“One thing that I found really helps is being data driven, giving people the understanding that you have from the data.”

Recruitment is a process in which data is regularly overlooked. The argument is often that no two people are the same, so we can’t break recruitment down into numbers. But is this view of data and recruitment too narrow?

In this episode of Strivin & Thrivin, we talk to Carlie Bowden from The Nudge Group about how her career transitioned from private recruitment to government recruitment to management and eventually landed her in her current role as Director of Product & Project Services.

There are two major takeaways from this episode: The importance of honesty and the value of data.

The former is part of Carlie's work strategy that has led her to success and helped her nail one of her biggest challenges in her management role – transitioning from peer to manager.

“Honesty was key, and if you're honest, no matter how brutally honest, they really can't say anything to you because you're just giving them the facts. They can't say that this is unfair.”

Together with honesty, Carlie believes her love for data has played an integral part in her career. She recalls that when she started using data to guide her and her team, she had team members coming to her asking for the sales reports and more data.

It's all about how you present and use the data. Don’t remind people where they are failing, look for patterns where they succeed and continue to emulate those behaviours.

“You find a trend and then they get excited because you didn't remind them that they needed to make a target this week. You reminded them of a time that was really happy and they were excited and it really energizes them and it motivates them more.”

To hear more insights from Carlie, including why finding the right environment is often more important than finding the right role, tune into this episode of Strivin & Thrivin.