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Talent Insights
You don't know what you don't know. But you do know that building a successful team for your organization and excelling in your own career don't happen by accident. They happen by gaining actionable insights from those who have done it before. Luckily, you have the Talent Insights podcast, hosted by Hirewell Partner and Careerwell Cofounder, James Hornick. We'll help you learn the ins and outs of the talent game so both you and your organization will win.
Episodes
Talent InsightsNavigating The White Collar Shift - The Hirewell Update
In this episode, we cover Forbes' insights on the current white-collar job market, highlighting a surge in job opportunities in sectors like construction…
Talent InsightsLet's Rebuild Recruiting The Smart Way - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
As the 10 Minute Talent Rant inches closer to the century mark, you may be wondering "what is it that these guys actually do?" Besides make short form video…
Talent InsightsHirewell's Newish Cannabis Practice & the State of the Industry - The Hirewell Update
In this episode of The Hirewell Update, hosts Ryan Brown and Emily Goor chat with Scott Wells, Director of Hirewell's Cannabis Practice. Scott shares his…
Talent InsightsThe Wellness Shift: Gen Z and the Future of Work - The Hirewell Update
In this Hirewell Update episode, hosts Ryan Brown and Emily Goor delve into how Gen Z is reshaping workplace culture with a strong focus on wellness and mental…
Talent InsightsInbound Recruiting Is Broken - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
More is not always better. And the killer combo of Easy Apply buttons and 1 click AI resume customization pushed inbound applications to the max. Here's the…
Talent InsightsEmployment Data Analysis Is A Dumpster Fire - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
The title for this one says it all. But if you read it too fast, you may have missed the word "analysis." Trashing employment data is a national pastime for…
Talent InsightsBalancing Act: Family, Career, and Talent Recruitment with Sonya Heer - Beyond the Offer
In this episode of Beyond the Offer, hosts Rosanna Snediker and Bill Gates chat with Sonya Heer, Talent Acquisition Operations Manager at Delta Dental. Sonya…
Talent InsightsWhy LinkedIn & Indeed Are So Hard To Disrupt - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Every year I keep hoping some new recruitment tech will come along and save us. And every year I'm disappointed. Sure, a lot of cool stuff has come out. But…
Talent InsightsFrom Small Teams to Global Impact: Michelle Lee's HR Journey - Beyond the Offer
In this episode of Beyond the Offer, hosts Rosanna Snediker and Bill Gates interview Michelle Lee, Senior Director of HR at Signode. Michelle discusses her…
Talent InsightsWho's Gonna Screen All These Candidates? - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
A client of ours recently had a leadership level finance & accounting search that got over 600 inbound applicants. That's not the shocking part. Anyone who…
Talent InsightsThe Fear of Messing Up Hiring - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Why is everything moving so slow in hiring right now? Every recruiter we talk to – internal and external – says the same thing. More steps in the process. More…
Talent InsightsThe Magic of Recruitment: A Conversation with Sakena Gardner - Beyond the Offer
In this episode of the Beyond the Offer podcast, hosts Bill Gates and Rosanna Snediker chat with Sakena Gardner, Head of Talent at Revecore. Sakena shares her…
Talent InsightsThe Fallacy of the Current "Employer's Market" - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
We humans love to oversimplify things into binary choices. Dogs vs cats. Drake vs Kendrick. Democrats vs Republicans. And an "Employer's Market" vs a "Job…
Talent InsightsLeadership and Talent Trends with Tonya Wallach - Beyond the Offer
In this episode of Beyond the Offer, hosts Bill Gates and Rosanna Snediker talk with Tonya Wallach, Head of HR at Broadstreet Impact Services. Tonya shares her…
Talent InsightsWhy AI Won't Fix Hiring - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Another day, another AI tool that promises to change the world. But won't. It's not a big leap to think we're at the peak of the AI hype cycle. But in…
Talent InsightsWhy Ghosting & Boasting Will Never Go Away - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
It's amazing how so many companies tout how they're great places to work, then ghost you after an interview. I love irony. Corporate arrogance and poor…
Talent InsightsGen Z's 12% Unemployment, Explained - 10 Minute Talent Rant
The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 90 "Gen Z's 12% Unemployment, Explained" It came as a shock to pretty much everyone that the unemployment rate among 20-29…
Talent InsightsThe Human Element in HR - Beyond the Offer
In the inaugural episode of the Beyond the Offer podcast, hosts Bill Gates and Rosanna Snediker discuss the landscape of talent acquisition and human resources…
Talent InsightsRecruiting Is Not The Goal. Hiring Is. - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
What do you call recruiting that doesn't result in a hire? A complete waste of time. There's no better (worse?) way to spin your wheels than focusing on things…
Talent InsightsNeglected Markets Are Dying to Hire - 10 Minute Talent Rant
When I mention to my friends in accounting, legal, or manufacturing that hiring has been down…they have no idea what I'm talking about. Lots of industry…
Talent InsightsWhat Makes Recruiting Partnerships Fail (or Prosper)? - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
"What Makes Recruiting Partnerships Fail (or Prosper)?" - The 10 Minute Talent Rant is LIVE Stop me if you heard this one: "I had a bad experience with a…
Talent InsightsWe Never Fixed The Retention Problem - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Does it feel like tenures are getting shorter? The data says they are. Both over the long term and the last year. And that matches a lot of the conversations…
Talent InsightsWill LinkedIn Be Dead In 10 Years? - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Social networks come and go. That includes LinkedIn. There's an argument to be made that LinkedIn is more than that. It's a user generated, worldwide corporate…
Talent InsightsThe Future Of Work - Talent Insights
In this episode of Talent Insights, Hirewell CEO, Matt Massucci discusses "The Future of Work" with experts Jon Milonas, SVP at CBRE, Dan Michelson, CEO and…
Talent InsightsDumb Hiring Ideas Are Back, Baby! - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
The hiring market is improving, slowly but surely. It's not going to the moon like Bitcoin, but it'll get there. Hiring needs create urgency. Urgency creates…
Talent InsightsThe Unique Sh*tstorm For Young Professionals - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Remote on-the-job learning is hard. College loans are astronomically expensive. And no one knows what skills AI will make irrelevant (if any.) Change is…
Talent InsightsRemember Employer Brand? It's Dead. - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
The tech layoffs aren't over. Marketing budgets haven't recovered. DEI programs are slashed. Might explain why we don't hear anyone talk about employer brand…
Talent InsightsHirewell Data Insights: Hiring Trends Q1 2024 - Talent Insights
New year. New hiring market. Hopefully. 2023 was a year a lot of recruiters are happy to turn the page on. But it wasn't all bad. Hirewell did see some growth…
Talent InsightsDo Bonuses Buy Loyalty - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
It's January. Which means we're in the lame duck period for year end bonuses. Earned but not yet paid. With that comes complications. Some companies are…
Talent InsightsHow High Interest Rates Tanked Recruiting - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
For most of Hirewell's existence, internal recruiter positions were the #2 most commonly filled roles on a yearly basis. Right after software engineers. In…
Talent InsightsInterview Feedback Is Dead - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Ever not get hired and wonder where you fell short in the interview? But your contact at the company left you hanging? Or maybe you were on the other side…
Talent InsightsOnsite Interviews Are Better - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
The hiring world is obsessed with candidate pipeline building. Sure, the top of the funnel is important. But success in hiring has always been about…
Talent InsightsThe Disconnect Between Hiring and Retention - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Hiring leaders want the best. People with strong skills who fit very specific skill needs. No one ever says they'll hire someone who is "pretty good at a bunch…
Talent InsightsRecruiters Are Terrible Listeners - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
It's no secret that the recruiting industry doesn't have the best collective reputation. There's a lot of fingers to point. Executives think hiring is easy. HR…
Talent InsightsHirewell Data Insights: Hiring Trends Q4 2023
Miss us? We took Q3 quarter off for our mental health. The hiring market did so we did too… But Q3 ended with some hiring bright spots in the technology and…
Talent InsightsEvent Planning. So Hot Right Now - The 10 MInute Talent Rant
Real talk: back in the 9-5 in office days, there's nothing I wanted to do less than spending my evening (read: me time) at a networking event. I'm a recruiter…
Talent InsightsIs Remote Work Making Us Dumber? - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
What's the most played-out online debate of this decade? That's easy. "Are workers more efficient remote or in the office?" Everyone has their opinion and on…
Talent InsightsGiving Job Seekers Bad News Sucks - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
No one enjoys giving bad news. And that's a problem. One of the biggest complaints job seekers have about the interview process (besides not getting the job)…
Talent InsightsSurviving A Turbulent Recruiting Market - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
The current hiring environment confounded a lot of recruiters. Stock market is up, unemployment is low, inflation is going down…but hiring in tech-forward…
Talent InsightsBad Job Seeking Advice, Exposed - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
They say the best things in life are free. But don't they also say you get what you pay for? When the job market gets tough, job seekers are thirsty for…
Talent InsightsHiring Shouldn't Be An Experiment - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
When the job market is hot, interview processes are their most efficient. Companies go the extra mile to get people interested and on board. Job seekers are…
Talent InsightsWhy Hiring Managers Aren't Responding To Your Pitch - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Breaking News: Sales is hard. Everyone in tech or 'office dork' circles is having a rougher go of it right now. And the same goes for recruiters. Yes companies…
Talent InsightsInconvenient Truths About Reference Checks - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
#tbt to 2021 and Episode 28 "Reference Checks Are Stupid" Sadly, our first rant on this topic didn't change the world. Reference checks have come back in a big…
Talent InsightsDecoding Candidate Behavior in 2023 - The 10 Minute Talent Rant
Noticing any "odd" behavior from candidates recently? Or is it just us? Not bad. Just different. Maybe you get far more questions. Maybe your response rates…