Reflections, Highlights and Key Hiring Lessons for 2024
01/09/24 • 15 min
As we look ahead to 2024, we’re reflecting on some of our favorite moments shared on the podcast over the past year. Our guests brought an incredible mix of hiring insights and experience to the show. Highlights from this episode include:
- Noto Group’s team of executive recruiters:
- Why openness is necessary in finding the right candidate (1:13)
- Why it’s important to attract talent with different perspectives or lived experiences (1:55)
- What candidates are looking for in a potential leader or company (2:42)
- The necessity of having a strong talent strategy (3:56)
- John Vlastelica, Founder and CEO of Recruiting Toolbox:
- How to avoid costly hiring mistakes (4:39)
- Katherine Melchior Ray, Global CMO
- The importance of adaptability in prospective talent (7:02)
- Jean Batthany, CCO
- Why passion is essential to both sides of the hiring process (8:05)
- Andy Ruben, Founder of Trove
- The essential role of clarity in interviewing (9:23)
- Darcy Winslow, Co-Founder of the Academy for Systems Change (fmr. Nike)
- The value of curiosity and learning in recruitment and hiring (10:34)
- Seth Ellison (fmr. Nike, Quiksilver, Levi Strauss & Co.)
- How candidates’ experiences in previous roles can provide major insights into the value they might bring to a new position (11:24)
- Amani Duncan, Music and Entertainment Executive
- The importance of looking beyond “perfect” to add to your team (12:40)
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As we look ahead to 2024, we’re reflecting on some of our favorite moments shared on the podcast over the past year. Our guests brought an incredible mix of hiring insights and experience to the show. Highlights from this episode include:
- Noto Group’s team of executive recruiters:
- Why openness is necessary in finding the right candidate (1:13)
- Why it’s important to attract talent with different perspectives or lived experiences (1:55)
- What candidates are looking for in a potential leader or company (2:42)
- The necessity of having a strong talent strategy (3:56)
- John Vlastelica, Founder and CEO of Recruiting Toolbox:
- How to avoid costly hiring mistakes (4:39)
- Katherine Melchior Ray, Global CMO
- The importance of adaptability in prospective talent (7:02)
- Jean Batthany, CCO
- Why passion is essential to both sides of the hiring process (8:05)
- Andy Ruben, Founder of Trove
- The essential role of clarity in interviewing (9:23)
- Darcy Winslow, Co-Founder of the Academy for Systems Change (fmr. Nike)
- The value of curiosity and learning in recruitment and hiring (10:34)
- Seth Ellison (fmr. Nike, Quiksilver, Levi Strauss & Co.)
- How candidates’ experiences in previous roles can provide major insights into the value they might bring to a new position (11:24)
- Amani Duncan, Music and Entertainment Executive
- The importance of looking beyond “perfect” to add to your team (12:40)
Visit HowIHire.com to hear all of these conversations in full, and to access transcripts and more about this episode.
Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities.
Subscribe to How I Hire:
Previous Episode
John Vlastelica on Ways to Improve Hiring Efficiency, Quality and Diversity
John Vlastelica is the founder and CEO of Recruiting Toolbox, a consulting and training firm helping companies recruit and hire better; with more speed, efficacy, and diversity. John and Roy dig into current and future trends in recruiting, common mistakes that companies make in the hiring process, and how clarity and alignment can make all the difference in attracting and retaining top talent.
John brings an incredible wealth of recruiting experience and perspective to the conversation. He has spent the last two decades refining effective hiring tools and processes, developing employment sourcing and interviewing strategies for a wide range of legendary brands like Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Pepsi, Nike, and many more. John and his team at Recruiting Toolbox develop customized training for corporate recruiters and hiring managers to help them improve who and how they hire.
Highlights from our conversation include:
- How John and his team help client companies (2:46)
- The components and importance of a holistic talent strategy (3:45)
- When companies need to start thinking about talent strategy (6:20)
- Trends, challenges, and opportunities facing talent acquisition leaders (11:56)
- Where companies are falling short in talent acquisition (13:41)
- How John and his team help companies determine what good looks like in hiring (15:54)
- Ways in which companies can inventory their processes and personnel to enhance the recruitment process (19:25)
- Helping companies avoid false negatives and improve their hiring decision quality (22:41)
- John’s predictions for the future of recruiting (25:33)
- Hiring advice for smaller companies without talent acquisition leadership (30:42)
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Next Episode
Bryan Adams on How to Define and Leverage an Employer Brand Strategy
Bryan Adams is the founder and CEO of Ph.Creative, an employer branding agency helping companies attract top talent. Ph.Creative works with brands to distill and express clear, authentic employee value propositions in order to enhance the applicant experience and retain candidates. Their clients include LinkedIn, Apple, Nike, and many more.
Bryan is also the best-selling author of Give and Get Employer Branding: Repel the Many and Compel the Few with Impact, Purpose, and Belonging, in which he discusses the ins and outs of employer branding, as well as the philosophy and methodology behind his work. Bryan and Roy discuss the integral role of brand reputation in talent attraction, the importance of culture and citizenship within a company, recent recruitment trends, and much more.
Highlights from our conversation include:
- The concept of repelling and compelling the right talent (3:22)
- How Bryan and his team at Ph.Creative help client companies (4:45)
- The process of distilling and refining an organization’s EVP (6:01)
- Finding the balance between an organization’s reality of today and their aspirations for tomorrow (7:36)
- The business case for employer branding strategy (9:19)
- When differently sized brands should start developing/implementing their employer strategy and who typically initiates the process (10:55)
- Aligning business strategy with employer brand strategy (14:30)
- How to measure ROI on employer branding and talent attraction efforts (17:36)
- Maintaining an employer brand (19:52)
- Recent talent acquisition trends, challenges, and opportunities (21:51)
- Where companies typically fall short in employer branding and talent attraction (27:23)
- How Ph.Creative helps companies avoid false negatives and hiring mistakes (29:16)
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