Kenzie discusses her tansition from big tech to an AI startup, and how positive hiring manager relationships are more important than specific AI upskilling.
Key Points From This Episode:
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Welcoming Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher to the show.
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Kenzie tells us about herself and how she got into recruitment.
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A little bit about Kenzie’s fascinating career.
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The importance of building relationships with your hiring managers.
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The role AI is going to play in recruiting in the future.
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How she landed up at AssemblyAI and what it’s like working there.
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The kinds of questions she asks hiring managers when sourcing.
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How Kenzie filters resumes to narrow down her search.
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Kenzie shares some advice for anyone who wants to get into AI.
Quotes:
“With any role while you’re recruiting, as long as you’re having those conversations with your hiring manager and understanding what those main skillsets are, I do think it’s easy to go out there and source for them.” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [22:48]
“There’s definitely risks to being in a startup but I think now we’re seeing that there’s risks at being at bigger companies as well so why not take the risk?” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [30:40]
“AI is a booming industry [and] there’s a lot of energy around it right now.” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [31:24]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher on LinkedIn
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