The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Modern Recruiting, AI, and Talent Strategy

James Lafferty, VP of Global Talent Acquisition at Epicor, joins the show to discuss how in order to optimize the candidate experience you need to break it down into its simplest parts, how company culture can drive talent acquisition outcomes, moving into your first talent acquisition manager role, and more! Episode Chapters: 00:19 Who is James Lafferty 01:28 Breaking down and optimizing the cand...

4x best-selling author Jeff Arnold joins the show to discuss the challenges with managing employees who span generations, individualized management, building a culture remotely, leadership challenges, and a lot more! Episode Chapters 00:20 Who is Jeff Arnold? 01:15 Generational breakdown on how the Last 3 Years Have Challenged Everything 05:32 Challenges with managing employees who span generation...

Seth Welty joins the show to discuss how to build a talent strategy after you raise capital for your company, the issues with back-channel hiring, building inclusive cultures and DE&I, and a lot more! Episode Chapters 00:25 Who is Seth Welty? 01:55 Once you raise money, how do you build a talent strategy? 04:21 Common mistakes with crafting a talent strategy 10:15 The impact of hiring for entr...

Elijah Elkins joins the show to discuss empathy-driven recruiting and how to implement it, how bad business models create bad recruiters, recruiters with agency background vs corporate/in-house background, and a lot more! Episode Chapter 00:23 Who is Elijah Elkins 03:32 What is empathy-driven recruiting and how do you implement it? 06:02 Changing your mindset from outcome-focused to experienced-fo...

Luke Whitburn joins the show to discuss the pros and cons of starting your recruitment career at an agency, the changes in talent acquisition over the course of a 25 year career, what should be in your recruiting tech stack and a lot more! Episode Chapters 00:25 Who is Luke Whitburn? 01:15 What has changed, what has stayed the same over the past 25 years in talent acquisition 04:15 How tech has ch...

Joel Lalgee , lead recruiter at Hirewell, who has amassed over 131K followers on LinkedIn, joins host James Mackey to break down his social media game and much more! Episode Chapters 00:28 Who is Joel Lalgee 03:31 Content development as a function of talent acquisition 13:45 The need to diversify your recruitment efforts 23:01 ROI of social media posting for a recruiter 31:35 What are things emplo...

Professional leadership development consultant Joshua Encarnacion joins host James Mackey to discuss coaching and talent management strategy,  where C-levels miss on culture, psychological safety at work and a lot more! Episode Chapters 00:25 Who is Joshua Encarnacion? 02:15 Coaching and Talent Management Strategy 05:30 Most Lack the Vulnerability to Accept Coaching 09:35 Should you Make Coaching...

Jim Wink of Okta joins host James Mackey to break down talent sourcing best practices on a highly tactical level. This episode features tips on how to effectively use specific tools, best practices to produce talent acquisition outcomes., and much more! 00:25 Who is Jim Wink? 02:03 How an agency-recruitment background can influence your talent acquisition career path 04:00 Importance of having a p...

Katherine Johnson , Chief People & Legal Officer, Head of Compliance at Storj , joins host James Mackey to discuss what the "Web 3" world of decentralization must get right (and where Web 2 failed), hiring policies and parameters to ensure a diverse workforce; applying the Rooney Rule in Corporate America, the responsibility of SMBs to implement DE&I into the company’s framework,...

Kim Hiler , Chief People Officer at Intradiem , joins host James Mackey to discuss how most companies say they are "people first" but don't actually implement a people-first culture, the many benefits of letting the lease expire on the physical office space,  employee lifecycle strategy: from first touch to alumni, and much more! Episode Chapters 00:25 Who is Kim Hiler?  02:01 How I...

Julia Arpag and Stephanie Quinn-West , Talent Acquisition Team Leads at SecureVision , join host James Mackey to discuss how to rise into a talent leadership role, imposter syndrome, automation tools for recruiting, what the best/worst companies and hiring managers are doing, and a lot more! Episode Chapters: 00:32 Who is Julia Arpag? 01:05 Who is Stephanie Quinn-West? 02:17 How do you become a to...

Guest host Nick Andrews joins SecureVision CEO James Mackey to discuss trending talent acquisition news from the week of May 30, 2022 - June 3, 2022: Episode Chapters: 00:25 Elon Musk banning remote work at Tesla 05:40 Tesla layoffs 06:30 Elon Musk memes 07:00 Companies have the right to define their own culture 09:05 Sheryl Sandberg resigns from Facebook’s Meta due to burnout 10:45 Layoffs and hi...

Monica Pool Knox , Chief People Officer and Board Director -  ex: Microsoft, Twitter, PepsiCo, LivePerson, Sony, CBS, Verizon, and more - joins host James Mackey to discuss how the talent pool has become global and ultra-competitive, the data doesn’t support the narrative of a “Great Resignation”,  c andidates have a tendency to join a company where they have existing relationships, and a lot more...

Siadhal Magos , Co-founder and CEO of Metaview , joins host James Mackey to discuss the challenges modern companies face with interviewing at scale and more! Episode Chapters: 00:30 Who is Siadhal Magos? 00:51 Challenges with Interviewing at Scale 03:30 What is Metaview and how it fits into talent acquisition optimization 07:15 Gathering and applying interview-data at scale to improve talent acqui...

Barry Mainz , Chief Operating Officer at Malwarebytes , joins host James Mackey to discuss: the rapidly shifting workspace, employee retention trends in tech, what benefits employees want, learning & development, retaining top talent, and more! Episode Chapters 0:31 Who is Barry Mainz? 2:46 What are the primary shifts in the workspace over the last several years 6:06 Challenges with some emplo...

Laura Holcombe , Talent Acquisition Manager at Streetbees , joins host James Mackey   to discuss how to rise into a talent acquisition leadership role, recruiter lessons from the pandemic, the importance of being human and much more! Episode Chapters 00:15 Who is Laura Holcombe? 01:10 Laura’s rise to talent acquisition leadership 02:10 The importance of infusing the human element into talent acqui...

Nathan Deily (former Microsoft, LivePerson, Raytheon, Honeywell) left corporate America to start a Venture Studio called nth venture .  He joins host James Mackey to discuss talent acquisition in the context of a start up in a virtual world and hiring for alternative compensation models (as a possible revolutionary new approach to comp).  Episode Chapters 00:17 Who is Nathan Deily? 01:10 The Old P...

Nate Guggia , co-founder and Head of Brand at Before You Apply, joins host James Mackey to discuss the struggles of hiring today, the major disconnect with employer branding and recruiters, moving fast while building a great culture, LinkedIn content that actually works, and a lot more! 00:30 Who is Nate and what does he do? 01:50 Current struggles when it comes to hiring 05:00 What recruiters are...

Yuri Kruman , CEO at HR, Talent & Systems (voted best full-service HR firm in NY for 2021 & 2022 by Acquisitions International), a Top CHRO for 2022 (PeopleHum), a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 (Mogul) , employer brand expert, VC/PE HR advisor, and author of Be Your Own Commander-In-Chief ,  joins host James Mackey to discuss:  how corporate learning & development is broken,  how to actua...

Mukta Arya , Chief Human Resources Officer (APAC) at Société Générale joins host James Mackey to discuss: DE&I, Learning & Development, the Future of Work, People Analytics, and more! 00:00 Intro 01:25 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 4:01 Getting Executive Buy-In for DE&I 06:00 Collaborating with Employee Resource Groups and Employee Champions 12:10 Promotion Policies 14:15 Learning,...

Alan Rudolph , B2B Enterprise SaaS Exec,  joins host James Mackey to discuss:  employee success programs, the importance of an end to end journey for employees, and the employee value proposition.  00:00 Intro 01:00 Mistakes and Opportunities to Improve Employee Experience 03:00 Candidates Are Placing a Larger Emphasis on How a Job Will Integrate with Their Personal Life 06:30 Where Should Employe...

Steve Cadigan , LinkedIn's First Chief HR Officer and Founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures, joins host James Mackey to discuss: the future of work how he helped build LinkedIn with a people-first mindset a modern approach to employee tenure, his new book Workquake , and a whole lot more! Steve Cadigan is a highly sought-after talent advisor to organizations such as Google, Salesforce, The Royal...

Megan Bowen , COO at Refine Labs joins host James Mackey to discuss: Building an employer brand Concept of Talent Destination  Designing candidate first interview, pre onboarding, and onboarding experiences Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision , for making this show possible!     Follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/ SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2! https:/...

Erin McCann , Senior Vice President of People Operations at SevenFifty joins host James Mackey to discuss: Building inclusive communities. Diversity efforts. Creating HR infrastructure for startups. Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision , for making this show possible!     Follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/ SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2! https://www.g2....