December 28, 2023

Melissa Walker | Revolutionizing the Hiring Process: How Hiring Managers Can Make a Difference

14 minutes

**About The Guest(s):**

Melissa Walker is an HR consultant and executive and professional coach with an MBA in organizational behavior. She specializes in working with teams and organizations to improve their people processes.

**Summary:**

Melissa Walker joins the show to discuss how hiring managers can make the hiring process easier for job seekers. She emphasizes the importance of hiring managers understanding that job seekers are also evaluating the company during the interview process. Melissa suggests that hiring managers should get involved in job search groups and network to find great talent. She also advises hiring managers to provide detailed information about the role they are hiring for and to give feedback to candidates, both to improve the recruitment process and to help candidates improve for future interviews.

**Key Takeaways:**

Hiring managers should get involved in job search groups and network to find great talent.

Hiring managers should provide detailed information about the role they are hiring for to recruiters.

Hiring managers should give feedback to candidates to help them improve and to improve the recruitment process.

**Quotes:**

"Hiring managers a lot of times rely on talent acquisition to help fill the positions. And what they can do to help that process is make sure they're giving talent acquisition all the details they need." - Melissa Walker

"If you're hiring, is that important to the company, to the success of the company? People you hire, they make a difference." - Melissa Walker

**Chapters:**

(0:00:03) Introduction to the podcast and the importance of networking

(0:01:15) How the hosts connected and started the show

(0:03:10) The importance of making the hiring process easier for job seekers

(0:04:48) Encouraging hiring managers to network and find talent

(0:06:01) Using networks like LinkedIn and social media to engage teams

(0:07:04) The need for feedback from hiring managers to improve the recruitment process

(0:08:27) Disparity between expectations of recruiters and hiring managers

(0:08:44) Importance of providing detailed information about job roles

(0:08:51) The value of giving feedback to job seekers

(0:08:50) Example of a hiring manager who provides feedback to candidates

(0:09:18) Suggestions for providing feedback to candidates during the hiring process

(0:09:50) Request for a campaign against ghosting in the hiring process

(0:10:05) Importance of prioritizing hiring and the consequences of not doing so

(0:10:53) Questioning the reasons for the lengthy hiring process

(0:11:38) Mention of candidates ghosting employers and recruiters

(0:12:15) Discussion on candidates not showing up for interviews

(0:12:28) Mention of an underground website for hiring someone to interview on your behalf

(0:13:01) Shift from phone screenings to video interviews

(0:13:11) Highlighting Melissa Walker's experience in hiring and recruiting

(0:13:30) Conclusion and invitation to connect with Melissa Walker

**Additional Resources**

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👉 Trevor Houston is a licensed financial professional offering insurance/financial products through various carriers. For more info visit ⁠⁠http://cpwstrategies.com⁠⁠

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