Joining me today is the VP of talent acquisition at AvantStay, Uyen Hua. In today’s conversation, you will hear about Uyen's unconventional professional journey which led to her current role at AvantStay, and the important lessons she learned along the way. We also discuss the limitations and benefits of working remotely, and why companies should be careful to force their employees back to the traditional office workspace. We learn about Uyen’s pragmatic approach to developing her team to ensure the long-term needs of the organization. You will also learn about the difference between a specialist and generalist recruiter, the importance of personal relationships, how to have a constructive conversation with management, insider tips, and much more.
Key Points From This Episode:
- What Uyen thinks going back to the office will involve for AvantStay.
- We discuss how remote working has altered employees perception of the office.
- The possible reasons why some companies are aggressively motivating people to go back to the office.
- How forcing employees’ back to the office can backfire on a company.
- Issues for companies ensuring that in-person and remote workers are equitable.
- Other factors that may cause people to go back to the office full-time.
- Uyen's current role and details about her professional journey.
- The steps Uyen takes to reconcile the numbers needed to what is predicted.
- Approach that Uyen takes when having difficult conversations regarding recruiting needs.
- How to deal with individual roles once the long-term goals have been decided.
- Where Uyen starts when building her team.
- Whether Uyen prefers a specialized recruiter or a generalist.
- Limitations that are associated with a generalist recruiter.
- Problems that people face when seeking a career in talent acquisition and management.
- How Uyen thinks about development for herself and her team.
- Significance of personal connections in the recruitment industry.
- Finding a role that suits you and your future aspirations.
Tweetables:
“We don’t need to be beholden to something that is essentially just moot or no longer relevant for our needs but let’s make sure we’re doing that sense check on a regular basis if nothing else.” — Uyen Hua [0:17:04]
“It is amazing in series A to have people who are pinch hitters and kind of can lead in anywhere and have the attitude and the ability to do that but you’re really not doing yourself the company or them any favors by continuing to push for that mindset.” — Uyen Hua [0:23:39]
“As I’m scaling a team as I’ve done so many different times before, starting with a team of a couple of people who have kind of just put their blood, sweat and tears, it is really important to me as I build further on that organization, that one thing I am keeping in mind apart from the needs of the business itself is the passions of those respective recruiters.” — Uyen Hua [0:27:09]
“It’s a relationship driven industry and role and so go where you feel that synergy and that connection and you won’t be steered wrong.” — Uyen Hua [0:29:15]
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