Hire Learning with Oz Rashid

With me (your host, Oz Rashid) on this episode, I’m joined by Wade Mitzel – Chief Operating Officer at UofL Health – who shares the reason (I personally believe) why UofL has probably not experienced a shortage of APCs (advanced practice clinicians), even though it’s a worldwide issue. UofL Health is a fully integrated regional health system with more than 12,000 employees, made up of highly skill...

With me, your host Oz Rashid, on this episode, I am joined by Amelia Sordell , Founder of Klowt — a personal branding agency — to discuss Klowt’s hiring process, culture and the innovative onboarding strategy they use to enable continual improvements. Klowt’s hiring philosophy is that both sides need to benefit, so they utilize a unique methodology that ensures the candidate feels heard and at the...

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Jeff Nadler , Chief Information Officer at Teladoc Health — a telemedicine and virtual healthcare company — to speak about scaling, supply and demand, and innovating on the fly during Covid. Jeff shares with me his “art versus science” in hiring and says that when he started at Teladoc Health, there were a total of 30 employees. Fast fo...

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode I am joined by Deanna Meador , CEO at Couture Technologies — virtual try-on technology — and Director of Entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt University — a private research university in Nashville — to speak about her dual roles and involvement with hundreds of hires. Some of what she shares is her hiring strategy, including sourcing high-demand skills. Dea...

With me [your host, Oz Rashid] on this episode I am joined by Anders Jones – CEO and Co-Founder at Facet – who shares the unique financial model that Facet is built upon, as well as how the company handles being completely virtual, and their unique hiring ideologies. Facet is a FinTech company that provides financial planning for those who wouldn’t typically work with a traditional financial advis...

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Steve Nudelberg , Principal Thinker at On the Ball Ventures — a coaching company that helps entrepreneurs and businesses to grow — to share strategies to stay “On The Ball” with sales hiring. The conversation covers a lot of ground, including life tips, public speaking advice, sports, leadership, interviewing, forward-thinking and plann...

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Jenn Crenshaw , Chief People Officer at Prospero Health , to share her early career experiences, hiring philosophies, work ethic and favorite interview questions. Prospero Health — a company that grew to 1,000 employees within a period of just 30 months — is focused on palliative care and treating elderly patients in a way that goes bey...

David MacLaren is Founder & CEO at MediaValet Inc . On this episode, he joins Oz to talk about aligning the right candidates with the right roles. MediaValet Inc. is a leader in the rapidly emerging cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) industry. David’s hiring philosophy focuses on the heart. He wants to understand each candidate’s authentic self, and he shares strategies for interviewin...

As Chief People Officer for Curaleaf , one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, Tyneeha Rivers is responsible for cultivating a positive company culture at scale. She and Oz discuss who is responsible for culture within an organization and how it impacts the hiring process. Tyneeha shares how her experiences of working in an exclusionary workplace have shaped her approach to culture. It star...

What kind of talent does it take to solve the world’s water crisis? Eric Rosenfeldt , CEO at Magna Imperio Systems Corp ., talks with Oz about seeking alignment between a candidate’s core values and those of the organization to help achieve strategic outcomes. Eric shares strategies for balancing structured and open-ended interview questions to uncover characteristics like humility, confidence, hi...

This episode features Matt Poepsel , Vice President and the “Godfather of Talent Optimization” at The Predictive Index (PI) . PI offers a variety of tools and assessments that help organizations solve business problems through the lens of understanding individuals. Transparency is key to Matt’s hiring philosophy. He discusses business challenges openly with candidates: how can you hire a good prob...

In this episode, Oz welcomes CEO and Co-Founder at CaringWays , Wes Sellers . CaringWays is a medical fundraising platform designed to help patients and their families collect funds for health expenses. It also provides donors and supporters with security and peace of mind by ensuring that funds are directed to the right places. Wes shares the inspiration behind CaringWays – the founders’ personal...

Anna Talerico, CEO at Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) , joins Oz to talk about hiring for an L&D organization. CFI is a global provider of professional development courses and certifications for finance professionals. Anna shares what helps build a culture of learning — hiring for curiosity and a commitment to helping others to learn and grow. Anna focuses on finding a candidate’s innate cur...

In this episode, Oz welcomes the COO of Seed Health , Eric Kau . Seed Health is a microbiome company focused on developing or pioneering “living medicine.” Most people are familiar with probiotics, but Seed Health is taking the science even further by pioneering new ways for microbes to help alleviate a variety of medical conditions.   Eric shares his hiring philosophy: businesses should take a “m...

How do you build a framework for strategic hiring in a startup of just two people? In this interview with Oz, Brian Carlson, CEO and Co-Founder at eThink Education, illustrates how the hiring process evolves as the business grows.   Brian shares his company’s hiring philosophy and the book that inspired it. The organization takes a team-based approach to hiring. He talks about the value of panel i...

Your organization’s hiring process is its canary in the coal mine. It is a candidate’s first impression of your company’s culture, values, and commitment to a positive employee experience. It also impacts how that candidate will engage with you in the future–as an employee or as a consumer.   Hiring decisions are some of the most important decisions any business leader will make. Sam Jaddi believe...

There are countless resources out there to teach you how to manage the talent you have, but few to help you get better at hiring the right talent in the first place. Welcome to the Hire Learning podcast, hosted by Oz Rashid , Founder and CEO of MSH.   Oz Rashid is a passionate leader in the talent solutions world. He has helped organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to scrappy start-ups to bett...