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Talk Talent To Me


Latest Episodes

Enjoy Technology Recruiters Renee & Taylor
March 26, 2020

Two Recruiters from Enjoy Technologies join to discuss how to hire a contract workforce, assess for agility, and kvetch about the crazy things candidates do in process.

DotConnect Founder Dom Farnan
March 20, 2020

Dom Farnan discusses what tends to go wrong at mature talent organizations, as well as how to avoid vanity metrics that don't improve the business. WEBINAR: Going Remote: Best Practices for HR & Recruitment Webinar. Wednesday, March 25th 10AM PST...

New to WFH? Tips For Thriving Through Quarantine
March 17, 2020

Rob draws on his two years of WFH experience to help you make the transition into a remote worker.  App: Forest Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Growth By Design Talent Co-Founder Jill Macri
March 13, 2020

Jill Macri, Co-Founder of Growth by Design Talent and former Director of Global TA at AirBnB, joins to discuss the common gaps she finds in talent organizations, and how to remedy them. Rob wonders how much one is directing their own career if they...

Rubicon Project Manager of TA Nihal Solomon
March 04, 2020

Nihal explains how Rubicon project has built an inbound engine via referrals and employer branding content, as well as how they identified which areas of their hiring process were ripe for being automated by HR tech vendors.

Leaf Group Director of People Tara Turk-Haynes
February 25, 2020

Tara explains how to crack open tough interviewees, glean multi-faceted insight from their answers, and how to use it to arm their bosses once they've been hired. Rob falls prey to her wily interviewing techniques, to devastating therapeutic effect.

CEO Mehul Patel on the 2020 State of Software Engineers
February 20, 2020

Hired CEO Mehul Patel joins to discuss the findings of Hired's 2020 State of Software Engineers report, which compiles data from 400,000 job offers made to 98,000 job seekers across 13 cities on the Hired platform. Access the full report here:

Mothership's Director of Talent & Recruiter
February 13, 2020

Mothership's Director of Talent, Lauren Goodman, and Recruiter, Juno Cheng, join to discuss interview training, assessing for culture fit, and how to translate the 5 love languages into your employees' preferences for interpersonal communication.

Grindr's Manager of Talent & Ops Lesa Evans
February 06, 2020

Lesa explains how to build trust and productive relationships with engineering hiring managers, as well as the advantages recruiters at small companies have over larger ones.

Just Auto Insurance Head of Talent Bao Le
January 30, 2020

Bao explains his non-standard career path in recruiting as well as his current recruitment marketing approach at Just Auto Insurance.