Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast - Recruiting, Staffing, Human Resources

On the Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast, your host Ryan Dull of SageMark HR interviews today’s industry leaders in talent acquisition to discuss challenges, best practices, and what the future holds. If you are working in talent acquisition and have always wanted to sit down with your peers at other companies and pick their brain, this show is the next best thing. Topics for the show will include: recruiting, talent acquisition, recruiting technology, HR tech, and recruiting innovation.. Join us each week as we bring you a new talent acquisition interview and extract their expertise.

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Episodes

Building a Global Center of Excellence for Driving Talent Acquisition with David Feldman of Emerson Automation Solutions

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sit down with David Feldman . A 20-year talent acquisition veteran, David started as a recruiter for Aerotek and Citi. He advanced his career and spent 13 years as Global Director of Talent Acquisition at Monsanto and Bayer. He currently serves as the VP of Talent Acquisition at Emerson Automation Solutions and Corporate Functions. David views talent acquisition from a holistic and strategic perspective of how it truly affects and fits into a company...

Apr 27, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8

How Head of Global TA, TJ Kreuziger, Built a Multi-Faceted HR Career at 3M

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sat down with TJ Kreuziger , a 20-year veteran of and currently Head of Global Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce Solutions at 3M . He shares a little bit about his career path, the company’s biggest TA priorities for the coming years, and how he thinks the discipline will evolve in the future. TJ didn’t set out to be a recruiter. He walks us through how he got his start at 3M and the experiences he had that eventually led to a talent acquis...

Apr 20, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Identifying Technology Solutions and Optimizing Budgets for Talent Acquisition

This episode of TA Leaders is a little bit different. While host Ryan Dull usually sits on the interviewer side of the table, this episode was recorded originally as an episode of Select Software Reviews. Their team was kind enough to let us include the audio of that episode for this edition of TA Leaders . In this episode, Ryan discusses his framework for helping organizations determine what HR technology they need and how they can optimize their budgets and workflows. The five areas he digs in...

Apr 12, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Elevating TA with Technology, featuring Chad Melvin, VP Talent Delivery and Enablement, Aflac

In this episode of TA Leaders , Chad Melvin , Vice President of Talent Delivery and Enablement at Aflac , sits down with us to share his expertise and experience across more than two decades of talent acquisition experience. Chad discusses his career path up the ladder at Aflac, how he’s made strides by trying new organizational structures and technologies, and what he sees coming down the line for talent acquisition and human resources in general. One thing he mentions, in particular, is the de...

Apr 06, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The Future of Recruiting and the Role of Tech, with VP of Talent Acquisition, Shelia Gray

In this episode of the TA Leaders podcast, we sat down with Shelia Gray. Shelia is a long-time HR veteran who currently serves as the vice president of talent acquisition at Quadient, an IT and services business based out of Bagneux, France. Previously, she’s been a global TA leader at GE Appliances, Citrix, and AMD. Shelia talks about her journey in the human resources field, the things she loves about talent acquisition — both the fun and the challenging — and how she rose up through the ranks...

Mar 24, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

COVID Hiring, DEI and the Future of Talent Acquisition, with Sean Barry of Walgreens

On this episode, Sean Barry sits down with us to share his recruiting expertise and career experience over more than 20 years in talent acquisition. He’s currently the senior director of TA at Walgreens , leading talent acquisition across the organization. In 2020, that meant filling 135,000 jobs across the corporate call center, distribution center, and field networks. Sean dives into how he approached his first charge at Walgreens — creating an organizational structure allowing the team to exp...

Mar 16, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Optimizing Candidate Experience with Michael Gruber, SVP Talent Acquisition at Compass Group

In this episode, Michael Gruber , SVP of Talent Acquisition at Compass Group , sits down with us to share a bit about his career and how he and his team have developed systems and processes that allow them to efficiently hire over 100,000 people every year. Michael got his start in HR during his time in the military, so it was a natural fit for him once he transitioned back into civilian life. After an interesting two decades, including joining a company in its first year and growing it to nearl...

Mar 08, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2

On Scaling Strategic Recruiting with Technology, with Victor Gaines, SVP Talent Acquisition at Aveanna Healthcare

In this episode, Victor Gaines, SVP Talent Acquisition at Aveanna Healthcare sits down with us to share his journey in the talent acquisition space and his perspective on the state of TA today, as well as where it’s headed. Victor describes his career path through companies like Cigna, McKesson, and Comcast, and how he ended up at a startup doing $1.7 billion in revenue and growing fast. He leverages his experience to help recruiting teams scale up, exploring the ways that automation can lighten...

Feb 23, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introduction to the Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast

Jan 28, 2021•5 min

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