Are you struggling to understand what your hiring manager truly wants in a candidate? Are your hard-won recruits being rejected for interviews with little explanation? In this episode, we are going to help you get exactly what you need at the front end of the hiring process by mastering the art of conducting search intake calls with hiring managers.Joining me for this episode was Mr. Charles Tragesser, the Talent Acquisition Manager at a Med-Tech organization called Tasso. Charles has over 20 years of Talent Acquisition/Recruitment experience across Agency, Corporate & Professional Services environments. For the last year+, Charles has been helping Tasso build out its Talent Acquisition function. Tasso is revolutionizing the way blood is collected for blood tests, clinical studies, and research. The company's service model ships the device directly to the patient, facilitates the shipment of the samples to the lab, and then delivers the results to the provider or researcher. Some highlights of what we discussed:-How "reign in" hiring managers to properly set expectations for their “ideal candidate” -Helping the hiring manager create an irresistible Employer Value Proposition to reach candidates with-How to set accountability parameters for both the recruiter AND the hiring manager post-intake session-Creating visibility & transparency into the recruitment process...and so much more!PS Did you know The Med-Tech Talent Lab goes live on Wednesdays at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on LinkedIn, each week with a new talent topic? Join us!

I think most of us know what the role of Talent Acquisition is within a company, but do you know the difference between a Talent Acquisition professional and a true Talent Advisor? Joining me for this episode was Ms. Haley Burrow, The Talent Acquisition Manager for the Americas at Cochlear, the world's leading hearing implant Med-Tech organization.Haley got her start in recruitment just about 20 years ago having had the opportunity to work for organizations like Lakeshore Learning, Sports Authority, and DirecTV prior to joining Cochlear. Haley also had the opportunity to gain valuable 3rd party, search experience by leading a team of recruiters at a search firm in the suburbs of Denver, CO.With the market as topsy turvy as it is so many talented Recruiters & Talent Acquisition professionals are finding themselves victims to layoffs on the daily....but are organizations being shortsighted by continuing this vicious cycle that is so prevalent in this functional area of a business (hire, layoff, hire layoff).During this episode Haley & I discussed:-The differences between Talent Acquisition & Talent Advisory-How a true Talent Advisor can have massive, positive impact on a business' overarching sustaining, growth, & retention strategies-What Executives should be asking themselves before they decide to layoff Recruiting or TA staff...and so much more! I really enjoyed this conversation and hope you find value from it as well. Did you know we do a live version of The Med-Tech Talent Lab each week?Join us live on LinkedIn on Wednesdays at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern!

Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, all were going to change recruitment forever, right? Well, in a way they did. But nothing, literally nothing, will change the recruitment game more than Artificial Intelligence is and will in short order.The way we write job descriptionsHow we source and screen applicants and candidatesHow we interact and interview candidatesHow we move candidates through an interview processHow we evaluate candidates ...the list is endlessDuring this live episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab we scratch the surface of some of the ways AI is being used as of today and touch on just a few ideas of where it is going to be, or how it can be, leveraged in the near future. The rate at which AI is evolving is nothing short of remarkable.Tune in and let us know how you see AI disrupting, or should I say revolutionizing, the game of recruitment!The Med-Tech Talent Lab is live each and every week on Wednesdays at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern on LinkedIn. Join us!

Let's talk ResumesShall we? What exactly is a "good" resume?What does it look like? Who's in position to say it's "good" or "bad" anyway? Adam Saupe & I (two veteran headhunters) share as many tips, tricks and strategies as we can that we've picked up over the last 15+ years when it comes to drafting a strong resume that Hiring Managers, HR, Talent Acquisition & Headhunters can't help but notice. Check it out!Did you know The Med-Tech Talent Lab goes live each Wednesday at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on LinkedIn? Each week we discuss a new topic centered around all-things talent in Med-Tech.

One of the biggest candidate complaints, if not THE biggest, is that of a lack of feedback.

Either candidates get very vague feedback, or worse, NONE at all when moving through interview processes.

In this case, the saying "any press is good press" is simply not the case.

Really ask yourself, how do you want talent to talk about, and think about, your organization in the general marketplace?

Because believe me, they talk.

So why is it that so many organizations fall into this trap of not providing candidates with tangible feedback?

There are many...

Often it's the HR or Talent Acquisition function that is responsible for liaising with the candidate, right?

Well, these folks may:

-Not have genuine feedback from the hiring manager

-Have feedback they don't know "how" to share

-May be worried about any legal implications from what they share

-May be so darn busy across different reqs in the company that they just don't know how to make the time to deliver feedback, especially to those not moving forward.

During this live episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab we dig into all of this ...and so much more!

Did you know that we run a live version of this show?

Each Wednesday at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on LinkedIn! Join us live and get your Q&A right there and then!

An Applicant Tracking System is a vital component to an organization's recruitment process. ATS options range from as simple as an excel spreadsheet to the finest platform with all the technology bells and whistles.

Joining us, like so many times before, was Ms. Shandon Hayes, Talent Acquisition Consultant & Mr. Nick Zweig, Director of Talent Acquisition at Collegium Pharmaceuticals.

We leveraged Nick & Shandon's expertise for this topic as we discussed:

-The criteria absolutely necessary to consider when selecting an ATS

-How to improve user engagement internally (from recruiters to hiring managers)

-Why some ATS tools seem great on the surface, but actually turn out to unnecessarily overcomplicate things

-How combining a solid ATS with a CRM is the one two punch

...and so much more!

Did you know The Med-Tech Talent Lab goes live every Wednesday at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on LinkedIn? Be sure to join us! A new talent topic each week.

On this live episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, we tackle one of the trickier instances in one’s job search. Let’s say an organization has just made you an offer, but you have two other organizations whom you are still in the interview process with.

What do you do? You don’t want to lose the offer, but you don’t want to accept without seeing the other interviews through?

How do you balance this scenario and land with an outcome in your best interest?

Tune in as we share:

-Language tracks you can use to communicate with these prospective employers

-The thought process you should be using to make crucial decisions at this point in the process

-Why declining the offer may be your best bet

..and so much more!

Join us live on LinkedIn, Wednesdays at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern as we tackle a different Talent topic each week.

What really is networking? How do you do it the "right" way? Moreover, how do you leverage the power of networking to land your next dream job.

During this live episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, we pull out all the stops and share actionable strategies (including Scripts!) you can implement straight away to:

-Reach out to hiring managers in a way that will spark interest & start conversations

-Warm-up connections that have gone cold

-Leverage former colleague & supervisor relationships

-Get the most from LinkedIn

...and so much more!

Join us live on LinkedIn, Wednesdays at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern, each week tackling a new Talent topic

We were so grateful to have Mr. Karandeep Singh-Badwal, host of The MedTech podcast, and Founder of QRA Medical a consulting organization helping Medical Device companies around the world to achieve Regulatory approval and maintain Quality compliance.

Karandeep has been in the RA/QA space for over 9 years working for companies like Nature's Bounty & Abbott amongst others prior to starting his firm.

Together, we discussed RA/QA from a talent perspective, my favorite!

Some highlights:

-State of the Union from Karandeep within RA/QA

-How US market entry vs EU market entry strategies are rapidly changing

-Karandeep's opinion on remote vs in-office Reg Affairs working environments

-How you should structure your technical documentation strategy

-Karandeep's advice on how to transition into Regulatory or Quality from other functional areas

...and much more!

Karandeep on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

During this live episode we bring to you a real-time "State of the Union" on the climate of the current Med-Tech Talent Market.

We begin by explaining what the latest salary data tells us with a special thanks to our regularly featured guest, Mr. Nick Zweig, Director of Talent Acquisition at Collegium Pharmaceuticals.

We then dig into explaining (to the best of our ability) the state of the talent market.

It certainly is one with several mixed messages.

Listen in as we give you our opinions on where the market is going and how you can best prepare both as an employer trying to hire talent and as a candidate gearing up to explore new opportunities.

Tune in each Wednesday at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on LinkedIn where we broadcast the show live!