Episode description

Shannon Ogborn shares her career journey with us, from being an assistant to jumping into tech and making her way into the world of recruitment operations at Hired, moving onto and away from Google and now leading community and RecOps at Ashby. Shannon shares a ton of amazing takes on the space and shares some key points on ensuring your recruitment practices are inclusive by design.

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- The Leadership Agency is one of North America and the UK's best boutique startup recruitment agencies
- SpringLaw is Canada's first (and best) virtual employment law firm
- Wavy is a culture management platform for flexible teams

(1:00) – Introduction

(2:22) – Should we really call it an ATS!?

(4:50) – Icebreakers

(12:00) – Takeaways from learning photography as a hobby

(14:00) – History of Shannon’s journey in HR/Recruitment

(21:18) – Meaningful people along Shannon’s journey

(25:50) – Shannon’s POV on anonymizing profiles of candidates

(31:00) – Best part of being a recruiter; changing status quo around hiring practices

(35:00) – Shannon’s experience and tips for folks looking to work at larger companies

(42:00) – Diversity hiring, how to be intentional in hiring

(53:21) – Who Shannon modelled her practices after, influences, etc 

(59:41) – What’s most exciting about working for Ashby

(65:46) – What Shannon is most excited about with the market and Ashby’s role in addressing problems

(74:10) – Closing remarks