Today, we chat with VP of Talent Acquisition for Global Business Solutions at Fiserv, Bryan Schreiber. Bryan walks us through how recruitment has changed over the years, whilst still remaining true to a single core philosophy: Building relationships. We get to understand that the more honest a company is and the more they work on building that initial relationship with a potential employee, the more likely they are to find the right candidates and indeed keep them. 

 

Key Points From This Episode:

 

• Engagement and company culture is what will keep retention numbers up.
• Many companies are attractive so job seekers are looking at many places at the same time; a big problem for recruiters.
• It's important to make prospective employees aware of your company's ethos. 
• Successful recruitment can happen in any industry, as long as you know how to engage. 
• In executive recruiting, people generally know exactly what they want. 
• As a recruiter, you should know what you're selling, and keep selling it. 
• It's all about relationship
• Recruiters and hiring managers should have a great relationship with one another.
• Behavioral stacks are great indicators for recruiters. 
• It's not a bad idea to stay at one company for a while and build those relationships. 

 

Tweetables:

 

"To be able to explain that in a way that a candidate can understand and connect the dots back to their own life, that's engagement." — Bryan Schreiber [0:17:33]

 

"Gain a real understanding of the environment and the people—those relationships will support you for life, even if you leave." — Bryan Schreiber [0:36:51]

 

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