The State Of Work

In this episode, we have 17 years of HR and recruiting experience coming right at you in the form of Adam Bolton, Director of Talent at Currencycloud.

Adam joins from his lovely home office in Ireland to talk all things recruiting - from first building a team around him, to switching their interview process during Covid, to following a direct hiring approach in their talent strategy.

He also shares how important knowing the culture of a company is for a successful hiring process, and shares some funny anecdotes about interviews gone wrong, including his own unfortunate experience with a pinstriped suit and a bubblegum on a train. Listen on for the whole story.

What is better than one founder? That’s right, 2 founders! Today, we are talking with Bernat Farrero, founder of Factorial HR, as well as our very own Aurel Albrecht, founder of Lano.

Both companies have a hybrid approach, meaning that they have employees working in the office as well as remotely. That is not always easy, and the two of them share how they manage their day to day business life and give some great advice on how to create a smooth transition from in-office to remote.

This episode is for everyone who wants to know more about founding a hybrid or global first company, or who simply wants to get some insight scoop on how to manage a hybrid and remote business.

We are back with Paul Arnesen from Talentroo for a deep dive into global compensation. We had Paul on before, and if you haven’t listened to that episode, it’s called “How to recruit the best talent for global expansion”, so make sure to check that out.

In that episode, he already mentioned the importance of a global compensation strategy, which is exactly what host Sandra and Paul talked about in their second conversation. So if you are looking into hiring remote employees, or scaling up your already existing remote workforce, this is the episode to listen to.

Paul explains how companies can approach the topic of global compensation, and which strategies to choose from. He also gives some real life examples and advice on how to decide how much to pay your remote employees, while explaining the different implications global compensation can have on the national workforce of a country.

Mental health has become more and more important, especially over the last 2 years, and especially in the workplace. We need to break the stigma of asking for help when we need it, and companies need to show up to support their employee’s mental wellbeing.

That is exactly what our host Sandra talked about with Eva Schneider, who is an ambassador for mental health with a special focus on workplace mental wellbeing. Her mission is to empower organizations to embed mental health into their work culture, and provide a safe space for everyone to share how they are really feeling.

In this episode, she shares her own experiences when working with companies and gives some real life tips on how employers can support their workers to maintain good mental health, and not just jump the gun when their employees are already in crisis.

Let’s talk about crypto currency. It’s been the topic of conversation over the last couple of years - and it is more than fair to say that crypto is here to stay. This is also what Rodrigo Rosa believes, who joined our host Sandra from his workation in Lisbon to talk about how to implement crypto currency in your payroll.

Rodrigo is the Head of Partnerships at Mode, a UK-based company that aims to make Bitcoin mainstream - and that includes enabling employers to pay their workers in crypto currency.

Sandra and Rodrigo talked about the advantages and challenges of a crypto payroll, and how companies can start paying their employees in bitcoin. Rodrigo is very passionate and knowledgeable in this space, and really made it easy to understand a rather complex topic, so we hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

Katharina Hilgers founded her company relokate because she wanted to help people from all over the world to experience an easier and more personal relocation process.

Launching her start up at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 certainly wasn’t easy, but she has persevered and is now 2 years and many success stories in with relokate.

She joined our host Sandra from her home office in Berlin to talk about her motivation for working with and for people, how she came up with the idea for her company, and what the biggest challenges are when relocating an employee.

Martin is a people person, you can tell that right away when you start talking to him - which is why he has found his way into HR as the business unit director of Catenon, a multinational data-driven recruitment service.

He joined our host Sandra from their office in Barcelona, where he lives, to talk about a phenomenon that has affected businesses all over the world: the great attrition. He explains what great attrition means and what companies can do to keep their top talent.

Martin is very passionate about creating a sense of belonging and bringing back a more human approach to managing people, and hopefully we can pick his brain on this important topic some more in the future.

Paul Arnesen founded Talentroo in 2019, an independent recruitment agency that also works as a strategic human resource partner – and is a proud remote-first company. Paul and his team contract people from all over the world and support their clients in finding not only the right candidate, but also the right human resource approach for each employee.

Paul joined host Sandra from his sunny office in Italy to talk about what led him to start Talentroo, from initially conducting recorded interviews for businesses, to starting his own recruitment agency.

He also shared some insights about Talentroo’s vetting process for candidates and the important topic of global compensation, before giving some food for thought about what the future of work has to offer.

Not only employees and businesses had to adapt to the new state of work that the pandemic has brought on. HR software providers also had to take a step back and see what really matters to their customers in a new working environment.

Sabrina Fiorin from German HR software company kiwiHR explained how they go about implementing new features to their product, and how important it is for them to have an active exchange with their clients about what would make their life’s easier.

Sabrina also shared some inside scoops about the unique challenges companies are facing today, and gave her thoughts on what the biggest trends and developments are in the human resource space.

Remote work has become a new normal for many companies and employees alike. Especially with the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers started exploring new ways of working with their team, and we have seen an incredible uptake in remote work positions.

Sarah Hawley has been an advocate of remote work for many years, and has founded the world’s first ever remote work marketplace with Growmotely in 2020. She is incredibly passionate about the freedom and the opportunities remote work brings about.

In her chat with host Sandra, she talks about what drives her to do the work she does, how she managed the transition from an in-office company to a fully remote business, and how establishing open and transparent communication has helped her and her team to build an amazing company culture and spirit.