Explore every episode of the podcast Talent Titans
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| Episode 51 - Dave Hartin, Success Isn’t About Clocking Hours | 24 Sep 2024 | 00:45:02 | |
Episode 51 - Dave Hartin, Success Isn’t About Clocking Hours People often show up every day and expect results from simply doing that. But if you own your own business or make your money off of commission, you’re going to need to do more than just punch the clock and occupy the space. Learning what to do to be the most effective in the least amount of time is what brings success, not just showing up. Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “Understand what’s important, what’s urgent, and what isn’t.“
Connect with Dave: Dave is a leader who has dedicated his career to the art of talent acquisition and executive search. As the President of Aixal Consulting Ltd, he brings a wealth of experience and a reputation for excellence in identifying and placing top-tier talent across diverse industries and sectors. With a deep-rooted passion for helping organizations find the perfect fit for their leadership teams, Dave has consistently demonstrated an innate ability to match exceptional individuals with companies seeking to drive growth and innovation. His strategic insights and unwavering commitment to client satisfaction have positioned Aixal as a trusted partner for organizations striving to build high-performing leadership teams. Outside of his professional endeavors, Dave is an advocate for community involvement and philanthropy. He has been heavily involved in minor sports, running local sports organizations and coaching at all levels. He is involved in various charitable organizations and believes in giving back to the community as a means of creating a better future for all. With a commitment to excellence, a dedication to fostering diverse leadership, and a deep-seated passion for the executive search industry, Dave continues to lead Aixal to new heights, helping clients secure the key talent they need to succeed in a rapidly evolving business landscape.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 50 - Mark Tower, Obtaining US Relevancy From Canada | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:48:45 | |
Episode 50 - Mark Tower, Obtaining US Relevancy From Canada Many times we look at borders as impassable brick walls, especially the border between the United States and Canada. Changing your perspective is the first step to expanding your business into the US, which is probably not nearly as hard as you may anticipate.
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Favorite Quote: “I think we are now beyond borders.“
Connect with Mark: Phone: 905.515 9986 Email: TheTowers44@gmail.com
Mark Tower is the Chief Operating Officer at Joblio, where he leads strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and drive growth. With over 25 years of experience in the staffing and recruitment industry, Mark has a proven track record of optimizing processes and developing innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of clients and candidates alike. Before joining Joblio, Mark held various leadership roles in prominent staffing firms, where he successfully implemented scalable systems and improved service delivery. His expertise lies in operations management, project execution, and team leadership, ensuring that Joblio remains at the forefront of the employment sector. Mark holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and is passionate about leveraging technology to transform the recruitment landscape. Mark enjoys mentoring young professionals and exploring the latest trends in workforce management. Outside of work, Mark enjoys travel, family, faith and all competitive sports.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 41 - Moe Nazariha, Solving Problems in Staffing | 21 May 2024 | 00:43:37 | |
Episode 41 - Moe Nazariha, Solving Problems in Staffing Some people are pessimistic and spend a good portion of their time looking for problems. A small selection of people are optimistic and also spend a good portion of their time looking for problems, only they often refer to and view them as opportunities for ways to grow and further serve a need. Moe Nazariha is most certainly the latter.
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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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 40 - Saye Sathiyakumar, Thrive to Serve: Cultivating Growth for Giving | 14 May 2024 | 00:47:12 | |
Episode 40 - Saye Sathiyakumar, Thrive to Serve: Cultivating Growth for Giving Everyone would love to change the world or at the very least their community. The reality is that money can help as a catalyst for the change you wish you could see. So why not put in some extra hustle in your everyday life to grow big so you can afford to give big?
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Connect with Saye: Saye is an elite executive within the recruitment industry, with 10+ years of high-level sales, strategy, operations, and management experience. Saye’s main focus is with Power Group, gunning to be the largest Healthcare & Technology staffing agency in Canada. He is also a shareholder in multiple businesses within Canada & U.S. Saye most recently acquired Stay Home Forever Inc. in Feb 2023, following another acquisition of Hourglass HR Inc. In March 2023, in which he served as President for both companies. Saye is a minority-based owner, who is very passionate about business and solving challenges. Alongside his entrepreneurial ventures, he is a big advocate of giving back and specifically in regards to mental health awareness. Saye has been dedicating the last 2-3 years to gentrify and improve the lifestyle in his hometown of Scarborough, Ontario. Working alongside education institutions, community groups, and less fortunate neighborhoods to provide a platform for the beautiful culture, people, and talent of Scarborough to flourish in this corner of East Toronto.
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. Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 39 - Paul Ratcliffe Part 2, Leading By Example | 07 May 2024 | 00:47:23 | |
Episode 39 - Paul Ratcliffe Part 2, Leading By Example Often managers elevate themselves to that level so they won’t actually have to dig in and do the job, but is that really the best strategy? Is that a good way to lead? Or would you be much better off getting into the trenches when necessary next to those you are leading? How could you expect someone else to do the things you yourself are not willing and/or able to do?
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Favorite Quote: “I would never ask somebody to do something that I either have not done or would not be prepared to do. I think that is Leadership 101.“
Connect with Paul: Paul Ratcliffe is the Vice President of Brunel and a Career and Executive coach based in Houston Texas specializing in helping people on a global basis to transform their careers and find purpose and passion in their professional lives. Paul has a 20+ year in corporate staffing and human resources and moved into career coaching to help people overcome the challenges he personally faced when deciding to change career path.
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. Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 38 - Paul Ratcliffe, The Business of People | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:46:40 | |
Episode 38 - Paul Ratcliffe, The Business of People Really when you break it down, staffing is just the business of people. That’s all there is. There are no otherwise tangible products or services involved. That is why you must have a passion for people and you must genuinely care about the people around you or be left with mediocre results.
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Connect with Paul: Paul Ratcliffe is the Vice President of Brunel and a Career and Executive coach based in Houston Texas specializing in helping people on a global basis to transform their careers and find purpose and passion in their professional lives. Paul has a 20+ year in corporate staffing and human resources and moved into career coaching to help people overcome the challenges he personally faced when deciding to change career path.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 37 - Canadian Staffing Industry Summit Awards | 26 Mar 2024 | 00:42:31 | |
Episode 37 - Canadian Staffing Industry Summit Awards The 2024 Canadian Staffing Industry Summit is happening April 16-17th at the One King West Hotel in Toronto. On April 17th will also be the Canadian Staffing Industry Summit Awards. Listen in as Suky sits in with the board to hear some insights about how the board selects their winners.
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Connect with the Canadian Staffing Industry Summit Awards: The Canadian Staffing Industry Summit is exclusively for staffing industry professionals and features International guest speakers. The Summit is headed up by Suky Sodhi, an award-winning staffing industry coach and trainer with over 40K LinkedIn followers and connections and a database of over 40K staffing industry professionals.
The summit is aimed to elevate the Canadian staffing industry on a global scale and will provide boutique agencies with access to expertise and technology which will allow them to scale their business with ease. Attendees will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry peers and service providers on best practices Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 36 - Gary Hayman, Identity Clarity: A Recipe for Retention | 19 Mar 2024 | 00:43:29 | |
Episode 36 - Gary Hayman, Identity Clarity: A Recipe for Retention In staffing it’s easy to hire the first warm body that comes through the door. It’s even easier if you REALLY need people., but we all know what happens when you hire in haste. Taking the time to define who you are and who you are looking for is the key to lowering your turn over. So get defining!
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Favorite Quote: “If you can define who you are and what it means to work for an organization such as Adecco, that becomes the platform to grow from.“
Connect with Gary: Gary Hayman is the Senior Director of HR at Adecco Canada. Gary is passionate about building an organization that attracts and retains the best talent through which he can bring focus to developing a culture that enables the achievement of strategic business plans and supports colleagues in achieving their career best. Gary brings over 25 years of management and executive human resource experience, connecting people with purpose within organizations. As a mentor and coach, Gary engages talent to realize their full potential while driving results.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 35 - Jeremy Schreifels, Your Brand, Your Dime, & Making It Count | 12 Mar 2024 | 00:31:42 | |
Episode 35 - Jeremy Schreifels, Your Brand, Your Dime, & Making It Count Building your brand doesn’t have to mean investing a ton of money. There are a lot of things that you can do right now or sometime in the near future with little to no investment other than your time.
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Favorite Quote: “You can get anywhere from probably 35-40 pieces of content out of one podcast video episode… So it’s like a month’s worth of content.“
Connect with Jeremy: Jeremy Schreifels is a multi-talented individual who has made a significant impact in the realms of audio production, writing, voice activation, and executive coaching. Jeremy shines as an Executive Producer, Author, Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host, Executive Coach, and world-class Touring Drummer. With a relentless commitment to integrity, a burning passion for his craft, and an unwavering dedication to creativity, Jeremy has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in his diverse fields of expertise. Most recently Jeremy has founded Box 7 Media, through which he is helping entrepreneurs get their voices heard.
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. Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 34 - Chris Horak & Louisa Benedicto, Clearing The Path & Removing Barriers to Making More Placements | 05 Mar 2024 | 00:37:32 | |
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:
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
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
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. Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 33 - Michael Coffill, Leveraging EOR’s to Facilitate Growth | 27 Feb 2024 | 00:32:35 | |
Episode 33 - Michael Coffill, Leveraging EOR’s to Facilitate Growth If you could allow someone else to take on the risk in parts of your business that you aren't as familiar with, you’d do it, wouldn’t you? For some reason, Canadians are seemingly slow to adopt the use of EOR’s in the staffing industry. But should they be?
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Favorite Quote: “We take all the risk in hiring and give you all the profit.“
Connect with Michael: As the Founder and General Manager, Michael leads a team of professionals who specialize in payroll and receivables administration, employer of record, human resources, employer branding, and workers compensation administration. They take one of the largest costs (payroll) and leverage it to accomplish tasks only larger companies can afford to do.
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. Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 32 - Bryan Doyon, Investing Big In Your Company | 20 Feb 2024 | 00:29:16 | |
Episode 32 - Bryan Doyon, Investing Big In Your Company Sometimes you need to go big and invest in yourself in the way that feels right to you and your business. Big moves when done methodically can lead to big gains, so you need to hang it out there and put your money where you mouth and invest. Byran Doyon, founder of Professional Sourcing Solutions, has done just that by having a fellow Canadian company help him launch SourceMe, a new platform connecting those in the staffing world.
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Connect with Bryan: Bryan Doyon is the founder of Professional Sourcing Solutions, a permanent and temporary staffing agency. Professional Sourcing Solutions has also developed a secondary part of the company, a candidate management software solution platform that connects clients to candidates. Bryan started the company in 2018, initially focusing on recruiting in the healthcare sector for nurses, physicians, and frontline staff. In essence, Professional Sourcing Solutions focuses on creating efficiencies and improving the quality of candidates for their clients. Bryan@ProfessionalSourcingSolutions.ca ProfessionalSourcingSolutions.ca
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 49 - Richard Fernandes, Demonstrating Value as a Headhunter | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:51:00 | |
Episode 49 - Richard Fernandes, Demonstrating Value as a Headhunter Headhunters and the rest of us in the recruitment industry tend to downplay what it is that we do and the effect we have on the world. It is said that we will spend more than one third of our lives working, so that is why finding the right butt for the right seat is so incredibly important. So don’t downplay it! Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “80% of the workforce is unhappy in their job, and the reason being is that a lot of folks that have taken a job are stuck in the job.“
Connect with Richard: Richard C. Fernandes is a highly recognized thought leader in the $150 billion North American recruitment industry. His vision and energy inspired the creation of The Staffing Exchange’s “Recruiter Entrepreneur Platform”. The Staffing Exchange Inc. (TSE) was founded with a firm commitment to standardizing the multi-billion dollar recruitment industry with streamlined managed services for leading corporations and passive candidates through recruiter entrepreneurs. About Our Founder: Richard C. Fernandes is a highly recognized thought leader in the $150 billion North American recruitment industry. His vision and energy inspired the creation of The Staffing Exchange’s “Recruiter Entrepreneur Platform”. Company Overview: The Staffing Exchange Inc. (TSE) was founded with a firm commitment to standardizing the multi-billion dollar recruitment industry with streamlined managed services for leading corporations and passive candidates through recruiter entrepreneurs. “Our fully integrated platform provides investment capital, technology, support systems, and payroll funding for all our stakeholders to collaborate more effectively in the recruitment process. TSE provides Best-in-Class services combined with payroll funding to help any size company with their growth and workforce planning needs," asserts Mr. Fernandes. TSE is the first consolidated platform to fully integrate coaching, technology, investment capital, and unlimited payroll funding in the recruitment industry.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 31 - The All New Talent Titans! | 16 Feb 2024 | 00:02:20 | |
Episode 31- The All New Talent Titans!
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 30- Suky Sodhi: The Canadian Staffing Summit Is Today! AND IT'S SOLD OUT!!!!!! | 20 Apr 2023 | 00:10:17 | |
Today, we are kicking off our first annual Canadian Staffing Summit and it is SOLD OUT! Canada is gearing up to host its first-ever Canadian Staffing Industry Summit, an event that is slated to be the premier gathering for the global recruitment industry in the country. Hosted by Suky Sodhi, the summit will take place in Toronto on April 20th and is expected has attracted industry leaders, decision-makers, and experts from across the globe. The event will feature a range of speakers and industry professionals and is sponsored by numerous companies, including Job Adder, Daxter Technologies, Social Hire, Meridian Group, Deco Canada, Wage Cope, and Drake International. Among the speakers at the summit is Craig Brown, who will be introducing ProLink, an insurance company specializing in the staffing industry. TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! And it is clear that the Canadian Staffing Industry Summit is shaping up to be a massive success. Craig Brown is excited to create a collaborative environment for industry discussions and hopes that the event will serve as a platform for industry professionals to share their insights and experiences, and build meaningful connections with one another. If you'd like to be included in upcoming events next year, be sure to drop a line to Suky at www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com . How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 29- Cassidy Stewart, Job Adder: The Power of Flexible Contracts | 17 Apr 2023 | 00:45:25 | |
The Toronto Recruiting Summit is days away and none of it would be possible without the participation of Global Recruitment Industry Leaders like Cassidy Stewart of Job Adder. Job Adder is sponsoring the first-ever Toronto Recruiting Summit on April 20th, which is focused on small-medium-sized businesses. The summit includes legal power hours, CEO panels, and client panels, and explores the benefits of flexible contracts for businesses in the current economic climate. Canadian staffing companies need to diversify their portfolios and adopt technology to optimize their processes and stay ahead of the latest technologies and laws. At the summit, you will learn about the importance of data migration and cybersecurity, the benefits of using AI in recruitment, and the need for collaboration among industry leaders. Additionally, you'll gain insight into how to evaluate new providers and choose systems that are future-proof. What You'll Learn:
How to Connect with Cassidy: How To Get Involved:High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 28- Suky Sodhi: Canadian Staffing Industry Update | 13 Apr 2023 | 00:09:35 | |
We are preparing for the Canadian Staffing Industry Summit coming up on April 20th in Toronto and right now, it's 70% sold out! We have so many titans in the Staffing Industry coming in as featured panelists and speakers including:
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If you'd like to attend, it's not too late to get a seat: https://canadianstaffingindustrysummit.com/ We look forward to seeing you there! How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 27- Myths #2 and #3 of the Global Recruitment Industry | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:15:25 | |
What's the difference in leaders? The person. Back when Suky was starting her journey into leadership, the whole model was based on modeling or echoing the previous leaders in the industry. Their styles would be adopted and you would be expected to lead this way. The only challenge is, there's a huge gap between what you want and what you get in life. The same goes for leadership. There are over 26,000 data points when it comes to leadership and what qualifies a person as a good leader. In this episode, we're going to outline some good measures to consider when bringing on leaders. Giving them the resources necessary to do their jobs effectively. Chasing vision over perfection is more important, but there are a few main factors to consider:
There are so many factors discussed in this episode. Pull up a chair. Bring a pen and pad, or your ReMarkable and get ready to take notes! You're in for a quick study on 2 more myths of leadership.
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP 26- Myth #1 of the Global Recruitment Industry | 02 Mar 2023 | 00:16:03 | |
A global crisis always comes in one form or another. It can be the bird flu, pandemic, financial collapse, natural disaster, and anything else you can imagine. If you pay close attention, it comes in cycles. It's almost as if they're pre-planned or orchestrated. Back in 1999, the biggest "fear" that was focused on and discussed across various media channels was Y2K. It was fear centered around coding or potential computer errors related to the formatting of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. They made a mess of the media with the "shock and awe" tactics, and this caused people around the globe to go into a frenzy. This is no different for the Global Recruitment Industry post-Covid. And while I don't like to talk about things from the past, there is a historical repeat of the same kind of fear being spread that creates myths.......myths that sometimes anchor into a belief system. We're going to reveal the number 1 myth around the Global Recruitment Industry today!
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP 25 - William Branum: Lessons from a Navy Seal | 23 Feb 2023 | 01:13:34 | |
William Branum is a Leadership Coach who Formerly served as a Navy Seal for 26 years. With his combat and character development experiences, Will decided that he wanted to help others take control of their mindset.
People have been focusing on their successes rather than their failures. Will and Suky have a candid discussion on what true leadership is and the differences that have been erupting in society lately. Get Naked is a part that William loves teaching others. It’s a process of stripping yourself of your baggage and understanding who you are at your core.
After his 26 years of service, Will shares a few stories about how he developed his leadership skills and applied them in combat. These skill sets translated into the civilian world where he has continued to impact others. Will also speaks about the benefits of CBD and how it has helped him along with many other Veterans who suffer from physical pain and PTSD. Connect with William:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP 24 - Cassidy Stewart, Job Adder: Building Skill Sets | 16 Feb 2023 | 00:45:55 | |
With the Talent pool increasing in Canada the Recruiting Industry is working harder than ever to find the perfect candidates. Head of The North American sector, Cassidy Stewart of Job Adder is speaking about what he sees in the market and how he has been able to be successful when helping Recruiters and Staffing agencies by building their skill sets. At this moment in the market there are many things to look for. Suky and Cassidy speak about why Candidates are the new currency and why we need to be a step ahead. There is a discussion on how to build value to find the growth that your company needs. We are going to look into which companies have been successful during the pandemic and what they do to stay at the top. Cassidy shares and speaks about Data migration and cybersecurity and why these are the two most overlooked parts.
Connect with Cassidy: How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP 23 - Yiclea Escobar, Adecco: Immigration Talent Pool | 09 Feb 2023 | 00:36:08 | |
There is a talent pool of immigrants that most employers are not looking at. Lately, Canada's talent pool is increasing. Suky hosts Yiclea Escobar who is a Senior Account Manager for Adecco and came to Canada from Peru. Being an immigrant to Canada Yiclea shares her story and why there is an advantage for immigrants that become candidates. Cultural diversity is a remarkable benefit because now you have different outlooks on different situations. Suky and Yiclea both give perspectives on what to expect when coming to work in a new country and how you should approach it. How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts.
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| EP 22 - Elevating the Canadian Staffing Industry | 02 Feb 2023 | 00:08:15 | |
It’s remarkable to see the opportunity that the Canadian Staffing Industry has to offer, especially in Toronto. That’s why I am excited to announce that we have booked a staffing summit at the St. Regis Hotel in Toronto!
Make sure you get your tickets now as there will be limited seating. Thursday, April 20th. I have some very exciting guests that I can’t wait to tell you about, along with information about our VIP dinner. How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts.
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| Episode 48 - Why Do You Fear Making Sales Calls? | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:12:46 | |
Episode 48 - Why Do You Fear Making Sales Calls? Ultimately we are primally adverse to failure because in the past, failure could mean death. So when the chance of failure appears, we often turn the other way and run so as to avoid certain danger. If we want to find success, we must stay and endure and make the calls. It’s the only way.
Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “He told me, ‘Suky, I told them they need to fire you. You’ll never be successful in this industry because you don’t know how to sell and you are fearful of rejection.’ All of that was true at the time.“
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Ep 21 - Lisa Thompson, Adecco Canada: Career Changes | 12 Jan 2023 | 00:42:46 | |
After working in your chosen industry for 15+ years you get comfortable and scared to divert into a different path- Don’t be! You can do it. People focus on the competition that comes with switching industries by thinking about their age or even their lack of experience. Lisa Thompson didn’t allow that to stop her. Lisa Thompson is today’s special guest. Lisa has over 30 years of experience in the staffing industry and has made a name for herself by satisfying her clients by making them a priority. Lisa needed to make a change when it came to staffing, she fell into the same routine that we eventually find ourselves doing in our careers. Suky and Lisa discuss what it means to make a career change and the factors that come with it. During COVID Lisa had a realization that she wanted to leave general staffing but had to take a step back and think about what other opportunities she wanted to take. Here are some of the factors you need to have before making a career change:
What’s next? - Understand what you want to do and how to approach this with the skill sets you already have.
Recognize - Know when it’s the right time for you to take that next opportunity, and don’t be afraid to take it.
Ignore the Stereotypes - When starting over it doesn’t matter if you’re 25 or 55. What matters is whether are you capable of filling in the position you want and do you have the knowledge to perform for the client.
Connect With Lisa: How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP20 - Beware of Curiosity | 05 Jan 2023 | 00:31:42 | |
Welcome to the New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. It’s a new year and with that comes reflecting on what went right and what went wrong this year for Recruiting and what you can do to start the new year off right.
Suky addresses the conversation of the Recession- there might not be a recession but we sure could experience a softening. Suky shares what the factors are for having a good year with the different fluctuations that we have been seeing.
Today is filled with a lot of different nuggets, but the focus is Recruiting Strategies, what went right, and what we need to learn from, along with Self Development.
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts. | |||
| EP 19- Curiosity Consciousness | 29 Dec 2022 | 00:11:01 | |
The new year is approaching. Don’t be like everyone else making resolutions. After a phone call, Suky took the time to reflect on the two things she wants to improve moving forward. Reevaluating her inner circle, and what she wants to accomplish. It’s time to push your wins to the front and ignore being uncomfortable. Finding your areas of growth is the main focus. Suky addresses why you need to go for what you’re resisting and take the action to expand your curiosity and become uncomfortable.
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts.
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| EP 18- Recruitment Leaders of the Future (Part II) | 11 Aug 2022 | 00:35:27 | |
In this second portion of Recruitment Leaders Of The Future the group speaks about the strategies and approaches they created and put into action as they were forced to do by being hit by multiple waves of Covid. They also dive into detail and answer a few questions by covering multiple topics. They will be covering the understanding of not just analyzing numbers when looking to purchase a company but finding out what the current staff thinks. Adam shares a secret on how he is able to retain talent through his SOP’s. They talk about the importance of recognizing SOP as you provide them in multiple countries and how to make them easy for other cultures to understand. However the most significant part of this conversation is how to build your talent, and start new practices that are easy for staff to follow and understand.
How to Connect With Today’s Guest’s:
Adam Lyons- TEXT 512- 957- 3141 Vinolia Singh- LinkedIn Mark Coetzee- LinkedIn
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky: Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts.
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| EP 17- Suky Sodhi and Recruitment Leaders of the Future | 04 Aug 2022 | 00:35:06 | |
In this episode of Talent Titans Suky hosts multiple guests as they speak on multiple key points about how modern leadership looks at companies from the period of Covid-19 and their transition to present day. They all chime into the conversation about how universities do not create leaders. Leaders are developed through experience. After COVID-19, almost every company was faced with a problem; Finding quality leaders. Since then, creating a new business plan of action is the priority. Every company has taken the measures to adapt to the Pandemic by providing new training, online services, and safety measures to make sure every employee is set for success.
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky: Be sure to check out this and other previous episodes of Talent Titans in Apple Podcasts.
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| EP 16- Chris Kerschbaumer, Senior Search Consultant, rec2rec at Professional Selection: Making Big Moves From Behind the Desk | 21 Jul 2022 | 00:05:35 | |
It is our pleasure to Welcome new coach Chris Kerschbaumer. Chris made his start in Rec2Rec as a Resource Manager and worked his way up to his current position as a Senior Search Consultant. Chris attended Ontario Tech University where he completed his Bachelor of Commerce (HONS) where he Majored in Finance and Financial Services and where he also Minored in Accounting from 2011-2015. He also attended and completed a two week course at The Chinese University of Hong Kong where he studied Contemporary China and Hong Kong. This course played a significant role for Chris where he learned the importance of Chinese History and its alignment of significance to Hong Kong and North America. Chris is an important Coach as he focuses on Recruiting Staffing & Recruiting Industry Professional for Rec2Rec, workforce solutions, search and corporate clients. How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 15- Emma Griffin, Global Recruitment Specialist, Clark House Human Capital: Holding Others Accountable Starts with You Holding Yourself Accountable | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:21:27 | |
In most career professions there are “Leaders” and then there are “True leaders”. The difference between a true leader and a leader is a true leader is passionate about their position. They will do anything despite all odds to ensure their employees are receiving up to date information and are providing services and completing the job with the utmost professionalism and intelligence, while also making sure that their employees fully understand their position and how it impacts the business.
In this episode of Talent Titans Suky and Emma discuss many topics but they are all revolving around a main point… “Accountability” That’s a term often used that many do not take to heart. The recruiting business can be cut throat so to make sure the systems and processes are running smoothly, the managers must make sure their employees are providing the best support. Providing the best amount of information. Today, Emma shares her experiences as a manager and how she has been staying accountable by providing her employees with help and guidance with anything they may need. Get in contact with Emma: How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 14- Sinead Finnegan & Chris Kerschbaumer: 12-Month Program Launch | 07 Jul 2022 | 00:27:34 | |
Oftentimes there can be instances where you come across a negative thought or critic. You can do a thousand positive things but forfeit it the one time you get caught speeding and are then known as a reckless driver. This world has been shaped to make you be filled with doubt and a limited mindset. The only person that can truly control the negative mindset in your life is you.
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 13- Sadiar Ameri, Adecco, Managing Director: Recruiting Lessons Learnt | 30 Jun 2022 | 00:52:35 | |
In today’s world, there's many excuses for people to give up. Pandemics, recession, inflation, and other personal issues causing continuous blockage in business operations. Companies are constantly struggling to find “elite” candidates for posions. Many people are scared to make moves due to fear from the unknown. There is never a wrong time and opportunities aren’t always going to show themselves. Based out of Toronto, Canada- Sadiar Ameri is a Managing director for Adecco, a staffing and recruiting agency based in Switzerland. Once the pandemic hit, Sadiar left his old company as a senior director at the “Robert Hall” legal practice group. Sadiar enjoys being able to help candidates find their niche with the company they deserve to be with. Sadiar is a man of many important roles. Aside from being a Managing Director, he serves as a Staffing Executive, transformation leader, and an expert in specialized search. Suky Sodhi hosts Sadiar in today’s segment as they both give their advice on frequent concerns that many people have about recruiting. Sadiar speaks about what standards you should have when looking into transferring into a different company, and what it takes to sharpen your skills. Sadiar clarifies the relationship between a candidate and a consultant.
What You’ll Learn:
FAVORITE QUOTE: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ”
Connect with Sadiar:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader. Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky:
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| EP 12- Tracy Rocca, National VP Talent World - Bridging the Gaps of Global Communication | 25 May 2022 | 00:45:34 | |
In today's modern world, technology has made it easier than ever to communicate via text, email, phone call, DMs and everything short of carrier pigeon. But yet, we have a disconnect in the way we communicate. It has affected our businesses and personal lives. Today's guest is Tracy Rocca, National VP of Talent World in Canada. She's a 28-year veteran of the Global Recruitment Industry. Suky and Tracy dive right into today's episode talking about:
If you'd like to get a true perspective of where the industry is in real time, Suky features the very best guests and leaders in the Global Recruitment and Staffing Industries. Connect With Tracy: How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| Episode 47 - What is The Recruitment Professionals Forum (RPF) | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:12:15 | |
Episode 47 - What is The Recruitment Professionals Forum (RPF) Often the Canadian Staffing Industry gets lumped in with the US industry even though they are two entirely different industries that do include some crossover, but the rules are indeed very different. It’s time for Canada to stand on its own.
Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “It was time we stood up on our own two feet… Bill 27, we nearly got blindsided on that one.“
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP 11- Katherine Eriksen, VP Business Development, Energy Resourcing Canada, LTD: Refining the Remote Working Model | 11 May 2022 | 00:49:00 | |
When it comes to the world of Global Recruitment, you’ll find many people that have one thing in common……..they simply fell into this very unique world. Today’s guest has served in the recruitment industry for over 22 years as a corporate recruiter, HR, agency recruiter, working in the United States, and abroad. Katherine Eriksen is VP of Business Development and Global Recruiting for Energy Resourcing, LTD Canada. She cites her lengthy career as one of fortune and regards it with a great deal of gratitude. She recently transplanted from Calgary, Canada to Toronto. Today’s episode brings a breadth of experience, knowledge, wisdom, and insight that spans well beyond a 22-year career. Katherine dives heavily into the current nature of the industry being very remote, in this post-pandemic world. She cites missing the in-person collaborations on whiteboards, the social aspects as a team, and her desire to get back to some semblance of normalcy. Suky comes in hard with great questions in terms of what a company’s responsibilities are when it comes to relocation, managing expectations of employees as it pertains to hybrid versus in-office mandates that often come up in negotiations. They discuss salary expectations and the realities of how companies are looking at the experience level of each candidate and matching them with an appropriate compensation structure.
What You’ll Learn:
Connect With Katherine:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 10- Melissa Law, Founder of Sunrise Coaching, Canada: Building An Impenetrable Bridge Between HR and Companies | 06 Apr 2022 | 00:56:43 | |
It’s a common theme in business that HR is always made the nemesis of the entrepreneur or high-level CEOs and executives charged with running small to medium-sized companies. But like everything in life and business, it’s one’s ability to take a different perspective that translates to streamlining processes, efficiencies, company morale, and ultimately profitability. You can choose to take an adversarial approach to HR or think of it in a more cooperative effort like today’s guest.
Melissa Law is founder of Sunrise Coaching Canada. Her 25+ year career in HR Management and Developmental Coaching has transformed small to large companies in several different industries. She is trusted counsel for senior leaders who value talent as a critical resource for executing strategy and delivering on organizational goals.
Today, Suky and Melissa dive into the impact of the relationship HR can have on businesses of any size. They discuss learning, leadership, and company culture. Suky candidly shares that sometimes entrepreneurs are the “bottlenecks” while growing and scaling a company. Melissa shares how the integration of HR starts with the alignment of expectations. She highlights the perception that HR partners are analy retentive, uptight, very conservative, politically correct, and sometimes the crippling shades of black and white. Melissa compares herself to HR’s crazy aunt who has come to change the ever-challenging relationship between HR and businesses and finding the truest path to permanent growth.
What You’ll Learn:
Connect With Melissa:
Email: Connect@sunrisecoaching.ca
High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 09- Suky Sodhi and Panel: Celebrating Women in Global Recruitment | 30 Mar 2022 | 01:16:03 | |
If you’ve been following the series of powerful CEOs who have come together to join Suky Sodhi on previous episodes of Talent Titans, you’re going to love today’s episode.
Suky has managed to corral a group of dynamic leaders in Global Recruitment for a specific discussion as they celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to the Women in the recruitment industry.
You’ll hear from powerful female leaders and business influencers from companies like Drake International, Hayes US, Robertson Company, and more as they do a deep dive on everything related to the Global Recruitment Industry, including trends they’ve seen post-pandemic. They’ll share insights into the mentality of the workforce who has realized the power of efficiency in working remote and the challenges staffing agencies have encountered in enticing their employees to come back to the office.
What You’ll Learn:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 08- Miranda Jiggins, Founder of GOALS Fitness: Transforming Your Lifestyle Through Fitness | 23 Mar 2022 | 00:41:20 | |
Some of the hardest things we do in life are painful and they’re also rewarding. As we “mature,” our health, and how we feel can be more valuable than anything in the world. It affects how we move in our daily lives, the way we engage with our relationships, how effective we are in our work, and the impact of our business. If you’ve been struggling with insecurity, poor body image, shyness, or struggling to find “your people” in this world, you’re going to enjoy this episode. Miranda Jiggins is the Founder of GOALs Fitness where she helps entrepreneurs dial in their health goals with a diet and exercise that help them increase their energy, optimize performance, improve their relationship with themselves and give them the confidence to live their best lives. Today, Suky and Miranda jump right in and talk about small-town life, being raised by good parents, and Miranda’s discovery of self-awareness. She references some challenges she had in 8th grade and how bouncing around from social group to social group left her feeling isolated and lonely. Miranda shares one process that changed the trajectory of her life. What You’ll Learn:
Connect With Miranda:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 07- Global Recruitment Industry Titans: The Great Debate of the Industry of July 2021 | 16 Mar 2022 | 01:31:25 | |
At the end of July 2021, we hosted a live CEO panel of the top leaders in Global Recruitment. We had such a great turnout, we ran short on time for answering questions. At the time Suky made a commitment to invite each one of them back for a more intimate one on one discussing the future of 2022 in the Global Recruitment industry. This is a replay of that hour and a half-long discussion with: Bev White, The Harvey Nash Group Janelle Bieler, Adecco-Canada Craig Brown, Agilus Work Solutions Mark Coetzee, Drake International Travis Harouk, PLC What You’ll Learn: The difference between what was taking place based around the Global Recruitment Industry back in July of 2021, the effects of the pandemic, the new processes around attracting, engaging, and negotiating with candidates, and clients. Each CEO’s approach as it pertained to keeping their current staff motivated and continuing to cultivate more impactful relationships with their clients, employees, existing, and prospective candidates. In true fashion, Suky asks some pretty tough questions that are answered with brutal honesty based on long-standing experiences shared by each one of our Talent Titans on today’s episode. You’ll leave with a better gauge and understanding of the contrasts that exist in today’s world of global recruiting compared to the past and moving forward into the future. How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 06- Janelle Bieler, President of Adecco Canada: Everything Begins With an Empowerment Mindset | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:52:37 | |
At the end of July 2021, we hosted a live CEO panel of the top leaders in Global Recruitment. We had such a great turnout, we ran short on time for answering questions. At the time Suky made a commitment to invite each one of them back for a more intimate one on one discussing the future of 2022 in the Global Recruitment industry. This week’s guest is a powerhouse of a President who has taken the reigns of Adecco Canada and dove headfirst right when the pandemic hit plunging into the essence of addressing the elephant in the room…….company culture and mental health. On today’s episode, Suky and Janelle dive into the reactive nature of everyone in the staffing industry when the pandemic hit. New lines had to be drawn to ensure that employees truly had the autonomy to take true time off. They talk about little adjustments that made huge impacts by empowering the team to focus on using technology to streamline processes and automate everything they could to make the new way of working easier. Janelle empowered her team to offer a crazy idea that just might work in a crazy world. Reinvention and purpose became the main focuses while battling “Zoom fatigue,” and hitting KPIs in a new environment. Janelle talks candidly about how PTO is viewed and why it’s important for people to truly have paid time off. Suky asks some pretty powerful, multi-layered questions anyone and everyone working in Executive Search has probably asked at one point or another as they make their way on the journey forward in this new age. This is a powerful recap and interview of one of Canada’s leading Executive Search Presidents. Bring your notepad and pen!
What You'll Learn:
Connect with Janelle: How To Get Involved:
High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 05- Mark Coetzee, Drake International: Harnessing the True Power of Your Rebel Leadership | 02 Mar 2022 | 00:53:03 | |
At the end of July 2021, we hosted a live CEO panel of the top leaders in Global Recruitment. We had such a great turnout, we ran short on time for answering questions. At the time I made a commitment to invite each one of them back for a more intimate one on one discussing the future of 2022 in the Global Recruitment industry. This week’s guest is Mark Coetzee, Drake International, with 25+ years at the executive/board level constantly achieving excellent returns for shareholders with a proven track record of formulating, advising & assisting in the execution of chosen strategy, resulting in high impact performance improvement, business transformation & company turnarounds in multicultural environments. Suky and Mark jump right into this recap episode as they discuss the ever-changing cultures inside of large companies and the challenges that face them in a post-pandemic landscape in the world of Executive search. Mark shares specific details about his journey from childhood and the circumstances that shaped what would become motivating factors to make a concerted effort to change the outcome of his life. Raised in a small mining town, there weren’t many options for Mark who came from meager beginnings. He moved every single year in high school until he finally graduated which took him straight into the military. Upon his return home, he was faced with getting a job or being homeless. A specific turn of events would build the foundation for Mark’s professional career that has taken him to work with people on 5 different continents and he shares the countless experiences and lessons from his 25+ year career in Executive Management. Put the popcorn on and tune in for an entertaining and insightful episode.
What You'll Learn:
Connect with Mark:
Favorite Quote: "No matter how big the business is that you've ran, or how high up you go in an organization, never forget the small people because you were one of those small people yourself. It's the fundamental of how you transform a business." -Mark Coetzee
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 04- Craig Brown, CEO of Agilus Work Solutions- Post Pandemic Industry Review | 23 Feb 2022 | 00:55:27 | |
Through the pandemic, many companies failed and imploded due to the dire restrictions of Covid while many companies survived due to the diligence and hard work of their leaders like today's guest Craig Brown, CEO of Agilus Work Solutions. Agilus serves companies by sourcing talent for Engineering, Information Technology, and Professional and Light Industrial roles. Craig Brown He is a Father, Husband, CEO, Tennis player, weekend warrior and Sudoku enthusiast. Craig is an articulate communicator combining strategic and creative talent to link strategic vision with deliverable action plans. Bilingual (English/French) and has enjoyed living across Canada over the years and having worked and completed projects in Canada, the United States and Europe. Currently based in the Greater Toronto Area. What You'll Learn: Today, Suky and Craig have a candid discussion about the climate of the workforce and many of the challenges employers and recruiters are facing as they attempt to bridge the gap of difficulties with regards to employment and recruitment staffing. Craig provides insights, solutions, and metrics to help you release the strangle-hold the pandemic has had on your company and that of your clients. How to Connect with Craig: Email: futureofwork@agilus.ca How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 03- Bev White, CEO Harvey Nash Group: Preserving Humanity in Business | 16 Feb 2022 | 00:39:06 | |
At the end of July 2021, we hosted a live CEO panel of the top leaders in Global Recruitment. We had such a great turnout, we ran short on time for answering questions. At the time I made a commitment to invite each one of them back for a more intimate one on one discussing the future of 2022 in the Global Recruitment industry. This week’s guest is Beverly White. She is the CEO of The Harvey Nash Group, a $1 Billion dollar a year company specializing in global technology recruitment for IT solutions and leadership services with 36 offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In this episode, Suky and Beverly discuss the pivots made by the Harvey Nash Group during the pandemic, sharing some of the most impactful initiatives that ended up helping with client retention during unprecedented times.
What You'll Learn:
Connect with Bev:
How To Get Involved: High-performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
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| EP 02- Suky Sodhi: The Power of Establishing Core Values | 09 Feb 2022 | 00:25:25 | |
Have you taken a moment to define the core values you live and die by? They're the core princples of how we: Raise our children Interact with others Contribute to society Conduct ourselves on a daily basis You may look around and compare your core values to those around you. This is not a fair assessment. What they believe to be important to them does not make them wrong or less than just because they don't align with yours. How you engage you r licents, how you hire, and engage with people is defined by your core values. It's imperative to have personal core values and core values for your business. They define how you will do anything and everything. It's important to write them down and build your culture's foundation based on them. Core values allow you to make the right decision. Sometimes we know what we need to do, but we're too worried about upsetting others instead of addressing misalignments. Bring your pen and paper and prepare to take notes. You've got homework on today's episode. What You'll Learn:
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
How To Get Involved: High performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Her podcast, Talent Titans serves as a platform to share her research and findings with us, including best tips and practices to take your business to the next level.
If you enjoyed this episode, please tell us what you think so that we can create more content around this topic. Your feedback is key to help us grow!
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| Episode 46 - Pam Ghandial, Recruitment Through Relationships | 16 Jul 2024 | 00:52:27 | |
Episode 46 - Pam Ghandial, Recruitment Through Relationships Recruitment really is about building and maintaining relationships. Every relationship is different and requires a different level of attention, but maintaining that relationship in the long run almost always pays off with referrals and repeat business, which is the bread and butter of any staffing agency.
Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “You have to find something that you are passionate about besides your work that you can go and do for yourself. That’s so important…your work should not be your life“
Connect with Pam: Alliance Consulting consists of a team of specialists within the Staffing and Recruitment industry. We know that exceptional companies require exceptional people, and that's exactly what we aim to provide. Asides from sourcing candidates, we go above and beyond by also interviewing, screening, and vetting each and every candidate. Each candidate will discover the value of your company and aid with providing growth without exception. Co Founder, Alliance Consulting Co. As the Co Founder at Alliance Consulting Co., I bring over a decade of experience in HR and recruitment to my role, offering unparalleled expertise in sourcing top talent for diverse industries. Established in January 2023 and based in Canada,and USA , Alliance Consulting Company US. thrives under joint leadership, providing clients with specialized and expert recruitment services tailored to their unique needs. With a career spanning over 20 years across various sectors and roles, I bring a wealth of experience and a people-first approach to everything I do. My commitment to excellence and my ability to deliver results have consistently driven the success of the teams and organizations I have worked with. Today, as the head of Alliance Consulting Co., I continue to provide expert recruitment solutions that meet and exceed the expectations of our clients.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| EP. 01- Suky Sodhi: The Success List | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:20:18 | |
Sometimes we think the stuff that's going to move the dial are the ones that will give us the biggest "ah-ha" moment. In reality, it's the simple things. We have daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly tasks we have to get completed. We tend to have separate lists for the various parts of our lives including family and business. I've always been taught that I had to have a "to-do" list, but in reality it's a "chore list," and they don't work. Today, I'll do a deep dive into what I call "The Success List," sharing a different perspective, processes that lead to productivity, and the overall impact it can have in your life. What You'll Learn:
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
How To Get Involved: High performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people. President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before. Her podcast, Talent Titans serves as a platform to share her research and findings with us, including best tips and practices to take your business to the next level.
If you enjoyed this episode, please tell us what you think so that we can create more content around this topic. Your feedback is key to help us grow!
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| EP. 00- Suky Sodhi: Welcome to Talent Titans Podcast! | 27 Jan 2022 | 00:07:57 | |
Welcome to the first episode of the Talent Titans Podcast with Suky Sodhi, Founder of Professional Selection and Elite Global Recruiters. About Suky Suky is an adrenaline junkie who celebrates every single win, believing 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 cannot settle in. For over 25 years, Suky has worked in the staffing industry, 15 of those working with global recruitment companies across 18 countries and successfully navigating them through “recession” cycles. Her ability to help her clients recognize the best way to create a truly sustainable high-performance sales culture and bring both into alignment.
What You'll Learn:
Connect with Suky: suky@eliteglobalrecruiters.com
How To Get Involved:
High performance staffing industry mastermind leader, Suky Sodhi has always felt strongly about allowing the sales team within organizations to have a voice at the boardroom table. She has been working with global recruitment companies for almost 3 decades, helping them align their focus on both the bottom line and their people.
President and Founder of Professional Selection, a leading rec2rec agency, and Founder of Elite Global Recruiters, a community of staffing industry professionals from around the globe, she is helping recruitment businesses scale like never before.
Her podcast, Talent Titans serves as a platform to share her research and findings with us, including best tips and practices to take your business to the next level.
If you enjoyed this episode, please tell us what you think so that we can create more content around this topic. Your feedback is key to help us grow!
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| Episode 45 - Michael King, Why We Need to Drive R&D | 09 Jul 2024 | 00:46:43 | |
Episode 45 - Michael King, Why We Need to Drive R&D Playing things safe will rarely get you to where you intend to go, especially if you are in the tech industry. Canadians tend to want to play it safe and squirrel away money when really in the long run that’s not the safest plan. A tech company must continue to evolve and that means extensively investing in R&D.
Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “We are responsible for people’s lives. We are responsible for families, and we need to take that very seriously.“
Connect with Michael:
Michael started his career as a diplomat for the democratically elected government of South Africa, responsible for engagement and negotiations with multilateral agencies such as the United Nations, World Bank, and IMF. In this role Michael had the good fortune of briefly working with former president Nelson Mandela during South Africa’s return to the General Assembly. He then advanced to manage donor funding for NORAD and the establishment of a Venture Capital fund to advance collaboration between Norwegian and Sub-Saharan businesses in Africa. Michael’s subsequent executive roles were in Asset Management, building asset management businesses from the ground up in Africa and the Middle East. Upon immigrating to Canada, Michael was responsible for advancing institutional sales for RBC Global Asset Management in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Scandinavia. His technical experience includes building and managing new Data Analytics business in North America and providing data analytics solutions for companies globally. More recently Michael has over seven years of experience in the recruitment industry, having advanced enterprise sales for global recruitment companies. More recently Michael was appointed as the Vice President of Sales for Spruce Infotech in Canada, a dynamic privately owned company headquartered in the United States providing technical recruitment and managed services. Michael holds a B.A Hons. degree in International Relations and has also completed various courses including Managing Cross Cultural organizations at the University of Berkley, California.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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| Episode 44 - Lana Khoury - Failing Towards Success | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:39:49 | |
Episode 44 - Lana Khoury - Failing Towards Success Things are rarely as they seem. It’s not until you are truly knee deep in a subject that you fully begin to understand the ins and outs. That’s why we can’t fake experience, and the easiest way to gain real experience is to jump in and start failing.
Key Moments:
Favorite Quote: “We can’t be set in our ways when you start a business. You think you know what you want and you go with it, but then you have to use the data, and you have to use the feedback, and you have to work directly with customers and industry experts to help you make the right move.“
Connect with Lana:
Lana Khoury is a visionary leader revolutionizing temporary and seasonal hiring through her innovative platform, Aukazi. With over 16 years of full-cycle recruitment experience and a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, Lana leverages her strategic and analytical strengths to create a seamless ecosystem that connects employers and workers using advanced technology, all while partnering with several recruiting agencies. Her career includes notable roles at Cardinal Health Canada, WilsonHCG, New Frontiers School Board, Optimal Payments PLC, Pfizer, and TEKsystems, where she honed her skills in enhancing candidate experience, optimizing recruitment processes, and driving HR initiatives in complex, cross-functional environments.
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.
Canadian Staffing Industry Summit
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