Pivot2First

Welcome to the Pivot2First Podcast, your go-to source for all the latest trends, tips, and strategies in the world of recruitment. Join us as we chat with the leading experts in the industry about the latest recruitment tools, best practices, and more. So if you're looking to get ahead in the recruitment game, this is the place to be. Tune in every week for your dose of recruitment knowledge!

Kat Kibben founder & CEO is a...

Welcome to the Pivot2First Podcast, your go-to source for all the latest trends, tips, and strategies in the world of recruitment. Join us as we chat with the leading experts in the industry about the latest recruitment tools, best practices, and more. So if you're looking to get ahead in the recruitment game, this is the place to be. Tune in every week for your dose of recruitment knowledge!
We are so excited to have Jason Ezr...

Erika and Aaron, the dynamic duo from People on Point, give us the secret formula to the people strategy they used to leverage recruiting technology to make 200 to 300 hires a month while sustaining the employee count they then had. This strategy led to their business Carefinders being acquired. Tune into hear about their journey to success with Carefinders.

One of the reasons we are so excited to have Erika and Aaron join us is t...

Getting employee testimonials is a nearly impossible task. From coordinating everyone, carving out time to film, editing, and getting the videos, posted the workload becomes overwhelming. What happens if the employee quits? This episode, Jennifer Paxton, co-founder of Jamyr, discusses how video has a huge place in improving candidate experience and how Jamyr helps streamline creating employee testimonials.

3 things t...

This week we sit down with the Yin and Yang of HR: Solange Charas focuses on data analytics and its impact on enterprise level success and Stela Lupushor who applies data analytics to the impact on the future of work. Host Mike Seidle and co-host David Bernstein discuss with Solange and Stela the recent release of their book "Humanizing Human Capital: Invest in Your People for Optimal Business Returns" and the importance of...

Why aren’t 74% of recruiting teams meeting their hiring goals? Do they need to create more automation in the recruiting process? Or maybe review their candidate experience? It may not be the reason you think... Tune in to learn what the reality is versus the expectations people have of recruiters.

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PivotCX:https://www.pivotcx.io/

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This week we get into the numbers of the job market with David Bernstein - EVP of Corporate Development at PivotCX and
Carry Sparrow “Most Innovative CEO in the HR Tech Industry” award-winning CEO

Let’s paint a picture. It is 1995, and email is just starting to be used within the workforce. On Sunday, you run a job ad in the local paper. When you come into work on Monday, you have a line of curled resumes attached to the fax machine. You and your team of 4 recruiters must take the time to sort and scan all the resumes sent. Throughout the week, you get resumes sent in the mail, and by Friday, you have...

Job descriptions are not job ads and job ads are not job descriptions. Descriptions are straightforward. They show the functions of the job, requirements and what the "perfect" candidate looks like. However, it doesn't do anything to attract candidates. On the other hand, a job ad sells candidates. In a way, you have to have a marketing mentality in recruiti...

Ramping up service-based businesses is relatively quick, but you must ensure you provide an excellent service. Athin helps business entrepreneurs manage whether they need to adapt their model to be more sustainable (e.g., recurrent revenue vs. one-off jobs or changing their marketing and sales strategies).

“Peop...

Why do things change in our brain? Mindsets, belief, subconscious and more are all woven into the framework of neuroplasticity. It helps us understand how our brain changes.
Brand and culture specialist. Science behind what you need to do and how to get your brain to work together with itself.

People really reflected on what values they re...

PEOs (Professional Employer Organization) are outsourcing firms that provide services to smaller businesses. They enter a co-employment agreement with their clients and become the employer of record (EoR) for tax purposes. Typically, PEOs offerings may include human resource consulting, payroll processing, employer payroll tax filing, benefits administration, recruiting and hiring, regulatory compliance assistance, t...

Although it's good that we've optimized and focused on efficiency, innovation, and technology, we've lost our way a little bit in the age of technology. Streamlining, operational efficiencies, labor operations, labor efficiency optimization, and bringing people back into the equation is not an all...

There are a lot of people who still manage people with 40-year-old processes. Examples range from attendance policies to recruiting. However, the world is speeding up, and the expectations of our employees, applicants, candidates, and hiring processes need to get faster. Speed wins in recruiting, every time. Even if an employer comes out with a great job, but there’...

After the Great Resignation, employers have to rethink their recruiting marketing strategies. More than ever before, candidates are looking for companies that align with their values and lifestyles.

Mike and James tackle the following questions:
1. How does a CEO diagnose what’s the problem when they find themselves adjusting hours and production to fit a number of unfilled positions in their workforce.
Employers are incentivized...

Mike and Jon Dwoskin talk about what it means to “Always Be Recruiting” (ABR), and why Succession planning for more than the CEO and employee retention are key to solving companies’ hiring problems.

Millennials and Gen Zs are looking for specific things they want from a company. They want training and mentorship, and it...

In addition to podcast hosting, Ton Dobbe is the author of The Remarkable Effect and a SaaS Strategy consultant. Mike appeared on Ton’s podcast Tech Entrepreneur on a Mission Season 4, Ep. 163 published 4/26/2021. This time around, Mike hosts Ton.

For Ton, starting his podcast goes hand in hand with establishing his own consultancy. He wanted to learn how to build a remarkable software business from successful entrepreneurs. His d...

Ever since the Engaging for Success was published in 2009, Jo has been at the forefront of advocating for best practices in employee engagement. Employee engagement and success have grown into an important cornerstone of a successful company. While hard to define, emplyee success can be considered as the people need to have something meaningful about their work to do the best job they can. Employee experience is the next step forw...

Pivot to First explores topics and ideas with the goal of turning hiring into a competitive advantage. In this episode, Mike speaks with Rosey Nathan. In addition to being a podcaster extraordinaire based out of New Zealand, she is a Recruitment Partner with Customise Talent Group. You can also find her work as Career & Whole Human Mentor for Rosey on Recruitment and Career. She also has a varied background in Sales, Managemen...