Talent All-Stars

Great recruiting goes beyond numbers—it's about quality, relationships, and delivering value for both the business and candidates. But how do you build a recruitment process that achieves all three?

Becky McCullough, VP of Talent Acquisition & Mobility at HubSpot, shares her approach to measuring recruiter performance, improving the candidate experience, and driving efficient, high-quality hiring practices through periods of rapid growth.

Becky also talks about:

• What success looks like for recruiters
• How to implement a candidate experience survey that works
• Managing recruiter efficiency while maintaining quality

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When you’re a top executive at a company that moves 2% of the world’s GDP, talent is never far from your mind.

Brie Carere is the Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at FedEx, and she joins Talent All-Stars for a wide-ranging conversation about talent acquisition, culture, change management, and more.

You’ll learn how FedEx’s leadership navigated hiring amid COVID-19, the “Purple Promise” that drives decision-making across the business, and how the company is improving the candidate experience – even for those who don’t ultimately land the job.

Brie also shares:

• Tips for making a business case to senior executives
• Why talent acquisition is no longer a one-way dialogue
• The biggest mistake she sees hiring managers make in interviews

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What’s the secret to bridging the gap between talent acquisition, HR business partners, and company leadership?

According to Kelly Culler, VP of Talent Acquisition and Senior Business HR Partner at Northwestern Mutual, it’s all about walking a mile in each other’s shoes.

In this episode, Kelly shares how she’s been able to successfully navigate TA and HR roles, and what she’s learned about empathy and psychology along the way.

Plus:

• Why recruiters must build skills that go beyond speed and execution
• What makes a great HR Business Partner
• Her secret to extracting a candidate’s authentic self in interviews

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Zapier’s team is made up of more than 700 people across 42 countries. Yet the company has built a strong, distinctive culture and a nimble workforce that can adapt to shifting business needs. So how do they do it?

Zapier Chief People Officer Brandon Sammut joins us to answer those questions, plus:  

• The “4 B’s” Zapier uses to acquire new capabilities
• How they redeployed team members internally during a hiring slowdown
• Holding department execs accountable for their own talent development

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Zapier: https://zapier.com/

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So much of business success comes down to aligning the right people with a healthy company culture. But what does that actually look like in practice?

In this episode, Blake Irving reveals how he was able to accomplish that combination of feats as CEO of GoDaddy. You’ll learn the strategies he used to establish trust, attract top hires, and drive business growth.

Blake also talks about:

• What makes a great (and not so great) recruiter
• His go-to, outside-the-box interview question
• Getting buy-in when asking for resources from senior leadership  

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