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The Talent Trade

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The Talent Trade is all about finding the right person, for the right opportunity, at the right time. But how exactly do you do that the "right" way? Executive Search Partner and Top Biller Stephanie Maas shares more than 25 years of experience about what it takes to be a top recruiter in today's "talent trade" market, using ThinkingAhead’s four-prong system focused on recruiting, business development, planning, and managing your mindset. It’s real, honest information about how to build your desk, perfect your niche, and stand out among the crowd in your search career. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.

Episodes

Talent Trade Tidbit - Find the Pony

Just a simple story about twins, toys, and a big pile of horse poop.  There’s a lesson, we promise. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Aug 08, 20242 min

Perfect Prep

Heather Campbell, Nonprofit Partner and Executive Recruiter with ThinkingAhead Executive Search, breaks down her process for prepping and debriefing clients and candidates, including the STAR method, not forgetting to lean into your results, the importance of phoning a friend, and more. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here....

Aug 01, 202426 minEp. 22

Recruiter Tales - Derek Schlender and Trinity Taylor

Derek Schlender, Partner and SBA Practice Lead, and Trinity Taylor, Partner and Recruiter with ThinkingAhead, share the skills they learned from working in the field of recruiting, and what they appreciate most about this unique and rewarding career path. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jul 25, 20243 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Summer Smarts

Learn how to enjoy summer the smart way, including adopting the right work mentality, some basic tips for being safe in the sun, and even how to survive a beach weekend with co-workers. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jul 18, 20245 min

Uncover, Discover, Remember

Stephanie welcomes Kay Linder, Partner with ThinkingAhead's Nonprofit Leadership Search, covering ground including the many hats a true recruiter must wear, the importance of planting the seeds of confidence, trust, transparency, and collaboration, using your head, heart, and gut together, and what being "fearless" really means. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here....

Jul 11, 202424 minEp. 21

Happy 4th of July from The Talent Trade!

Stephanie Maas shares a heartfelt 4th of July message on what makes the holiday great, what makes America great, and why the perseverance of our nation and one of ThinkingAhead’s core principles are remarkably similar. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jul 04, 20243 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Career Vaccine

Stephanie Maas shares her best advice for how to truly inoculate yourself against the ups and downs of the job marketplace, and the world at large. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jun 27, 20242 min

Recruiter Tales - Jennifer White

Jennifer White, Partner and Attorney Recruiter for ThinkingAhead, talks about the connection between search and sales, the RIGHT time to catch a candidate, and throws a shoutout to Talent Trade host Stephanie Maas! Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jun 20, 20244 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Out of Work?

Learn the 3 critical things to keep in mind if you find yourself in the perhaps unexpected position of having to search for your next professional role. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jun 13, 20244 min

Incredible Interviewing

Find out what makes interviewing today WAY different than interviewing a few years ago (and why that's a good thing), the 7 most important things to keep in mind as you prepare for and conduct your interview, what to do if the interview starts to go a little bit off the rails, and how to conduct yourself in the eventual follow-up interview (because you're for sure gonna crush the first one.) Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clickin...

Jun 06, 202412 minEp. 20

Recruiter Tales - Elise Gay

Elise Gay, Recruiter with the Life Sciences team at ThinkingAhead, talks about having the space to "fail it forward" to win at the end, shares one of her favorite success stories, and explains what drives her in her work. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

May 23, 20245 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Don't Be a Donkey

Stephanie provides a much-needed wake up call on keeping swagger levels from getting dangerously high. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

May 16, 20242 min

Becoming a Market Master

Stephanie welcomes the Strongest Man in Kansas, and Partner with ThinkingAhead, JW Heflin, who lays out the benefits of being highly specialized, how to gain speed to market and great coverage, the mindset for turning around your down years, how to build 4 mega-valuable relationships off of a single piece of info, the importance of NOT throwing spaghetti at the wall, and... what keeps him from eating live young? Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opp...

May 09, 202426 minEp. 19

Talent Trade Tidbit - Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

Stephanie stresses the importance of slowing down and learning to course-correct in the moment, rather than living with regret later. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

May 02, 20243 min

Recruiter Tales - Jessica Gurley

Jessica Gurley, recruiter on ThinkingAhead's Life Sciences team, talks about the "ThinkingAhead" effect, different types of approach by recruiters, and the importance of location, location, location! Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Apr 18, 20246 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Banker Fatigue

Stephanie asks the big question about banking that everyone wants to know…WTF?  Where’s the fun?! Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Apr 11, 20244 min

Our Product is People

Host Stephanie Maas is joined by ThinkingAhead Partner and Recruiter Cathy Moll, who shares tips for building relationships and being a better listener and hiring & training recruiters, explains why the search field both IS and IS NOT a sales role, and talks about walking uphill through the snow, discovering Google for the first time, and a few hilarious faxing mishaps. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here....

Apr 04, 202419 minEp. 18

Talent Trade Tidbit - Purple Spotted Unicorn

On the hunt for the rare beast known as the "purple spotted unicorn"? We've got bad news for ya...you're not going to find one. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Mar 28, 20242 min

Recruiter Tales - Jonathan McIntosh

In this edition of Recruiter Tales, ThinkingAhead Partner and Recruiter Jonathan McIntosh shares what he loves about working in search, and how for the right person, it's easy to hit the ground running. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Mar 21, 20243 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - How To Choose a Recruiter

Stephanie Maas wants you to check her out.......as a recruiter. Hear about the right questions to ask when finding a recruiter to work with, from both sides of the desk. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Mar 14, 20244 min

Being Yourself, FAST

Stephanie welcomes special guest Jonathan McIntosh, Partner and Recruiter with ThinkingAhead, to discuss the "recipe" for conduct on a call, the beauty and the terror of a cold call, getting off "the ladder", and why the words should never outshine the feeling. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Mar 07, 202424 minEp. 17

Recruiter Tales - Cathy Moll

In this first edition of Recruiter Tales, ThinkingAhead Partner and Recruiter Cathy Moll shares the story of how she found her way into the industry, and one quality that might make it a good fit for the right person. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Feb 29, 20243 min

Talent Trade Tidbit - Is/Was "The Great Resignation" Real?

Stephanie answers a surprisingly common question: is the so-called "Great Resignation" real? Spoiler alert...it definitely is. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Feb 22, 20242 min

Peeling the Onion

Learn how to set yourself up for influence by scratching below the surface on matters like compensation, commute, and other potentially important employment factors, making the mute button your best friend, and learning from the Jedi Knights. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Feb 15, 202414 minEp. 16

Talent Trade Tidbit - Why Be Honest With Your Recruiter?

A good recruiter has your back in a surprising number of ways, but only if you're honest with them. Hear one unconventional example, and learn why honesty is ALWAYS the best policy. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Feb 08, 20244 min

Keys to the Marketing Kingdom

Discover why MPCs beat MVPs and the importance of finding your niche, being proactive, and maintaining super secret confidentiality, plus, what's Tom Brady got to do with it? Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Feb 01, 202416 minEp. 15

Talent Trade Tidbit - Hiring vs. Recruiting

Although they might sound the same, being hired and being recruited are two VERY different things, and only one of them typically generates long-term results. Learn the difference and why it's important. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jan 25, 20244 min

Managing Between the Ears

Hear about the 5 areas to look for when building your confidence up in an uncertain market, the unexpected role of physical fitness and spirituality in recruiting, and more, all designed to get you out of your own head at work. Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.

Jan 18, 202417 minEp. 14