America Back to Work

America Back to Work

America Back to Work is a podcast series hosted by leading pre-employment background screening services company, S2Verify. Every week, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer and former U.S. secret service agent, Arnette Heintze, will discuss timely and relevant topics impacting the labor market and workforce with industry experts. The series will cover issues related to recruiting, hiring, customer service, employee satisfaction, and more. Expert interviews include guests like William Tincup, the co-founder and Editor-at-Large at Recruiting Daily; Beacon Talent founders Juney Ham and David Berk; Award winning author and former intelligence officer for the CIA, Carmen Amato, and many more. Go to Twitter Spaces (https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYGNgaNmgPJw) to attend episodes live.

Episodes

Harnessing the Science of Hiring

July 15, 2025 • 24 mins
Eighty-five percent of resumes contain misrepresentations—are you doing everything you can to obtain an accurate perception of candidates?  Using assessments and game-based approaches can help HR professionals determine whether or not someone is a good culture fit and will help you deliver business outcomes.  Criteria is an assessment company that helps organizations make better hiring decisions using objective, multidimensional da...
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Why Companies Should Strive to Be Purpose-Driven

July 8, 2025 • 24 mins
Building a purpose-driven company is all about being values-driven—and that can’t happen if your team isn’t aligned. When you prioritize hiring based on shared purpose and values in addition to credentials, you’ll build a team that works toward a common goal. On this week’s episode of America Back to Work, Candace Bruder—Founder + CEO of Pure Sweat Studios—sits down with Arnette Heintze to discuss the role hiring plays in building ...
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The Role Employers Play In Mental Health

July 1, 2025 • 22 mins
Mental health has become one of the biggest parts of the hiring conversation, especially for Gen Z candidates. And… spoiler alert: by 2030, Gen Z will be the majority of the workforce! For that reason among many, it’s imperative that you understand who your employees are, what they need, and what they think they need. There are ways HR can establish a culture that supports the mental health of everyone involved, but it doesn’t stop...
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Using Data to Complement Intuition During the Hiring Process

June 24, 2025 • 21 mins
Staffing has changed a lot in the last few years—but it remains an industry that creates opportunities for companies and individuals.  As we head into 2023, there are many uncertainties about where staffing will go this year and years to come, but there’s no question that companies are still looking for top talent. So, if you’re not taking care of your team, someone else may by way of remote work options, increased salaries, great ...
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Why Employees Are the Biggest Cybersecurity Threat to Companies

June 17, 2025 • 21 mins
The number one reason employees fall for cyberattacks is they don’t want to let down their boss when they ask for something. The hacker learns who communicates with the executive team at a company and mimics the position of authority—it’s called spearfishing. Training employees in cybersecurity is one thing—but making sure they actually learn from it is another. On the first episode of America Back to Work of 2023, we’re bringing o...
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Navigating the Future of Work with Katie Marchetti

June 10, 2025 • 23 mins
In our world of remote and hybrid jobs, it’s not always possible to onboard, shadow, and train new hires in person. HR departments have to be proactive to make sure new hires are getting what they need to be successful. It’s crucial for the success of your company too. Are you creating an onboarding strategy before your new hires start, or are you playing it by ear? Are you committing time and effort to making your new hires feel e...
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Revolutionizing Recruitment with Purpose with Ryan Landau

June 3, 2025 • 20 mins
In this week’s episode of America Back to Work, host Arnette Heintze welcomes Ryan Landau, the visionary founder of Purpose Jobs, to discuss the transformative approach to connecting talent with purpose-driven companies. Diving into Ryan’s entrepreneurial journey, the duo explores the importance of aligning personal values with corporate culture, the changing landscape of the job market, and innovative strategies for job seekers an...
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Building a Customer-Obsessed Culture with Jen Sanning

May 27, 2025 • 24 mins
When you have a customer-obsessed culture, you not only have lower turnover, but also loyal customers who won’t leave you for someone else. Delivering this stellar customer experience can’t be up to one person, though; it’s up to the entire company.  In this week’s episode of “America Back to Work,” Jen Sanning—executive at Forrester—will sit down with our host Arnette Heintze to discuss the importance of great employee and custome...
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The Future of HR and Talent Acquisition with William Tincup

May 20, 2025 • 25 mins
Welcome to another episode of America Back to Work podcast, brought to you by S2Verify, where we dive deep into the evolving world of HR and talent acquisition. In this must-listen-to episode, we're honored to host William Tincup, a titan in the HR industry, renowned for his unconventional journey into HR, his thought leadership, and his optimistic outlook on the future of work. Episode Highlights: * The intersection of art and HR...
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From CIA Covert Operations to Effective Employee Recruiting

May 13, 2025 • 25 mins
Welcome to the latest episode of America Back to Work, where we delve into the world of hiring, company culture, and insider risk. In this episode, our host, Arnette Heintze, is joined by a very special guest: Carmen Amato. Carmen is an award-winning author and former CIA officer who brings a unique perspective to our conversation. From her 30-year career with the CIA to her acclaimed detective series, she shares insights on identi...
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Elevating Your Game In Pursuit of Talent

May 6, 2025 • 26 mins
Recruiting and hiring in the post-pandemic, pre-recession world presents challenges to HR and business leadership. The cost of turnover, how recession affects hiring, employee retention – these are just a few of the stumbling blocks in today’s tight labor market.  In this episode of America Back to Work, Dave Berk and Juney Ham—co-founders of Beacon Talent—discuss the challenges of hiring today and offer their unique insights and e...
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The State of Employee Relations

April 29, 2025 • 27 mins
At the height of the pandemic, employee relations were top of mind for most companies as they tried to help their teams navigate drastic change in the workplace. But are they still prioritized today? Unfortunately, the case for most companies is no—but there are ways HR pros can ensure employee relations are a focus once again, and we invited Brad Eddy on this week’s episode of America Back to Work to discuss them. Brad is an HR ...
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How to Align HR and Business Strategy

April 22, 2025 • 26 mins
In the workplace, HR often has to fight for a place at the leadership table and prove their role’s importance in business strategy. Danielle Bodalski is a seasoned HR expert who has come close to cracking the code of HR getting and maintaining that seat, plus the importance of having it.  In this episode of America Back to Work, Danielle and Arnette discuss aligning HR and business strategy. Danielle shares what she’s learned from...
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How to Adopt a Special Operations Mindset in HR

April 15, 2025 • 30 mins
America Back to Work is no stranger to bringing strategies and learnings from working in the public sector into HR—in fact, our host Arnette Heintze was a Secret Service Agent for 20 years before joining the private sector. To follow suit, this week’s guest is a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, Mike Sarraille.  Mike’s 20-year career as a Recon Marine, Scout-Sniper, and now retired U.S. Navy SEAL has taught him a lot about which mili...
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What HR Pros Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

April 8, 2025 • 29 mins
We’re in the AI race in HR right now, and it’s quickly picking up traction in the workplace. It’s a little scary, sure, but as we know from the inception of the internet and then social media, leaning into its uses to make your life easier rather than shying away is the best way to be proactive and innovative.  You may be wondering, “Where do I begin?” This week’s episode is a great place to start. Lydia Wu, a results-driven and c...
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How Do Top Candidates Vet Employers?

April 1, 2025 • 23 mins
After the Great Resignation, a lot of us in HR got used to a world where we were desperate for new hires… And that resulted in a lot of wrong people in the wrong roles.  Now, we need to overcorrect and make sure the right people are ending up in the right roles—but it’s trickier than ever before because candidates care about much more than just salary these days (succession, growth, a clear path for their career, etc.) The power d...
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How HR Fuels Growth

March 25, 2025 • 31 mins
You can’t grow your business without growing and scaling your people and developing programs that support them, as Belinda Waggoner says.  Belinda is a seasoned HR executive and the mind behind People People, an organization that helps businesses with the “people” side of things—because a lot of teams struggle with it. She is passionate about creating workplace cultures that drive success and sees the correlation between strong HR ...
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Unconventional Recruiting Strategies and Hiring BIPOC

March 18, 2025 • 28 mins
Have you heard of blind recruitment? Gamified assessments? Skills challenges? VR? These are some of the unconventional tactics that today’s recruiters are implementing into their strategies to ensure more diverse hires. The name of the game is seeing the candidate beyond what’s on their resume—and most importantly, beyond their demographic.  On this week’s America Back to Work, Ross Cadastre—a recruitment expert and Founder of ITS ...
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How to Diagnose and Develop Leadership Agility

March 11, 2025 • 29 mins
These days, it can feel like no one week at work is the same as the last The world is changing quickly—be it breaking news stories everyday, newfound information about what works best for our employees, developments in DEI, or innovations in technology. No matter what it is that’s changing around us, the best leaders need to be flexible in order to be successful.  Agility in business leadership can mean a lot of things—like quick-t...
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The Truth About Bad Behavior in Recruiting

March 4, 2025 • 26 mins
Recruiting—Leaders in HR provide a laundry list of ideal candidate experience, offering a non-competitive salary, and want the position filled in two weeks. Due to all of the requirements, biases, and leadership’s champagne taste with a beer budget, the hiring process takes months for a mid-level manager (or below!). After all that, leadership doesn’t think it’s a good fit and the recruiter ghosts the candidate.  As you probably a...
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