Pivot2First

Turning people, recruiting and employment into a competitive advantage.

About the show

Pick First

On the Pivot to First podcast, we cover leadership, talent acquisition strategy, and recruiting technology from a business leadership point of view. Ideal for CEOs, CFOs, and talent acquisition professionals. Each episode features an industry thought leader or a play you can use so you can pivot to first in the race for talent. https://zurl.co/3I9A

Episodes

  • Episode 21: Why You Should Care About Candidate Experience

    February 9th, 2023  |  46 mins 5 secs
    candidate experience, cx, kevin grossman, talent board

    It's true that having a great candidate experience can help you get the best quality referrals and business leads. This week onPivot2First, Kevin Grossman discusses a way to learn about how to improve your candidate experience and ultimately, get the best results for your business. making sure your recruitment process is efficient, and candidates feel appreciated can help you build a better reputation and attract the best potential leads.

  • Episode 20: Why Your Job Posts are Not Performing Well

    January 17th, 2023  |  40 mins 3 secs
    candidate experience, job descriptions, job posts, kat kibben, recruiting, recruitment marketing, writing job descriptions

    Are you looking to understand why your job post isn't performing as well as you'd like? Tune into this week's episode of Pivot2First with industry expert Kat Kibben to tell us her secrets to creating job posts.

  • Episode 19: Is Direct Sourcing Candidates the Solution?

    January 10th, 2023  |  36 mins 55 secs
    candidate experience, hr podcast, hr team, hr tech, hr tech podcast, human capital, human resource, podcast, recruiter, recruiting technology, recruitment, recruitment marketing, recruitment podcast, recruitment technology, ta tech, talent acquisition

    Direct sourcing can be a great solution to the current talent shortage. It allows companies to quickly search for and connect with potential candidates. Additionally, direct sourcing can help companies save time and money, as well as access a diverse range of talent. However,

  • Episode 18: Creating a Scaleable Hiring Process

    November 14th, 2022  |  58 mins 47 secs
    candidate experience, hr podcast, hr team, hr tech, hr tech podcast, human capital, human resource, podcast, recruiter, recruiting technology, recruitment, recruitment marketing, recruitment podcast, recruitment technology, ta tech, talent acquisition

    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 they currently had.

  • Episode 17: Video's Place in the Candidate Experience

    October 28th, 2022  |  28 mins 22 secs
    candidate experience, hr podcast, hr team, hr tech, hr tech podcast, human capital, human resource, podcast, recruiter, recruiting technology, recruitment, recruitment marketing, recruitment podcast, recruitment technology, ta tech, talent acquisition

    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?

  • Episode 16: Humanizing Human Capital

    October 21st, 2022  |  55 mins 44 secs
    candidate experience, hr podcast, hr team, hr tech, hr tech podcast, human capital, human resource, podcast, recruiter, recruiting technology, recruitment, recruitment marketing, recruitment podcast, recruitment technology, ta tech, talent acquisition

    How do we see the ROI in human capital? This week Mike, David, Stela, and Solange dive deep into why Humanizing Human Capital is important.

  • Episode 15: Robin Schooling: What do Recruiters do?

    October 3rd, 2022  |  41 mins 3 secs
    candidate experience, hr team, hr tech, recruiter, recruiting technology, recruitment, recruitment marketing, recruitment technology, ta tech, talent acquisition

    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.

  • Episode 14: Cary Sparrow: Data has a Better Idea

    September 1st, 2022  |  34 mins 7 secs

    In this episode we have Cary Sparrow, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Greenwich HR. On this episode we discuss how most job market numbers are wildly inaccurate. Knowing what you should offer is different than knowing what people want.

  • Episode 13: David Bernstein- Hiring Through the years

    August 18th, 2022  |  38 mins 28 secs
    hrtech, recruitment

    Welcome David Bernstein to this week’s episode and to PivotCX team. This Week David & Mike talk about the progression of the recruitment industry from being on paper to going digital.

  • Episode 12: Advertising with Indeed

    July 15th, 2022  |  48 mins 30 secs
    advertising, indeed, recruiting

    There is much low-hanging fruit in the world of recruitment advertising that every recruiter can adopt to improve their hiring practices.

  • Episode 11: Hiring for Attitude

    June 16th, 2022  |  28 mins 34 secs

    Mike and Athin Cassiotis delve into the importance of setting a specific type of mindset in business and life, developing your company and personal brands, and hiring for attitude in this job market.

  • Episode 10: Reflecting on Values-Alignment

    June 9th, 2022  |  29 mins 42 secs
    team brand, values-alignment

    Mike and Lindsay reflect on how business values and company mindset to drive success.