Recruiting Trailblazers

Send a text Julie was my first guest on Recruiting Trailblazers - where she revealed she was leaving her position as Global Head of TA at Glassdoor. Find out how she's been getting on over the summer and how her quest for a new role is progressing! Connect with Marcus https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusedwardes/

Send a text Matt Allen: We Are Not Participating in This Recession. In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Matt Allen, founder of Verticalmove, a 20-year-old high-end boutique technical and executive search firm based in Seattle, now moving into the Phoenix area. Verticalmove specializes in the placement of senior level software engineering and tech positions, both on contract and permanent....

Send a text In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers – Marcus interviews Bruce Morton about his role at Allegis as Chief Strategy Officer and his book “Redesigning the Way Work Works” Bruce shares how he advises Clients on workforce design and TA in the future - as well as actually leading the design of most suited services for the Allegis client portfolio. Allegis Largest privately held staffin...

Send a text Andrew Trout is the Head for Talent Acquisition at Gusto. A people platform for small businesses handling everything from payroll to HR and benefits who ramped up to 1400 people last year with 600+ hires. He led his team in transitioning into the COVID period by being empathetic while looking out for the business. In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, Andrew shares the steps Gust...

Send a text In this week's episode of Recruiting Trailblazers - Natasha Katoni, from prominent VC Firm Amplify Partners, shares her mindset, methods and magic during her journey from Agency Recruiter to her current role as Head of Talent. Natasha explains the difference between the roles as a Talent Partner as opposed to her previous role as a Recruiter.  Marcus and Natasha discuss the climat...

Send a text Now is a good time to be working for one of the big brand Recruiting and Services companies and Randstad is one of the biggest, with revenues of 23BN Euros worldwide. This week's guest on Recruiting Trailblazers is Joel Leege.  As EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Joel leads Randstad Technologies’, Engineering and our Centralized Delivery business unit’s sales approach for account...

Send a text This week, Marcus speaks with Founder/Author, Jeff Wald, about giving away a $10m prize in 2040, the future of jobs and work and his book, The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.  Jeff is the founder of Work Market, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP). Jeff is the author of The Birthday Rules and...

Send a text On this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, host Marcus Edwardes speaks with special guest, angel investor and serial entrepreneur, Adriaan Kolff, on job seeker strategies, advanced sourcing as a service - along with some amazing tools and tips that are worth their weight in gold! Adriaan shares the rollercoaster ride of MatcHR over the last few months - by doubling down on his Busines...

Send a text In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers - Marcus speaks with Casey Jacox about his journey to become the #1 All-time Salesperson for Kforce - one of the top Staffing Firms in the USA. Casey relates some of the struggles to get to the top and the lessons he learned along the way - stating that the only thing that you can truly control are "Attitude and Effort". Casey reveal...

Send a text In this pilot episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, Marcus investigates remote recruiting and begins his hunt for producers, leaders, innovators, and pioneers who have made their mark on the Recruiting industry and can’t wait to share their points of view! In this episode, Marcus is joined by Julie Coucoules, who most recently worked as Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Glassdoor. Jul...