Kristian Bright is the Recruitment Lead at Rooser, an innovative tech business looking to disrupt the sea trade industry. Fishtech anybody?

He is also the Co-Founder of DBR, one of the biggest, if not the biggest, communities of In-house recruiters and TA professionals.

In this chat, we are talking about going into a business as the sole TA person and building out processes, relationships, and talent pools. We also chat through the difficulties in hiring very niche skill sets, some of which aren’t even in the business yet.

Kristian is a great guy, humble, credible and intelligent around all things TA. He is also a great example of rebounding from a layoff and the opportunities it can present you.

Enjoy!

We covered:

·  Kristian’s unfortunate experience of being one of the many great TA people let go in 2022, how he handled the situation and ultimately, rebounded

·  The creation and evolution of DBR, the community for In-House recruiters.

·  What are the biggest challegnes for TA in 2023? Kristian’s views on this and how to prepare

·  Where does somebody start when they are brought to build out a TA function from scratch?

·  How to partner with the Founders of businesses effectively to build the teams they want to deliver their product or service

·  What to do when you are hiring people with skillsets that don’t even exist in the company yet

·  Where to start when setting up interview processes

·  Data, data, data and how to build this up from scratch and make sure it is adopted as a tool for strategic talent-focused decisions

·  Kristian’s advice to anybody in TA who has been let go from their jobs in the last few months

Contact Kristian here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianbright/

The opportunity to scale a business is the perfect role for Talent Acquisition.

Rassam is InDa HOUSE!

Rassam is THE Man. He is the hose of the top-rated recruiter podcast Recruiters InDa House and Talent Acquisition Director at Doctolib, and one of my biggest inspirations regarding branding in recruitment.

We covered:

Contact Rassam here - Rassam Yaghmaei

Data, data, data.  We talk about it ALL the the time but are we talking about the right things?   What is the right data to be focusing on?   How do we record the most useful data for our TA Teams?   How do we use that data to influence business decisions?   Which data should we STOP talking about?   Join this conversation between myself, Rassam, Nick and Joey as we look to hone in on exactly what data to use, how and when!

Hannah Williams is a TikTok sensation with nearly 1 million followers.

Hannah and her company, Salary Transparency Street, believe that salary transparency is critical to ensure workers, especially women, POC, and those with disabilities, are not taken advantage of or discriminated against financially by employers.

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Contact Hannah here - Hannah Williams

2022 was the year of the layoff, and unfortunately, many good TA professionals were let go.

Tim Sackett is a Top 10 Global HR Influencer, an Author, a Recruiting Executive, the President of HRU Technical Resources, a Senior Faculty Member of the Josh Bersin Academy Eminem fan and a great human being.

I could not think of a better guest to kick off Talent & Growth for 2023.

Contact Tim here - Tim Sackett

Somehow we have got to 100 Episodes of Talent & Growth, and what better way to celebrate than welcoming back Mr Recruiting Brainfood, Hung Lee.

We covered:

Contact Hung here - Hung Lee

Candidate experience has been one of the hot topics of 2022, and rightly so. But how does Who Gives A Crap, an incredible mission-led business, make sure they are authentically delivering the best experience throughout their interview process?

Mary was kind enough to share exactly how!

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And lots more!

Contact Mary here - Mary Strebinger

Too often, Job Adverts are made up of Job Specs – namely, what the business needs rather than why a candidate should work for the company.

Contact Paul here - Paul Church | LinkedIn