Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast - Recruiting, Staffing, Human Resources

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we have a great discussion with Lisa Starin , Director of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management at Baylor Scott & White Health . Lisa is currently serving in a dual role. She leads the talent acquisition team of 22 members. She also serves as the interim talent management director in charge of a new performance management framework and platform for...

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, Yana Kogan , VP of Talent Acquisition at Crum & Forster Insurance , sits down with us to share her TA career journey, expertise, and experience in advancing a talent acquisition strategy. Yana discusses centralizing the talent acquisition function during her time at Honeywell, and how her team made it work with new processes and procedures. She also c...

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sit down with David Feldman . A 20-year talent acquisition veteran, David started as a recruiter for Aerotek and Citi. He advanced his career and spent 13 years as Global Director of Talent Acquisition at Monsanto and Bayer. He currently serves as the VP of Talent Acquisition at Emerson Automation Solutions and Corporate Functions. David views talent a...

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sat down with TJ Kreuziger , a 20-year veteran of and currently Head of Global Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce Solutions at 3M . He shares a little bit about his career path, the company’s biggest TA priorities for the coming years, and how he thinks the discipline will evolve in the future. TJ didn’t set out to be a recruiter. He walks us...

This episode of TA Leaders is a little bit different. While host Ryan Dull usually sits on the interviewer side of the table, this episode was recorded originally as an episode of Select Software Reviews. Their team was kind enough to let us include the audio of that episode for this edition of TA Leaders . In this episode, Ryan discusses his framework for helping organizations determine what HR t...

In this episode of TA Leaders , Chad Melvin , Vice President of Talent Delivery and Enablement at Aflac , sits down with us to share his expertise and experience across more than two decades of talent acquisition experience. Chad discusses his career path up the ladder at Aflac, how he’s made strides by trying new organizational structures and technologies, and what he sees coming down the line fo...

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sat down with Shelia Gray. Shelia is a long-time HR veteran who currently serves as the vice president of talent acquisition at Quadient, an IT and services business based out of Bagneux, France. Previously, she’s been a global TA leader at GE Appliances, Citrix, and AMD. Shelia talks about her journey in the human resources field, the things she loves...

On this episode, Sean Barry sits down with us to share his recruiting expertise and career experience over more than 20 years in talent acquisition. He’s currently the senior director of TA at Walgreens , leading talent acquisition across the organization. In 2020, that meant filling 135,000 jobs across the corporate call center, distribution center, and field networks. Sean dives into how he appr...

In this episode, Michael Gruber , SVP of Talent Acquisition at Compass Group , sits down with us to share a bit about his career and how he and his team have developed systems and processes that allow them to efficiently hire over 100,000 people every year. Michael got his start in HR during his time in the military, so it was a natural fit for him once he transitioned back into civilian life. Aft...

In this episode, Victor Gaines, SVP Talent Acquisition at Aveanna Healthcare sits down with us to share his journey in the talent acquisition space and his perspective on the state of TA today, as well as where it’s headed. Victor describes his career path through companies like Cigna, McKesson, and Comcast, and how he ended up at a startup doing $1.7 billion in revenue and growing fast. He levera...

On the Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast, your host Ryan Dull of SageMark HR interviews today’s industry leaders in talent acquisition to discuss challenges, best practices, and what the future holds. If you are working in talent acquisition and have always wanted to sit down with your peers at other companies and pick their brain, this show is the next best thing. Topics for the show will includ...