HR Interviews Playlist

In this episode, Katee and Jackye talk to Ashten Fizer about music, hair, Employee Resources Groups, and what companies can do to not just SAY they're inclusive but actually BE inclusive AF. Katee gets awkward and cries while Jackye and Ashten share some knowledge for our listeners. If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveafWe create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF Also, check out the new cult Jackye joined the Nap Ministry: https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/ or on Twitter @TheNapMinistry

We should probably just call this part 1 of the Tara Robertson episode because we did not give enough time to talk about everything we wanted to discuss! We talk about data- all the data- and where DEI teams should sit in organizations, and, and, and . . . enjoy it! We absolutely loved this conversation and cannot wait for our next one with Tara! If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveafWe create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF

In this episode, we are joined by Jess Von Bank, Storyteller, President of Diverse Daisies, Head of Marketing for Leapgen, promoter of women, #GirlMom and all-around bada$$. We talk about ALL THE THINGS in this episode and learn that Jess is not an A$$hole! LOL! We encourage you to listen and learn and join Jackye and Katee in their fan girl-ing of Jess.If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveafWe create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF  

It took only a few moments to understand why Heidi Wassini said that I must speak interview Ch'ien Chan. He's the Head of Design at Vivino, the world's largest online wine marketplace, and you'll soon hear their high level of mutual respect. Besides Ch'ien's natural extroversion and incredible background, working for household name companies on two continents, Ch'ien is the only hiring manager I know who has trawled through 387 CVs. Unsurprisingly, he realised this isn't the way to recruit effectively!It certainly gave him empathy for what recruiters go through and the willingness to let Heidi challenge the status quo, his personal mantra. You'll hear Ch'ien talk about relinquishing control as a self-appointed "anal-retentive Virgo", which is a control freak to you and me, and what working with Nicklas Pyrdol, of Innoflow, achieved.Innoflow is an anonymised case-based recruitment process to discover talent and potential in a way you haven't previously. They state it makes the process fair, unbiased and efficient. So did it help Ch'ien Chan? If your recruitment could do with a shake-up, grab your headset & have a listen. 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

This episode will make you smile! We were fortunate to have Goolie Alvarez come and share a bit about Goolie, fashion, Tejano culture and so much more. Goolie is a beautiful human and we cannot wait to share a bit of Goolie with you! If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveaf We create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF

Snooping around Anna Boyarkina's profile had me super curious to hear about her career to date; from studying economics & business to starting an events business and TEDxPerm to her current role as Head of Product Use Cases. In minutes, you'll be glad you listened in.We chatted about Anna joining Miro when it was just 11 people and the opportunity that creates, building the company based on what people believe in and are doing, and their mission to empower teams to create the next big thing.Referred by Alla Pavlova, I could soon see why! Anna believes great talent brings a lot to a company but how she does this, well it surprised me. Listen in to hear how she sources herself so she can find profiles and set the bar of what she's looking for, which is easier than asking recruiters to read her mind. 🔮We also chatted about the importance of cadence and doing your homework, adding your recruiters to your favourites, and the honour it is to hire the people for your company! 🤩Grab your headset, a cuppa, & settle in. 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

As soon as I was introduced to Iris Kroonstuiver, I knew it was going to be an amazing conversation and it sure is, grab pen and paper.Of course, Iris is an exceptional hiring leader (referred by Alla Pavlova, thank you!) so you'll hear some great tips for partnering better with recruiters and lesson learned as she grew into the role of hiring leader and her new role at GameHouse. But I also had to delve into what it's like working in the male-dominated gaming industry, even though 46% of gamers are womxn, which didn't quite lead where I expected it to.... so rather than me try and explain, grab your 🎧 and hear it first hand.Consider it a 32-minute investment into your talent acquisition! 🧡Huge 💚  to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

At the end of this conversation, you'll know why I was excited to speak to Operations Director, Kay Epps, after Michael Goldberg kindly made the introduction. Kay talks about 'loving the bricks', working in a white male-dominated industry, and the resilience it took to secure the career she loves - a great lesson for today's new grads! Plus why it's important to have a coach & support network.We went into depth about the impact of the social justice events of 2020 & why this time it is creating the difficult conversations & investment that is needed in DEI. And belonging!She recommended Motivation by Daniel Pink and praised Atlassian for 'getting' motivation and the impact of Aubrey Blanche. She shared what it was like to receive an apology from her Executive, and why he was initially inactive; totally inspiring! We also chatted about shared responsibility and that we must get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations.And as for Kay's tips for hiring leaders & recruiters, grab a pen! ✍🏻 Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVEWORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

Without hesitation, Alla Pavlova said, "Joshua Hoffman!" when I asked for a fabulous hiring leader to interview and in 30 minutes you'll understand why! As a recruiter, she has seen how the engineers respect him and his effective hiring decisions.I couldn't wait to ask Joshua about his love of startups, old hardware and, especially, what he means by integrity-based recruiting. We chatted about his want that candidates leave feeling great about the process and willing to recommend others, and the issue hiring leaders have delivering feedback, even though they should!You'll also hear what he experienced working in an engineering team that was 40% female!! And some ways you can help improve your engineering teams gender balance.Enough about what you'll hear, grab a cuppa & settle in...Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVEWORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

Suzanne Wolko is a fabulous Financial Services Executive with experience in Finance, HR and Operations, and a slayer of "this is how we've always done it" mentality which I adore, of course.She doesn't fit in a box. A recruiter's nightmare to understand instantly and overlooked because let's be honest, we don't really know what to do with, erm, hybrids. 😖 In fact, a recruiter called her weird!Worse, she has a gap. Gasp. 🙄You'd think in a global pandemic this would be less of an issue but it appears gap bias is rife so I couldn't wait to chat with Suzanne about her experiences when she recruited people with gaps and why leaders are missing a trick allowing their bias to remain unchecked.We also talked about age bias, trusting your recruiters, "order taking" and more. 🧡Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVEWORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚