LinkedIn Leaders
Each week Joe Atkinson sits down with a LinkedIn Leader. Our aim is to make this the most practical show on Talent Acquisition. Expect practical advice from Global TA Leaders in 20-30 minutes. Suitable for recruiters, talent acquisition partners, TA leaders, sourcers & anyone in between.
Episodes
Célia Sauthier is the Head of Talent Acquisition at Moss. She’s leading a project to expand TA’s role beyond recruitment into onboarding, probation, feedback, and retention.
She’s combining AI + automation pilots with recruiter upskilling to free up capacity, future-proof her team, and position recruiters as true business partners.
In this episode, we explore how TA teams can move beyond hiring and deliver more value across t...
Andreea has 15+ years of experience in Talent, including a decade in corporate recruiting and now as a career coach and mentor. She’s helped 100s of people accelerate their careers, shift into new paths, and build confidence in their next step.
In this conversation we cover:
→ Why your career strategy shouldn’t start with your CV or LinkedIn
→ How to run a “work audit” to uncover your skills, strengths & values
→ The 3 a.m....
Szymon Kubicki is a former Head of Talent at Spendesk and Docplanner. Today he works with startups through a VC lens, helping them build lean, tech-enabled recruiting functions.
In this episode, Szymon shares how the best talent teams are being built in 2025 — smaller, smarter, and driven by impact, not headcount. We break down how AI is changing team design, what tools actually make a difference, and the new skills every recrui...
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Eric Guidice is the founder of Headcount365 and Unicorn Talent. He’s a former global recruiting leader at Uber and Bird, and now helps TA leaders turn their QBRs into strategic tools that drive real business outcomes.
In this episode, Eric breaks down how to run a world-class QBR — what to include, how to present it to execs, and how to turn data i...
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Shiv is a former Head of Talent for high growth companies such as Multiverse and Assembly Global. She now helps founders at companies like Metaverse and Learnably hire the top 1% of talent into their high growth environments.
In this episode Shiv debunks what A-Players actually means. How to find, assess and hire top performers who thrive in a high...
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Rory Mullins is a Director of Talent Acquisition and former People Director who has worked in Leadership roles at Uber, Wise, Trainline and TransferGo.
In this episode Rory shares how he recently achieved 180+ hires with 2 other recruiters in 12 months, including how to balance speed and quality.
He also gives tips to accelerate your career wit...
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Matt is a former Meta Sourcer, responsible for sourcing, attracting, and engaging with Senior-to-Lead Machine Learning Engineers across Europe.
He’s now a leading Sourcing Trainer, helping recruitment teams build scalable and efficient sourcing functions as well as finding & engaging with niche talent.
In this episode we focus on Matt’s sour...
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Giovanni Di Felice is the Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Statista. He previously held leadership positions in the Delivery Hero and Zalando recruitment functions.
This episode we focus on how to work effectively with business leaders, senior executives and founders as a recruitment professional, something Giovanni helps mentor and upskill hi...
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Dave Owen is the former Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Dyson and Talent Strategy Consultant at The BBC. He now advises on workforce transformation, organisational design and preparing workforces for AI.
He’s therefore perfectly positioned to advise recruiters and talent acquisition professionals on what they should be doing to prepare for th...
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Ben is currently Global Employer Branding Lead at Boosky. He previously worked in leadership roles at IBM, Tesco & Hootsuite.
He’s an award-winning EVP, employer branding and talent marketing leader with experience across recruitment, culture transformation, learning / leadership development, and consumer marketing.
In this episode we focus ...
Daisy is a 2× award‐winning TA Specialist, keynote speaker, and workplace strategist. She hosts the Realistic Happiness Podcast interviewing experts in careers, wellbeing, neuroscience, and psychology to uncover what actually makes people feel engaged, valued, and happy at work
In this episode why discuss why 81% of employees are considering leaving their job, how to avoid burnout and find meaning in your work & the biggest ...
How to Grow a LinkedIn Personal Brand | Anna Bertoldini
From 0 to 30,000+ LinkedIn followers - Nielsen IQ's Senior Brand Manager reveals her complete framework for building a personal brand while working fulltime.
In this episode, learn:
- How to safely build your brand as an employee
- The exact framework for growing LinkedIn followers
- Why most people fail at content creation
- Converting LinkedIn views into opportunities
- The three sta...
The Startup Hiring Playbook | Harriet Ball, SuperSeed
Harriet Ball shares her journey from Senior Talent roles at Uber & L'Oreal to Head of Talent in Venture Capital with SuperSeed VC. We cover what life is like as a Talent Partner at a venture capital firm, PLUS Harriet shares her guide to early-stage hiring.
In this episode, learn:
What a VC Talent Partner actually does (and how to become one) The key differ...
Recruiting vs Sales: What 240 Leaders Taught Me | Adam Gordon (Founder at Poetry)
In this interview I'm chatting to Adam Gordon. Adam has successfully built and sold HRTech companies and is currently building his next venture, Poetry
After 240+ interviews with TA leaders, Adam reveals why he believes recruiter enablement is the future...
⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 The Problem with Recruitment Tools 00:48 Learning from Sales Teams 04:01...
95% of Recruiters Get AI Wrong | Tom Hacquoil, Pinpoint CEO
Tom Hacquoil, CEO of Pinpoint, reveals why most recruitment teams are missing the real opportunity with AI, and how to actually use data to drive business decisions.
In this episode:
- Why AI job description writers & CV screening tools aren't the answer
- Where the actual value of AI lies for TA teams
- How to use data to influence business decisions
- The future...
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Episode 5: Joe Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) is joined by Andrew Lewis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lewis-31104559/), Head of Talent Acquisition at Worldly. He reveals how his personal branding approach generates 7,500 applications per quarter. How to evolve from a reactive recruiter to a strategic business partner and build a high-performance re...
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Episode 4: Joe Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) is joined by Brandon Jeffs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandohires/), Director of People & Talent at TLDR, to challenge conventional recruiting wisdom and reveal what actually works in startup hiring. From debunking the "A-player" myth to sharing practical tips on employer brand and for early-stage recru...
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Episode 3: Joe Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) is joined by Oana Iordachescu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/equalopportunity/), former Senior Recruiting Leader at Wayfair and Zalando, now founder of Fair Cultures. They explore the future of multi-generational workplaces, global team dynamics, and practical inclusion strategies for modern organisations.
C...
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Episode 2: Joe Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) is joined by Corey Archard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-archard/) to discuss exclusive insights from interviewing Steven Bartlett, building high-performance cultures through sports psychology, and the future of remote work. Plus, practical advice for talent leaders building elite teams.
Chapters:
00:...
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Episode 1: Joe Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) is joined by Adam Horne (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-open-org/) to talk about how to actually define company culture, how to change and communicate your culture & how to build a brand on LinkedIn
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Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:54) Defining Company Culture
(02:54) Why Companies Are Becoming More Tra...
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