The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations

Best of Season One: Make your talent acquisition process unforgettable by understanding how marketing, talent acquisition, and core human needs converge w Meqa Smith


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We're thrilled to be celebrating one of our most popular episodes from Season 1. This episode really captured the attention of our listeners, and we couldn't be happier to revisit it and share it with new listeners too!

Meqa Smith, Founder of The Unforgettable Agency, joins host James Mackey for an unforgettable, philosophical, and at times heady discussion about talent attraction, talent engagement, talent retention, creating a company with a clear mission and value proposition, and a lot more!

Episode Chapters

00:19 Who is Meqa Smith?

04:01 The similarities between marketing and talent acquisition

05:45 How can companies optimize talent attraction

07:45 The human operating system

09:55 What every human needs

11:12 Understanding what you’re actually offering employees

14:24 How do you package up and promote jobs using the seeking system

17:25 A company needs a clear mission and value proposition infused into it’s talent acquisition messaging to candidates

21:45 Don’t make a job description a job ad

25:02 Create a brand that stands for something

26:40 The key to talent attraction is having a brand and mission people can buy in to

30:02 Tactical steps to changing your company’s mission and purpose to align with human needs

35:33 The similarities between recruitment and dating

39:50 Using a human voice in job descriptions

43:30 You need to have 3-5 distinct values you can operationalize


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The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition ConversationsBy James Mackey: Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Hiring, SaaS, Tech, Startups, growth-stage, RPO, James Mackey, Diversity and Inclusion, HR, Human Resources, business, Retention Strategies, Onboarding Process, Recruitment Metrics, Job Boards, Social Media Re

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