HR Interviews Playlist

Juno CEO Ally Fekaiki talks about keeping the company on track during the pandemic, and what the future looks like as move on

Everything is changing very quickly in talent acquisition, and many employers are struggling to keep up with the ever evolving best practices that are driving results. It's a critical moment to get a helicopter view of what talent acquisition strategies are working and the successful attributes of the highest performing recruiting functions.

My guest this week is Janet Mertens, VP of Research at The Josh Bersin Company. Her organisation has recently published an independent report on Human-Centered Talent Acquisition which looks at the strategies and tactics successful talent acquisition teams are deploying in these challenging times.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The background and methodology of the research project

• A perfect storm in talent acquisition

• What business practices are having the most significant impact

• The critical business issues talent acquisition is addressing

• Being bold, creative and human-centered

• Intentional experience design

• What truly drives competitive advantage

• Attracting and retaining top talent

• The importance of authenticity and consistency in EVP and employer branding

• The role of recruiters as talent advisors

• Recruiting technology

• Levels of talent acquisition maturity

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We talk about analytics and bias, AI (of course) their new book, called Decoding Talent.

In this episode, we start the conversation with a little bit of current events and the ongoing trauma. We share resources for this episode on our Instagram page.

Then we get to dig in with Savina Perez, who is the Chief Customer Officer and co-founder of Hone, the all-in-one talent development platform for modern teams delivering live learning at scale to enable behavior change, human connection, and continuous development.

Prior to founding Hone, Savina led growth marketing and operations

at several venture-backed B2B tech companies based in New York City and San Francisco including Curalate, Incapsula, and Smartling, and has deep expertise in all aspects of B2B growth, sales and marketing. Most recently, Savina was VP of Marketing at CultureIQ (acq: ParkerGale Capital), a culture management platform for the enterprise market. Savina is passionate about amplifying the impact of the world’s next generation of leaders, DEIB initiatives, and supporting her team and customer base to bring it all together.

Savina’s areas of expertise include building high-growth organizations and equitable access to learning, entrepreneurship, and management development. She and her family live in Brooklyn, NY. Savina is a graduate of Boston University.

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Oh, how we’ve missed in-person events. Being at Unleash in Vegas last week, rubbing elbows and sharing smiles after nearly 3 years was such a joy. That’s why we had to get the guy who made it all happen on the show. Unleash’s Marc Coleman joins the boys for a review of the conference, its brightest highlights and unexpected surprises. Then we dive into the Paris show, coming in October, and get a sneak peek into what to expect … other than wine, cheese, snails and all that other French stuff. Enjoy, and we’ll see you in October. 

Coding bootcamps are gaining in popularity. The combination of rising in remote learning, a serious talent crunch for coders, and a lack of confidence in the current educational system have been like gas on a fire. That's why Chad & Cheese brought on Liliana Monge, co-founder and CEO of Sabio Coding Bootcamp out of Los Angeles (but quickly going national). We discuss the changing demographics of remote learning, how Monge's business differentiates itself from the competition and why the hell there aren't more corporations sponsoring this kind of education!

Oh yeah, and how much does this stuff cost anyway?

We look at what employers are most concerned about, the consequences of employee burnout and the dynamics of PTO.

Hidden data may be critical to a business by giving people access to information they need to be more effective.

The one theme that has come over very clearly in the conversations I've had with talent acquisition professionals in the last 12 months is the relationship between speed and quality in the hiring process.

Speed is currently a competitive advantage which means many employers are focusing intensely on speeding up their hiring process. However, quality of experience and quality of hire are still critical, so how do you speed up talent acquisition and improve quality at the same time.

Earlier this year, Mervyn Dinnen and I joined forces with the team at Metaview to work on a piece of research to see if we could answer this question. We spoke to employers who are successfully improving both speed and the quality of the talent acquisition to distil the mindset, strategies and tactics they are using to solve this complex challenge.

We recently published the results in a whitepaper, and I'm delighted to welcome Germaine Yokoyama-Heiliger to the show to discuss the findings. Germaine is a People Experience and Operations consultant who was previously Chief People Officer at several high growth tech companies. She was one of the people we interviewed during the research, and she has some very valuable perspectives to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The current state of the market and the background to the research

• Can you increase speed and improve quality at the same time?

• How difficult is it to overhaul the recruiting process?

• Being ready to hire and running a great process

• The importance of talent management

• Talent intelligence and data

• Being transparent and legitimate

• Partnering with leadership

• Human to human interaction

• Using technology to understand what works, what doesn't work and what training is needed

• What does the future look like

Download the full report here

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Empowering your team with flexibility and choice just got a whole lot easier. That's the promise of startup Philly-based Lluna, who offers flexibility and choice for employees ... whatever the hell that means. Can founder and CEO Jess Podgajny explain all that jibber-jabber and survive the Firing Squad? Gotta listen to find out.