Talent and Growth - The Talent Acquisition Podcast

Danny Heath is the Founder of YourGamePlan, a digital e-learning platform designed to give every student the confidence and start to pursue a professional career without going to uni. It's a great business that will do a lot for our world and future workforce. Danny shares his insights on how and why businesses should be engaging with schools and students for tomorrow's talent. We cover: The premise and vision of YourGamePlan Why do businesses neglect long term thinking and look for that quick fix that never comes How powerful it can be for businesses to engage with talent at early ages How should TA do this, how they should get stakeholder engagement, and how to do it well Contact Danny here - Danny Heath | LinkedIn

TechReturners aims to remove the barriers that returners of all ages, genders, and life circumstances face after a career break and, as a result, help to tackle the skills shortage in tech. Research shows that women who return to work can often be forced to return to lower-skilled or lower-paid jobs because of a lack of flexibility around family, paying the penalty for having a career break. TechReturners aims to tackle this critical issue for those who wish to have a career and flexibility around their home lives. Beckie is their CEO and Founder and quite simply a fantastic person who has a huge impact on the diversity levels of tech teams in the UK. In this episode, we discuss precisely how businesses and Talent Teams can get attract more women and a more diverse level of talent as a whole We covered the following: Why the Women In Tech stats may not be certain What steps can Talent Acquisition take to attract more females into their tech teams? How can businesses create an environment which supports the wider group and encourages a more diverse team? How does flexible working impact diversity levels in teams? Which companies stand out as doing well with the diversity levels of their tech teams?

Tim Sackett, SHRM-SCP, is the President of HRUTech.com, a leading IT and Engineering Staffing firm headquartered in Lansing, MI. Tim has over 20 years of combined Executive HR and Talent Acquisition experience, working for Fortune 500 companies, and he has his master’s degree in HR Management. Tim is a highly sought-after international speaker on leadership, HR &TA Tech, talent acquisition, and HR execution. Tim is currently a Senior Faculty member with the Josh Bersin Academy. Tim is the author of the best-selling SHRM published book, “The Talent Fix: A Leader’s Guide to Recruiting Great Talent.” He also writes every day at his blog, the Tim Sackett Project, and at Fistful of Talent. Tim is married to a hall of fame wife, three sons, and dog Scout. In 2021, he was named a Top 10 Global Recruitment Influencer. He has more Twitter followers than his 3 GenZ sons combined, which they love to point out (@TimSackett). He is a lifelong workplace advocate for Diet Mt. Dew fountain machines, and he is considered the world’s foremost expert on workplace hugs. This is a great chat with Tim about really redefining the role of Talent Acquisition and adding more layers to their offering. TA owning retention? Crazy talk, right? It's not, it makes perfect sense, and you will see why when you hear from Tim. Contact Tim here - Tim Sackett, SPHR, SCP | LinkedIn

Sian is an inspiring, authentic, and "human-centered" HR professional & expert. Currently, Sian works at Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharma group that develops innovative specialty drugs to raise the health and well-being of people around the world. In this episode, you will find out: What strictly a human-centred business looks like The initiatives that Kyowa Kirin have put in place to look after its people How HR have strategized the suitable approaches to take How to get buy-in from stakeholders around putting in more schemes which look after its people And lots more! Contact Sian here - Sian Abel | LinkedIn

Adrian is a Senior Human Resource, Talent Acquisition, and Resourcing Director with experience across the Pharmaceutical, Banking, Civil Service & Public Sector and Transportation Industries and directly managing large teams in large scale environments (up to 420,000 staff) and across multiple countries and cultures. After leaving the most senior recruitment role in the UK Civil Service, I now advise businesses and organizations of all shapes and sizes. He is the Chair of the RL100, The Resourcing Leaders 100, the world's leading peer network for strategic in-house resourcing leaders. Committed to creating positive change in the world of resourcing, the RL100, the Resourcing Leaders Community, and members of our Accelerator Programme aim to elevate the standard of resourcing at all levels and raise the profile as a profession overall. Adrian knows precisely what it takes to be a great Talent Leader, and in this conversation, he shares advice around management, leadership, strategy, metrics, and plenty more. Contact Adrian here - Adrian Thomas | LinkedIn

Jess is the Head of Talent at Fathom, an exciting business that focuses on creating the most detailed, accurate, and comprehensive flood risk data, covering the entire planet. The data are being used by numerous groups worldwide to transform risk assessment, planning decisions, emergency preparedness, and disaster response. Jess is so passionate about business culture, and having had plenty of start-up experience, she knows exactly what works and what doesn't. In this episode, you will find out: What kind of impact the right or wrong culture can have on staff What healthy & unhealthy culture looks like Tangible advice on building a culture from scratch How to turn a negative culture around How do keep your culture going at the same pace as your business and product And lots more! Contact Jess here - Jessica Szucs | LinkedIn

Since HelloFresh was founded in 2011 in Europe’s vibrant tech hub, Berlin, they have become the world's leading meal kit provider, delivering to over 4.2 million households worldwide in 16 countries across three continents. More than 15,000 employees from over 75+ nationalities are the heart and soul of their fast-paced and dynamic environment where innovation and intelligent, fast action is encouraged. To get the best people, they need the best talent team, and I was fortunate to speak with Yasar Ahmad, Global VP of Talent, and Rafael Grana, Team Lead Talent Acquisition, around the following: How they have successfully transformed their talent team since June 2021 How they make sure all the members of the team learn and develop skills beyond their job descriptions How they create an incredible candidate experience What Talent 4.0 means and what the next steps are How they plan to create a global mobility program How TA can save their business from attrition What advice would they give other talented teams who want to transform!

Hessie has been involved in and led HR & People functions for over eight years, including working at Starling Bank, British Gas & Sedna. Within SEDNA’s digital workspace, individuals can seamlessly collaborate and execute with increasing speed while delivering a single source of truth for the whole organization through one integrated system.SEDNA is email reimagined, built with intelligence and team collaboration at its core. Emails and communication are enriched in real-time with information about the projects and transactions related to. SEDNA has always been remote-friendly but have adopted a Remote First environment following the pandemic, meaning that employees can choose to work from where they want, be it from home or going to the office. This type of structure is fast becoming THE preference for tech, data, and digital talent, so it is essential for companies to consider it an option in the war for people. Find out how to make it work with myself and Hessie in today's episode. Contact Hessie here - Hessie Coleman | LinkedIn

Hung is a bit of a legend in the recruiting and talent acquisition space. He has over 15 years of experience as an agency recruiter w is the founder of the award-winning online recruiting platform WorkShape.io. He is now the Editor and Community builder at Recruiting Brainfood - the best weekly newsletter in recruitment. Do not miss this episode if you want to know what's going on in the market, what the future looks like, and are just looking for some fascinating insights from a man who has so much knowledge. We covered: What are the significant recruitment trends of 2022 that you are seeing? What should businesses that are struggling to find good recruiters do? How the motivations have changed for talent and what businesses should do to tap into these new wants and needs Hung's thoughts on the necessity of a remote-first policy for businesses How a TA team establish themselves as a strategic business partner The exciting innovations out there in the TA/HR space Contact Hung here -  Hung Lee | LinkedIn

James is a hands-on Talent Acquisition Leader with over 18-years of strategic and operational leadership experience in internal and external talent acquisition. While TA leadership has been a constant throughout, this capability has been augmented with a hands-on talent for executive search. This has enabled James to provide a robust understanding of strategic, operational, and tactical requirements across all aspects of talent acquisition and commercial leadership. James is an individual who is recognized as having the ability to create innovative talent acquisition strategies aligned to organizations' commercial goals. He retains the specific experience of enabling start-up / scale-up organizations to implement and transition TA functions to achieve growth targets and has been responsible for creating and implementing the TA strategy for fast scaling tech businesses and corporate institutions, enabling 100%+ YOY growth. James has also been directly responsible for acquiring senior leaders from Director to Board levels. In essence, his career has been focused on optimizing and transforming the talent acquisition capability of organizations through enabling talent acquisition functions to operate to their maximum potential. James has an exciting and usable blueprint for Talent Acquisition to get the best people into your business. There is no quick fix; it takes time, relationship building, and strategy. James shares it all here. Contact James - James Gardner | LinkedIn