The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations
Welcome to The Breakthrough Hiring Show! We are on a mission to help leaders make hiring a competitive advantage.
Join our host, James Mackey, and guests as they discuss various topics, with episodes ranging from high-level thought leadership to the tactical implementation of process and technology.
You will learn how to:
- Shift your team’s culture to a talent-first organization.
- Develop a step-by-step guide to hiring and empowering top talent.
- Leverage data, process, and technology to achieve hiring success.
Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!
The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations
EP 23: What is empathy-driven recruiting and how do you implement it w/ Elijah Elkins
Elijah Elkins joins the show to discuss empathy-driven recruiting and how to implement it, how bad business models create bad recruiters, recruiters with agency background vs corporate/in-house background, and a lot more!
Episode Chapter
00:23 Who is Elijah Elkins
03:32 What is empathy-driven recruiting and how do you implement it?
06:02 Changing your mindset from outcome-focused to experienced-focused
07:35 How bad business models create bad recruiters
10:35 The importance of having your recruitment vendor being a partner
12:45 The challenges with working with international clients
15:15 Recruiters with agency background vs corporate/in-house background
21:15 Creating better experiences by looking at recruiter pain points
22:55 How to determine the size of an in-house recruiting team, and how/when to leverage recruitment vendors (30-50 size company)
29:55 Flexible RPO solutions for start-ups are a newer phenomenon
31:34 How to determine the size of an in-house recruiting team, and how/when to leverage recruitment vendors (51-200 size company)
36:56 Common trap: job description stuffing and role creep
43:45 The importance of process
46:45 How to contact Elijah?
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