The Talent Tango

So how do you like your burger? Coffee? Pizza?   Do you like email better? Text? Phone? Skype?   We all have preferences and it's our job to take the time to find out what your candidates/clients prefer, especially in how to communicate with them.   We talk about finding the right medium when dealing with hiring managers and candidates in this episode.   Listen and subscribe: https://amirb.me/thet...

An open job order is a project. And all projects have time, budget, scope.  Applying those aspects to the recruitment process will give all stakeholders a better chance for success.  Listen to hear our discussion about how treating job orders as projects allows you to make sure you are managing stakeholder expectations.  Listen and subscribe: https://amirb.me/thetalenttango Connect with Amir and A...

Your resume should tell the best story of you.  A hiring manager only spends so long reviewing before making a decision. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the resume's context and how that could be the difference in getting an interview or not. And sometimes it's not just highlighting all the good, but calling out maybe the one thing missing.  Either way, candidates have many di...

Scorecards. Competencies. Process. Many of our clients are beginning to share their hiring scorecards with us so that we can better understand how they are hiring. That allows us to better identify candidates that will be relevant to their search. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about hiring processes. We speak to many different organizations and we can see the differences between p...

In this episode of The Talent Tango, I had the pleasure of speaking to Suzie Anthony.  In her role as VP of People & Culture, Suzie is responsible for making SessionM an awesome workplace by combining culture, innovation, leadership and inclusiveness. She drives the overall people strategy and loves spending time with SessionM-ers to keep her finger on the pulse within the organization. She brings...

It's the start of fantasy football season!!! You know people are going to play. How do you handle it? In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the revving up of fantasy sports teams in the fall and the impact they have on teams. Are they a drain or do they bring people together? I think a lot depends on how your organization views its value. Listen and subscribe: https://amirb.me/theta...

Real estate agents work very hard to stay top of mind. They leave note pads, flyers, throw community events, etc. They do all this to be the real estate agent that has shown value. That could be market knowledge or being apart of the community. They want to be the agent you turn to if/when you are ready. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about staying top of mind with candidates. Too...

As a recruiter, you will never be the practitioner.  And you know what - that is ok! In this episode, we are talking about recruiters and relating to their audience. For the most part, very few recruiters were actual practitioners of the roles they recruit for. And you know what, that's ok. They can make up for that with gaining deeper functional understanding of the roles they recruit for. And in...

People aren't going to listen to you until you build trust.  What is your viewpoint when you see 3 total Yelp reviews vs seeing 2000+. Something to be said about how we evaluate what is trusted. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about recruiters being able to influence the process through timing and trust. We are managing a process and our experience can make a massive impact. But fir...

In this episode of The Talent Tango, I had the pleasure of speaking to Prem Kumar. Prem is the CEO and Founder of Humanly, an AI platform that qualifies job candidates and answers their questions along the way. Before launching his own company, Prem led the product management and design teams at TINYpulse, an employee engagement company that empowers organizations to build world-class cultures wit...

It's always tricky when you start talking about salary. No one wants to make it about the money...but guess what bills must be paid. So there is a portion of it that has to be about the money. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the dance that happens when you bring compensation into the equation. For the most part, hiring managers need to stay within company parameters and will n...

Hiring is not easy. Defining competencies to understand your hiring process is even harder. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about when a hiring manager has gone through 40 candidates and 10+ onsites and still can't seem to find the right person. Might it be a case of not knowing who they are looking for? Or they're looking for someone that they haven't articulated? The Daily 10 come...

What does happiness look like to you? Maybe it's interacting with your co-workers, maybe it's relaxing at home. Whatever makes you happy, it can have a big impact on your performance and productivity in the office. In this episode of the Daily 10 we're discussing employee happiness and its effects on retention rates, employee satisfaction, and overall workflow and output within the team or company...

Problems with your productivity? There's an easy fix: change your habits.  Distractions are everywhere, but with the right mindset, you won't even notice them.  Tune into this episode of the Daily 10, where we share how it doesn't matter if you're in a crowded Starbucks, your cubicle or your home office. You can stay productive just about anywhere if you're willing.   The Daily 10 comes to you eve...

If your hiring manager wants a purple unicorn of a candidate but can't spend time telling you about the skills and experience they're looking for...you are in for a super challenge. We should be building bridges to ensure seamless knowledge transfer for both internal and external recruiters.  In this episode of the Daily 10, we're unpacking the relationship between clients and recruiting agencies....

Reputation is everything in the hiring process. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the knock-on effect that happens when a candidate only puts half their energy into a coding challenge. Don't burn your bridges before they're even built! The Daily 10 comes to you everyday giving you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life. Listen and subscribe: https://amirb.me/thetalenttang...

If you post or send something online, there's every chance that people will see it, share it or screenshot it. Once it's out there, it's there forever. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're sharing the details of a seriously unprofessional email that Arash was sent recently. What would you do if this happened to you? We want to hear! The Daily 10 comes to you everyday giving you an insight into t...

Our job is to deliver high quality candidates to our clients. Beyond that, everything is out of our control.  If a client decides to hire our candidate? Great, but it's not our choice.  If a candidate decides to leave that job a few months in? That's unfortunate, but again...  not our choice! In this episode of the Daily 10, we're asking why recruiters are on the hook when hiring decisions go wron...

In this episode of The Talent Tango, I had the pleasure of speaking to Gem Garcia.  Gem is the Founder of Spectrum Talent Management Consulting. Spectrum is dedicated to providing "holistic consulting to early stage startups". This includes developing a unique brand identity and company culture to attract exactly the right talent for that business.  Gem's consulting process begins by asking the al...

When do recruiters become 'trusted advisors' to their clients and candidates?  In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about how every recruiter can go beyond the roles and responsibilities of their typical day-to-day and become consultants for the people they work for. It helps to establish trust and build long term relationships with candidates and clients alike. The Daily 10 comes to you...

What hurdles have you overcome? In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about what risk-taking looks like in a career-setting. What training and support do you need to be successful? How do you get over the need for everything to be perfect? We're 'paid to be pros' at our job. That added pressure might make it difficult to rip off the bandaid and try something new. But everyone has to start...

It's a lot faster to text someone back than it is to respond to their emails or voicemails… especially if that someone is a recruiter!  In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the benefits of leveraging text messages to reach candidates quickly. People are glued to their phones. So when a text comes in, there's a pretty good chance that it'll flash across your candidate's screen while...

So you find the perfect candidate, their background is impressive, their skills are great… but they get rejected because they don't show enough passion for the company.  In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about why business founders need to understand that employees aren't going to bring the same level of enthusiasm to their business are they do. They haven't put the same amount of blo...

Do you know how well your job portal is doing? Who is looking at the traffic analytics to determine that?  In this episode of the Daily 10, we're asking how effective career portals are for companies who could be producing other, more useful content for job seekers instead. Candidates are trying to understand what they are going to be doing and who they will be working with. Companies are spending...

Everyone loves going on PTO. Heck who doesn't! But what about the work and people that aren't taking time off that have to pick up the slack. In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about what happens when someone is out of the office and the rest of the team has to show up. You have to have processes in place to make sure there is a clean handoff and continuity when the person returns. Ami...