Recruiting is No Joke

Welcome to Recruiting is no joke - a podcast for TA and HR professionals. This week I am with Leah Daniels Leah’s experience in the Talent Acquisition space spans the recruiting funnel from top to bottom. Most recently, Leah was an executive with the programmatic job ad platform Appcast, where she originally began as the VP of Business Development and Alliances and ultimately became the GM of SaaS...

Welcome to Recruiting is no joke - a podcast for TA and HR professionals. This week I'm with Joy Banfield Vp of Talent at Designity - an on-demand marketing company. Joy is a strategic people operations leader who earns her seat at the table by going beyond "traditional HR." As an experienced Chief of Staff and true Organizational Generalist, she brings a strategic mindset - tying company success...

This week I'm with David Jaramillo. From agency to in-house corporate to RPO recruiting with experience in Hospitality, Retail Services, Financial Services, IT, Real Estate, and Healthcare--David has a rich background in TA! David has been developing and evaluating strategies in the areas of sourcing, analytics, branding, and new technologies used by Talent Acquisition to source and recruit the be...

This week I'm with Deanna Brousseau Director of Talent Acquisition at AltaML an AI startup based in Alberta. Deanna is an empathetic Talent Acquisition that advocates for an equitable, elevated, and fun recruitment experience in the candidate journey. She's dedicated to attracting, retaining, and elevating incredible humans that are excited about the AI industry. Deanna has been in the space for t...

Donald Knight is the CPO at Greenhouse Software. He leads with a people-first mentality hoping to unlock the potential of Greenhouse talent globally. With a laser focus on the connection between people and the processes that serve them, Donald and his team create proximity by building bridges focusing on enhanced experiences that nurture culture and develop people. He is responsible for providing...

Erin McDermott Peterson previously led Talent Acquisition and RPO for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon. Having led TA teams in Europe, (with 3 years as an ex-pat in Frankfurt, Germany) as well as India, and North America, and led process improvement projects with multiple SMB companies as a consultant with PeopleResults, she now tra...

Welcome to another episode of recruiting is no joke - a podcast for TA and HR professionals. This week I'm excited to chat with Jennifer Paxton (her/hers) Co-founder of Jamyr, and former VP of people at Smile and Privy! Jen has over a decade of experience in the industry in Agency and in-house roles. She has led global teams and is now building a company that is focused on something extremely clos...

Welcome to another episode of recruiting is no joke - a podcast for TA and HR professionals. This week I'm excited to chat with Todd Raphael a recruitment content legend who is currently working with Skyhive an exciting HR tech company. Todd has a unique perspective on the recruitment industry and market and has been involved in marketing, business development, and events. He spent 14 years with E...

Happy 2023! After a short break, we are back with another Live episode of Recruiting is no joke. This week I'm excited to chat with Vanesa Cotlar, MBA Cotlar, VP of People & Culture at PolicyMe a Series A funded insurance company. Vanesa has a deep background that includes many years as a consultant to C-Level and Senior executives on corporate and business strategy. She has been leading the peopl...

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Recruiting is no Joke podcast - This week I welcome Melanie Naranjo VP of People at Ethena. Melanie has been in the talent space since 2015 and has quickly risen to a high level. She is now the VP of People at Ethena a compliance training platform. Join us as we discuss how she got started in the people space and her journey into leadership. Thanks to Brighthire.com fo...

This week I welcome Mark Smith Global head of TA at Kraft. Mark has operated as a Talent Leader for over 20 years and has worked with some huge companies including Randstad, Caterpillar, Amazon, SC Johnson, and The Kraft Heinz Company. Mark is a true leader and I'm honored to get 30 minutes with him today. Join us as we discuss how got started in recruiting, his journey into leadership, his bigges...

Today I'm joined by Petter Ludden, the Director of recruiting for Blind a tech community where professionals share honest insights anonymously. Join us as we chat about the current market, what candidates are saying about making moves, and of course his own journey into recruiting and tech Thanks to our sponsor BrightHire. com, is the fastest way to raise your quality of hire. Leading TA teams use...

Welcome to Recruiting is no Joke Episode 14 A live show and podcast for recruiters and TA leaders. There are two reasons, I am really excited about today's show. We have Jane Curran - Global Head of Talent Acquisition at JLL. Jane leads a team of 300 TA pros that fills 30,000 positions a year. She's been in recruiting since 1999 and previously worked with Accenture and Kohl's. I'm stoked to have t...

Today I am excited to discuss a topic close to my heart. Recruitment marketing - I'm joined by Mackenzie Moore (People and Talent leader) and Austin Beveridge (Head of Marketing) from Arc Technologies a full-service finance platform for SaaS, a Series A funded start-up. We will discuss how they've been partnering together to increase top-of-funnel candidate interest in the company. Is this scalabl...

Recruiting is no joke Episode 12 - Scott Schefferstein started recruiting 10 years ago at a boutique agency and since has worked at companies like GE Digital and Netflix. He now runs talent at a Series-A software company that is helping some of the world's leading travel organizations increase revenue. We will discuss Scotts time a Netflix, his career trajectory, and the differences between workin...

Recruiting is no Joke - Episode 11 With Laura Gassman Director of Talent at 1906 Laura has a strong agency and corporate recruitment background and currently leads talent at a cannabis startup in Denver. Join us today as we discuss - How she got started in recruitment, The biggest challenges her team is facing, How do you recruit in a start-up, How do you recruit during economic uncertainty... And...

Welcome to episode 10 of Recruiting is no joke podcast I am pumped to be joined by Jessica Williams, MIPH, HRPM, SHRL, CMHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Williams and Kim Schell from Refine Labs. Refine labs are all over Linkedin. Jessica is no different, she is leading by example and has some of the most insightful content I've seen. Kim has also had a few viral posts - A layoff post comes to mind 😉 Join us a...

Petar Petrov has been in recruiting for coming up to 10 years. He's worked at a number of start-ups as both a tech recruiter and now runs talent at VideaHealth a Boston-based health Series-A startup. Everyone wants to work in the start-up and tech world but I'm not sure if most really know what it's like. Join us as we discuss what it's like to recruit when you don't have a massive brand. We will...

This week I am honored to be joined by Clarisce Tolston - PHR AIRS Tolston - Head of TA at HealthTrackRx the nations leading PCR-based infectious disease laboratory. Clarisce leads the talent strategy as well as DEI initiatives. She has been in recruiting since 2008 and spent 5 years contracting for large companies like Microsoft, Direct TV, and Lexus. I am excited to discuss her story and hear he...

Today I am joined by Bonnie Dilber - Recruiting Manager at Zapier Not only is Bonnie leading recruitment strategy at Zapier, but she is also an avid poster on Linkedin and is not afraid to discuss hard-hitting topics. She has over 50,000 followers and for good reason - She gives advice to job seekers, takes on remote work life, and shares insights into Culture and DEI. Thank you to our Sponsors Br...

Welcome to Episode 6 of Recruiting is no Joke I'm honored to have The one and only Brian Fink with me today - Currently the Global Technical Sourcing Manager at Twitter, in the past he's worked with Apple, RentPath, and AWS. On top of this Brian is a great follow on Linkedin for recruiters, he posts helpful and encouraging content and is a great representation of who he is in real life. (We chatte...

This week's guest is Adam Rosenfield - Adam is an experienced SaaS recruiter who specializes in scaling talent acquisition for seed stage to Series D tech companies. His accomplishments include scaling a global team 7x, building out our diversity and inclusion plans, and working to earn a US "Best Places to Work" honor in 2022. Adam has had agency and internal experience over the past decade and b...

I am delighted to have Britteny Soto, Director of Talent Acquisition, Justice Equity Diversity, and Inclusion & Enablement for Encamp. Join us as we discuss her journey to her current position, What TA struggles she's facing, What she cares about most in her role, And why she loves what she does! Thank you to our Sponsors Brighthire.com the only interview platform that can help you remove bias and...

Super excited for Episode 3 of Recruiting is no Joke. Join Nick Martuscelli Talent Director from Barstool Sports We will be hearing about: His journey to his current role, Life as a talent Director, His biggest Challenges, How he is using his brand to boost recruiting and So much more. Thank you to our Sponsors Brighthire.com the only interview platform that can help you remove bias and improve yo...

Welcome to Episode #2 of Recruiting is no joke. This week's guest Adam Walters heads up recruiting for Polygon.io a series A funded fintech start-up! Join us for this afternoon session where we'll hear what start-up recruiting life is really like and get his take on how to attract top talent. Adam has a strong background in agency recruitment focusing on tech startups, then we had an offer he coul...