Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast - Recruiting, Staffing, Human Resources

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, host Ryan Dull welcomes Dennis Kaps, Director of Talent Acquisition at Ferrara Candy Company to talk about his long TA career, his experience in several different industries, and where he sees talent acquisition heading in the future. Dennis got his start in recruitment back in college at the Ohio State University, where he was recruiting for a leadership fraternity. A move to the national headquarters led to him working across the country and further developing his skill and passion for recruiting. His career progressed with work at notable brands like Patagonia, Lululemon, and Under Armour. Along the way, anytime his career path changed, he was always recruited to his new position by someone he had previously worked with, including his current position at Ferrara. At Ferrara, Dennis and his team transformed the talent acquisition process based on his past experience, evolving it into a streamlined and sophisticated system. Being efficient helps in today’s hourly worker market where there is currently a labor shortage which means that companies need to move fast on talent or lose out. Resources @Dennis Kaps @Ferrara Ferrara @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

Shelley Radford, VP of Talent Acquisition at The Wonderful Company joins the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast on this episode, and she shares with host Ryan Dull stories about her career path, how it led to her role at Wonderful, and her thoughts on being entrepreneurial versus being centralized in a large organization. Shelly started at a staffing agency where she learned the ins and outs of the administrative and process side of talent acquisition that would be important throughout her career. She held positions at several organizations, including some where she didn’t have much enthusiasm for the industry. That time taught her an important lesson, that she needs to be passionate about the industry she’s working in to be at her best. That led her to Wonderful, first as a consultant followed by a full-time role to build out a talent acquisition team. Wonderful has a large philanthropic footprint in California and beyond, and she is currently building a team in Corporate Responsibility which consists of seven different departments. Resources @Shelley Radford @The Wonderful Company Wonderful @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast Lisa Hammond, Senior Vice President of Global HR at Allscripts and Steve Mahoney, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Allscripts, join host Ryan Dull to talk about their careers in HR and TA, how Covid affected the talent market, and the explosive growth the talent acquisition profession is seeing today. Lisa brings experience with HR operations, generalists, business partners, and talent acquisition to the table. Her career dates back to the time when the whole industry was referred to as “recruiting.” She is proud of the way the industry has evolved, and she is excited about the level of respect that talent acquisition professionals bring to work every day. Steve started his career like a lot of people, on the agency side—making as many as 100 cold calls a day. After about a decade he moved over to the corporate recruiting world, and he has been with Allscripts for more than nine years. Together they are working to move Allscripts forward and navigate their way through the growth that is currently happening, as well as the changes to the way people work across the globe due to Covid. Click on the link below for the whole conversation. @Lisa Hammond @Steve Mahoney @Allscripts Allscripts @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, Geri Kalinsky, Global Head of Talent Acquisition and Internal Mobility at Warner Music Group, joins host Ryan Dull to talk about her career path, including stops in the fashion and media industries, her role at her current position in the music industry, and why she chose to work in a variety of industries to make her better at talent acquisition. Geri began her career in the fashion industry in an entry level HR position. After a year and a half at Liz Claiborne, she got recruited by MTV, which was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up at the young age of 24. She spent some time in several different industries before joining Warner Music Group in 2017. She tells Ryan she has learned over the years the importance of listening, as well as asking great questions. She also believes that it is better to start slow to then move fast, in order to accomplish great results. @Geri Kalinsky @Warner Music Group Warner Music Group @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, Tom Atkinson, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Hospital for Special Surgery, joins host Ryan Dull to talk about his experience as a TA leader at HSS, the challenges he faces on a daily basis, and how he and his team have worked through those challenges. HSS has a staff of over 5,000 and is still growing. They perform more than 30,000 surgeries per year, have 50 operating rooms working live at any one time, have 20 active research labs, and they have been ranked as the number one orthopedic care facility in the nation for 12 years running. When the pandemic hit, Tom and his team had to move their recruiting and hiring process online quickly, while maintaining the best practices that candidates expect from one of the most desirable companies to work for in the industry. Resources: @Tom Atkinson @Hospital For Special Surgery Hospital For Special Surgery @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, host Ryan Dull is joined by Lance Sapera, VP, Talent Acquisition at Talend to talk about his background in the Navy, his career path since joining the civilian ranks, and his experiences in building and improving a global TA company. After an 18-year career working mostly in operations and deployment in squadrons and carrier battle groups, the Navy selected Lance to lead over 300 Sailors recruiting in Northern California. He recalls an admiral he worked for saying, “This will be the hardest thing you have ever done, because you don't know it the way you know operations.” Lance accepted that challenge and took command of the Navy recruiting district from the California-Oregon border to Central California. Little did he know how it would prepare him for a career as a talent acquisition professional. Lance’s civilian career didn’t immediately lead to the TA industry but now, at Talend, he is using his experiences to help build a rapidly growing talent firm into a global powerhouse. This episode is brought to you by SageMark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people-decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from ´traditional´ to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach Ryan at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, Kat Brignano, Vice President Talent Acquisition at Vituity, joins host Ryan Dull to talk about her career path, changes she has seen in recruiting and in business in general since the Covid pandemic turned the world upside down, and the major changes she sees on the horizon in the world of recruiting. Kat started her career working in non-profit organizations so that she could do “good work.” She ended up in recruiting, and it wasn’t long before she found out that recruiting is “good work,” in that it provides opportunities to change lives through better job opportunities. Kat talks about how she has seen it all, including jobs in several different industries, surviving multiple recessions, and how she left the agency world to join her current position for “one to three years.” She has now been there for over ten years with no plans to leave anytime soon. The latest crisis she has survived is the Covid pandemic, and Kat has seen some fundamental changes in recruiting and in the way companies have had to adapt to a new world and a new idea of what the workplace looks like. Resources Mentioned: @Kat Brignano @Vituity @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr Vituity www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

Tony Cornett, Senior Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition at The Trade Desk, got into recruiting by accident when he went to interview for a job and found out there was a recruiting job open that paid more. He quickly fell in love with the things that most recruiters fall in love with—the research of the hunt, the tenacity needed to press forward, and the tying together business objectives with outcomes. On this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, Tony joins host Ryan Dull to talk about his career path, on both the agency and the client sides, and how that shaped his thinking about handling his leadership role today. Tony also looks toward the future, one most people will agree has been drastically altered by the recent pandemic. He gives advice on how the industry needs to turn the mirror back on itself and offer recruiters the same considerations, such as working from home, that candidates are currently clamoring for in the workplace. Click on the link below to hear the whole episode. @Tony Cornett @The Trade Desk @ryan-dull @sagemark-hr The Trade Desk www.sagemarkhr.com This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices but also to deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

In this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, host Ryan Dull welcomes Jose Carbia, Vice President Global Talent Acquisition at Change Healthcare to talk about his long career in recruiting. Today, Jose is using his experience to transform the culture at Change Healthcare to one of true diversity through awareness, attraction, and accountability. Jose believes that an organization should use every possible means to rid itself of bias, both conscious and unconscious, in its hiring process. He says that declaring that your company is embracing diversity is a good first step, but he wants to make sure that Change Healthcare walks the talk to make concrete changes in their talent acquisition process. He wants to ensure that everyone on the team, both current and future, feels embraced and welcome. Jose also dives into the rapid changes that have been taking place in the talent acquisition profession, especially over the last year, a direct effect of the Covid pandemic. As he says, these changes have made an organization's employment branding more important than ever. This episode is brought to you by SageMark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com

In this episode of the Talent Acquisition Leaders podcast, host Ryan Dull chats with Vaishali Saxena, Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Coforge, about her career path shift from HR to talent acquisition, and how she finds TA to be much more interesting. Vaishali lays out the process she developed when she began her current role at Coforge, including how she brought the historically outsourced recruitment process entirely in-house, and how that resulted in savings for the company. She gives Ryan some tips on how she manages to further save money for the company by increasing margins in the recruitment and hiring process. Her methods reduce costs while still giving the client what they need in the role she is filling. She goes on to give wise advice many talent recruiters overlook, which is to always give constructive feedback to candidates, even if you’re not going to hire them. She says that in her experience taking those few minutes with a job candidate can build trust and cause the job seeker to remember you. This small but important action can end up being beneficial to both parties in the future. This episode is brought to you by SageMark HR. Sagemark HR can help you: ✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions. After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization. ✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also deliver tangible business results. We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution. ✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve. We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you. If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at: www.sagemarkhr.com ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com