The Speed to Hire Show

The Speed to Hire Show

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The Speed to Hire Show episodes

  • Streamline Hiring with a Lean Team featuring Jennifer Howell

    No matter the size of your hiring team, speed to hire is impacted by your team’s ability to streamline communication and collaboration from early screening through making a job offer. Having a lean team presents unique challenges and opportunities when building a roadmap for hiring success. Spark Hire CEO, Josh Tolan, discusses with Jennifer Howell, Senior Manager of Culture and People, the American Marketing Association's secrets to hiring and retaining top talent.

    Key Takeaways

    07:27 - Create a hiring roadmap: Hiring team collaboration and efficiency are key to any hiring team, whether lean or with many stakeholders

    11:16 - Focus on the hiring experience: Creating a structured, fair, and accurate hiring process ensures a consistent experience for candidates and hiring professionals

    25:34 - Make communication clear and personal: Authenticity, connection, and communication are what candidates crave

    29:10 - Set clear and accurate expectations: Retention starts and ends with making expectations clear in the early stages of screening

    40:16 - Offer a hiring experience that models employment: Be thoughtful and deliberate with your questions and interactions, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.

    About the guest

    Jennifer Howell, Senior Manager of Culture and People at American Marketing Association

    • Jennifer Howell LinkedIn
    • American Marketing Association Website
    • About the host

      Josh Tolan, CEO at Spark Hire

      • Josh Tolan LinkedIn
      • Spark Hire Website
      • Bonus Resources

        • How to Improve Speed to Hire without Sacrificing Quality
        • 5 Surprising Ways Faster Hiring Improves Quality of Hire 
        • How to Fix the Most Common Collaborative Hiring Problems
        • 46 min

        About The Speed to Hire Show

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