Colleen McKenna and Jim Cusick discuss the challenges of recruiting; challenges like finding a purple squirrel, issues with recruiting firms, and being reactive instead of proactive in the search. Because LinkedIn is a huge database of professionals, it’s one of the best ways to network and find the right person to fill a position.

0:00 Intro

1:58 Why companies struggle with recruiting

8:15 Intentional and strategic recruiting

9:20 Networking

12:26 Hiring a Recruiting Firm

16:18 In house recruiters

18:45 Proactive vs reactive

19:40 LinkedIn is a database

23:40 Difficult positions to fill

30:50 Purple squirrel

32:40 Truth, tool, and tip

35:56 Outro

Jim Cusick

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcusick1/

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Intero Advisory Founder and CEO Colleen McKenna

https://www.interoadvisory.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/interoadvisory/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenmckenna/

Instagram: @interoadvisory

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