The Eric Gong & Company Podcast: Recent Episodes

Eric Gong

Sharing interesting ideas in the world of hyper scaling startups and recruiting.

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny explore what Kenny has learned the past 3 months as a recruiter working in a scrappy startup. The most important lessons that Kenny learned so far are 1) Communication is key 2) Being able to pivot on the fly

Notable quotes by Kenny Avallon 👇

“Don’t second guess yourself”  

“Always put your best foot forward” 

“Listen to what your clients have to say”

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennyavallon/

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In this podcast, Eric and Carli take a deep dive into how leaders deal with stress and what are some coping mechanisms they can use to alleviate stress.

“A coach is your floaty when you are constantly beaten down by waves” - Carli Gribov

Carli’s recommendation: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle byEmily Nagoski, Ph.D. and Amelia Nagoski, D.M.A.

https://www.burnoutbook.net/

Hope you can take away some helpful info! Please "Like" and Subscribe" if you like this content!

Check out Carli's website and contact info below.

Email: Carli@carligribov.com

Website: https://www.carligribov.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carli-gribov-59728714/

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Email: eric@ericgong.com

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In this podcast, Eric has a special guest Carli Gribov! Carli is a leadership coach who is passionate about people and leadership. She works with high-achieving leaders to move their teams, their work, and themselves forward. One of the topics that Eric and Carli chat about is how the pandemic has impacted how leaders lead their teams and how to effectively improve on that. Check out the entire video for more advice and tips from Carli!

Check out Carli's website and contact info below.  

Email: Carli@carligribov.com 

Website: https://www.carligribov.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carli-gribov-59728714/

Check us out @ https://www.ericgong.com and ping us on LinkedIn if we can help you. 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/egong4real

Email: eric@ericgong.com

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In this podcast, Carli joins Eric again to chat about how hard it is to be a working parent, especially in a high pace tech startup environment. Carli shares some advice for leaders on how they can create a space where working parents can perform at their highest potential.

Check out Carli's website and contact info below.  

Email: Carli@carligribov.com 

Website: https://www.carligribov.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carli-gribov-59728714/ 

Check us out @ https://www.ericgong.com and ping us on LinkedIn if we can help you. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erictheteambuilder/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/egong4real

Email: eric@ericgong.com

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Eric who started out as a Manual QA turned VP of Engineering turn Recruiter is the People's Champion for QA.   In this podcast, Eric and Kenny discuss an exciting role that they are working on with Classkick to find their QA Lead.  Eric also shares his experiences of how he used QA as leverage to ultimately becoming a VP of Engineering in 5 short years.   

Hope you can take away some helpful info! And if you would like to apply for this position, please reach out to us and check out the link below!  https://boards.greenhouse.io/classkick/jobs/4361315003

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny take a deep dive into: 

  • What does value mean to you? 

  • How do you value yourself? 

  • How others value you? - Finding your own value proposition  

As promised, here is the tweet from @Naval "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)" 

https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=20   

Enjoy!  

Please reach out if we can be helpful in any way! Please "Like" and Subscribe" if you like this content!  

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny explore what mentorship means to them and how it has impacted both their personal and professional lives.

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny chat about Eric's experience as a hiring manager at a unicorn startup.

Enjoy!

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Check us out @ https://www.ericgong.com and ping us on LinkedIn if we can help you.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erictheteambuilder/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennyavallon/

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Eric is a former VP of Engineering at a unicorn startup now running his own recruiting company. Get to know Eric with 28 questions. Enjoy!

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Kenny is a technical recruiter with several years of experience working with enterprise companies. He is currently working with Eric and together they dive deep into the world of technology and startups.

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny explore what it means to be curious. They share stories on where their curiosity stemmed from and what they are curious about in the present, and future.

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In this podcast, Eric and Kenny discuss the current events of the wallstreetbets-Reddit saga and share their perspectives. They also explore the current state of the recruiting industry and what should be done in order to build the future.

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In this first company podcast, Eric and Kenny share their backgrounds, chat about the challenges of recruiting in the startup space and how they can provide tremendous value to both the hiring managers and engineers.