The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations

In this episode James Mackey and our guest Steven Rothberg, Founder of College Recruiter, share insights on the future of job boards. James and Steven explore how job boards are evolving to programmatic performance-based advertising and debate the effectiveness of TikTok demand creation versus website capture. They also discuss the importance of quality in a conversion rate approach, understanding the sources of your ads, and evaluating the effectiveness of popular job boards in the tech industry.Join us for an engaging conversation on the future of job boards and how to optimize your recruiting strategies.04:39 How job boards are shifting to programmatic performance-based advertising05: 50 What programmatic performance-based advertising means19:20 How do you make sure you’re getting quality from a conversion rate approach29:00 TikTok Demand Creation vs. capture on the website.Programmatic recruitment advertising : Appcast;  PandoLogic; Radancy; Joveo; JobAdX Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

One of the biggest mistakes startup and growth-stage leaders make is not building recruitment process playbooks.As a result, there's a massive knowledge and productivity gap when a recruiter or talent acquisition leader leaves the company. And the company will need to rebuild the hiring process from scratch when they need to hire again. This is why I always say, hiring may be cyclical but investing in process and tech shouldn't be. This is also why I say, in addition to a retention strategy, you need an attrition strategy. Whether we like it or not, most people aren't going to stay with our companies for several years.As executives, it's our responsibility to build our companies to thrive in this reality and to not recklessly fight against the current. I'm not discrediting retention efforts. They're important!  I'm saying your retention strategy isn't enough. You need process playbooks to avoid knowledge gaps and a loss of productivity.  Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

Join host James Mackey and Alexander Buckles, CEO of Pathways for Autism. They are partnering in a new segment within our podcast that discusses how to support individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the workplace. In this intro podcast, they'll explore the skills needed to succeed in the workplace and how companies are managing autism today. They'll also dive into specific examples of roles that could be a fit and success stories of companies that have incorporated individuals on the spectrum into their workforce, as well as the best ways to do it through third-party services or program management. Tune in to learn how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by creating a more inclusive workplace. Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this episode, host James Mackey and Lance Tripp, Global Head of Talent at Enable dive into the world of talent acquisition, exploring the challenges and strategies involved in building a successful department from scratch while experiencing hyper-growth. The conversation will focus on lessons learned from scaling SaaS companies in hyper-growth from a talent acquisition perspective.They share their experiences and insights into the importance of leveraging ATS, building processes around tools, and using data to support decision-making.  Our guest also shares his experience of having talent acquisition report into revenue organization and the strategic thinking behind it.Whether you're a startup founder, talent acquisition professional, or just interested in the world of hyper-growth, this episode is sure to provide valuable insights. Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this must-listen episode, our host James Mackey delves into the recent collapse of SVB, and what impact it will have on the tech community and the hiring landscape.Next up, James and our guest panelists (TA executives) turn their attention to the topic of unsustainable salaries. Many companies are offering salaries that are unsustainable in the long run and must find a balance between offering competitive salaries and ensuring that they can sustain these salaries over time.With inflation, and the slowing of the economy things are right-sizing, returning to a healthy medium that’s actually sustainable. They discuss the delicate balance that companies must strike between balancing salaries, team size, process and tech, prioritization on a department level, and executive alignment.The panelists delve into the critical issue of attrition strategy. Our experts discuss the importance of creating a comprehensive strategy that not only focuses on retention but also on creating a culture of engagement and inclusion to ensure long-term success. Finally, they discuss what are some of the latest buzzwords that we’re seeing and highlight the fact that they are not actually reflective of trends and should not be leveraged as insight to drive talent strategy.Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits article hereKellie Lindow's post hereJames Mackey posts hereWall Street Journal article/Adam Grant hereGuest Panel:  Bridget Tesler, Julia Arpag, Andreea Florescu Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

Meqa Smith, Founder of The Unforgettable Agency joins host James Mackey in our latest episode.Our guest speaker shares insights into the critical factors that contribute to hiring success, including leadership alignment, understanding the purpose of the business, and defining the right skills needed for the role.They discuss the challenges of identifying the factors that truly contribute to success in a particular environment and explore the concept of the halo effect. Our guest provides practical strategies for attracting the right talent, viewing jobs as products and candidates as customers, and creating a compelling landing page for candidates to apply.Meqa emphasizes the importance of balancing heads and hands with hearts and minds and shares examples of what documents to put in place of a traditional job description and suggests strategies for attracting the right talent.Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance hereWall Street Journal article here Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this episode host James Mackey discusses with Josh Millet, Founder and CEO at Criteria Corp, the many elements that are driving the rise of skill-based hiring.They also discuss the concept of filtering in people, as opposed to filtering out, and the need to remove bias and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in hiring practices, as traditional tools have been shown to inject bias and not create good outcomes. Additionally, they address the labor supply problem in the US is becoming increasingly urgent as the workforce is expected to shrink in the next 10-20 years. As a result, there is a pressing need to find innovative solutions to this problem, including finding "hidden" workers to open up new talent pools. They highlight landmark studies, such as the "Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent" paper by Joseph B. Fuller, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, and colleagues, who estimate more than 27 million hidden workers in the US.HIDDEN WORKERS: UNTAPPED TALENT, paper here.SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AMONG LARGE U.S. EMPLOYERS  study, here. Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

Raluca Mackey, Director of Talent at Vertex Ventures, joins host James Mackey to discuss the topic of employee engagement in light of the current economic downturn. The conversation covers various important aspects of engaging employees, such as how layoffs should be handled, ways to show employees that they are valued, the role of paid time off in driving engagement and performance, and the importance of having a minimum work-life balance policy. The discussion aims to provide insights and practical advice for managers and business leaders on how to maintain employee engagement in challenging times.Raluca's article:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-pillars-employee-engagement-amid-layoffs-economic-turmoil-mackey/ Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this informative episode, host James Mackey and our guest panelists (TA executives) delve into the current state of the talent acquisition market, the sensitive topic of the negative effects of publicly labeling laid-off employees as “low performers”, the motivations behind layoffs, as well as job security in the rapidly changing tech industry.Other topics discussed:The possibility of a mass exodus from SalesforceThe capabilities of this generative AI technology and what it may mean for the future of workWhat tasks and skills cannot be replaced by AI at this point in time, and the importance of preserving human creativity and judgment in a rapidly advancing technological landscape.Guest Panel: Andreea Florescu, Bridget Tesler, Julia Arpag.Steve Cadigan's LinkedIn post Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

Join host James Mackey as he sits down with Michael Salamey, Chief People Officer at ID Plans, to discuss the evolving role of TA leaders. Salamey shares his unique perspective as a CPO and delves with our host into how TA leaders need to align recruitment outcomes with North Star metrics set by the CEO. They discuss the impact of hybrid remote vs. in-office work and what is the number one predictor of job success today.Other topics:- How leaders can translate the balance between investing in employment packages and the reality of a P&L- Glassdoor reviews- The echo chamber in tech surrounding the tech rebound- A players take ownership (Accountability, the #1 predictor of job success)- Recruiting is a team sport. A VP of TA can't force another VP to follow best practices. Implementing hiring performance metrics to all VPs.  Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!  Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/SecureVision: #1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!