Lilyana Kostadinova (Head of People Experience) from Radically Digital joins us to discuss culture at a people-driven consultancy: (00:20) Intro to Lilyana, career journey and joining Radically Digital (06:00) Radically's mission, growth, remote work (19:30) What makes Radically Digital a great place to work? (23:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (27:00) Diversity, onboarding and Benefits. Where can we go for more info? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Annie Jackson (Head of Talent Acquisition) from Cleo joins us to discuss life at a fast-growth, diverse tech company: (00:45) Intro to Annie, career and growing into a head of talent (01:30) Cleo's mission, products, history (04:00) What makes Cleo a great place to work? (09:00) Diversity at Cleo (13:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (16:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Danny Crook (Talent Acquisition Manager) from Kognity joins us to discuss life at an ed-tech company and what makes Kognity a unique workplace: (00:45) Intro to Danny, differences between the UK and Swedish workplace (06:50) Kognity's mission, products, history (11:30) What makes Kognity a great place to work? (23:35) What type of person would thrive in your environment? (28:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info? Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Zumar Dean (Director of Talent - StackAdapt) joins me as a co-host on the podcast to discuss the job market, hiring freezes, layoffs and what recruiters can do during these moments. (1:20) Intro to Zum and StackAdapt (3:50) The UK/US labour market, hiring freezes and layoffs (9:15) What caused these layoffs, differences between the US and UK (18:30) What can recruiters do in these circumstances? I cite the following articles from Yahoo, Information Age and Forbes. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

I had the pleasure of attending RecFest 2022 - an amazing event where talent acquisition professionals can learn from other businesses, speakers and colleagues. I wanted to know - how do you set up a stand at RecFest? How do you prepare and deliver a presentation as a speaker? What were the best moments from the event? And of course, how do you deal with this scorching hot weather we’re having in the UK? Sophie Power from Zinc and Kish Lakhani from Adobe were RecFest partners and speakers and are here to tell us all about the event on the Coffee with a Recruiter podcast. See acast.com ..read more

Brian Evje is a seasoned talent and people leader with experience growing startups and large companies in London and San Francisco. Topics discussed: What causes fast growth in tech companies? What risks are involved when companies need to hire quickly? What can talent professionals, interviewers and founders do to minimise these risks and grow effectively? Welcome, Brian, to the Coffee with a Recruiter podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coffeewitharecruiter/message ..read more

We all want some level of professional success in our lives, but achieving success at work is a very difficult and ambiguous goal. Here to bring some clarity to this goal is Karolina Hayes. https://www.karolinahayes.com/ Karolina is an HR leader turned Leadership and success coach. She helps people and organisations define success, unlock potential and reach goals—whether that’s growing a business, supporting senior leaders, collaborating more effectively, or unlocking your team’s success. Topics discussed: Why is it important to define success? How do you define success? How do you make sure ..read more

How do you create a culture where ownership and product focus is central in software engineering teams? Here to answer this question is Jose Luis de la Peña. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jldelapena/ Jose is the Head of Engineering at Generation Home and a former Engineering Manager at Transferwise. Topics discussed: - Career progression as an engineer - What is "product engineering"? How is it different from software engineering? - If engineers want to develop their product skills, what can they do? - How do you interview for product skills in engineers? --- Send in a voice message: https://anc ..read more

Emily Sander is a Chief of Staff, author, C-Suite executive, and ICF-certified coach. She has a decade of experience across Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. We discuss: (02:10) Intro to Emily, career transitions (14:00) Three circles approach to problem-solving (26:00) Good communication, learning from mistakes (34:22) Adaptability through the Swizzle technique (44:00) “Junk volume” and knowing when to rest Enjoy! Links to Emily: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilysander/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092RPR9RX --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coff ..read more

Sean Allen is the Head of Talent Acquisition at The Very Group, a community admin at DBR and a member of RL100. He has tons of recruitment experience and is here to teach us a thing or two about: (01:00) intro to Sean, living in the North vs London, thoughts on hybrid work (08:40) DBR, RL100, the value of networking (15:00) tips on becoming a lead, what to expect (22:55) improving diversity in hiring (31:50) tips on being a great leader (39:30) horror movies and tattoos Also, Sean is looking for a talent partner! The Very Group is passionate about making good things easily accessible to more p ..read more