Talk Talent To Me

Battery Venture's Kelly Kinnard and Ejento Partners' Michael Case join Rob for a live production of the pod, featuring crowd favorite (??) segments, At Least One Actionable Takeaway and Can We Not?

Matt joins to explain the crucial talent processes to get right early on,  how departments tend to face the same kinds of challenges despite serving very different functions, and how you can ensure the hiring rigor remains constant even when those early hires who illustrate those attributes aren't the only ones in the interview process.

Former Director of Talent from the American Heart Association and Freeman Michael Goldberg explains how he knew it was time to form his own talent consultancy, the opportunities it's brought, and his process of going into an org and taking stock of the talent processes, intake meetings, CRM, and longer term talent planning.

Mike "Batman" Cohen joins to discuss the PR problem recruiters have, the common problems he's training teams to address, and rattles off an impressive amount of the tools in his recruiting technology stack.

Arthur joins to discuss how to screen for a recruiter's ability to manage hiring managers, as well as how to teach people to give interview feedback that avoids unconscious bias.

Bianca McCann joins to discuss how she assesses career moves, including how to measure your own motivations and define for yourself what success means to you.

Solvvy Head of Talent, Cortlin Handly, explains how career progression isn't a pyramid so much as an hour glass, as well as the pros and cons of the talent consultant lifestyle.

NBC Universal's Director of Talent Acquisition Suzan Vulaj, Squarespace's Recruiting Marketing Manager Colleen Finnegan, and Tumblr's Chief of Staff Nicole Nadal discuss how to develop employer value prop, measure employer branding efforts, and how to take the pulse of your company's morale and values.

Greg Toroosian returns with a fancy new Director title and some great advice for how to make the jump from IC into leadership. Also, how to push back on those pesky hiring managers and build headcount from a need basis rather than a title basis. Rob is pleased with his new hot sauce.

Joe explains EA's internal app for candidates, Interview Sidekick, as well as why EA's UK division doesn't conduct full day on sites

Mike Podesto joins to discuss his candidate-first agency, Find My Profession, and riffs on the merits of outbound vs. inbound recruiting.

Sonder's Tech Recruiting Manager Cassie Chao explains the ins and outs of "Batch Day", a mass weekend interview campaign that resulted in multiple hires. Later, she explains how a candidate's motivations are related to their likelihood to accept an offer.

Dave Delaney, former Director of Recruiting at Yext and current Recruiter at Cockroach Labs explains how to assess your own needs and motivations when making career moves.

Procore Technologies' Maisha Cannon explains how she educates internal stakeholders on the long-term sourcing approach necessary to build relationships with talent over time.

Amina "Value Add" Mounuddin and Emily Zahuta join to discuss the level of sophistication they've enjoyed on the recruiting team at Segment, as well as how best to partner with internal stakeholders and develop and execute against OKRs.

Amelia explains how best to manage agency & contract recruiters to ensure great candidate experience, how recruiters should think about specialization, and how to assess talent for remote work.

Mike Moriarty explains how he distributes sourcing bandwith, how his team sells candidates beyond compensation, and how assessing for company values ensures higher retention rates.

Jason Medley joins to explain how Shift partners with organizations to help them hire veterans, as well as provide veterans the training they need to transition into office culture.

Niantic's DE&I Program Manager Trinidad Hermida and VP of People David Hanrahan join to discuss iterations of diversity strategy at Niantic, and what steps teams should take after ensuring accountability.

Dell's Manager of Global Employment Brand Amy Winebright, National Instrument's Head of Global Talent Acquisition Rudi Ngnepi, and Keller Williams' Director of Recruiting & Talent Strategy Joy Schwartz discuss their organizations' approach to employer branding.

Talk Talent To Me records in front of a LIVE audience at Hired HQ. Google's Marvin Stickel talks authenticity, Redpoint's Amy Knapp talks about career pathing, and Rob has some thoughts about Pant Suits.

Credit Sesame's Head of Talent Raj Dev & long time colleague Matthew Rafaelson present their Talent Framework: a new outline for attracting, developing, and retaining talent. Rob asks the specifics required to implement an advanced "high band" compensation strategy. Everyone drinks fancy whiskey.

Matt Valentino explains the strategic initiatives he's planning to tackle once he hires two recruiters, his take on CRMs for talent, and the type of organizations talent teams must find in order to ensure representative pipelines.

Lime's Recruiting Operations Manager joins to discuss how he works to identify funnel inefficiencies and make recruiter's lives easier.

Niantic's Erica Ebinger shares her thoughts on how references should be about getting context as opposed to further evaluating the candidate. Rob wonders if we should do them at all.