Talent On The Rise

The candidate experience is more important than ever now that the tables have turned, where it's an employee job market, not an employer job market according to Brent Schreckengost, Director of Talent Acquisition at Avalara. As the talent acquisition industry begins to better understand the importance of a positive candidate experience and track this data, we see more and more how this experience impacts the whole talent acquisition program. A single candidate's experience impacts not only their own decision as to whether to join the company now or in the future, but also the interest of their friends, acquaintances, loved ones, and even the larger job-seeker community. Providing a positive candidate experience is not only about filling a position, but about finding a pool of potential candidates aligned with your company's strategic growth plan. So how do you put that wow factor into the candidate experience? Here are a few best practices inspired by our conversation with Brent Schreckengost.

In this can't-miss episode, Dawn Mitchell, SVP of HR at Appian, talks about how critical clear communication, business agility, and company culture are in a competitive talent market. Listen to hear this company's unique story of creating a culture-first organization, their differentiated approach to hiring, and insights for how to create a work environment that helps your organization compete for the best talent.

Nick Haubach, CHRO of UI Health, explains how employers can stand out when the market for talent is so fiercely competitive and talks about how a great candidate experience is the best competitive advantage in the war for talent. From application all the way through onboarding, adding personalized touches across the experience helps you stand out so you can better attract (and retain!) top talent.

Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is more important now than ever. On this episode, we talk with ZoomInfo CHRO Alyssa Lahar on how to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority not just in your hiring process, but also across the candidate and employee experience. Join us to learn about specific programs and examples ZoomInfo has brought to life within their organization and gather actionable insights you can use to help your organization become an industry leader and best place to work. Don't miss this one!

Whether your company is in growth mode, restructuring or contending with normal turnover, the fight for top talent never ends. This week, we talk with George Randle, author of The Talent War and talent acquisition leader, about what recruiting for Special Ops taught him about potential-based hiring and how organizations today can use this approach to become more resilient and build highly-successful teams. We discuss common hiring pitfalls such as a focus on experience over character, a failure to prioritize talent acquisition as a key driver of business success, and more. You can't miss this one!

This week, Shelly Holt, Chief People Officer at PayScale, talks about the paradigm shift being driven by remote work on compensation, culture, collaboration, and more. How can we create a culture of inclusion and engagement as we build the future of work? What is the role of the HR leader in helping drive this change across the organization? How will the unexpected demands of the pandemic change how we work and how we attract and retain top talent going forward? How could this evolve compensation models moving forward? In this episode, we discuss all this and more. You don't want to miss it! 

In this episode, we talk with  Dena Upton, Chief People Officer at Drift, about the impact that great storytelling can have on building a strong employer brand, how to maintain your culture as a fast-growing company, how to equip employees as ambassadors, the state of hiring, onboarding, and employee engagement in the pandemic - and more. 

Tami Rosen's experience as a senior HR executive has spanned startups and Fortune 100 companies like Atlassian, Luminar Technologies, Apple, and Goldman Sachs. She's learned that HR leaders must ensure that an organization's people-focused strategies are totally aligned with its overall business strategies. In this episode, she discusses three core traits HR professionals need to develop to be come strategic business partners, why people-centered thinking is key, and how COVID-19 has impacted HR and TA. This is a can't-miss episode!

Recruiting isn't all about your traditional "recruiting" tactics and strategies like sourcing, employer brand, and recruitment marketing. Sometimes, the best recruiting hits a little closer to home. In this episode of Talent on the Rise, John Whitaker, Chief People Officer at Sage Dental, describes how learning and development programs can serve as one of your best recruiting tools in your toolkit. We also talk to John about recruiting technology, the candidate experience, and employer branding. Tune in. You won't want to miss it.

During the recession of 2007-9 it was the CFO that took center stage. During the COVID-19 crisis, the leadership is naturally falling on the people leaders. But are they ready? And is make or break right now for HR / TA leaders to show whether or not they can lead? In this episode, we talk with Barbie Winterbottom, who is the Chief People Officer at Bic Graphics, about how she and her team are handling the crisis. You'll learn about how Barbie's 'people first' philosophy has guided her and the company during this crisis, the impact this crisis will have on employer brand, how HR and TA teams are over-communicating with employees and candidates, how they are creating content hubs on remote work and COVID-19, and many other changes the team is making as well as what this crisis will mean for the future of work.

Our guest, Peter Brooks, VP of Talent Acquisition at Northrop Grumman (and a long time friend of Brazen), joins us in studio to cover topics ranging from how to innovative and take more risks in TA, how to plan for the first 90 days on the job, how to structure and build a TA team, how to assess the strengths and weaknesses or your team, how to use video in your recruiting, who his biggest allies are in the c-suite, what traits are crucial for growth in your career and so much more! 

Our guest, Jim Link, CHRO at Randstad North America, shares with us how AI is and will change TA and HR, why HR leaders should be demanding a seat at the table, the difference between the art and science of recruiting, how to actively seek out a mentor, how working on a farm teaches you the value of hard work, why human capital is no where close to being a commodity, what's important for Gen Z and Millennials in the workforce, and much, much more!

Our guest, Debbie Shotwell, Chief People Officer at Saba Software, has a very important role. She not only leads the human capital division at Saba but because she is also a user of the Saba HR/TA technology she and her team have become an integral part of the product development process. Learn more about Debbie's unique role plus hear more about how Debbie believes TA leaders should approach the use of technology (less about technology and more about outcomes), what recruiting metrics we should be using to measure success, and what HR/TA leaders need to do to get a seat at the table.

Our guest, PaShon Mann, VP of Talent at Comcast, discusses why it is so advantageous for organizations to combine their talent management teams with talent acquisition teams, how to be a more strategic thinker (and why this is so important to have a successful career in TA, and why it's so important to care about the whole person.  

In this episode, Joe and his co-host, Ashley, sit down in studio to chat with Christina Herrmann, Chief Talent Officer at Shipman & Goodwin LLP about an organizational framework for diversity and inclusion, what it actually looks like when talent leaders have a seat at the table, and how reading fiction can make you a better HR leader. Oh, and a whole bunch more. So join us on another amazing journey on this week's episode of Talent On The Rise!

In the very first episode of Talent On The Rise, Joe and Ryan sit down with Michelle Leighton, Chief Talent Officer at Lifebanc, to discuss how she rose in her career to get a seat at the table, why it's important not to be a passenger on your own career journey, and why it might be a good idea to put your kids on a PIP.