The Recruitment Intelligence Podcast

In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, we invited on the man who kicked it all off; Walter Speirs, COO and Founder of Solutions Driven.

The topic? Candidate care.

Because, when Walter founded Solutions Driven 24 years ago, he did so thinking of the candidate. While we don’t collect CVs or work on behalf of prospective employees, we believe treating them well is why we’re still going two decades on.

Throughout his time at Solutions Driven, Walter has been instrumental in ensuring candidates’ welfare is continually thought of, developing the 6F methodology to guarantee the right fit, for the right role, first time, every time. He’s spearheaded the idea that recruiters shouldn’t fill roles with “almost right” people, but should use data and intelligence to get prospects who will stick around and do a great job.

We sat down with Walter and looked at:

• Why candidate care is so important to businesses
• What happens if you don’t practice candidate care
• Why we don’t just fill roles with the first people that come along
• How to translate a great recruitment process into your online Candidate Value Proposition
• And why indiscriminately sending CVs to companies is like “throwing jelly at the wall”

In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, we sit down with Solutions Driven CEO Gavin Speirs and Chief Growth Officer Nicki Paterson to discuss all things embedded recruitment.  

On the eve of Solutions Driven launching their new offering, SD Embedded, we look at why embedded is needed in the current market and the significance of this launch’s timing.  

Nicki and Gavin dig into the challenges companies are facing and the issues embedded recruitment can solve:  

• High attrition rates  
• Companies scaling  
• Lack of internal resources  
• And much more... 

This time (over) a year ago, we launched a brand new category - Recruitment Process Intelligence. 

RPI was created to provide businesses with intelligence throughout the recruitment process and guarantee delivery of the right hire, first time, every time. 

A year later and a year wiser, we grabbed CEO Gavin Speirs and sat down to revisit that podcast. We wanted to find out if our original goals had stood up to the test of both time and world-altering events that altered the job market completely. 

In this bonus podcast we look at: 

• How the definition of RPI has changed over the last year (if it has?) 
• What TA and HR’s main pain points are now, and if RPI still deals with them
• The importance of external talent acquisition 
• Future plans for Recruitment Process Intelligence 

In this bonus episode we catch up with Solutions Driven's CEO, Gavin Speirs, to discuss the current shortage in recruiters and internal talent teams, what's going on with candidate behaviour, and what businesses can do to reduce the effects of this shortage. 

In this latest bonus episode, we catch up with Solutions Driven's new Chief Diversity Officer Salma El-Wardany to talk about our recent Diversity Promise & Pledge announcement and how we plan to bring that to life to benefit our employees, clients and peers.

In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, our CEO Gavin Speirs and Head of Marketing Robert Gillespie explore the key insights and intelligence that have the ability to hugely impact your recruitment strategy and end results.

Gavin also shares for the first time via screenshare ==> https://www.solutionsdriven.com/how-data-intelligence-delivers-the-critical-insights-you-need-to-optimise-your-future-hiring-strategy <== the typical insights and intelligence we gather at Solutions Driven which helps us to guarantee delivery of the right hire, first time and every time for our clients.

Enjoy the episode. 

In this bonus episode, our CEO Gavin Speirs and Head of Marketing Robert Gillespie dive deep into the world of 'Executive Search' recruitment to look at how this process traditionally works and why it's now time for a change.

✔ We take a journey back in time to look at the 'old way' in which executive recruitment was - and still is - carried out...(unfortunately many recruiters are still using this outdated approach)
✔ Why there's been a significant increase in recent months in executive level recruitment...
✔ How the process for hiring executive level talent has changed due to the rise in remote working and limited travel...
✔ We discuss why the traditional pricing model for executive search recruitment is broken and why recruitment firms need to stop increasing their fees...
✔ And much more including behavioral profiling, 'black books', and some tips for hiring exec level talent remotely

Enjoy the episode.

In this bonus episode from The Talent Intelligence Podcast we have not one, not two, but 3 huge announcements from Solutions Driven that will completely change the face of the recruitment industry.

Our CEO Gavin Speirs and Head of Marketing Robert Gillespie sit down to have a conversation about our new category - Recruitment Process Intelligence™ and what it means for the recruitment sector.

We look at the shifts that have taken place in the recruitment industry over the last few years and the problem with the current recruitment models that have made Recruitment Process Intelligence™ an exciting new option for global hiring teams who want to guarantee recruitment results, not receive false promises.

We also spend a little time talking about our new website and re-brand.

Enjoy the episode.

IBonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast. My name is Robert Gillespie and in today’s episode I’m talking candidate engagement with Danny Biello, our Delivery Operations Leader here at Solutions Driven. 

A key skill for any recruiter or hiring manager to master is how they engage a candidate throughout the hiring process…and Danny is a master at this! 

There’s so many factors that go into a company’s final decision on whether they’ve found the dream candidate or not. But not every company has a documented process in place to identify if the candidate sees your company as the perfect match as well. And that lack of process can cost you a lot of wasted time, money and effort during the hiring process if you get it wrong! 

So in this episode Danny shares our approach to finding that perfect candidate/client match so you can steal or model some of the best bits. It’s an approach we call the 6F’s. And we credit this approach for why we’ve been able to achieve a “97% Right Hire, First Time” success rate over the last 3 years. So what are the 6F’s? Listen on to find out. 

Welcome to this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast. In today’s episode I’m sharing a special conversation I had with Keith Palmer from our Talent Delivery Team and Gerry Park, one of our Global Key Account Leads to talk all things Talent Mapping and Talent Pipelining. 

So, if you need some tips and advice on how to find the best talent for your company no matter where they are in the world, or maybe you want start building a talent pool in advance of future recruitment plans, or you need to get some intelligence into how your competitors are attracting top talent in your target area, then this interview offers a ton of useful insights for you…so let’s get to it.

Welcome to this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast. And in today’s episode we take you inside our private virtual network of amazing leaders from the world of Talent Acquisition and HR who are working at some of the biggest companies on the planet. 

We share some of the key highlights and takeaways from these meetings so far - including some of the common challenges and roadblocks they’re all facing right now. This episode takes you behind the scenes and let's you listen in on the real conversations from the world of recruitment right now.

In today’s bonus episode we take a close look at a recent Forbes article where 20 recruiters shared the 9 most common mistakes job seekers are making amid the Coronavirus pandemic and how it’s likely to change the recruitment process forever. 

From temporary furloughs to hiring freezes, or job offers being withdrawn to the unfortunate layoffs - there’s been massive upheaval across all industries and roles. For many recruiters though, the screening and hiring of candidates has continued. But are candidates adapting to all of this change? Are they still relying on the ‘old way’ of applying for jobs? Do they need to be more assertive and creative to stand out in what’s become an employer’s market? All of this and much more is discussed in this latest episode, including some thoughts on how candidates can avoid these mistakes and crush their next interview. 

Welcome to this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, my name is Robert Gillespie and in today’s episode I share a great conversation with our Global Head of Business Growth Nicki Paterson who talked me through his own experience of working with clients during COVID-19, and how he's had to adapt his normal sales approach from thinking about selling and growth to one of building even stronger relationships and adding as much value as possible. 

Welcome to this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligene Pocast and in today’s episode we take a look and share the latest insights from some of our client and candidate calls over the last couple of months….including: 

✔ The number one question we're being asked right now that we'd NEVER have been asked a few months ago... 
✔Are more and more companies going to move to 'virtual offices' and close down their physical locations? AND 
✔ We introduce our Virtual Network for Global Talent Leaders, Recruitment Teams and Hiring Managers to help them to connect and avoid that feeling of being 'siloed' during times of change...

Bonus episode #2 and in today’s episode I catch up with our CEO Gavin Speirs to get his latest commentary on the recruitment industry as we slowly start to see an easing in lock-down. 

We chat about: 
👉 The changing needs of talent acquisition teams... 
👉 The value of On-Demand recruitment services... 
👉 The power of Data Intelligence when it comes to making the right decisions in times of cost pressures …

and a little bit more. 

Welcome to the first bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast. My name is Robert Gillespie and in today’s episode I catch up with Solutions Drivens CEO Gavin Speirs to find out what leading CEO’s, Talent Acquisition Leaders and Hiring Managers are doing to adapt their recruitment plans and processes during this challenging climate of COVID-19. We also look at and how they’re positioning their companies for success when this all ends.