data analytics — to discuss progress and acceleration via hiring in this space. Something you'll find a l...

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Jequeatta Upton Smith , Vice President of Operations at Advocate Health Care , a non-profit healthcare system. They discuss inclusivity, diversity, interview questions to determine resiliency, affinity bias and hiring technology. Jequeatta describes what makes inclusion critical in healthcare and shares favorite interview tricks for determining r...

On this episode, our host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Daniel Murray , Founder of The Marketing Millennials — a digital marketing agency — to discuss marketing and recruitment. The discussion centers on the advantages and disadvantages of analytics, branding, core principles of building personal brands, and that the marketing function should be enmeshed with recruitment. Daniel, a former D1 athlete, e...

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Erica Anderson Rooney , Chief People Officer at Blue Acorn iCi and Keynote Speaker & Executive Coach & Consultant, to discuss empowering women to move into positions of power and keep them there, lessons learned in hiring and authenticity in the workplace. Erica has a lot going on: her children’s sports schedule, work at Blue Acorn iCi, C-s...

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by François Hoehlinger , Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Troopy , to discuss fast company growth and hiring in a high-growth mobility environment. Troopy has developed a new way to move around the city to free people from urban mobility constraints and allows them to get to where they want to be in the city without hassles.  The discussion cent...

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Patricia van de Sande , Corporate Director at Arts Commons , and Business Advisor, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Nexii Building Solutions , to discuss hiring people in high-growth environments like clean tech. Patricia provides insightful answers about sourcing people in this space and describes why clean tech compa...

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Paul Martino , Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at VillageMD — a company that aims to change people’s health outcomes — to talk about picking the person to build a culture of esprit de corps loyalty. Paul shares the pillars that make up a company with a mission to change the way healthcare is done and tells stories of the employees they hire...

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Anastasia Volkova , CEO and Co-Founder at Regrow Ag , to discuss hiring in a truly innovative company specializing in science and technology that transforms farming, food systems and the future of the planet. Being an industry disruptor, we wanted to find out how they foster a culture of innovation and get inexperienced employees to open up about...

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Ovi Vitas , Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AmeriLife — a Fortune 500 financial organization — to discuss digital marketing and how video games are leading the way in the marketing space, as well as how Ovi makes hiring decisions. The type of people Ovi looks for when hiring are those who contribute to diversity, as well as...

Joining your host, Oz Rashid, is Wael Barsoum , President and Chief Transformation Officer of Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. ( HOPCo ). Previously, Wael was President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Florida and, under his leadership, growth at the clinic tripled, so we were especially excited to hear his thoughts about hiring. Oz and Wael discuss discretionary effort, and that when you build a st...

On today’s show with your host Oz Rashid, is Donna Corley , Founder and CEO of Guiding Star Advisory, LLC. Donna was with the same company for close to 27 years, where she experienced 15 different roles before setting up her current business. Now she coaches people who want to get to the C-suite level, guiding them as to how they can stay true to themselves on that journey. We chat about her almos...

Joining your host, Oz Rashid, is Julie Kring , Founder and CEO at Khepra — a company that developed breakthrough technology for renewable electricity to break down consumer and agricultural waste into fuel. At MSH International, we believe that all companies are people companies. This aligns with Julie’s philosophy of leading with love, so we wanted to know what other aspects she looks for when hi...

With me, your host Oz Rashid (although I’m not so sure I was the host for this one…!), is Lisa Lou , Vice President at a global security organization. Lisa is a phenomenal communicator, exceptional at extracting information and really listening. So much so, that I got lost in the conversation and forgot we were doing a podcast about hiring. The discussion is frank, insightful and deep, and I’m pre...

With me, your host Oz Rashid, is Jamie Bailey — Chief Financial Officer at Baylor College of Medicine — to chat about sports (of course), the top character traits Jamie looks for in candidates, diversity in the workplace, his personal game plan in prepping for interviews, favorite interview questions used to ascertain true candidate behavior, what he considers important in the candidate experience...

Today, Oz is joined by our guest Rachna Bhasin , Founder of EQ Partners — a strategic advisory, consulting and investment company that primarily serves early-stage technology and media companies. Oz and Rachna chat about the day-to-day handling of private companies and startups of different maturities across multiple industries; working with founders and criteria for assistance; inclusive practice...

On this episode is John Ferguson , Chief Human Resources Officer at NASCAR , to talk about his core responsibilities, motivation, leaving a footprint with people, coaching opportunities within candidate consideration, and what to expect from NASCAR as an employment candidate. John offers amazing advice for candidates to stand out, such as mentioning the connective tissue to an interviewer and list...

With me (your host Oz Rashid) on this episode is Amos Schwartzfarb , Managing Director at Techstars — a mentorship-driven capital accelerator — to discuss entrepreneurship, investing and, of course, hiring. Amos chats about the criteria for assistance from Techstars and offers interesting tidbits from the book he co-wrote, “Levers.” He also talks about the importance of intellectual curiosity and...

On this episode, I am joined by Mandy Shaw — President and Chief Executive Officer at Blaze Pizza, LLC — for a conversation about managing with intention and by example, how parenting makes you a better leader, company culture by design and how small actions speak volumes. Parenting has had a huge impact on Mandy’s leadership abilities and she describes how.  She explains the company’s “free...