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Recruitment Now

By Tim Vanderpyl & Luke Gass

Recruitment Now shares ideas and insights into the world of recruiting. The hosts, Luke Gass (CEO of TopRecruiter) and Tim Vanderpyl (HR Leader & HR Instructor at Ambrose University) use their extensive background in recruitment to find and share best practices from world-class recruiters and researchers.
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Gleb Tsipursky - Making Better Decisions and Fewer Mistakes

Recruitment NowFeb 17, 2020

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Victoria Smith - Stress Reduction Strategies for Recruiters

Victoria Smith - Stress Reduction Strategies for Recruiters

Today on the podcast we are joined by Stress Reduction Coach, Victoria Smith. After contracting shingles twice before the age of thirty, Victoria realized she needed to recalibrate her relationship to stress. Following her own wellness journey, Victoria now supports others to reduce their stress so that they can better enjoy and perform in their daily lives. She is the founder of Stress Less Ladies, a podcaster at Girl Tries Life and runs corporate workshops to help teams become more resilient.

Note that we recorded this episode in February 2020, before COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic. We do not specifically talk about the pandemic in this episode but do believe Victoria's ideas to reduce stress are more pertinent now than we ever envisioned. We hope our listeners find her ideas useful in this stressful time.

We start our conversation by discussing how Victoria got into stress reduction work. We then go on to discuss:

  • The stressors inherent in recruiting
  • Internal versus external factors in your environment
  • Quick strategies to take control of your relationship to stress
  • Value-added and value-detracting work
  • The importance of micro moments in your life

If you’re enjoying the podcast, please share it with a fellow recruiter. For more information on Luke Gass and Tim Vanderpyl you can find us on LinkedIn.

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Mar 16, 202033:34
Jeff Hurrell - Recruitment Advertising

Jeff Hurrell - Recruitment Advertising

Jeff Hurrell is a founding partner of webTactics, a fast-growing recruitment advertising agency in Canada, where he is responsible for sales and development. WebTactics partners with companies to identify and eliminate the gaps in their talent acquisition efforts, streamline their recruitment strategies and implement tactics to achieve hiring objectives.

We start this episode learning about Jeff’s early career and his advice for new recruiters. We go on to discuss:

  • How he moved from hating the agency model to creating one that works
  • Strategies to optimize recruitment
  • Smart metrics for recruitment
  • Whatever happened to Monster
  • Taking risks and investing in what matters

If you’re enjoying the podcast, please share it with a fellow recruiter. For more information on Luke Gass and Tim Vanderpyl, you can find us on LinkedIn.

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Mar 02, 202033:04
Gleb Tsipursky - Making Better Decisions and Fewer Mistakes

Gleb Tsipursky - Making Better Decisions and Fewer Mistakes

Gleb Tsipursky is the CEO of a consulting, coaching and training firm called Disaster Avoidance Experts. His mission is protecting recruiters from the dangerous judgement errors known as cognitive bias or that “gut” feeling.

His newest bestselling book, which we discuss, is called Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters. Dr. Tsipursky will be releasing a new book in 2020 called The Blind Spots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships. Dr. Tsipursky is a cognitive neuroscientist and behavioural economist and has served for seven years as a professor at the Ohio State University. His thought leadership has been featured in over five hundred articles and interviews across popular media.

Dr. Tsipursky completed his PhD in Behavioural Science from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he studied the intersection of psychology, behavioral economics, cognitive neuroscience and history in business.

We start by discussing the reason Gleb got into researching decision making and go on to talk about:

  • The science that doesn’t support gut decisions
  • The five questions to ask yourself to avoid bias
  • Using the Dunning-Kruger effect to your benefit
  • How to take loss aversion into consideration

Resources discussed:

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Feb 17, 202024:09
Adam Czarnecki - Productivity Hacks for Recruiters
Feb 03, 202035:43
David Burkus - Take the Stress out of Networking
Jan 20, 202040:53
Kristen Dyck - Personal Branding & Marketing for Recruiters

Kristen Dyck - Personal Branding & Marketing for Recruiters

Kristen Dyck joins Tim and Luke to discuss her work as a Personal Branding Specialist and how recruiters can build their own personal brand. Kristen is the founder of AVRO Creative. She was once told, “You do great work but no one knows who you are.” This lit a fire for Kristen. She went on to advance in her organization, work with major brands in Canada and has since started AVRO Creative.

As we have learned through other podcast episodes, leveraging your personal brand as a recruiter is critical. Kristen shares great tips on how we can do just that.

We start by discussing that light bulb moment for Kristen and go on to talk about:

Why it’s critical to build internal relationships
In-person credibility and trust building
How personal branding relates to corporate trust
Creating simple messaging to level up your work
Developing a personal brand statement
How to successfully manage ‘up’

Resources discussed:

Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey


If you are enjoying the podcast, please share it with a fellow recruiter. For more information on Luke Gass and Tim Vanderpyl you can find us on LinkedIn.

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Jan 06, 202039:37
Sam Rahbar - Training New Recruiters

Sam Rahbar - Training New Recruiters

Sam Rahbar joins Tim and Luke to discuss best practices in training new recruiters. Sam has been working with Technology & Talent across Canada for the past 13 years. He started his career in technology recruitment in Toronto where he connected hundreds of Technology professionals with suitable projects and careers within Fortune 500 organizations across Canada.

Sam is currently the Director of Training and Corporate Recruitment  at Eagle Professional Resources where he has specialized in training new recruiters for the past 8 years. He is also an Instructor at George Brown College where he teaches courses in the Instructing Adults Certificate program. He facilitates Delivering Training (Train the Trainer) as well a Trends and technologies in Training courses in the evenings.

Sam is also the co-Founder of a Training Consulting startup called Training Brokers, where they provide end-to-end Training solutions and services.

We start by discussing how Sam’s first encounter with a recruiter gave him the bug to explore recruiting for himself. We go on to discuss:

  • Ensuring recruiters have core traits
  • How to teach recruiters to strategize their search
  • The push-pull of quality versus quantity
  • Tangible tips to improve your boolean search
  • The biggest mistake recruiters make
  • When to talk about rates
  • Time management tips for recruiters


Mentioned in this Episode

Irina Shanaeva - Boolean Strings

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Dec 23, 201929:42
Jeffrey Fischer - Recruiting Tradespeople in the Oil/Gas Sector
Dec 09, 201927:39
Jeremy Bonewitz – Finding Construction & Engineering Talent at Stantec
Nov 25, 201928:48
Dave Fletcher - In-House Sourcing in the Public Sector
Nov 11, 201943:30
Karen Simpson - Hiring Underrepresented People

Karen Simpson - Hiring Underrepresented People

Karen Simpson joins Tim and Luke to discuss inclusion strategies and initiatives for hiring underrepresented people into businesses. Karen is a Talent Inclusion Partner specialized in Women in Leadership at a large Canadian bank. She was named Canada's #1 Top Recruiter for 2018.

Oct 28, 201923:41
Shahzia Noorally – Recruitment Innovation at ATB Financial

Shahzia Noorally – Recruitment Innovation at ATB Financial

Shahzia Noorally joins Tim and Luke to discuss the innovative recruitment practices employed by ATB Financial. Shahzia is the Director of Talent Management at ATB Financial and the host of The Colour Gap Podcast. She is also a published writer, speaker, and blogger on recruitment and talent related topics.

Oct 07, 201939:06
Will van Middendorp – Becoming a Talent Thief

Will van Middendorp – Becoming a Talent Thief

Will van Middendorp joins Tim and Luke to discuss headhunting and "stealing" talent. Will is an entrepreneurial Talent Thief with more than 18 years of recruitment expertise in the Netherlands, Germany and Canada. His career path started in staffing with two global industry leaders before expanding into permanent placement and executive search roles.

Sep 30, 201931:32
Serge Boudreau – What’s Happening in HR Tech

Serge Boudreau – What’s Happening in HR Tech

Serge Boudreau joins Tim and Luke to discuss what is happening in HR tech. Serge has had led sales teams for multi-national job boards like Indeed and Workopolis. He was previously a manager at Kelly Services and is now the Manager of Talent Acquisition for Burnco Rock Products, a North American concrete company.

Sep 16, 201948:11
Greg Savage – Personal Branding for Recruiters

Greg Savage – Personal Branding for Recruiters

Greg Savage joins Tim and Luke to discuss personal branding for recruiters. Greg is the founder of a number of recruiting firms, the author of the blog The Savage Truth and one of LinkedIn’s “Top Voices” of 2018.

Sep 16, 201939:56
Introduction to Recruitment Now

Introduction to Recruitment Now

The hosts of Recruitment Now, Tim Vanderpyl and Luke Gass, talk about why they are doing this podcast and preview the first season.

Sep 16, 201908:42