The Talent Trade

The Talent Trade

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The Talent Trade episodes

  • Talent Trade Tidbit - Out of Work?

    Learn the 3 critical things to keep in mind if you find yourself in the perhaps unexpected position of having to search for your next professional role.

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    4 min
  • Incredible Interviewing

    Find out what makes interviewing today WAY different than interviewing a few years ago (and why that's a good thing), the 7 most important things to keep in mind as you prepare for and conduct your interview, what to do if the interview starts to go a little bit off the rails, and how to conduct yourself in the eventual follow-up interview (because you're for sure gonna crush the first one.)

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    12 min
  • Recruiter Tales - Elise Gay

    Elise Gay, Recruiter with the Life Sciences team at ThinkingAhead, talks about having the space to "fail it forward" to win at the end, shares one of her favorite success stories, and explains what drives her in her work.

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    6 min
  • Talent Trade Tidbit - Don't Be a Donkey

    Stephanie provides a much-needed wake up call on keeping swagger levels from getting dangerously high.

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    2 min
  • Becoming a Market Master

    Stephanie welcomes the Strongest Man in Kansas, and Partner with ThinkingAhead, JW Heflin, who lays out the benefits of being highly specialized, how to gain speed to market and great coverage, the mindset for turning around your down years, how to build 4 mega-valuable relationships off of a single piece of info, the importance of NOT throwing spaghetti at the wall, and... what keeps him from eating live young?

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    26 min
  • Talent Trade Tidbit - Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

    Stephanie stresses the importance of slowing down and learning to course-correct in the moment, rather than living with regret later.

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.


    3 min
  • Recruiter Tales - Jessica Gurley

    Jessica Gurley, recruiter on ThinkingAhead's Life Sciences team, talks about the "ThinkingAhead" effect, different types of approach by recruiters, and the importance of location, location, location!

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    6 min
  • Talent Trade Tidbit - Banker Fatigue

    Stephanie asks the big question about banking that everyone wants to know…WTF?  Where’s the fun?!

    Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

    5 min

About The Talent Trade

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The Talent Trade is all about finding the right person, for the right opportunity, at the right time. But how exactly do you do that the "right" way? Executive Search Partner and Top Biller Stephanie Maas shares more than 25 years of experience about what it takes to be a top recruiter in today's "talent trade" market, using ThinkingAhead’s four-prong system focused on recruiting, business development, planning, and managing your mindset. It’s real, honest information about how to build your desk, perfect your niche, and stand out among the crowd in your search career.