In the upcoming Episode of Behind The Resume I am speaking to Jim Richardson, CEO and founder of Magella Limited. 

Jim is a veteran of the industry having headed up the Global recruiting for behemoth companies such as Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse and Santander, (to name but a few).

In more recent years he has been instrumental in advising companies like EDF, Phillip Morris and Freshfields on their hiring and transformation strategies. 

In our conversation we discuss the role AI and technology plays in recruitment today, why the art of communication is fundamental for hiring and the impact a health scare had on where he is in his career today.

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For the forth Episode of Behind the Resume, Nick sits down with Jeff Green, ex Global Talent Partner for OpenText.

In this conversation they discuss; 

Jeff's journey from recruiter, to outsource provider, and finally working in-house for two of tech's biggest names, Microsoft and OpenText. 

Why Jeff's experience running large recruitment teams in the tech world gives him an insight into the challenges being facing today and

Why he believes the answers lie in retention through flexibility, internal mobility and re-skilling the workforce.

Roles in tech are changing and this conversation touches on what we can do to not only hire but keep the right people. 

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For the third Episode of Behind the Resume, Nick sits down with Kim Blue, CEO of K Blue Consulting and ex ‘Global Head of People’ at Zoom. 

Kim is an Organisational Development and People Strategy consultant whose ‘People Centric’ approach to business has earned her a stellar reputation. 

In this conversation they discuss; 

Why HR professionals must be at the table when it comes to building a successful business strategy, 

Why organisations have to shift from workforce planning to skill force planning, and 

Why the HR space is going to need to step up its game and dive deeper into digital transformation  

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For the second Episode of Behind the Resume, Nick sits down with Richard Berke, Principal at Pantheon Ventures, and the person overseeing hiring at the firm.

Pantheon Ventures is a leading global private markets manager, with a fund worth over  $93bn. Pantheon have experienced phenomenal growth over the past few years, in part thanks to their people strategy and Ric’s holistic approach to hiring the right people. 

In this conversation they cover

The role good HR Leaderships plays when making key ‘People’ decisions

Why those ‘People’ decisions are so fundamental in the Private Market sector in particular and

Why implementing the ‘basics’ well in any Talent Strategy will always trump new technologies in the HR space.

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In the inaugural Episode of Behind the Resume Nick is speaking to the Global Head of Early Careers at Nokia, Dr Jane Clark-Ambrosini.

In their conversation they cover a range of fascinating topics;

Elitism towards education, especially in the early careers space,

whether the academic world is failing the business world when it comes to preparing graduates for today’s working world,

and why creating a ‘sense of belonging’ is fundamental in the success of any early careers programme.

Jane’s experience and insight into the Early Career’s space is unmatched and her passion for creating genuinely impactful and inclusive programmes for early careers is inspiring.

Whether you’re in the early careers space or not, this is truly worth a listen.