Episode 34- Chris Horak & Louisa Benedicto, Clearing The Path & Removing Barriers to Making More Placements
At the end of the day, the goal is always getting the best people for the job into the right seats. Today’s podcast offers tips and insight from some of the foremost experts currently in the industry in Canada into how you can successfully make more placements.
Key Moments:
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Learn what drove Louisa to get into staffing and where her burning passion lies
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What was the #1 Driver causing Chris to look more closely into women’s issues
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Why it seems to help get people onboard if you speak on why these issues are important
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Why there’s a push towards skill-based hiring vs. hiring people with certain qualifications
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Why you should always go back and adjust the job description and requirements everytime you go to rehire for a position
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How trying to hire a clone of the last successful person who was in the position almost never works
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Why pay transparency seems to be effective and why it’s spreading fast
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Why money is not always the #1 motivator on whether or not to take a position but it’s usually in the top 3
Favorite Quote:
“I should do a study on the amount of recruitment industry hours that have been wasted because a candidate wouldn’t take a job because of what it was paying, and only found out at the last stage.“
Connect with Chris:
Chris Horak’s greatest ideas come from his love of cooking, chess, philosophy, economics, video games, hip-hop, novels of all kinds, and an endless stream of podcasts.
The passion Chris possesses for his ideas raises the spirits and sights of those he works with and inspires them to do more than they thought possible.
With Women@Indeed, Chris has helped raise awareness and donations for several charitable organizations focused on helping women. His teams have helped ~75k people get a job in Canada last year through their work with direct employees and staffing agencies.
CHorak@Indeed.com
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Connect with Louisa:
Louisa Benedicto is the Senior Vice President and head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability for Hays which is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide.
They operate across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. With 10,000 staff operating from 250 offices in 33 countries across 20 specialisms, last year Hays placed around 70,000 candidates into permanent jobs, and around 240,000 people into temporary assignments.
Louisa.Benedicto@Hays.com
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Connect with Suky:
I’m Suky an adrenaline junkie who celebrates every single win. I believe we must celebrate and collect all our wins along the way as it fuels forward momentum to ensure we exceed our goals. When we fuel forward momentum, complacency simply can not settle in.
With over 25 years of experience working in the staffing industry, 16 of those working with global recruitment companies, I bring the knowledge and experience of working in 18 countries and successfully navigating through numerous “recession” cycles.
Companies often get so focused on the bottom line that they forget that we are in the “people business”. For me, the magic happens when my clients recognize the best way to create a truly sustainable high-performance sales culture is to align both.
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Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com
www.professionalselection.com
