Empathy, Honesty, and Transparency with Cade Garret

 

Episode 270: Show Notes

 

Today on Talk Talent to Me, we are joined by the Head of Talent at super{set}, Cade Garrett. Cade talks about what his company does, how he ensures his clients make a big impact, where he believes early-stage companies should source their candidates, what he looks for in early-stage employees, and the pushback he gets from early-stage founders who refuse to prioritize hiring. You’ll learn how Cade assesses his recruiters, the potentially traumatic experience of moving between jobs, and forms of communication that alienate candidates from recruiters. To find out why transparency is so important and to learn how to build trust with a candidate, tune in now!

 

Key Points From This Episode:

 

• A warm welcome to today’s guest, Cade Garret. 
• What Cade and super{set} are busy working on. 
• Cade explains what super{set} does as a company. 
• Hiring he is currently doing for both super{set} and external companies. 
• Advice he gives to his clients to help them make a big impact. 
• His thoughts on where companies should source their talent in the early stages. 
• What he looks for in early-stage employees. 
• The pushback Cade gets from early-stage founders who do not prioritize hiring. 
• The interview process and how managers engage their candidates. 
• How he assesses recruiters on their interview style. 
• Transitioning between jobs as a potentially traumatic experience. 
• Whether Cade considers a therapeutic approach to some interviews. 
• Forms of communication that alienate the recruiter from the candidate. 
• The importance of always being transparent. 
• How to build trust so that candidates are honest with you. 

 

Tweetables:

 

“You can’t wait for the perfect scenario and the perfect storm. You just have to start talking to people, you have to start pitching, you have to start figuring out how to bring people on, and then you can start to incorporate everything that you learned as you go along.” —@cadegarret13 [0:04:33]

 

“Tom Chavez turned to us and said, ‘People are the secret, people are what make this all work,’ and I agree with that wholeheartedly.” —@cadegarret13 [0:07:43]

 

“When you’re getting to know people, you can’t just ask the same generic questions. You have to really get empathetic with them and understand a little bit more about what makes them tick.” —@cadegarret13 [0:07:52]

 

“It needs to be a really good split between interviewing and selling candidates because if you spend all of your time interviewing, you’re going to get to the end of the interview, and there’s going to be no connection.” —@cadegarret13 [0:12:58]

 

“People just really want to work with good people. They really want to love their job and believe in what they’re doing, and you just have to find that throughout the [interview] process, you have to discover it with them.” —@cadegarret13 [0:20:39]

 

“No one should want to get into a company that isn’t going to be a fit for them, and no recruiter should want to put someone who is not a fit into a company.” —@cadegarret13 [0:23:02]

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

 

Cade Garret on Twitter

Cade Garret on LinkedIn

super{set}

SuperSummit

Tom Chavez on LinkedIn

Vivek Lodhia on LinkedIn

SalesForce

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