Send us a text Vanessa Raath is a Global Talent Sourcing Trainer | International Keynote Speaker | Career Brand Specialist & Coach Vanessa holds a teaching degree and spent 8 years as a teacher in the United Kingdom. She now combines her passion for teaching and recruitment in order to offer much needed Sourcing Training to the South African Recruitment Industry. Marcus and Vanessa discuss how the art of sourcing has really grown into a separate career - and a different skillset to recruitin...
Jan 28, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with recruiter and coach Chris O’Connell. He achieved worldwide top-biller status as SThree and managed teams generating £15 million in revenue. Then, he started his own recruitment business, grew it to £25 million in annual revenue and, in his own words, “lost it all.” Today, Chris does what he truly loves. He helps leaders build purpose-led businesses that perform optimally with a focus on what Chris calls the BASE Mindset, which stands fo...
Jan 21, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Hung Lee, who built the Recruiting Brainfood newsletter from scratch into a thriving community of over 25,000 adoring fans, with a potent and fascinating curation of content aimed to satisfy, inform, and entertain recruiting and growth professionals all over the globe. Aside from Recruiting Brainfood, Hung is the co-founder of tech recruitment company Workshape.io and the tech startup 300 Notes. Listen in as Hung shares the limitations ...
Jan 14, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Julia Pollak, Labor Economist at ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace that uses powerful matching technology to connect millions of businesses of all sizes and job seekers every month. Julia is a Harvard graduate, and Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, and an enlisted helicopter mechanic in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She is also the winner of the Military Excellence Award as the top recruit of more than 800 people ...
Jan 07, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Guillaume Moubeche, the Founder and CEO of Lemlist, a tool that many recruiters are starting to embrace which automates sequences and personalizes cold email outreach to both candidates and clients. Lemlist has quickly amassed a $3m ARR in under 3 years - and Recruiters are embracing the tool in an effort to automate and personalize outreach at scale. Guillaume shares how the many hurdles and uncertainties this year brought us served as...
Dec 31, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text Just a 2 minute message from Marcus at Christmastime! Connect with Marcus https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusedwardes/
Dec 24, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Mitch Sullivan, trainer and recruiter known on LinkedIn for his biting wit and take-no-prisoners approach to the recruitment industry, social media, and his passion for copywriting. Mitch created the online training course, Copywriting for Recruiters , and is the author of On Recruitment , a book chock-full of wisdom and best read within easy reach of a six pack or a glass of wine. Listen in as Mitch shares his unique approach to gainin...
Dec 17, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Jamie Beaumont, a recruiting technology entrepreneur. He ran his own recruiting agency in graduate recruiting before he founded Offerd, a SaaS tool that automates the many top-of-the-funnel administration tasks. He also, more recently, founded another SaaS platform for recruiters called Fuel, which he calls “the Klarna for Recruitment”, helping agencies get paid 100% of their fees upfront whilst allowing their clients to split their pay...
Dec 10, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Sam Wallace, Founding Member of Chief, a private network designed specifically for senior women leaders. She is also the Managing Director at Sheffield Haworth, an international executive search and talent advisory firm. Sam is part of a globally-integrated team dedicated to executive search work across technology and professional services. She is a mom of identical twins, loves the mountains and mountain biking, is an avid reader, and ...
Dec 04, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Mike “Batman” Cohen, founder at Wayne Technologies, and well-known in the sourcing and recruiting community as an advocate and practitioner of technology automation and innovation in the industry. He has spoken at many conferences such as SourceCon, Talent42, Sourcing Summit, HRNow, RecruitCon, and many more. Mike admits that he has been kicked out of every agency he has ever worked in. While obviously not proud of that fact, he took it...
Nov 20, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Meagan Murray, Head of People at Anduril Industries. Meagan previously held leadership positions at well-known brands such as Riot Games, Facebook, Cruise Automation, and Karat. Meagan reveals how she got Covid in March - and how terrifying it was back then when we knew even less about the virus. Meagan is also a Cancer survivor which she shares too. Meagan details how Covid has completely re-shaped the way she views here professional l...
Nov 13, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Lucy Leonelli, Director of Executive Recruiting at Twilio, Inc and former Managing Partner at Wilton & Bain. At one point in her corporate career, Lucy developed a hunger for adventure that inspired her to look beyond her job to see what else life had to offer. Upon returning to Wilton & Bain, her professional motivations were never the same. She references Frodo’s return to the Shire in Lord of the Rings, where Bilbo tells him,...
Nov 05, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Bree Silveira, who shares her experience as a recruiter up until COVID-19 led to her getting laid off from Glassdoor. Bree describes her understandable feelings of disbelief and grief upon being laid off. She quickly regained her bearings, however, and decided to focus on the silver linings that the crisis presented. For one, Bree was actually a week out from a planned maternity leave when she was laid off. Listen in as Bree discusses l...
Oct 28, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text Lauren Jones of Leap Consulting Solutions In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Lauren Jones, founder and CEO at Leap Consulting Solutions. Lauren was in the unique and especially challenging position of being forced to deal with the COVID-19 crisis right after she founded Leap Consulting Solutions. Not to be deterred, Lauren decided to focus on what she could continue to do effectively even as shutdowns were taking place all around her: help those who were struggling to ge...
Oct 23, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Henna Pryor of Pryority Group In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Henna Pryor. For 14 years, Henna was one of the top finance and accounting recruiters in the Tri-State area, and consistently in the 10% of performers at Kforce, including the number one spot in 2017. In 2019, she founded the Pryority Group, where she focuses on executive coaching and transformative training for high achievers. She recently developed a course aimed squarely at helping recruiting and sales p...
Oct 15, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Jonathan Kidder: The Wizard Sourcer In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Jonathan Kidder, otherwise known as the “Wizard Sourcer”. He is currently working as a tech recruiter for Amazon, and his blog, Wizard Sourcer , has become one of the leading knowledge resources for recruiters online. Listen in as Jonathan unloads a treasure trove of advice on the current sourcing and recruiting landscape, including best practices to keep in mind when reaching out to potential candida...
Oct 08, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Maurice Fuller, founder and Conference Producer at StaffingTec, which began in May 2018 to meet the need for an up-to-date and reliable information hub and community dedicated to the world of staffing industry technology. Maurice is also the President of NewVector Group, a management consultancy and training company specializing in serving the IT staffing sector. Maurice discusses the ever-evolving landscape of staffing technologies and...
Sep 30, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus interviews another Marcus, Marcus Sawyerr, Global Head of Digital Partnerships at the Adecco Group. Marcus Sawyerr details Adecco are adapting to the new economic landscape, and evolving digitally as the recruiting space continues to mature. He also examines the importance of developing essential diversity and inclusion practices. What you’ll learn in the episode… [02:37] How Marcus sees both daily operations at Adecco as well as his role as the global head...
Sep 22, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text This week on RT - Marcus shares a blueprint for implementing an impactful corporate culture that is both binding and progressive - and the key driver for Recruitment and Retention of the talent you need. Connect with Marcus https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusedwardes/
Sep 17, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text In this episode, Marcus interviews Roopesh Panchasra, Global Head of Executive Recruiting and Employer Branding, Vice President at SAP. Roopesh details how he and his team approach the multi-faceted challenge of finding great talent at SAP, from designing better candidate experience to building out a high-tech talent intelligence operation. He also examines the key differences between in-house and agency recruiting. COVID’s Effects With the events of early March and global lockdow...
Sep 10, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Julie was my first guest on Recruiting Trailblazers - where she revealed she was leaving her position as Global Head of TA at Glassdoor. Find out how she's been getting on over the summer and how her quest for a new role is progressing! Connect with Marcus https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusedwardes/
Sep 03, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Matt Allen: We Are Not Participating in This Recession. In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Matt Allen, founder of Verticalmove, a 20-year-old high-end boutique technical and executive search firm based in Seattle, now moving into the Phoenix area. Verticalmove specializes in the placement of senior level software engineering and tech positions, both on contract and permanent. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Verticalmove has seen a drastic shift from hiring primari...
Aug 25, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers – Marcus interviews Bruce Morton about his role at Allegis as Chief Strategy Officer and his book “Redesigning the Way Work Works” Bruce shares how he advises Clients on workforce design and TA in the future - as well as actually leading the design of most suited services for the Allegis client portfolio. Allegis Largest privately held staffing firm in world (owns Aerotek) and operates in all the usual talent verticals – technology, manuf...
Aug 18, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Andrew Trout is the Head for Talent Acquisition at Gusto. A people platform for small businesses handling everything from payroll to HR and benefits who ramped up to 1400 people last year with 600+ hires. He led his team in transitioning into the COVID period by being empathetic while looking out for the business. In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, Andrew shares the steps Gusto has taken to ensure they remain productive even as they work remotely from home. He talks about...
Aug 11, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text In this week's episode of Recruiting Trailblazers - Natasha Katoni, from prominent VC Firm Amplify Partners, shares her mindset, methods and magic during her journey from Agency Recruiter to her current role as Head of Talent. Natasha explains the difference between the roles as a Talent Partner as opposed to her previous role as a Recruiter. Marcus and Natasha discuss the climate inside the VC world - including the remote working paradigm and how it may “stick” as we move forward...
Aug 05, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Now is a good time to be working for one of the big brand Recruiting and Services companies and Randstad is one of the biggest, with revenues of 23BN Euros worldwide. This week's guest on Recruiting Trailblazers is Joel Leege. As EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Joel leads Randstad Technologies’, Engineering and our Centralized Delivery business unit’s sales approach for account portfolio alignment, sales methodology, productivity/growth strategies and execution. Joel is the US l...
Jul 29, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text This week, Marcus speaks with Founder/Author, Jeff Wald, about giving away a $10m prize in 2040, the future of jobs and work and his book, The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Jeff is the founder of Work Market, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP). Jeff is the author of The Birthday Rules and The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Jeff frequently speaks at c...
Jul 20, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text On this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, host Marcus Edwardes speaks with special guest, angel investor and serial entrepreneur, Adriaan Kolff, on job seeker strategies, advanced sourcing as a service - along with some amazing tools and tips that are worth their weight in gold! Adriaan shares the rollercoaster ride of MatcHR over the last few months - by doubling down on his Business Development efforts - focusing on current clients and by starting tooffer free Sourcing Worksho...
Jul 14, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers - Marcus speaks with Casey Jacox about his journey to become the #1 All-time Salesperson for Kforce - one of the top Staffing Firms in the USA. Casey relates some of the struggles to get to the top and the lessons he learned along the way - stating that the only thing that you can truly control are "Attitude and Effort". Casey reveals some of the winning strategies that he applied in his 20 year sales career - and the main tenets of his b...
Jul 07, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text In this pilot episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, Marcus investigates remote recruiting and begins his hunt for producers, leaders, innovators, and pioneers who have made their mark on the Recruiting industry and can’t wait to share their points of view! In this episode, Marcus is joined by Julie Coucoules, who most recently worked as Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Glassdoor. Julie has spent the last 20 years working in human resources, recruiting and talent acquisition, mos...
Jun 30, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
