This week we welcome Ali Hackett to the podcast. After starting her career in the agency world, Ali spent more than 15 years as a talent acquisition and employer brand consultant before co-founding Meet & Engage, an award winning candidate experience technology. We sat down to discuss virtual hiring events in a post-pandemic recruiting landscape.
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Episode 39: On Challenging Conventional Wisdom—Is Retention Overrated?
This week we welcome Bryan Adams to the podcast. As Founder and CEO of Ph.Creative, a leading employer branding and talent attraction agency, Bryan has spent more than 17 years helping organizations build world-class employer brands.
Episode 38: A Perfect Storm — The Forces Shaping the Post-Pandemic Labor Market
This week we welcome Raghav Singh to the podcast. Raghav’s career in talent acquisition spans more than 30 years, including chapters at Taleo (where he served as Product Manager from 2000-2004), UnitedHealthGroup, KornFerry, and Salesforce, where he currently serves as Director of Product leading a team building HR and talent acquisition products.
Episode 37: Recruiting Like a Champion—A Fresh Approach to Talent Strategy
This week we welcome Scott MacGregor to the podcast. Prior to entering the world of talent acquisition, Scott spent 17 years as Chief Revenue Officer for Flo-Tech, where he saw the company grow from five employees to more than 300.
Episode 36: Finding Your North Star—How Strong Brands Guide Business Decisions, From Product Design to Talent Acquisition
This week we welcome Lindsay Pedersen to the podcast. Lindsay spent her early career as a brand manager at Clorox before starting her own brand strategy consulting firm, Ironclad Brand Strategy.
Episode 35: The Shape of Work—A New Language for Talent Matching
This week we welcome Hung Lee to the podcast. With more than 20 years of recruiting experience, Hung is the creator and curator of the wildly popular “Recruiting Brainfood” newsletter and community, and Founder of Workshape.io, a next generation matching service for tech talent.
Episode 34: Birth of an Industry—The Evolution of Employer Branding
This week we welcome Aaron Kraljev to the podcast. Aaron began his career at Wells Fargo, where he served as VP – Marketing Program Manager for the Student Banking Program, before transitioning in 2009 to lead the organization’s employer brand and candidate advocacy program.
Episode 33: Beyond Pedigree—How Assessments Are Democratizing Technical Recruiting
This week we welcome Vivek Ravisankar, CEO of HackerRank, to the podcast. Vivek co-founded HackerRank in 2012 with the mission of using skills assessments to match developers with the right jobs.
Episode 32: Lightning in a Bottle — How Miami Mayor Suarez is Building the Next Silicon Valley
This week we welcome Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami, to the podcast. Mayor Suarez made news in recent months with his Twitter activity promoting Miami as the next Silicon Valley.
Episode 30: Keeping the “Human” in HR — How to Cultivate a Culture of Meaning & Purpose
This week we welcome Alysha Campbell to the podcast. With more than a decade of experience as both a recruiter and HR business partner, Alysha is currently Founder and Principal of CultureShift HR, where she helps companies utilize and engage their best talent while creating diverse and purposeful work environments that help businesses grow and thrive.