What is Wrong with Hiring

What is Wrong with Hiring

By Laura Klein and Amy SanteeBusinessTechnologyCareers
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What is Wrong with Hiring episodes

  • High Level Roles - Finding your own path with Dani Nordin

    In this episode, Laura talks with Dani Nordin, a Product Design Architect at Athena Health, about what happens when you decide you need to structure your own role. They want you to know that deciding you don't want to be a manager isn't a personal failing!

     

    Drink pairing: Athletic Brewing Company Run Wild IPA (Non-alcoholic)

    34 min
  • Working with Recruiters - Hiring a lot in a short time with Sarah Merlin

    In this episode, Laura interviews Sarah Merlin, Associate Director of Product Design at Curology. Sarah shares tips about working with internal recruiters who might not be familiar with hiring in your domain and how to hire a lot of designers in a short period of time (it's possible!). 

    Interested in working with Sarah? She is hiring!

     

    Drink pairing: Kirkland tequila on the rocks with a splash of lime

    35 min
  • Improving the Candidate Experience with Amy Santee

    In this episode, Laura talks with Amy Santee about what candidates really want to know, what it's like hiring designers and other tech people right now, and what hiring managers can do to make it easier for everybody. 

    Amy Santee is a Career Strategist and Coach for UX professionals who want to design their careers with intention and bring their good to the world. As a personal growth nerd, Amy loves partnering with individuals to build confidence and courage, develop a unique professional brand, navigate work environments, and find jobs they love. Prior to coaching, Amy built a career as a UX researcher, working on end-to-end product development and strategy with all flavors of organizations, including eBay, Lowe's, General Motors, and the City of Portland. 

     

    Drink Pairing: H20 (It's rough out there. Stay hydrated!)

    33 min
  • Hiring Designers - Generalists vs Specialists with Kim Bieler

    In this episode, Laura interviews Kim Bieler, UX Director at Expel. They talk about hiring generalist designers vs specialists and how if you learn to design for cyber security, you will end up with job security. 

    As of May 2022, Kim's team is hiring! Check out these two open roles: 

    • Senior UX Designer, growth
  • Senior UX Designer, analyst experience
  • Drink Pairing: Really Good Boxed Wine

    30 min

About What is Wrong with Hiring

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The podcast where we try to understand why hiring and getting hired in tech are both absolute nightmares, and maybe figure out what to do about it. Hosted by Laura Klein and Amy Santee.