The Breakthrough Hiring Show: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Conversations

EP 39: Breaking down talent acquisition ops w/ Jared Long, Director of Talent Acquisition Operations at Duolingo

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Jared Long, Director of Talent Acquisition Operations at Duolingo, joins host James Mackey to discuss what the talent acquisition and recruiting operations landscape looks like, applicant tracking systems,  how to use events to create inbound demand, and more!

Episode Chapters

00:25 Who is Jared Long

04:05 What does the recruiting operations landscape look like

05:45 How to engage with passive talent

07:15 Applicant Tracking Systems are missing the CRM component

10:32 Breaking down the ATS landscape

15:25 Recruiting ops focuses on technology adoption

17:35 Training recruiters using short-form video on how to use talent acquisition technology

20:15 Recruiting technology lags behind

21:30 Recruiting tech stack at Duolingo

23:24 Pros and cons of Gem

27:02 How Duolingo inbounds candidates 

29:15 Using events to create inbound demand

31:24 How to curate your resume to get an interview

33:58 The importance of building your brand

40:14 Wrap up


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