People-First Builders Podcast

In this episode of The Hire Talent's Podcast, we are joined by Michael Melhberg. Michael is a Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, Business Professional, author, fitness nut, Organization Freak, and productivity Junkie. He is currently the VP of Marketing at Star Lab and when he's not doing that, he's writing articles and books to help high achievers consistently save time, get productive, become more o...

Lou Adler  is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a training and search firm helping companies implement Performance-based Hiring℠. Adler is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller,  Hire With Your Head  (John Wiley & Sons, 3 rd  Edition, 2007). His most recent book has just been published,  The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired  (Workbench, 2013). He is also the author of the aw...

In this episode, we spoke with Tiffany Ablola. Tiffany (Tran) Ablola is a California attorney and EOS Implementer. Her mission is to help company leadership teams build healthy work environments and empower them with the tools to scale. After finding her own focus as a management consultant, she helps others achieve the same. With Tiffany's guidance, clients have been able to capitalize on their p...

In this episode, we sat down with Anne Lackey to discuss how you can hire and train the best virtual assistants. Anne Lackey loves starting and running businesses. Mark Lackey has always been fascinated with making things work better and run smoother. Together they have co-founded and run multiple businesses simultaneously for 2 decades. They have generated over 15.7 million dollars in revenue for...

In this episode we sit with the pioneer of Applicant Tracking Systems, Art Pereless, and discuss the future of recruiting using AI.

In part 2 of this episode we discuss the concept of the identity iceberg, and how our sense of empathy influences how we see and related to others.

In part 1 of this episode we discuss core values and beliefs about one's capabilities and skills and how that relates to the process of achieving goals.

In this episode, we sit down with John Waid who hones in on the importance of building a strong company culture, stating, "the best leaders are culture driven." We talk about how to create a purposeful culture and how to align our hiring of candidates who re already living the values and type of culture we want to grow within our businesses. 

In this episode we discuss how to add the human touch and soft skills, combining with a well-thought out business strategy to influence positive business outcomes.  David Meyerowitz is a strategy, business, and finance consultant who helps businesses realize greater capital and profit from implementing performance management practices. 

In this episode, we talk with Susan Bellows of Susan Bellows & Associates. Susan is a business consultant specializing in empowering middle management women to attain the recognition, respect, and rewards they deserve. Listen in as we dig into topics like how to help women in middle management grow their careers, cover best hiring practices, finding an "A" player by refining your interview skills,...

Hiring a new employee is an exciting time for a business, but, failing to implement best hiring practices like clearly defining expectations and performance objectives, can leave both you and the candidate with something to be desired from the relationship. We outline everything you need to know before hiring new employees so you have the best chance at retaining employees moving forward.

We teamed up with Katrina Kibben from Three Ears Media for this episode of The Hire Talent Podcast.  Katrina is the Founder and CEO of Three Ears Media, a firm dedicated to teaching recruiters to be better communicators and writers. For most of Katrina's career, she has been a marketer living in a recruiter's world - listening to both sides of the talent equation to understand the real issues and...

Hiring new employees costs businesses money, from the downtime of having a vacancy, to the people who are involved with spending their time trying to fill the position by screening and hiring a new candidate. Hiring employees who don't work out can cost up to 10% of that employee's annual salary, so it's crucial that when you hire someone, you go through all the necessary steps to ensure it's done...

Checking references is your goldmine for verifying a potential employee's performance and fit for your job. In a reference check, you can learn more about what it was like working with your candidate, which helps you understand and determine if the candidate will be a good fit for the role, your business, and the culture of your company.

The Power Interview Guide is a 30-minute review of your candidate's past work history and accomplishments that allows you to learn about everything you've ever wanted to know about a candidate in a timely manner. The guide provides a repeatable and objective method to follow for interviewing any candidate for any position and industry so you can quickly decide if they're a fit for your business or...

We discuss all the tips and tricks for effectively screening a candidate's resume, so you can breeze through them, able to highlight the main points and effectively select only top performers. 

On today's episode we discuss the benefits of putting interns to work at your company and how this work experience helps push business objectives forward while providing an intern with an invaluable real-world work experience.

Health benefits...to offer or not to offer? That is the question on the minds of many business owners. In this episode, we discuss the benefits (pun intended) of offering your employees health insurance.

In this episode, we discuss how to create a talent pool that allows you to both actively and passively source candidates for your positions. 

We dig into the components necessary for creating a marketing-focused job advertisement (not job description- there's a difference) that will attract candidates to your open positions.   

We've all heard about or read single's ads, yes? The single bachelor seeks his perfect match for long walks on the beach and a shared interest in wine tasting.  When you're hiring a new candidate, you're essentially doing the same thing, except instead of long beach walks and wine tasting it's more like shared interest in impeccable customer service and a clean inbox.  We discuss the differences b...