Agency Metrics and KPIs – Focus on Quality, Not Just Quantity
This week, Marcus reviews the traditional KPI/Metrics model that many Agencies have used for decades – and promotes the idea of a more empowering, quality-driven model. 8.5 minutes of great content – and next week we’ll be back on the interview train with a TA professional from inside the business.
Marcus Edwardes: Taking The First Steps to Trusted Advisor Status with Clients and Candidates.
This week – Marcus iterates upon his recent podcast “How to Have Your First Conversation With a Candidate” by looking a little more closely at the steps you need to take along the relationship development journey in order to build a rock-solid relationship from scratch- by demonstrating your vulnerability and empathy and ensuring you have...
Lindsey Day: Intentionally Creating a Positive Candidate Experience
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Lindsey Day, Assistant Director of Talent Acquisition and Development at Infotech, a Florida-based company that provides software solutions for the road construction industry. She is also a career coach and one of the first members of the Forbes Coaches Council and a board member at startGNV, a nonprofit...
Marcus Edwardes: How to Have Your First Conversation with a Candidate
This week on Recruiting Trailblazers, Marcus shares his strategy for the all-important internal interview – or the first time a Recruiter speaks with a candidate. Marcus reveals his list of priorities on each candidate call along with the workflow and typical questions he asks each person. Lots of value here for both internal and agency...
Kristina Finseth: How to Win Clients and Candidates With Cold Email Outreach
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Kristina Finseth, Director of Growth Marketing at Interseller, a prospecting and outreach platform for recruiters and sellers. Listen in as Kristina offers her top tips and recommendations for leveraging and harnessing cold email for recruitment success. She describes the value of Interseller specifically as a platform for outbound-driven...
Rory Maddocks: Launching a Recruitment as a Service Business
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Rory Maddocks, Managing Partner at Talisman Advisory Partners, a brand new recruitment services business based in Los Angeles. Rory previously served as Head of West Coast Business at GQR Global Markets for six years, leading a division of cross-functional specialists teams in renewable energy, commercial construction, aerospace, cybersecurity,...
Marcus Edwardes: How to Prepare a Candidate for Interview Success!
This week on Recruiting Trailblazers, Marcus delivers a short episode on his interview preparation strategy for candidates. Marcus explains the importance of the Interview Prep call – from both a relationship-building/cementing and a strategic point of view. Quite simply – it revolves around 3 keywords – Vision, Culture, and Role. Marcus gives examples of the...
Lyndsey Meredith: How Personal Branding Accelerates Your Success as a Recruiter
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with The Recruiter Coach, Lyndsey Meredith. She is a personal branding, startup, and success coach for recruiters. With over 15 years of experience in the recruiting space under her belt, Lyndsey shares just how critical it is for recruiters to get clear on their personal brand, and offers her...
Vanessa Raath & James Hornick: Double Trouble – Recruiting Trailblazers 1 Year Anniversary
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the podcast, Marcus Edwardes speaks with two amazing guests: Vanessa Raath, a global sourcing trainer and international keynote speaker based in South Africa; and James Hornick, partner at Hirewell, a 70-person recruitment agency in Chicago. James is also known as the publisher for the Talent Rants and Sarcasm newsletter....
Riece Keck: A Fireside Chat- WFH, Niche Markets, Engagement Models and More!
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes chats with Riece Keck, the founder, and CEO of Vault Recruiting, a boutique agency specializing in recruiting for recruiters as well as embedded recruiting services. Vault Recruiting Agency’s primary market is the technology startups and has built out engineering, finance and accounting, customer success, and sales teams at some of...
Robin Walters: Going Rogue & Building The Anti-Staffing, Staffing Agency
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Robin Walters, Founder and CEO of Rogue Recruitment, the “anti-staffing, staffing agency”, as well as Rogue Response, a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing her community. She also serves on the board with Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma. In addition, she is a writer of fiction books and...
Tom Case: The Inside Scoop on Start-Up Recruiting
In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks to Tom Case. Tom is the head of Talent at Cerebras Systems, a computer systems company, building a new type of computer optimized for AI work and contains the world’s largest computer chip. Tom has an Executive search background that began in an agency, went to Facebook, and worked...