Our guest on the show today holds to the saying that the secret sauce to any company’s success is the people! Here with us on Talk Talent to Me today is Christina Pinheiro, Vice President of People and Talent at Sibros. In our conversation with Christina, we hear about her background and what sparked her passion for helping people and creating a positive employee experience, which ultimately led to a career in HR. She shares her thoughts and views on the impact of learning and development, and what that looks like at Sibros through their Lunch and Learn sessions. She tells listeners about her favorite session on Interview Bias, and what she thinks about anonymizing parts of the interviewing process. Finally, we discover why she wound up as a guest on the show and hear about how Christina and her team approach the use of AI tools in their recruiting stack. 

 

Key Points From This Episode:

 

• We chat about her love for ChatGPT and AI in general.

• She shares her background and how she wound up in her current role.

• Her goals and objectives as VP of People and Talent at Sibros.

• Her thoughts and views on learning and development (L&D) and what it looks like at Sibros.

• What she does with the feedback from their employees regarding L&D.

• Lunch and Learn: some examples and details from the sessions they do at Sibros. 

• Her favorite Lunch and Learn session: Interview Bias.  

• Her drive-home points from her Interview Bias learning session.

• Christina’s thoughts on anonymizing resumes and other parts of the interview process.

• AI and recruiting; Christina’s approach to using these tools in Sibro’s recruiting stack.

• Christina leaves listeners with the best career advice she’s received so far. 

 

Tweetables:

 

“I believe that we all get into this build because of a strong passion for really helping people or creating a positive employee experience.” — Christina Pinheiro [0:02:58]

 

“I had noticed pretty early on — that there is a large, significant gap, in many companies where employees lacked a voice or guidance for their own personal growth.” — Christina Pinheiro [0:03:31]

 

“I always have this motto, saying, ‘The secret sauce to every company is the people.’” — Christina Pinheiro [0:04:21]

 

“I really emphasize on the benefits of continuous learning and [how] attending these sessions contributes to personal and professional growth.” — Christina Pinheiro [0:10:22]

 

“How does bias occur? It occurs when you unintentionally introduce certain errors or [you] project these during the interview process, leading to an unfair bias for candidates. These biases can stem from various factors, such as personal beliefs, stereotypes, implicate biases and subjective judgments.” — Christina Pinheiro [0:19:34] {Longer Quote}

 

“I am a big fan of the AI tools, however, I do strongly share as well, do not allow that AI tool to take away from the own original content of what you may have written. Use it as an additional resource, use it as another opportunity to enhance some of your skills, but do not be reliant on it. We don’t want to take away from the natural human being.” — Christina Pinheiro [0:24:33] {Longer Quote}

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

 

Christina Pinheiro on LinkedIn

Sibros

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