This is a chance for community members to tell their success stories on “what’s working” on the inside at their company.
Are you proud of your work? Let’s talk about it.
Listen in on what our panelists have to say.
This event is part of the “Let’s Talk Recruiting” series where a panel of recruiting practitioners get together online and have a conversation on a variety of topics related to corporate recruiting.
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Our Panelists…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Barbara Marks | Recruiting Atlanta | Recruiting Manager (Contract) | Kimco Services, LLC |
| DJ Cabeen | Recruiting LA | Recruiter | Amazon |
| Pam Koenig | Recruiting NYC | Recruiter | Creative Circle |
| Sara Fatima | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Leader | Verifone |
Chat Messages from the Session…
10:01:56 >> Brooke Wheeler to All panelists : haha, maybe we are too hard on ourselves 🙂
10:02:12 >> Barbara Marks to All panelists : Probably 🙂
10:02:37 >> Brooke Wheeler to All panelists : Hi Barbara!
10:03:39 >> Barbara Marks to Brooke Wheeler and all panelists : Hello! 😉
10:10:04 >> Dhiraj Gupta : @DJ Cabeen – How do you manage internal competition for talent when sharing with other groups internally..Does talent sharing/ hires feed into metrics performance for recruiters?
10:10:31 >> Cheryl Hall : Hi, question for DJ- with the big increase in Diverse recruiting and the success you had, what was one of the first steps you took in achieving this?
10:14:06 >> Susan Landon to All panelists : Do you provide a referral bonus?
10:14:44 >> DJ Cabeen : Susan – Yes!
10:15:36 >> Natalya McCool to All panelists : What is a best practice to source diverse candidates?
10:16:06 >> Natalya McCool : What is a best practice to source diverse candidates? What does that looks like?
10:16:31 >> Saundra Ramsey : This was shared on the Slack Channel for some diversity.
10:17:00 >> Saundra Ramsey : Well it won’t let me cut and paste into the chat
10:18:42 >> Cheryl Hall : @DJ do you source mostly from LinkedIn or are their other social media platforms you spend time sourcing from?
10:19:20 >> DJ Cabeen : Cheryl – A lot of PR folks use Twitter so I use that and x-ray sourcing on google, bing, yahoo, etc
10:19:44 >> DJ Cabeen : On top of LinkedIn and Hiretual
10:20:18 >> Cheryl Hall : Thank you DJ
10:22:17 >> Khursheed Irani to All panelists : Love the stories where candidates turn into clients!
10:28:37 >> Shawn Watzka : Has anyone on the call have an employee referral program that didn’t offer a monetary reward?
10:28:52 >> Barbara Marks to All panelists : Extra PTO
10:33:14 >> Saundra Ramsey : No, but would love to see suggestions.
10:33:22 >> Cheryl Hall : @Shawn – I previously worked for a company that would give you points that you could then turn into dollars to give to a charity of your choice- you might still consider that a monetary award!?
10:35:01 >> Shawn Watzka : @Cheryl – i like that idea . thank you for sharing
10:35:44 >> Saundra Ramsey : Thanks Cheryl
10:41:19 >> Dhiraj Gupta : @Barbara you hit the nail in the head. Inclusion is key for success for D&I and future diversity talent pipeline. I am part of a leadership advisory team on ways to increase inclusion
10:55:13 >> Lance Hunsicker : So much great content in todays call. Wonderful
10:55:25 >> Barbara Marks to All panelists : @Sara I couldn’t catch the LMS
10:56:22 >> Sara Fatima : Barbara – its Docebo
10:57:10 >> Dhiraj Gupta : Really great stories. Thank you so much @Sara @Barbara @Pam
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Saundra Ramsey | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Business Partner hiring all levels of Technology | Wahoo Fitness |
| Stacey Foster | Recruiting Atlanta | Human Resource Director | Real Floors |
| Dan Baker | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Healthstat |
| Kristina Saunders | Recruiting Boston | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | J. Jill |
| Alex Mimms | Recruiting Boston | Manager, Technical Recruiting | Toast |
| Laurie Meninno | Recruiting Boston | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Planet Pharma Contractor) | Lundbeck |
| Katie Stevens | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Leader | GE Healthcare |
| Barbara Fasth | Recruiting Chicago | Recruiting Manager | Menasha Packaging |
| Maria Smithson | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Faithlife |
| Sarah Schaefer | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Recruiter | Fresenius Kabi USA |
| Melea Powers | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Sr. Manager | Dell |
| Danyell Howell | Recruiting DCBmore | Regional Healthcare Recruiter | Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care |
| Delaina Silva | Recruiting Denver | Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant | SDL plc |
| Mary Chandler | Recruiting Denver | Senior Technology Recruiter | FIS |
| Winnie Tu | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition Advisor | HCSS |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Bluebeam |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Lance Hunsicker | Recruiting LA | Executive Recruiter | Parsons Corporation |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Lynda Whittemore | Recruiting Minneapolis | Talent Acquisition Manager | Room & Board |
| Beth Huber | Recruiting Minneapolis | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Jamf |
| Cheryl Hall | Recruiting NYC | Global Talent Acquisition Lead | Analytic Partners |
| Jenny Bastrom | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Recruiter / Sourcing Specialist | Washington State Department of Social and Health Services www.careers.wa.gov |
| Jake Carstensen | Recruiting Seattle | Director Of Recruiting | Northwestern Mutual |
| Michelle Tomes | Recruiting Seattle | Recruiter | Snap! Raise |
| Marita Arevalo | Recruiting Seattle | Recruiter | Aegis Living |
| Abby Dooley | Recruiting Seattle | Recruiter (Technical) | Edifecs |
| Jessica Burgess | Recruiting Seattle | Director, Talent Acquisition | Zones, Inc. |
| Melayne Smith | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Washington State Employees Credit Union |
| Thom Macfarlane | Recruiting Seattle | Sourcing Recruiter | F5 Networks |
| Natalya McCool | Recruiting SFBA | Recruiter | Berkeley Lab |
| Dan Shortall | TA Leaders | Sr. Director of Strategic Staffing | Global Conductor |
| Morgan Price | TA Leaders | Senior Vice President, Recruiting and Talent Acquisition | Allied Universal |
| Susan Landon | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | HELP USA |
| Daniella McDonald | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Leader | Looking for Work |
| Jessica Wall | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Talent Acquisition: Recruitment and Supplier Relationships | SAGE Therapeutics |
| Tina Schmitt | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Kennedy Krieger Institute |
| Khursheed Irani | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | cPrime |
| Brooke Wheeler | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | MerchantE |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
