Redbull's mission is to give people wings and now these industry disruptors have turned their sites to the world of high-performance at work, publicly launching their in-house psychometric evaluation, Wingfinder. To gain greater insight into the inspiration and functionality of this new tool we talked with Alexandra Kuric, part of the Global Talent Management team who’s been with Red Bull for almost a decade. We discuss the research and science behind Wingfinder as well as how you can use the...

Join chatbot expert, Chris Raw, as he discusses how this little piece of technology can power your entire TA strategy. Episode 18 of the Hiring Success podcast features Chris Raw: chatbot expert and customer success manager at SmartRecruiters. Chris is a “recovering recruiter” who came to the vendor side of TA to work more closely with chatbots after seeing the profound impact this one piece of technology had on recruitment at the fashion e-commerce business where he was working at the...

Episode 16 of the Hiring Success Podcast features an episode with Kristina Johnson, Chief People Officer at Okta, Inc. Over the last year, the company has been transitioning to dynamic work—which, some might say, is the wiser, older sibling of remote or distributed work.   We discuss the myriad benefits of dynamic work, who stands to benefit from it most, and what companies should keep in mind before making the transition. 

Episode 15 of the Hiring Success Podcast features a discussion with Jason Paradowski, head of HR services and talent acquisition at Bosch, North America. We discuss change management, what makes it difficult and rewarding, as well as what Jason did at Bosch to streamline the company’s talent function, increase their hiring velocity, and drive TA transformation with zero increase in budget—an initiative that gave the company a competitive hiring advantage against other major tech...

Jerome Ternynck and Elaine Orler shed insight on how to make a compelling case for new TA tech. Today’s episode is an excerpt from a recent webinar in which SmartRecruiters’ CEO Jerome Ternynck and Elaine Orler—founder & CEO of Talent Function—clearly outline the most important points to include when making a bulletproof business case for a modern and sophisticated applicant tracking system. You can find more information on SmartRecruiters’ ATS Upgrade Program here.

For episode 13 of the Hiring Success Podcast, SmartRecruiters’ head of communications, Roy Baladi, is joined by Gerry Crispin— Principal & Co-Founder of CareerXroads. The discussion is focused on, among other things, a new initiative called Recruiters Recruiting Recruiters, whose mission is “to support our colleagues and peers in Talent Acquisition on both sides of the crossroad where opportunity and talent meet. Recruiters are an awfully big part of a recovery effort and we want you to...

Our guest for Episode 12 is Rebecca Carr, Senior Vice President of Growth & Hiring Success at SmartRecruiters. Rebecca and her team of Hiring Success consultants empower companies to optimize their hiring outcomes through careful assessment and strategic consulting. She joins us to talk about the first step in that process—The Hiring Success Business Assessment—and why it’s actually a rewarding experience to embrace the struggle. 

Learn how to navigate hiring during economic uncertainty with expert insight from Denise Moulton, VP of HR & Talent Research at Bersin, Deloitte Consulting. Not only is Denise more than qualified to talk about the topic at length, she also frames the discussion in a manner that’s lighthearted and refreshing, which makes it more approachable considering its seriousness. This episode is one you’ll want to bookmark for future reference.

Episode 10 features a discussion with Gareth Flynn. He is the managing director of TQ solutions, an advisory and solutions firm for talent acquisition, recruitment, and careers related projects; the co-founder and director of The Career Conversation—a company specializing in digital microlearning and lifelong career development; and a technology advisor and mentor with Udder— a team of experienced recruitment, talent, and HR technology specialists. Gareth traveled all the way from Melbourne,...

In this episode, we’re joined by SmartRecruiters’ founder & CEO, Jerome Ternynck. He explains why recruiters and talent acquisition leaders need marketing skill sets to be successful—in particular knowledge of market segmentation. To help hiring teams navigate that process, Ternynck outlines what’s known as the Talent Scarcity-Impact Framework, a model he designed to help companies better prioritize the positions for which they’re hiring. Interested in learning more about how to apply...

James Sinclair, founder and chief executive of EnterpriseAlumni, joins us for a discussion about corporate alumni programs. They enable large organizations such as the Lufthansa Group, Nestle, HSBC, P&G, and LinkedIn to actively engage and harness the power of their corporate alumni for a variety of purposes including talent acquisition, business development, mentoring, and more. The argument for having corporate alumni programs in place is certainly convincing. According to James, alumni...

Tony Le is the Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Getaround—an online, peer-to-peer car-sharing service that’s based in San Francisco and available across the United States and Europe. He has over fifteen years of experience with full life-cycle recruitment, employee relations, organizational development, diversity, and—last but not least—employee training programs, which will be the focus of our seventh episode. Topics of discussion include the cost benefits of sourcing talent...

Our sixth episode of the Hiring Success Podcast features an interview with Jason Ewell from Insight Partners—a global venture capital and private equity firm based in NYC that invests in growth-stage technology, software, and Internet businesses. Among other things, Jason oversees Insight Onsite’s Talent Center of Excellence, working closely with portfolio companies on organizational design, talent, and the hiring of C-level employees. He’s well versed in the art of getting the C-Suite...

Our guest for the fifth episode of Hiring Success is Matt Alder—author, consultant, and host of The Recruiting Future Podcast. For nearly twenty years, Matt has helped companies across the world navigate the process of digital transformation and hire the talent necessary to do so.  Topics of discussion include the problems with legacy hiring practices, the often overlooked merit of candidates with unconventional backgrounds, recruiting automation, AI as a mechanism for removing bias in job...

Episode 17 of the Hiring Success Podcast features Mertcan Uzun, a talent acquisition and diversity & inclusion specialist at Blinkist. Based in Berlin, Blinkist is an app that summarizes a variety nonfiction books into 15-minute audio and text summaries. In 2019 they were nominated by LinkedIn as one of the hottest German Startups to work for, which comes as no surprise given the company’s commitment to fostering an open, inclusive work culture, and to contributing towards a greater...

Episode 15 of the Hiring Success Podcast features a discussion with Jason Paradowski, head of HR services & talent acquisition at Bosch, North America. We discuss change management, what makes it difficult and rewarding, as well as what Jason did at Bosch to streamline the company's talent function, increase their hiring velocity, and TA transformation with zero increase in budget—an initiative that gave the company a competitive hiring advantage.

Have you ever left a job and later wished you could return? Or maybe you’ve experienced what it’s like to lose a great employee, knowing if they ever asked to come back you’d extend the opportunity without hesitation. If so, this episode of the Hiring Success podcast is for you.  James Sinclair, founder and chief executive of Enterprise Alumni, joins us for a discussion about corporate alumni programs. They enable large organizations such as the Lufthansa Group, Nestle, HSBC, P&G, and...

Tony Le is the Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Getaround—an online, peer-to-peer car-sharing service that’s based in San Francisco and available across the United States and Europe. He has over fifteen years of experience with full life-cycle recruitment, employee relations, organizational development, diversity, and—last but not least—employee training programs, which will be the focus of our seventh episode. Topics of discussion include the cost benefits of sourcing talent...

Our sixth episode of the Hiring Success Podcast features an interview with Jason Ewell from Insight Partners— a global venture capital and private equity firm based in NYC that invests in growth-stage technology, software, and Internet businesses. Among other things, Jason oversees Insight Onsite’s Talent Center of Excellence, working closely with portfolio companies on organizational design, talent, and the hiring of C-level employees. He’s well versed in the art of getting the C-Suite...

Our guest for the fifth episode of Hiring Success is Matt Alder—author, consultant, and host of The Future of Recruiting Podcast. For nearly twenty years, Matt has helped companies across the world navigate the process of digital transformation and hire the talent necessary to do so.  Topics of discussion include the problems with legacy hiring practices, the often overlooked merit of candidates with unconventional backgrounds, recruiting automation, AI as a mechanism for removing bias in job...

In this episode, we sit down with Talisa Humphrey, Recruitment Senior Analyst at Optimizely, and winner of this year's Hiring Success Hackathon. She takes us behind the scenes of testing our platform's APIs and the creativity it took for her and her team to build an add on feature for the SmartRecruiters platform in just 24 hours. Talisa is also an enthusiastic analyst who will show you how to rock at recruitment analytics. That’s right, this episode is for the recruitment tech nerds to learn...

In our latest episode, Celinda Appleby, Global Talent Attraction Director at VISA, goes in-depth on talent attraction and candidate engagement telling us about her role (the triumphs and challenges) with the enthusiasm of someone who's ready to change the TA world – and she is! You will learn all about selling transformation to your department and go behind the scenes of recruitment marketing to the tech that makes it happen. Finally, stick around for Celinda's top Summer reads (they're...

In this episode, Anita Grantham, Chief People Officer at PluralSight, is walking us through the growth of a company from startup to IPO, and how to make sure you are involving the right people and infrastructure to support that growth. You will learn how to plan 8 to 12 quarters ahead of your hiring needs, how to be inclusive by hiring for values and not for fit and so much more. This month we welcome a second speaker for an exclusive interview! Listen to Hung Lee, the brain behind Recruiting...

In this episode, we are revisiting Hiring Success 19 for the session "Creating the #1 Career Destination in the Universe" by Twitter's Director of Talent Experience, Steve Fogarty. In this inspiring talk, you will learn how Twitter is building its talent experience team and what pillars it’s using to structure it.