Digital Recruiter Podcast

Digital Recruiter Podcast

Welcome to the Digital Recruiter Podcast, where we dive deep into the recruiting world and share valuable insights and strategies for success in the digital landscape. Join our host, Clark Willcox, as he interviews industry experts, thought leaders, experienced recruiters, and agency owners to uncover what’s working, what’s not, and what’s on the horizon in the ever-evolving field of recruitment. Whether you’re a seasoned recruiter or just starting out, this podcast is your go-to resource for staying ahead of the curve and maximizing your recruiting efforts. Tune in and level up your recruitment game with us. For more information about us visit click on HERE ---＞ https://linktr.ee/thedigitalrecruiter

Episodes

#127- Special Edition Series: Why Twelve People Matter More Than Twelve Thousand

July 17, 2026 • 43 mins
Episode Summary Clark Willcox pulls Ross Mayfield in front of the mic for an inside look at what's actually driving results on LinkedIn right now. Ross has spent five years as Director of Customer Success at Digital Recruiter, guiding over 300 recruiters through the content workshop, with results ranging from a $300K project win to a pipeline that made up 60% of one firm's revenue. The conversation starts with the trap of writing...
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#126- One-Way Ticket to Bogota: Eric Tabone on 18 Years Building a Nearshore Recruiting Business

July 10, 2026 • 39 mins
Episode Summary: What started as a post-graduation trip to Bogota in 2008 turned into 18 years abroad and three companies.  Eric Tabone, Managing Director of Nearshore Business Solutions, joined Clark to break down what nearshore actually means, why the myths about Latin America are holding US companies back, and how recruiting agencies can use the LATAM talent pool to scale faster and smarter. Clark and Eric cover the fu...
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#125- Creating Content that Converts to Placements

June 5, 2026 • 32 mins
Episode Summary Clark Wilcox and Ross Mayfield go internal for this one. Ross has been with Digital Recruiter since the beginning - Director of Marketing, Lead Coach, and the person behind the content strategy driving results for dozens of recruiting firm owners every month. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at what's actually working on LinkedIn right now, and what most recruiters are still getting wrong. The conversati...
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#124- Prison Recruiting to Entrepreneurship: Tracy Glynn’s Recruiting Journey

May 29, 2026 • 42 mins
Episode Summary Tracy Glynn didn't take the typical path into agency recruiting. She started in real estate, pivoted to a small boutique agency after the 2007 crash, and spent the next 15 years climbing the internal ladder, eventually becoming VP of Talent for a private equity-backed healthcare startup that grew so fast she hired 20 internal recruiters in 15 months. When that company was acquired by Optum, the entrepreneurial itc...
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#123- What Every Recruiting Firm Needs to Know About Their ATS

May 15, 2026 • 48 mins
Episode Summary Sanket Chauhan didn't set out to build an ATS. He set out to solve a research problem. Three years ago, when AI models were just starting to get good, he and his co-founder built a Chrome extension to automate sales research and a wave of recruiters found it first. That accidental discovery turned into a research agency, which turned into a hard truth: not a single recruiting firm they worked with actually liked th...
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#122- How Michelle Masterson Helps Recruiting Firms Scale Without Burning Out

April 17, 2026 • 45 mins
Episode Summary Michelle Masterson didn't build her career advising recruiting firms from the outside. She built it from inside the industry, first as a practitioner, then as a partner in one of the most comprehensive firm-building ecosystems in the country. As Managing Partner of Next Level Exchange and Sanford Rose Associates, Michelle has spent 14 years helping recruiting firm owners diagnose what's holding them back and build t...
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#121- The LinkedIn Content Strategy That Built a Recruiting Agency from Scratch

April 3, 2026 • 42 mins
Episode Summary Scott Smith didn't come from recruiting. He came from sales leadership in the material handling and industrial automation space, the people who supply the supply chain. After nearly a decade building and scaling go-to-market teams, Scott and his co-founder Cameron realized that the hardest part of growth wasn't strategy. It was getting the right people in the right seats. That realization led them to launch Henry No...
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#120- Scaling Smarter with Austin Moore: How to Grow Without Breaking Your Business

February 27, 2026 • 51 mins
SUMMARY Austin Moore didn’t set out to build a $17 million staffing company. Like most recruiters, he fell into the industry after leaving a cubicle job and a short stint in car sales, looking for something more performance-driven. What he found was a career that rewarded grit, sales discipline, and resilience. After cutting his teeth at firms like Medix, Robert Half, and Beacon Hill, Austin eventually made the leap into entr...
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#119- How Mike Malinowsky Blends AI with Humanity in Modern Recruiting

February 20, 2026 • 43 mins
Episode Summary Mike Malinowsky didn’t stumble into recruiting. He chose it as a life decision. After spending more than a decade in the U.S. Army working in communications and IT, Mike and his wife made a pivotal call when their kids reached middle school: stability mattered more than constant relocation. That decision led him into Army recruiting, a move that not only kept him home for dinner, but uncovered a career he gen...
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#118- Danny Rosenthal on Niching Down & Smart Automation

February 13, 2026 • 43 mins
*Episode Summary* Danny Rosenthal didn’t plan on becoming a recruiter. His career started on stage as a full-time musician, writing songs, touring, and even landing music on TV and in film. But after parting ways with his band, Danny pivoted into an entirely different world: childcare. What began as becoming a nanny turned into launching his own nanny agency and eventually stepping fully into recruiting. In this episode of t...
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#117- How Josh Kirkham Is Building the AI Operating System for Agency Recruiters

February 6, 2026 • 38 mins
SUMMARY Josh Kirkham didn’t just join an AI company. He helped reshape one around how agency recruiters actually work. In this episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, host Clark Wilcox sits down with Josh, VP of Revenue at CoRecruit (formerly Quil), to unpack the thinking behind their rebrand and what it signals about where recruiting technology is headed in 2026. Josh shares how the company evolved from a simple note taki...
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#116- How Milan Levy is Redefining Offshore Hiring with Talent Sam

January 30, 2026 • 45 mins
Summary Milan Levy didn’t just start a company; he’s building a bridge between South Africa’s untapped talent and the world’s most competitive businesses. In this episode, host Clark Wilcox dives deep with Milan, founder of Talent Sam, to explore the rise of South Africa as a nearshore hiring destination. Milan shares how his tech-driven, compliance-first model is helping U.S. and U.K. companies access skil...
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#115- Jacob Stripling on Redefining the Resume: Humanizing the Job Search

January 23, 2026 • 54 mins
EPISODE SUMMARY In this compelling episode, Clark welcomes Jacob Stripling, founder of Future State Careers and creator of WholeStory.me, for a candid conversation about reinvention, relevance, and recruiting in the age of AI. Starting like many recruiters, accidentally, Jacob cut his teeth at a major staffing firm before launching his own agency just months before the pandemic hit. Fast forward six years, and he’s not only ...
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#114- Brian Samson on Scaling Recruiting Firms Through Nearshore Talent

January 16, 2026 • 52 mins
SUMMARY Brian Samson didn’t plan on building nearshore tech teams across Latin America, he just followed curiosity and opportunity. Starting in a high-pressure staffing bullpen in Chicago, Brian quickly made a name for himself through hustle, whiteboard metrics, and old-school recruiting grit. But what came next set him apart. After stints in internal talent leadership and multiple founder roles, Brian raised $2M, moved to Ar...
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#56- Poker Pro, Media Mogul, Recruiter: Joe Sebok Always goes All In

December 12, 2025 • 67 mins
In this episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, Clark Willcox sits down with former professional poker player turned recruiter, Joe Sebok, to talk about his wild career journey. Joe was part of the poker boom in the 2000s, playing on televised World Series of Poker tables, running his own media company, and even building an early social media platform for poker pros. But when the online poker industry collapsed in 2011, he had to...
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#113- Automation, Culture & The Future of Staffing: A Deep Dive with Paul Champaneria

December 5, 2025 • 37 mins
SUMMARY In this episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, Clark welcomes Paul Champaneria, SaaS veteran, staffing agency founder, and the mind behind CallMantra, a purpose-built calling and texting platform for recruiters. Paul’s story is a masterclass in organic innovation: he didn’t set out to create recruiting tech. He just needed a better way to scale his own internal team. What started with solving hiring ineff...
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#112- Why Marcus Quigley Walked Away from a Safe Job and Built a 6-Figure Niche in Legal Staffing

November 21, 2025 • 59 mins
SUMMARY In this powerful episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, host Clark Wilcox sits down with Marcus Quigley, founder of Recruitify, to unpack a raw, real, and inspiring journey from burnout to breakthrough. Marcus didn’t plan on becoming a recruiter, he stumbled into it after falling out of love with sales finance. But what started as a pivot became a purpose-driven career that would eventually lead him to launch his o...
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#111- How Ashley Woods Scaled a $10M Desk and Bought Her Time Back

November 14, 2025 • 59 mins
SUMMARY Ashley Woods didn’t just build a successful recruiting desk. She redefined what success looks like. After starting her career at Allegis Group with no prior knowledge of the industry, she quickly rose through the ranks by applying an athletic mindset and a relentless hunger to master her craft. But after hitting big wins including five President’s Club awards, she burned out, left recruiting altogether, and came...
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#110- Mike Bradshaw on Amplifying Recruiters with Automation, Without Losing the Human Touch

November 3, 2025 • 19 mins
SUMMARY In this episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, Clark Wilcox sits down with Mike Bradshaw, Vice President of Talent at Pinpoint, a next-gen ATS platform that's redefining hiring for in-house teams. With ERE’s Recruiting Innovation Summit just around the corner, Mike shares a preview of his upcoming talk and dives deep into the urgent challenges recruiters are facing today. As recruiting teams are stretched thinner ...
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#109- Jim Durbin on Smarter Recruiting, Better Process, and What Most TA Leaders Miss

November 2, 2025 • 25 mins
SUMMARY In this high-impact episode, Clark Wilcox sits down with Jim Durbin, aka the “Indeed Whisperer”, for a wide-ranging conversation on recruitment marketing, process design, and how to think like a TA consultant in an era of automation. Jim has trained over 10,000 recruiters, led campaigns that delivered 500,000 candidates for less than 30 cents each, and worked across high-volume, executive, and everything in betw...
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