It was a great pleasure to speak with Michelle Randall-Berry for our latest Scaling Stories podcast. Michelle is the Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Teradyne, the designer and manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) and robotics solutions.

With more than 20 years’ talent acquisition experience, Michelle is well placed to comment on how employers can navigate the ‘war for talent’ at a time when headcounts are getting leaner.

In our chat, we discussed how employers can adopt a skills-based approach to hiring, including objective hiring processes that mitigate the human biases around us.

Michelle discussed the importance of “creating places for pools of talent”, such as re-skilling opportunities or building internal pathways. “I truly believe that the most successful employers in the market are going to be the ones who are willing to make that investment.”