Hello and welcome to a brand new episode of Talk Talent to Me, featuring Christine Redd, vice president of talent acquisition at AlertMedia. During today's conversation, she shares the story of how she learned the art of recruitment after getting her start in traditional HR. You'll learn how her HR background has enriched her knowledge of talent acquisition, and why she finds her work at Alert Media to be particularly meaningful. We explore what it means to work in high-growth spaces and why Christine prefers this kind of environment, before discussing the movement towards choosing a career path in recruitment rather than stumbling into it after working elsewhere. Her goal is to offer every candidate the ultimate experience, and she reveals why asking open-ended questions is such a beneficial tool. We talk about counter-offers and employee happiness, before Christine offers some practical advice to listeners who are interested in roles in high-growth companies. Thanks for listening! 

 

Key Points From This Episode:

 

• Meet today's guest, vice president of talent acquisition at Alert Media, Christine Redd.
• Why working remotely was not an adjustment for Christine: she had already been doing it!
• Finding peers online through networking and why it is necessary to be deliberate.
• Why you have to be willing to give back in order to get back. 
• Christine's career background in hight-growth Saas, leading up to VP of talent acquisition.
• What makes Alert Media different: the work makes a difference!
• Why she believes that today's market enables you to choose work you believe in.
• What she loves about working in hight-growth spaces. 
• How she has drawn on her HR background to understand elements of talent acquisition.
• The movement towards recognizing the art of recruitment as a career path.
• What sparked her movement from general HR to specializing in recruitment.
• Her focus on offering candidates the ultimate experience.
• Finding the balance between assessing a candidate and showing what you offer.
• Why asking open-ended questions is a powerful tool.
• Establishing the profile of what is needed to complete a team with career pathing in mind.
• What is meant by the counter-offer notion.
• How communication can resolve the issues that arise when employees become unhappy.
• Why it is so important to have regular touchpoints instead of having to do a counter-offer.
• What advice she would give to someone who is looking for a role in a hight-growth company.

 

Tweetables:

 

"I think it's a balance, if you give back, you get back." — Christine Redd [0:05:20]

 

"Alert Media is doing important work. It's not just some random product, it's to save lives and minimize loss by facilitating that two-way communication when emergency situations threaten employee safety." — Christine Redd [0:07:10]

 

"I want to do something that is impactful and I have always said I think that's why I enjoy working for hight-growth companies because your work is so impactful. When you're not there, people know this, right? The work that you do can be seen for years down the road." — Christine Redd [0:08:50]

 

"Making people feel needed and wanted is super important and being genuine about that. People need to hear it, I just don't think they are hearing it enough. Even though their manager might feel that way, it is not being verbalized." — Christine Redd [0:34:00]

 

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

 

Alert Media

Christine Redd on LinkedIn

Talk Talent to Me

Hired