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Expanding Hiring Plans
Season 9 · Episode 6
lundi 16 février 2026 • Duration 39:45
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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Today we welcome Jim Miller, VP Talent @ Ashby and T100 winner onto Tea Time with Talent Acquisition for a conversation packed with real insight on scaling, location strategy, and building talent density with intention.
Jim was Google’s first Tech Recruiter in London when the company was around 8,000 people and we rewind to that pivotal moment to unpack how Google thought about expansion, why London mattered, and what smart location strategy really looks like later in his career.
In this episode, we cover:
🔵 The three lenses of location strategy: competitors, market creators, and individuals
🔵 The risks of over-hiring from competitors
🔵 Local vs global hiring and where companies get it wrong
🔵 Employer brand, contextual SEO, and why transparency drives better candidates
This is a practical, strategic conversation for anyone thinking about global hiring, intentional growth, and long-term talent strategy.
Thank you, Jim, for such an open and thoughtful discussion.
Feel free to find Jim here - Jim Miller | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
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#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP
A Real View at Diversity in Hiring
Season 9 · Episode 5
lundi 9 février 2026 • Duration 46:46
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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I was so excited to welcome Andreea onto Tea Time with Talent Acquisition for what turned into a deeply thoughtful, honest, and timely conversation.
Andreea brings such a grounded, human perspective to talent acquisition and in this episode, she takes a step back from day-to-day hiring to reflect on the bigger picture: purpose, community, and what our role really is.
This is a refreshingly real discussion covering…
🔵 The long-term cost of deprioritising DEI, belonging, and well-being during times of scarcity
🔵 How market fear and “survival mode” thinking quietly push people and communities aside
🔵 The power of networking, human connection, and simply showing up for people, even when there are no jobs
🔵 Why recruiters have a responsibility to help candidates recognise and own their value
🔵 How community, mentoring, and human empathy matter more than ever in a tech-driven, AI-shaped future
This episode is a powerful reminder that even when we can’t offer roles, we can still offer support, perspective, and humanity and that impact lasts far longer.
Thank you so much, Andreea, for sharing your insight so openly.
Feel free to find Andreea here - Andreea Tilvan (She/Her) | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
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#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #diversity #EDI #DEI
Building Teams that can Influence
Season 8 · Episode 7
lundi 29 septembre 2025 • Duration 35:46
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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How can talent acquisition leaders balance being strategic advisors with managing operational pressures?
I sat down with Mykhailo Shpygotskyi, Team Lead for Global Tech Recruiting at Flix, to focus in on how we can build teams that influence across the business, helping to evolve the role we have within talent for our own careers and future generations.
We touch upon...
🔵 From order-takers to advisors.
🔵 Business fluency as a foundation.
🔵 The blended model: in-house + external and seeing vendors as true partners.
🔵 Developing the team through opportunities.
🔵 The glue role of recruitment leadership.
Mykhailo’s perspective highlights that great recruiting leadership is not just about filling roles, it’s about building influence, fostering partnerships, and turning hiring into a team sport across the organisation.A great conversation for leaders both today and aspiring!
Feel free to find Mykhailo here - Mykhailo Shpygotskyi | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership #AI
Sourcing in Niche Markets
Season 8 · Episode 6
lundi 22 septembre 2025 • Duration 32:40
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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In a world increasingly shaped by technology, are we at risk of losing the fundamentals that make great recruiting work?Joined by the brilliant Tamara Perry, a Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner with an impressive track record including Tech Recruitment at Amazon, we sat down to talk all things old and new in the world of recruitment...
🔵 How “old school” tactics like intake meetings that uncover true role value, adjacent skill mapping, and stakeholder collaboration remain essential today.
🔵 The importance of developing industry fluency and how it builds authenticity, credibility, and influence with candidates.
🔵 Practical ways to engage niche talent pools, from online communities to thoughtful content sharing, without falling into the trap of spamming.
🔵 How to create and pitch compelling value propositions that help roles stand out in crowded markets.
Tamara brings a grounded, real-world perspective from her experience in technical recruiting. Her insights show how blending core recruiting fundamentals with modern tools can make recruiters not only more efficient but truly more effective.
Feel free to find Tamara here - Tamara Perry | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership #AI
Automate the Mundane, Humanise the Experience
Season 8 · Episode 5
lundi 15 septembre 2025 • Duration 43:50
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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Automation isn’t about replacing recruiters, it’s about giving us the time and space to do what we do best: connect with people.
In the latest Tea Time with Talent Acquisition, Dominic Joyce, Senior Talent Acquisition Lead at Bauer Media, shares how his mantra “automate the mundane, humanise the experience” is transforming the way TA teams work.
Within the discussion we cover:
🔵 Why recruiters should see AI as their co-pilot, not their replacement.
🔵 How to free up time from admin-heavy tasks and reinvest it in conversations with candidates and stakeholders.
🔵 Practical ways AI can improve intake meetings, job adverts, and candidate communications.
🔵 Why human empathy, storytelling, and credibility will always sit at the heart of great recruiting.
Dominic has been in the industry for over a decade, he has worked with top organisations like HSBC, Klarna and now Bauer Media his approach to this episode was with a grounded mindset looking at practical insights into how individual talent professionals and teams can embrace AI without losing what makes us human.
Check it out today!
Feel free to find Dominic here - Dominic Joyce | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership
Importance of Recovery and Preventing Burnout
Season 8 · Episode 4
lundi 8 septembre 2025 • Duration 40:54
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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Burnout isn’t black and white. It’s a spectrum that can quietly creep up through cynicism, detachment, or even boredom.
In the latest Tea Time with Talent Acquisition conversation, Dora Pasztor shares her personal experience of navigating burnout and the practical steps she’s used to recognise, prevent, and recover from it.
🔵 Why burnout isn’t always caused by stress... it can come from lack of challenge too.
🔵 How to spot your own burnout patterns and triggers early.
🔵 The role of values, reflection, and community in building resilience.
🔵 Practical tips to manage energy, set boundaries, and reconnect with purpose.
I am not sure what Dora's magic trick is within this episode but before I knew it I was sharing my own experiences alongside her... this truly is an honest interaction that explores practicality instead of theory from two individuals, apart by distance experiencing similar things... reminding us that burnout isn’t the end, but a signal to pause, reflect, and realign.
Feel free to find Dora here - Dora Pasztor | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership
Interview Training (that’s not boring)
Season 8 · Episode 3
lundi 1 septembre 2025 • Duration 52:19
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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Receiving or delivering interview training is tough, not because the information is not important but all too often the training is generic, rushed, not seen as a priority and more of a tick box exercise.
But Kasia Zadlo and the team at Upvest had a different approach that allowed them to tackle growth hiring without compromising on quality.
In this deep dive conversation, Kasia shares...
🔵 How the team designed interview training tailored to their company.
🔵 How they identified hiring principals for what their goals were.
🔵 How they helped the team re-evaluate interviews and spot talent.
🔵 How to sell the company without selling.
I loved this conversation for multiple reasons but the main one is that Kasia and her team actually lived through this. When the two of us first spoke about this topic, it was simply an idea that her team were considering... fast forward months of hard work and the recording and the examples shared and real, relevant and a testament to the changes they have made for the success they wanted.
Lot's to unpack in this one!
Feel free to find Kasia here - Kasia Zadlo | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership
Being Different with your Sourcing
Season 8 · Episode 2
lundi 25 août 2025 • Duration 51:57
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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A post has been circulating recently stating that Head hunters / Recruiters and Talent Acquisition professionals are not the same... that head hunters are the only specialists in our field that apparently know their niche...
Click bait BS if you ask me or pretty much anyone of our guests, especially Magdalena Mikoda, Head of Talent.
In her field, the Web3 space where the talent pool is limited she has to be different with her sourcing and this was the hot take in this episode.
If you're curious about...
🔵 Community-led, human-centric sourcing
🔵 Using DAOs, Discord, Twitter Spaces, and conferences to find and engage talent
🔵 Trust and visibility in communities = better talent pipelines.
🔵 GitHub contributions and open projects
Then tune in!
Feel free to find Magdalena here - Magdalena Mikoda | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership
Evaluating Candidates for Success
Season 8 · Episode 1
mardi 19 août 2025 • Duration 43:02
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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We’re back with another season of Tea Time with Talent Acquisition and kicking it off is the brilliant Victor Gowrava from the team at Konux.
In this episode, you’ll learn how Victor and his team approach structured evaluation processes in hiring to ensure fairness, consistency, all with reduced bias.
We dive deep into...
🔵 How to build a structured interview and evaluation process
🔵 Ways to mitigate bias in hiring for fair and just outcomes
🔵 The importance of briefing sessions, transparency, and debriefing
🔵 Recruitment best practices for recruiters, talent acquisition specialists, and hiring managers
If you're looking to improve your hiring process, recruitment strategy, and candidate experience, this episode is packed with actionable talent acquisition insights you can apply today.
Feel free to find Victor here - Victor G | LinkedIn
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If you find this topic interesting or have an idea about a future topic in which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to the host, Eden here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn
Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating!
#podcast #recruitment #talentacquisition #hiring #HR #HRBP #leadership
Season 07 in Review
Season 7 · Episode 10
lundi 30 juin 2025 • Duration 05:08
Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is proudly sponsored by Peritus Partners - Peritus Partners - Next Generation Recruitment
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One of the best seasons of Tea Time to date. Fact.
We discussed a lot, laughed along the way and learnt a ton at the same time!
As we close out Season 07 and being half way through 2025, what is on the horizon I hear you ask?
More opportunities for personal development as we bring even more learns in the coming weeks.
Until then, subscribe and stay tuned, you won't want to miss what we have coming up!
If you have an idea about a future topic which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to me here - Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn Thank you for supporting our project, if you liked what you heard then we would appreciate if you could drop us a review or rating









