The Vault Recruiting Show: Recent Episodes
Riece Keck
The Vault Recruiting Show is a weekly show where Riece Keck, Founder of Vault Recruiting and Vault Academy, interviews talent acquisition thought leaders and is designed to help agency and in-house recruiters to hone their craft.
We cover best practices on sourcing, closing, working with hiring managers, building pipelines, personal branding, automation, recruiting technology, business development, and more.
If you want to learn and grow in your recruiting career, this is the place to do it.
Anthony Vaughan, entrepreneur, speaker, and expert in employee experience joins TVRS to talk about creating an amazing employee experience. In this episode, we discuss:
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Anthony's own journey and inspiration to help startups with employee experience.
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The "graduation" model and how to motivate junior employees.
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Why employee experience is critical to the success and operations of a company.
In this episode, Stuart Mitchell and James Canosa, Heads of Recruiting at Stott and May, join to discuss the difference between the UK and US recruiting industries.
In this episode, Dan Broderick, Chief Delivery Officer at Eclaro, joins to discuss how he built a team of over 500 offshore recruiters in the Philippines. We also cover:
- How does the offshore business model work?
- What does training look like for these offshore recruiters? What is the biggest challenge when it comes to getting them ready to perform?
- Offshore recruiters can get a bit of a bad rap. How do you overcome that?
- When should a client consider using an offshore team? When should they not?
- What's something most people would be surprised to learn about the offshore model?
Sara Menke, Founder and CEO of Premier Talent Partners, joins to talk about the role of technology in hiring and how technology can change the future of recruiting when it comes to reducing bias. We also discuss:
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What parts of recruiting will be replaced by automation, and which won't be
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The role recruiting agencies should play when it comes to introducing diversity into the hiring process
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How technology has changed the staffing industry
In this episode, Kristina Finseth, Head of Growth at Interseller, shares some key components of her FIRE Framework, an outbound cold email methodology that will convert as many as 20% of cold emails to booked meetings. We discuss:
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Why personalization is so important
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How to personalize an email when your prospect has minimal LinkedIn activity
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The biggest mistakes recruiters commonly make during business development
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What each new recruiter that's responsible for client development should know
In this weeks episode, Matt Singer, Principal at ClearMatch Talent, discusses his journey from working as an accountant to recruiting accountants. We talk what it takes to make the transition and what somebody considering becoming a recruiter should think about before making the jump.
Joey Brodsky, Business Development Manager with Bluewave Partners, joins to talk how he leverages social media beyond LinkedIn to connect with his audience, and how to balance a long term content creation strategy with outbound sales.
We also discuss Joey's favorite channels for content and cross-platform strategies.
In this episode, Head of Talent and former engineer/ Product Manager Noah Wisnia shares some of his favorite tools in order to source hard to find candidates. We cover:
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What to look for when considering a tech stack for recruiting
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How technology is changing the recruiting process, for better or for worse
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Why one should consider additional tools beyond LinkedIn.
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Note: TVRS and Noah were not compensated by any of the software companies named in the episode.
In this episode, Jon Rutten, Senior Account Executive at Avionte, joins to discuss trends in the recruiting and staffing industry.
We also discuss:
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Jon's background and how he transitioned in and out of recruiting
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Skills learned from software sales that are applicable to recruiting
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Which verticals within staffing are doing the best and worst
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
Joe Matar, VP of Marketing with Brazen, joins to discuss the intersection of marketing and recruiting. Joe has led marketing efforts at Brazen, a Recruitment AI company, for the last three years. We also discuss:
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What recruiters can learn from marketers and vice versa
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If it's worth it as an individual contributor at a recruiting agency to build a strong electronic marketing system
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What investments companies are making in recruiting technology post COVID
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
Danny Marcano, Technical Recruiter at TalentSolvers, joins to discuss how those interested in the recruiting industry can join. We specifically discuss:
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Danny's own journey and the challenges he faced when joining
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Actionable steps to those looking to become a recruiter
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What the application process looked like
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The market for new recruiters
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
Matt Grimes, Talent Leader at U.Group, joins to discuss the differences between working in-house and an agency. As somebody who has worked in-house for his career and moonlighted as an agency worker simultaneously, he has a unique perspective into both worlds. We also cover:
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Job hunting during COVID-19
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How and when job seekers should approach agency recruiters
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When somebody should consider joining an agency vs going in-house
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
Will McGhee, Founder of Atalent Services, joins to give his perspective as a new Founder on the most important things to consider when considering starting an agency. We also cover:
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Atalent's marketing and branding strategy
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How to get job orders without cold calling or cold emailing
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Pivots made during COVID-19
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Why now is the best time to start an agency
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
In this episode, Lamya Alaoui, Co-Founder and Chief Talent Officer at CREDAS, joins to talk about psychology and behavioral analysis in hiring. We also cover:
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The difference between US and international hiring practices.
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Organizational challenges facing companies today.
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And, introducing a new segment, the wildest recruiting story of the interviewee's career. Lamya shares hers and it's a doozie.
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
In this episode with Bridget Griggs, Ph.D, we cover Bridget's background and how she got into technical recruiting. We also cover:
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How to leverage a non-traditional background like Bridget's into a successful recruiting career
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How to work with highly technical candidates
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The benefits of additional education courses like Udemy
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The job market for data scientists and data engineers post Covid-19
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
James Hornick, Partner at Hirewell and Co-Founder at Careerwell, joins to discuss how to grow and build a recruiting agency from the ground up. We also discuss:
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Best practices for agencies in the 21st century
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How to grow from a small team to an agency of 50+
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Why content and digital marketing is SO important
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The future of recruiting post COVID-19
Bertina Yen, VP of People and Operations at Evidation Health, discusses how she has lead her team during periods of intense unrest during the COVID-19 and civil protests.
In this episode, Madison Butler joins to talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace and her own journey to becoming a voice for POC on social media. We also discuss:
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How underrepresented minorities can build their own voice online
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Why most companies are hiring for D&I the wrong way
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Why companies should implement D&I programs vs "hiring the best person for the job"
Hiring in a startup is an incredibly challenging job with a lot of moving parts and Shannon Collier, Director of Talent, stopped by to share some amazing tips. Shannon has been a Director of Talent for multiple startups and more established organizations with over twenty years of talent acquisition experience. On this episode we discuss:
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How to recruit for and learn about a role you have no background in.
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Establishing your reputation and internal brand with hiring managers and executives
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Job searching during COVID-19
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How to build an employer brand from scratch
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Working with junior executives and hiring managers who have not hired before
BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.
How do you get the best candidates in the door to want to work before your company.. before you ever even speak to them?
Nate Guggia of Job Portraits discusses why employer branding is a critical component of talent acquisition, and how companies can start implementing best practices immediately to attract the best candidates.
We also discuss how to navigate COVID-19 from an employer branding perspective, and why now is an incredibly critical time to ensure you have the right messaging in place.
Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners.