The Talent Tango

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Sure you need to set up the interview. But what happens after that is absolutely key...for the current and future candidates you work with.

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about gauging candidate interest and making sure you are following up. A core part of our job is to constantly find out more information and gain depth in terms of what our candidates and hiring managers want. With more information, we can help guide the process and provide push back to the hiring team if necessary.

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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- Arash -

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

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As recruiters, we won't actually do any of the jobs we recruit for - aside from recruiter roles :)

But it is part of our job in ramping up to understand as much as we can about the roles we work on.

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about how as recruiters we can go about ramping up their knowledge to become even more dangerous in their recruiting game. This can be from shadowing subject matter experts to hitting Google really hard.

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

Who doesn't love to snack!

Every office that puts snacks out has to go through a process of figuring out what to put out. Simple right. Nope

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about how something like snacks requires thought and due diligence to figure out what to offer. You certainly want to be aware of people with dietary restrictions and you want to put out a balance of snacks that people will enjoy. Someone has to figure that out. And depending on the size of your organization this gets more complex.

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

Candidate experience is a hot topic.

In every facet of your life, you are always looking at experience. So it would imply that the interview process will be evaluated the same. You will remember the positive or negative experience and emotions above all else.

In this episode of the Daily 10, we will be talking about how a candidate had such an offputting experience with one interviewer that she no longer was considering the opportunity. And the hard part about this is that the interviewer is in HR.

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Listen and subscribe to the podcast: https://amirb.me/thetalenttango

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

In this episode of The Talent Tango, we're speaking to Amanda Gerhardt-King.

Amanda is the Director of Talent Acquisition at CB Insights, an intelligence platform that analyzes millions of data points on venture capital, startups, patents, partnerships and news mentions to forecast technology trends.

Since joining their Talent Acquisition team, Amanda has seen CB Insights scale from 60 to 250 employees. Anticipating to add about 70 new people to the company before the end of 2019, she leverages unique communication and organization strategies to get the job done.

Amanda is a seasoned talent acquisition specialist with a background in both agency and in-house experience. In her current position, she manages a team of eight dedicated to hiring candidates who are 'Happy, Helpful, Humble and Hungry'. These "Four H's" aren't just the hiring criteria: they're also at the core of CB Insights itself.

In this episode, Amanda shares how she incorporates company culture into the hiring process, including her process for promoting CB Insight's employer brand. This includes putting her own recruiters through, 'Unicorn Training', a process designed to increase productivity and reduce the quality issues that come with too much multitasking. As the Director of Talent Acquisition, Amanda also works on forecasting and budgeting for headcounts. Her day-to-day gives you an insight into what it takes to scale and manage everything talent acquisition at a growing startup.

If you want to get in touch with Amanda, please reach out to him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandagerhardt/

What happens when your candidate starts ghosting you?

We're recruiters. We're not strangers to candidates ignoring our emails, texts or phone calls.

But when that candidate has already accepted our client's job offer and starts dodging us, that's when we have an issue.

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're telling the story of one candidate we had who never returned from their overseas vacation after accepting a role with our client. What stops candidates from sending a quick text or email to close the loop? What about the 'ripple effect' that happens when clients are left their time, money and resources wasted?

Spoiler alert - the next day we recorded the candidate rescinded their acceptance ;)

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

Upgrading your software applications is like getting a shiny new toy… only there's more of an adjustment period.

It's like moving houses: you pack up all your files and folders and bring them over to a new system. But then you're left wondering how you're going to organize it all.

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about the challenging 'in-between' period where you're tying up loose ends on your old software while starting projects on your new one, and all the other short-term chaos you deal with while adjusting.

Made a vendor change recently? We want to hear how it's going for your team!

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about how we've ditched the dreaded 'Monday morning meeting' into a more streamlined process that borrows from project management methodologies.

How much do people really accomplish in one hour, sit-down meetings?

Whether it's daily standups, one-on-one or group meetings, share what's working for your team with us!

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're talking about what happens when clients go dark after an interview round. It's not just a communication issue between candidate and client. It puts the client's reputation on the line, too.

So, what needs to change?

In this episode, we tackle this all-important question by discussing how 'closing the loop' with candidates lets clients stay in control of the narrative.

Remember, candidates are modern-day consumers. If they're not happy with their experience, they'll take to social media and let people know about it. And no company likes a scathing Glassdoor review!

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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

What does productivity look to keep organized? How about those who keep their files in an 'organized mess'?

In this episode of the Daily 10, we're sharing two different perspectives on productivity and time management.

We might organize our workdays differently, but if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that it doesn't matter how you manage your time. As long as you're keeping yourself accountable.

Whether it's starting a written to-do list, emailing notes to yourself or just remembering to keep a mental checklist: productivity is something we can all improve on.

Amir and Arash Bormand are the Co-Founders of Elevano, a California-based recruitment agency that does things differently. From managing client and candidate relationships to improving your productivity and time management, the Daily 10 gives you an insight into the day-to-day of agency life.

Connect with Amir and Arash, and join the #Daily10 conversation:

- Amir -

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

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamirbormand/

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

Web: https://www.amirbormand.com

- Arash -

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArashBormand

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