The Talent Tango

Meet: Ana Batista is the People Operations Manager at Kindbody, a start-up leading inclusive holistic reproductive health, fertility, and family-building care. Ana, a native New Yorker, graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University where she discovered her passion for Human Resources. Her career has led her to work in a variety of companies and industries such as Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Adler, and Morgans Hotel Group (now SBE). She is a true generalist, tackling HR needs from recruiting and onboarding, benefits and employee relations, to performance management, policy compliance, and more! In her spare time, Ana is the President of the Executive Board at her sorority alumnae chapter of Alpha Chi Omega supporting their philanthropy, Domestic Violence Awareness, and is a plus-size model and fashion influencer.

You can connect with Ana via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anabatistaphr/

Meet: Ryan Elberg - Upon joining Albert in April of 2020, Ryan brings his expertise in talent for hyper-growth startups from his prior roles as Head of Talent at tech companies such as Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG) and Bread (acquired by Alliance Data for 450M).

At Datadog, Ryan was an early employee and managed the global tech and product talent teams, as they grew to 1000 employees. Ryan oversees the People team at Albert who optimizes the employee lifecycle from recruiting to human resources and office management.

In his spare time, Ryan is an avid fitness enthusiast and spends most of his free time with his wife, his son and his dog finding new Southern California hiking trails.

You can connect with Ryan via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanelberg/

Meet: Kareem Medas- Head of Recruiting at Thirty Madison a direct to consumer subscription-based health company bringing specialized care and treatment for chronic conditions.

If you have any questions for Kareem, please feel free to reach out to him via:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kareemmedas/

Meet: Harry Dannenbaum - Head of Recruiting at Coda. Grew up in London, came to the US for university - where he studied History. Jumped into the tech world right after graduation, where he joined Box and subsequently helped grow the company from 160-2000+ people, leading the Technical Recruiting team.

If you have any questions for Harry, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-dannenbaum-34809432/

Meet:

Jon Volk is the Director of Recruiting at Unusual Ventures focused on delivering the first critical hires for our portfolio companies, while establishing the recruiting process along the way. An experienced recruiting leader, Jon started his career in Silicon Valley working for tech giants Google and Amazon, before moving on to the hyper-growth startup, AppDynamics. There, he helped grow the company from 180 to over 300 people. He then moved on to run global recruiting for internet-of-things company, Silver Spring Networks, where he completely rebuilt the recruiting function to support their global needs, all while making key leadership hires critical to the company's growth. Jon returned to AppDynamics to run engineering recruiting in 2016, helping to grow the company to over 2,000 people, leading recruiting efforts through its acquisition by Cisco, and establishing an AppDynamics-first engineering arm in Prague. He's very excited to help CEOs and entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level by establishing processes and hiring great people. Jon graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in political science. If you would like to get in contact with Jon, please reach out to him via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonvolk/ https://twitter.com/jonv1919

Great conversation with Gabrielle Hughes of Gong.io!

She is responsible for employer branding and recruiting marketing efforts. She has had an interesting journey to end up in this particular role.

She shares with us how she transitioned from a social/content role to employer branding. And what you can do to help your organization get the ball rolling on creating engaging employer branding content.

To get in touch with Gabrielle, connect with her:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielleh/

Instagram:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabriellehughes?lang=en

I had been looking to interview an engineering executive to get their insights into the hiring/recruiting process.

And to my great fortune, I was able to have Michelle Grover on the podcast. Michelle is a VP of Development at SAP focused on a variety of products including Hipmunk, Concur Mobile, and TripIt.

I appreciate Michelle being on the podcast as she shares with us:

• Her journey into engineering
• Views on diversity and inclusion
• Advice on how recruiters can work more closely with engineering teams
• How delegating is her productivity hack

To get in touch with Michelle, connect with her:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-grover-24b835149/

Recruiters' schedules are very hectic and fast-paced. You need to handle a ton coming at you. So I started to ask my guests about their favorite productivity tip.

The list is pretty interesting and has helped add a few new tricks to my toolbox!

I hope you enjoy and can benefit from some of these productivity tips!

I had a great conversation with Devin Schroeder. He started his career in the sports world and then transitioned into recruiting. Talk about a big adjustment after having worked for the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Giants!

Flash forward a few years and Devin is the Head of US Talent Acquisition at Funding Circle. He is responsible for a distributed team in the US where the team is hiring in ultra-competitive environments.

We talk about:

• Moving from an agency to an in-house role
• When HQ is based in another country
• Sell the company mission
• Transitioning out of the sports world

To get in touch with Devin, connect with him:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devin-schroeder-3321aa45/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrdevin37/

What IF...🤔🤔🤔

You'll never know how door B would have been...so stop thinking about it.

Making a job change can definitely be scary. But trust your instincts and regret is far scarier than making the wrong choice.

In this episode, we talk about the challenges of having to make a decision and living with it. And if your decision doesn't go well, most people dwell on the alternative of what could have been.