Kyle explains his entrepreneurial journey starting Creative Talent Endeavors, and shares the benefits of working for an agency over an in-house recruiting gig.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Kyle shares his personal and career journey leading up to founding Creative Talent Endeavors.

• The decision Kyle made to leave a big brand and start his own agency.  

• Early days at Creative Talent Endeavors and the process of finding clients.

• Kyle talks about how he managed to take on Taco Bell as his first client. 

• Unpacking the process that Creative Talent Endeavors goes through with new clients and their goals. 

• Reasons to go the contingent route; experience, cost, and more.

• When to think about working for an agency versus the in-house option. 

• The most important questions to ask when considering an agency. 

Tweetables:

“I just wanted to have more autonomy in my career.” — Kyle Samuels [0:07:33]

“We go slow to go fast.” — Kyle Samuels [0:16:13]

“The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.” — Kyle Samuels [0:29:25]

“I do like the variety of having different clients and different things to work on every day.” — Kyle Samuels [0:31:42]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Kyle Samuels on LinkedIn

Creative Talent Endeavors

Rob Stevenson on LinkedIn

Talk Talent to Me

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