Hiring On All Cylinders

In this episode of Hiring on All Cylinders, Chris Abbass sits down with Alexa Lane from Placements IO to dive deep into building recruiting operations from the ground up. Alexa shares her personal experience in creating a foundational recruiting framework, partnering with company founders, prioritizing hiring needs, and implementing key tools like ATS systems. We also discuss the critical importan...

In this episode of 'Hiring at All Cylinders,' Chris Abbass sits down with Jessie Zwaan , COO of Talentful and best-selling author, to delve into the importance of commerciality in Talent Acquisition leadership. They discuss Jessie's career journey, the significance of financial literacy in TA roles, and how to think and act more commercially. Jessie shares insights on the challenges fa...

Quality of hire (QoH) is the metric of the moment – but it’s notoriously difficult to define. In this episode, Chris sits down with Ben Sesser, CEO of BrightHire, to talk about the evolving importance of this metric and explore how businesses can unpack its potential. Ben recommends proven strategies for defining, capturing, and measuring QoH so it can be exploited to support organizational goals....

Teams are changing. The notion of a core, centralized workforce is losing ground to a brave new world of contractors, skills mapping, and distributed hiring. In this episode, Chris sits down with Joao Martires , COO of YunoJuno , to dig deep into the trend and explore its implications for teams and talent leaders. Drawing on his first-hand experience, Joao explains how organizations are harnessing...

Are leaders doing enough to address the emotional impact of their decisions? In this episode, fractional HR advisor Brian Evje joins Chris to unpack the problem of invisible change. While change is an external force, Brian explains, invisible change is an internal struggle – and if it’s ignored or mismanaged, its aftershocks can damage team dynamics for many months to come. However, by engaging wi...

In this episode, host Chris Abbass is joined by Benji Encz , CEO and co-founder of Ashby , to explore the theme of 'doing more with less' in Talent Acquisition (TA). They discuss trends in TA, the evolution of technology and tools, and how AI and automation are reshaping the hiring landscape. Benji shares deep insights and practical advice on driving productivity in today's competitive market. Whe...

In this episode of Hiring in All Cylinders, host Chris Abbass welcomes Jim Turbek , Head of Global Recruiting at Box , for a discussion on the journey to recruiting leadership. Jim shares his rich experience and insights on transitioning into people leadership. The conversation delves into the motivations behind wanting to lead, the importance of responsibility-centric versus reward-centric leader...

After so many booms, busts, hires, and layoffs, is it any wonder that CEOs are hesitant to invest in talent acquisition? In this episode, Chris sits down with Beth Armstrong , Talent Acquisition Lead at media group VaynerX , to explore how TA leaders can adapt, improvise, and succeed when resources are limited. Drawing on her extensive experience leading lean teams, Beth emphasizes the importance...

In this episode of the Hiring on All Cylinders podcast, Chris is joined by James Hudson, Talent Acquisition expert with a background at global brands like Nike and Levi's. Together, they delve into the post-pandemic shift happening in talent acquisition. James explores how the pandemic prompted a reevaluation of work norms and career trajectories, urging companies to adapt their strategies to...

What is a team? In this episode, leadership advisor and award-winning author AJ Thomas joins Chris to explain why traditional definitions don’t cut it anymore. If we reframe teams as any group of people collaborating together, she argues, we can transcend scoreboard anxiety and mobilize the shared connections and curiosities that help us win. For AJ, the key is to focus on the journey, not the jum...

In this Hiring in All Cylinders episode, host Chris Abbass sits down with Siadhal Magos , CEO and co-founder of Metaview. They delve into the innovative application of AI in the interview process and talent acquisition. With backgrounds as hiring managers, Siadhal and his team approach recruitment from a unique perspective, emphasizing the critical role of interviews in decision-making and data co...

In our new podcast episode, host Chris Abbass sits down with Steve Bartel , co-founder of Gem, to explore the dynamic intersection of technology, sales, and recruiting. Steve delves into the transformative power of AI in recruitment, drawing parallels with cutting-edge tools like Gong and Loom. Together, they navigate the evolving landscape of talent acquisition technology, stressing the significa...

In this episode of "Hiring in All Cylinders," Andrew Trout , Head of Talent at FalconX, discusses the challenge of creating a flawless hiring process. He stresses the importance of aligning organizational goals and addressing biases while balancing speed, quality, diversity, AND candidate experience. Andrew explores the potential of AI tools to revolutionize recruitment tasks, envisionin...

If you haven’t already heard of Joel Lalgee , consider this your introduction to The Realest Recruiter. With over 200,000 followers on LinkedIn, Joel knows a thing or two about building a personal brand within the recruitment space. In this episode, Joel and Chris explore the ample opportunity that exists within recruitment content creation, how you can get started, and why content alone isn’t the...

Transform’s annual conference has become a must-attend event for people-first leaders and WorkTech innovators everywhere. In this episode, Chris talks to event organizer and company co-founder Samara Jaffe to learn the secrets of its success and discover what’s in store for Transform 2024. Samara shares how she grew Transform from an HR-focused, two-day conference into a three-day extravaganza tha...

Episode description I’m sure we’ve all seen the explosion in personal brand building on Linkedin, some good, some bad. This podcast will help you stand out in a sea of noise. Sean Anderson is one of the pioneers of brand building on Linkedin, having honed his skills as a top billing recruiter then seven years building Hoxo Media. No time for personal brand? Nonsense. With discipline and focus you...

Wondering what it’s like to hire at the cutting edge of Web3? This episode features Matt Schwinden , Head of Talent at The Graph, an indexing protocol for organizing blockchain data. He joins Chris to discuss why recruiting talent for Web3 doesn’t always follow established processes, how The Graph have adapted their hiring approach to address this, and what the key skill sets are to look out for....

Most of us are probably familiar with the Agile framework when it comes to product and tech teams, but what happens when you apply it to your recruitment function? In this episode, Chris catches up with James Mantle , VP Talent at Mews to pose that very question. James has implemented the Agile approach to his TA setup at Mews and talks through the benefits, how it has enabled them to move away fr...

Could skills-based hiring be the key to unlocking future success for your TA team, and across the wider business? In this episode, Matthias Schmeisser of EMnify joins Chris to discuss the positive effect of moving to a skills-based hiring system on their business. He explains why a focus on skills over behaviours is important, why you should prioritise a select number of skills you are looking for...

In the latest episode of Hiring On All Cylinders, Talentful's CEO and co-founder, Chris Abbass , dives deep with Carla McIntosh , VP of Global Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce at Reddit , on the nuances of candidate assessment. Beyond the conventional parameters of IQ and EQ, they explore the significance of Adaptability Quotient “AQ”. Carla, drawing from her unique experiences, includi...

As Senior Director of Talent at venture capital firm SignalFire, Mario Espindola has the science of headcount planning down to art. In this insight-packed episode, he joins Chris to discuss how talent leaders can help drive a more cost-effective, strategic, and data-driven headcount planning process. They begin by stressing the importance of risk management in the current economic climate, with Ma...

This episode poses the question everyone in TA is talking about: how will AI impact Recruitment? Host Chris is joined by Matthew Parker , Director of International Talent at Procore , to discuss what we should expect from the integration of AI into our daily workload. They cover AI’s crucial role in interview data collection, how it can improve candidate experience, which tools to look out for and...

As the co-founder of WorkTripp , Sally Page has the opportunity to work with plenty of founders and senior leaders on how they can create memorable offsite experiences to engage employees. In this episode, Sally argues that an offsite should be regarded as a strategic initiative to boost employee engagement and help achieve company goals. In conversation with Chris , she covers how to plan the per...

For Sasha Katz Murphy , company values aren’t just words – they’re actions. In this episode, she joins Chris to explain how she transformed ActiveCampaign ’s values into a company-wide framework for hiring, development, and performance evaluation. As Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Sasha embarked on a year-long, cross-functional collaboration to define and crystallize the core behaviors that dr...

The boom times are over. To succeed in a post-pandemic world, talent leaders must move beyond delivery and embrace a more strategic role. In this episode, Chris talks to Paddy Lambros, Talent Director at venture capital firm Atomico, to explore how in-house recruiters can earn their seat in the C-suite. Change is inevitable, argues Paddy, and it’s a sink-or-swim situation. But the best leaders can...