Talent and Growth - The Talent Acquisition Podcast

In this episode of Talent and Growth, we delve into the world of scaling small companies and fostering a positive company culture with Jacqueline Cornielje. Jacqueline shares her valuable experience from Media Distillery, discussing the key challenges faced while scaling and how to overcome them.    Jacqueline details the flat hierarchy and fast decision-making processes at Media Distillery, highlighting the benefits to company culture and performance. She also shares her approach to documenting company culture and values, and how an unlimited holiday policy has impacted the company positively.    Discover the unique approach to compensation at Media Distillery, where raises are decoupled from performance reviews, and learn why this method is more effective than traditional performance reviews tied to raises.    Jacqueline offers valuable advice for HR and people professionals looking to build and maintain a positive company culture while navigating the challenges faced in the coming years. She also reveals how she ensures new hires are a good fit for Media Distillery's culture and values.    Don't miss out on this insightful episode packed with valuable knowledge and practical advice for scaling your business and building a strong company culture.    Contact Jacqueline here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-cornielje-3048984/ 

Your stakeholders are the key to success in Talent Acquisition.If you get stakeholder management right, you can successfully collaborate, influence, and support them.If you get it wrong, it doesn't matter how great your candidates are; your life will be much more complicated.Join us as we discuss how to get stakeholder management and how to be better at our jobs in Talent Acquisition.

In this week’s episode of Talent & Growth we are talking LEADERSHIP.   The role of the leader has changed so much over the years, and in this conversation, we talk about what makes a great one, which by the way, Elisa is, and how to look after your people during periods of change.   Elisa has a lot of experience managing teams during mergers and acquisitions, so knows a lot about how to handle those trickier times.  Anybody who is a leader should listen to this – I learnt a lot, and I am sure you will as well.     Contact Elisa here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisahebert/ 

A volatile market can unsettle your employees, so you must optimise their experience.If you don't make this a big focus, you may lose great people.Employee experience also affects staff performance, so making this a priority is a win-win.In this webinar, we will have an open and candid discussion about the market, how we can utilise internal resources and see what we can suggest to help talent partners who may be struggling with retention.Don't miss it :)

Robin Choy is back to Talent & Growth to talk to me the latest version of ChatGPT, generative AI and what we can do to get the most out of it in Talent Acqusition and Recruitment.     He also shares his formula for making the perfect ChatGPT prompts. Check further details here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbchoy_how-to-write-the-perfect-chatgpt-prompt-activity-7046505084385431552-iXQ0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop    Contact Robin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbchoy/   

Diversity hiring is rightfully on the agenda for most businesses.But how do we get it right?How do we do it authentically?Do we have the foundation of an inclusive culture?We will answer all of this and more. My guests are Tony Payne, Head of Talent at Travtus, Rekha Aucklah, Head of Talent at Armakuni and Reece Batchelor, Talent Acqusition Manager at tray.io.

This is a great episode for anybody hiring for early-stage start-ups OR even somebody who is simply looking to source better, create better hiring processes and just quite simply be better at TA and branding.   So I guess it’s for all of us 😊     Claudia Colvin has a really interesting background, a high standard for what good looks like and a very practical approach to making things better in businesses when it comes to TA, process and DEI hiring.   Luckily for us, she is also fantastic at conveying her great work into practical advice for us to all use.   We covered:  Claudia’s interesting background, including her Silent Disco business venture  Strategies on how to attract candidates when they have never heard of your brand  How to put together successful and smooth hiring processes  How and why businesses must look at DEI early on as a business and factor it into their hiring plans - https://happyscribe.notion.site/DE-I-strategies-for-companies-below-200-people-1bd6675814fa4e9abc3244df1f785b12  Understanding and using equity to attract the right people to your business  And lots more!  Contact Claudia here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-colvin/ 

Reece is a complete legend and I came out of our conversation feeling like I could be better at my job than I was before we talked. The sign of a great episode! We covered: How Reece & tray.io have improved TA and hiring processes Their commitment to diversity hiring and how they go about it How to truly attract great people to your business, from outreach to interviews Reece’s favourite tech that helps him do his job even more efficiently And lots more! Contact Reece here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/reece-a0730213bbd/ I am always interested in hearing feedback on episodes and getting ideas for futures ones, so if you would like to talk to me about this or anything else, please connect with me here  - Paul Church How does your business's Talent Acquisition function compare to your peers in the market? Are your operational mechanics optimised to make your hiring strategies successful? Are you in the best possible position to attract the best people in the market for your vacancies? Is your talent process fluid enough to improve and good enough to deliver a fantastic candidate experience? Are you using the right tech to enable slick data capturing and data utilisation? Are you using that data to cement your TA function as a strategic partner in the business? If you spend 3-4 minutes now completing the survey, you will find out how your TA function stacks up, AND you will help the community by identifying the challenges we all need to work on solving together. Take the health check here - https://healthcheck.theanimogroup.com

Hannah Litt is back on Talent & Growth to help us understand our roles in supporting those who need support and breaking down the racial problems in the workplace and beyond! We covered: Hannah’s personal journey and challenges The responsibility of the workplace in supporting people through their mental wellbeing journeys The role we all need to place in breaking down racism in the workplace Hannah’s advice for those who are struggling with mental health challenges or racial dynamics in the workplace Contact Hannah here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahlitt/ I am always interested in hearing feedback on episodes and getting ideas for futures ones, so if you would like to talk to me about this or anything else, please connect with me here  - Paul Church How does your business's Talent Acquisition function compare to your peers in the market? Are your operational mechanics optimised to make your hiring strategies successful? Are you in the best possible position to attract the best people in the market for your vacancies? Is your talent process fluid enough to improve and good enough to deliver a fantastic candidate experience? Are you using the right tech to enable slick data capturing and data utilisation? Are you using that data to cement your TA function as a strategic partner in the business? If you spend 3-4 minutes now completing the survey, you will find out how your TA function stacks up, AND you will help the community by identifying the challenges we all need to work on solving together. Take the health check here - https://healthcheck.theanimogroup.com

Jessica Zwaan is a phenomenal human being who has an incredible knack for putting together blueprints for how things should work. Things like comp plans.   Oh, and now comp plans and performance! This is such a tricky area to navigate but Jessica really puts it together in a way we can all understand and even implement into our businesses. Enjoy! I am always interested in hearing feedback on episodes and getting ideas for futures ones, so if you would like to talk to me about this or anything else, please connect with me here  - Paul Church How does your business's Talent Acquisition function compare to your peers in the market? Are your operational mechanics optimised to make your hiring strategies successful? Are you in the best possible position to attract the best people in the market for your vacancies? Is your talent process fluid enough to improve and good enough to deliver a fantastic candidate experience? Are you using the right tech to enable slick data capturing and data utilisation? Are you using that data to cement your TA function as a strategic partner in the business? If you spend 3-4 minutes now completing the survey, you will find out how your TA function stacks up, AND you will help the community by identifying the challenges we all need to work on solving together. Take the health check here - https://healthcheck.theanimogroup.com