The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations – Details, episodes & analysis

Join host James Mackey and Steve Bartel, CEO of Gem, to explore what’s happening in today’s hiring market - inbound is up 3x, time to hire has grown by eight days, and recruiters are carrying 55% more reqs. They discuss where AI genuinely reduces workload and boosts efficiency, along with the rise in fraud and interview cheating.

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Rachael Becker, Founder & CEO of RB Builds, joins host James Mackey to discuss business efficiency, tech transformation, and creating standout user experiences.

With a unique blend of expertise across operations and technology, Rachael shares actionable insights on how organizations can streamline processes, improve internal alignment, and scale sustainably. 

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James Mackey and Elijah Elkins speak with Siadhal Magos, Co-Founder and CEO of Metaview, about the methods MetaView uses to maximize recruitment potential, including AI-driven candidate rediscovery and strategic compensation alignment. 

He shares how AI technology enhances hiring efficiency and precision, enabling organizations to make informed decisions based on real-time data from candidate interactions.

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In this episode, our host James Mackey delves into the current state of the economy, particularly in the tech industry, and the impact it's having on hiring and layoffs. 

He delves into the reasons why companies often fail at hiring the right talent and provides invaluable insights into how companies can avoid hiring the wrong people. 

James also provides tips on how to build a talent acquisition department from scratch, and successfully navigate hiring plans during periods of hypergrowth. 

He also addresses the competitive landscape of recruitment, offering guidelines on how to stand out amongst other companies striving for the same talent.

  4:11 How to build a talent acquisition department from scratch while in hypergrowth

   7:18 How companies can avoid hiring the wrong people

15:16 How to decide which roles to prioritize in tier one

16:57 How to stand out from a talent acquisition perspective

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Our host, James Mackey, is joined by Sandy Gould, the CPO of Pinwheel, who has held people/hr leadership roles at Disney, ABC, and oversaw the integration of 3 organizations post Verizon’s acquisitions of Yahoo and AOL.

Sandy’s thought leadership gives us a high-level philosophical view of people leadership and tactical steps to creating a diverse, high-performing, and profitable culture.

Sandy shares how his personal origin story created his worldview that all of us have superpowers. And the goals of leadership teams is largely about uncovering and empowering folks to utilize their superpowers.

Sandy shares his experience with diversity sprints and an unconventional approach to performance reviews and talent development. He explains the importance of segmenting performance reviews from performance improvement conversations to help people become the best version of themselves.

   1:11 Sandy's experience and what he is currently working on

20:30 Diversity sprints and how to implement them

23:55 Three things to do first when joining a company as a CPO

31:30 The purpose of performance reviews

33:28 Performance amplification: improving conversations and process

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In this episode, our host James Mackey and his guest, Yogi Panjabi, Co-Founder at PeopleLens,  explore the crucial relationship between the CEO and CPO, and how to drive alignment between them. 

They delve into the missed opportunities that can arise when the people strategy, hiring strategy, and other key aspects of the operation are not aligned with the Northstar metrics that companies aim to hit and the analytics and data used to drive talent strategy and business outcomes.

James and Yogi explore the employee journey and discuss the benefits of providing individual rep analytics rather than relying solely on companywide dashboards. Additionally, they delve into the integration of generative AI within the concept of employee experience.

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Join our panel for an insightful and entertaining discussion as the panel grills ChatGPT on its capacity to change how we hire.

Our host James Mackey and guest panelists (TA executives) explore whether it can be a reliable compensation guide, how ChatGPT can offer onboarding support, and if we should leverage ChatGPT to create commission plans.

They discuss if we should be skeptical when using this tool, some of the benefits, and why (at least for now) AI cannot replace human creativity.

All of these topics are debated in this provocative episode. Tune in now!

Guest Panel: Andreea Florescu, Bridget Tesler, Julia Arpag.

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In the first part of this episode, our host James Mackey and guest panelists (TA executives) discuss the current economic climate and its impact on hiring.

They share their insights and experiences on whether a recession is imminent and how the overall economy is faring in light of recent events.

As the discussion progresses, they turn their attention to the potential ban on TikTok. They explore the potential implications of such a ban on the recruitment market, and how it would affect the tech job market if all US-based TikTok roles were eliminated.

Guest Panel: Andreea Florescu, Bridget Tesler, Julia Arpag.

Don't forget to tune in next Tuesday at 5 am EST for part II!

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In this episode, our host James Mackey sits down with Eric Ly, the Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Co-Founder & CEO of KarmaCheck, to discuss his experiences building the professional networking platform and how the platform has evolved over the years. 

They explore KarmaCheck's focus on specific verticals and how KarmaCheck helps companies hire more efficiently and allows anybody to own and understand their digital identities.

They also delve into KarmaCheck's recent State of Hiring and Recruiting study about how HR organizations and recruiters utilize technology. Eric shares his thoughts on chatbots, including chat GPT.

They also discuss the future role of recruiters in the age of AI and tackle whether deep learning will genuinely change how business is done. Don't miss this insightful interview with an industry expert!

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Our host, James Mackey, shares his insights based on advising 150+ VC-backed tech companies and speaking with 100s of Founder CEOs and TA leaders every year. Including several common mistakes founders, executive teams, hiring managers, and talent acquisition departments make in recruitment and talent strategy.

These mistakes include struggling to articulate their vision and not creating a compelling data-backed story, assuming recruiting for their startup will be as easy as it is for big tech companies, not having a concrete benefits package, relying on contingent recruitment agencies without a robust interview process, lacking clear role descriptions, giving unqualified candidates VP titles, placing too much emphasis on personality tests, hiring just one sales rep without benchmarks, and underestimating the nuances of building a GTM motion and hiring plan in the US market.

James warns about the inherent conflict of interest in engaging a contingent recruitment agency that provides low base salaries and high commissions to their recruiters. And how you can have successful partnerships with agency recruiters. 

He also advises how to optimize recruiting tech, processes, reporting, and run the recruitment org like a revenue org. 

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