David Bizer is the CEO & Founder of Talent Fountain, talent management and recruitment firm focused on hyper-growth early stage startups, and a culture expert & consultant. As the first EU recruiter at Google, David’s reflects on lessons learne

Creating an Agile, Scalable, Mobile Talent Operating Model (w/ Larry Nash, Americas Director of Talent Attraction & Acquisition @EY)

Apr 15th, 2021 38m 33s

Larry Nash, Americas Director of Talent Attraction & Acquisition at EY, sits down with RAP this week to share all the details of EY’s TA strategy for 2021 and beyond. On top of conducting research for clients and helping them restructure recrui

A Multi-Channeled Approach to DEI & Talent Intelligence (w/ Sharon Garcia, VP of TA @Echo)

Apr 1st, 2021 34m 8s

Sharon Garcia, VP of TA at Echo Global Logistics, credits her curiosity as the X factor that helped her make an impact in her role. Sharon was tasked with establishing a sustainable structure for Talent Acquisition with a focus on DEI. Sharon r

Special Episode: How the Largest Senior Living Facility Navigated the Pandemic (w/ Todd Kizminski, Head of Global TA @Atria Senior Living)

Mar 25th, 2021 32m 20s

In late February 2020, Todd Kizminski (Head of Global TA @ Atria Senior Living) received a call that Atria was about to face major staffing problems due to a virus impacting Florida. Todd’s team had to act fast. In this special episode, we'll u

Chatbots VS Humans: What Do Candidates Prefer? (W/ Mike Seidle, COO & Co-Founder, Work Here))

Mar 12th, 2021 26m 15s

This week we sit down w/ Mike Seidle, COO & Co-Founder of Work Here, providing human-to-human communication in the hiring process. After pivoting his company from geofence recruitment marketing, Mike developed a chatbot and then pivoted again (

Recruitment Marketing & Brand: How to Win Talent & Influence Employees (W/ Alex Her, Global TA & Employer Brand Mgr., Acoustic)

Mar 5th, 2021 19m 24s

Wondering how to create an employer brand people believe in? Alex Her, Head of Global Talent Attraction & Employer Brand Manager at Acoustic, has successfully built and operated recruitment marketing and employer branding teams on his own. As w

How to Crowdsource Innovation through Employee Engagement (w/ Diane Circo, Head of US TA @Siemens)

Feb 25th, 2021 21m 43s

When hiring slowed down at Siemens, due to the pandemic, Head of US Talent Acquisition, Diane Circo, didn’t wait around for req volume to return to normal. Diane used this time to transform the US talent acquisition model from reactive to proac

Early Adopters’ Guide to HR Tech (w/ Phil Strazzulla, CEO/Founder of SelectSoftware Reviews)

Feb 18th, 2021 26m 3s

How do you get tech right? Host Max Notis sits down with Phil Strazzulla, CEO and Founder of SelectSoftware Reviews, to dive into best practices when it comes to buying HR tech - including how to pitch stubborn decision-makers on new tech, how

Insights reveal, Culture informs, Experience activates. (with Jeff Mike, Head of Research and Insights at Deloitte’s Human Capital Research & Sensing)

Feb 9th, 2021 30m 21s

Max and Jeff Mike (Head of Research and Insights at Deloitte’s Human Capital Research & Sensing) cover the difference between culture and experiences and how to use technology to gain insight into what’s happening in the organization, to delibe

Post-Acquisition: Creating Harmony in the Face of Uncertainty (with Julia Levy, Head of Global TA at CommScope)

Jan 28th, 2021 31m 59s

Julia Levy, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at CommScope, discusses how her team has navigated the challenges - and opportunities - following a major acquisition: merging two organizations and reimagining their employer value proposition - al

Why Don’t We Treat Recruiting Like Sales? (with Brittany Sever Sr. Dir. of Diversity and Talent Strategy at Asurion)

Jan 14th, 2021 27m 30s

Before joining Asurion as the Senior Director of Diversity and Talent Strategy, Brittany Sever held a variety of roles in finance, marketing and strategy. Join us as Brittany discusses the cross-functional learnings of her career and there appl

Remote Work Learnings & the Future of Hiring (with Jeff Wiehardt Talent Acquisition Director at Stifel)

Jan 7th, 2021 31m 32s

The transition to remote work has challenged companies' existing hiring procedures in unprecedented ways - but with unprecedented challenge comes the opportunity for growth and innovation. Jeff Wiehardt has navigated this digital transition on

Holiday Special: Reflecting on Recruiting Transformation in 2020

Dec 30th, 2020 22m 34s

Tune in for a special holiday episode as NYC recruiter Jessica Greenfeld from Connections of New York returns to the Recruitment Automation Podcast to reflect on how the recruiting industry has adapted since she was last on the show in March. J

Increasing Essential Worker Diversity with Community Partnerships and Technology (with Rishona Harris Director of TA & Development at Centuri Group)

Dec 15th, 2020 16m 43s

Rishona Harris has pushed the boundaries of diversity and inclusion for essential workers in energy services. As Director of TA & Development at Centuri Group, Rishona oversees everything from onboarding to career pathing to development, empowe

Taking the Office Home: The Shifting Values of Workplace Culture in the Transition to Remote Work (with Chandler Goldberg, Business Partner at Vox Media)

Dec 10th, 2020 17m 19s

Work from home has not only changed the setting of work, but has caused a paradigm shift for how corporate culture is communicated, valued, and created. Chandler Goldberg began her time with Vox Media as their first recruiter and is now navigat

Feedback, Transparency, and Automation for Simplification (with Charles Nelson and Tonisha Kilgore of Kelly)

Dec 1st, 2020 13m 50s

As feedback and transparency have become paramount to connecting to candidates, Charles Nelson and Tonisha Kilgore from the TA team at Kelly tell us how their focus on empathy is reflected through the candidate journey, where they’ve implemente

Not Just Adapting: How PepsiCo. Has Transformed Their Org in the Face of Crisis (with Blair Bennett, SVP of Global TA at PepsiCo.)

Nov 18th, 2020 23m 27s

Faced with Covid-19, PepsiCo did more than simply adapt: they have worked to push their hiring and their organization forward. They permanently moved all onboarding virtual, they kept their commitments to all their 2020 interns, and they increa

Special Episode: Hiring the Frontline Health Workers to Fight COVID-19 in NYC (with Jamie Grecco, HR Director at NYC Health + Hospitals)

Nov 11th, 2020 42m 56s

Back in March 2020, Jaime Grecco’s office got a call from the New York City Mayor’s office - the city needed 3,000 healthcare workers to start immediately, as COVID-19 was hitting NYC. Jamie’s department worked tirelessly to onboard and train t

The Secret(s) to Innovative, Award-Winning Recruiting (with Chloé Rada, Director of TA, Technology and Branding at Sodexo)

Nov 4th, 2020 25m 1s

This year, Chloé Rada (Director of TA, Technology and Branding at Sodexo) was awarded Rally’s Recruitment Marketer of the Year and was named one of TAtech’s 100 most influential thought leaders. How did she get there? Chloé shares some of her f

Cracking the Nut on Early Career Hiring (with Heather Colquhoun, Global Director of Talent Acquisition at Hatch)

Oct 29th, 2020 26m 18s

This week on RAP, Max’s guest is Heather Colquhoun, who is the Global Director of TA at Hatch. Heather tells us about Hatch’s unique candidate engagement process that helps her team more deeply understand early career candidates’ interests and

Your Tech Stack Shouldn’t Feel Like Jenga (with Alex Murphy and Amy Warren, Co-founders of JobSync)

Oct 23rd, 2020 41m 23s

This week on RAP, Max sits down with Alex Murphy and Amy Warren - co-founders and leaders at JobSync, software that streamlines the apply process across platforms. Alex and Amy discuss how clunky tech stacks are creating problems for both candi

Reshaping the Perception of Working in Healthcare (with Yomi Ntewo, Senior Director of TA at Sodexo)

Oct 13th, 2020 22m 49s

This week on RAP, Max sits down with Yomi Ntewo, to talk about how Sodexo has focused on building a standout candidate experience in the healthcare space, and how her team in North America has relied on colleagues from other countries for news

Tested through Time: A Holistic Candidate and Employee Engagement Process (with Leslie Vander Gheynst, VP of People at Keller Williams Realty)

Oct 6th, 2020 33m 6s

Keller Williams Realty was founded on the back of a unique, holistic approach to the candidate and employee engagement process, a process which is still in place today. This week on RAP, our host Max Notis sits down with Leslie Vander Gheynst,

Rapid Response Candidate Experience (with Victor Gaines, VP of TA @ Aveanna Health)

Sep 30th, 2020 44m 49s

Victor has lead TA teams at major organizations such as Fiserv and Comcast, and now heads up TA at Aveanna Healthcare. In this episode, Victor and Max talk about what Aveanna Healthcare’s TA team did to quickly react to the pandemic, how this c

Respect Your Future Employees! (With Anila Brown, Head of Organizational Development and Learning at Harris Computer)

Sep 18th, 2020 21m 34s

This week on RAP, we sit down with Anila Brown, who is the Head of Organizational Development and Learning at Harris Computer. Anila shares with Max how their post employment data led them to refocus on Candidate Experience, and how to ensure t