RunAs Radio Hiring in 2026 with Suzi Edwards-Alexander
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Mar 4, 2026 Suzi Edwards-Alexander, recruiter and coach who builds people-first hiring and psychologically safe teams. She explores shorter, job-relevant interview designs and realistic work samples. She discusses power imbalances in hiring and reframing CVs as forward-looking trailers. She promotes neurodiversity-friendly processes, targeted networking, and hiring for future fit and collaboration.
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Prioritise Team Fit Over Technical Speed
- Hiring should prioritise team fit, attitudes, and how someone handles failure over narrow technical speed metrics.
- Suzi argues skills can be grown but cultural fit and responses to adversity predict long-term success in startups and scale-ups.
Avoid Copying Job Description Templates
- Job descriptions copied from ATS templates create poor hires because they skip requirements gathering.
- Suzi warns that templated roles bake in an expectation the job is the prize rather than a strategic capability for the team's future.
Map Future Capabilities Before Hiring
- Do capability mapping before hiring to define what the team will need next instead of replacing an existing person.
- Suzi recommends deliberately hiring complementary skills aimed at future team goals, not mirror images of current staff.