Talent Acquisition Matters
By Thomas Dove
Talent Acquisition MattersApr 12, 2022
Episode 9 - Sven Steinebach - VP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding at Evotec
In this episode, Thomas had the pleasure of speaking with the VP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition and employer branding at Evotec, Sven Steinebach.
Sven has over 20 years of experience in creating, executing and strategising complex Talent Acquisition In-house and RPO services in multi-national matrixed organisations. Sven’s career experience spans many Blue chip companies in the life sciences space.
With a unique experience of complex TA, in-house, RPO and employer branding, Sven and Tom discuss the changes the industry has seen over the years. Talent Acquisition has gone from a small component of HR duties to being a fundamental and essential business unit of its own and hiring for a sustainable and prosperous future.
Episode 8 - Tessa James - CEO of Talent Reimagined
Tessa is the Founder and CEO of Talent Reimagined, a strategic partner in Talent Acquisition transformation, helping companies acquire new recruiting and talent acquisition skills.
Tessa has a psychology degree with a deep interest in people and progression, which fed into Talent Reimagined’s founding. She helps customers reimagine talent from process to strategy and transformation, bringing new perspectives to reality.
Within this episode, Tessa and Tom discuss the current challenges scaleups are facing in today’s environment, what organisations can do to get their TA strategy right, internal evaluation of companies and what companies need to do to remould/restart what they are doing.
Episode 7 - Isabelle Hung - Global Executive Hiring Lead at Forgerock
Isabelle is currently the Hiring Lead at ForgeRock, having founded multiple companies and previously worked with Sage and ACP.
Isabelle has an extensive background within the cloud and growth stage to public technology companies across executive hiring and talent acquisition strategies. She is part of the UK Resourcing Leaders Top 100 and has been nominated three times by Recruiter.co.uk as one of the 11 most influential in-house talent acquisition experts.
Isabelle has successfully implemented innovative talent acquisition solutions and has 360-degree experience in all recruitment and branding disciplines.
In this episode, we discuss all things in-house executive search, storytelling when talking to talent, how best to communicate with stakeholders and more.
Listen to this episode for an insightful conversation.
Episode 6 - Brian Vigeant CEO at CultureHQ
In 2017, Brian co-founded CultureHQ, a platform to help companies tell their story authentically through their own employees. Prior to founding CultureHQ, Brian has seven years experience within business development at companies including Forrester Research, where he met his co-founder, Jimmy Hall.
CultureHQ is on a journey to create meaningful connections between employees and provide companies with new analytical insights that will transform the workplace for the better.
In this episode, Brian and Tom touch on the most impactful ways to attract diverse talent to your business, how companies can make their talent attraction content work for them, how your business can develop an inbound strategy to bring talent into your company and much more.
We hope you enjoy this episode of Talent Acquisition Matters.
Episode 5 - Harry Simpson - Outsourcing Practice (CDMO/CRO) at Fraser Dove
As the first success out of the Fraser Dove academy, Harry has progressed over the last four years to lead the Outsourcing Practice (CDMO/CRO) at Fraser Dove and heads up our newly-opened London office.
Harry works with leading life science organisations to find and hire the very best Manufacturing & Tech Ops and Commercial & Strategy specialists in the CDMO space who can help my clients design, manufacture and distribute life-changing drugs, treatments and devices. He combines this approach with providing innovative insight, intelligence and on-demand consultancy to inform his clients' hiring strategy.
In this episode of Talent Acquisition Matters Tom and Harry discuss how COVID 19 affected the CDMO market, the processes and procedures that are most important to the recruitment process, why if pleasing your customers is important to you that you need to put your people first and much more.
Enjoy another insightful episode of Talent Acquisition Matters.
Episode 4 - Andrew MacAskill - Founder at Executive Career Jump
Andrew is the founder and coach at Executive Career Jump, as well as being the LinkedIn Changemaker for Careers and Unemployment.
At Executive Career Jump, Andrew, alongside his carefully selected coaches provides career coaching, job search hacking, interview coaching, online courses, business coaching and outplacement.
In this episode, we discuss all things job seeking, including some of the biggest frustrations that job seekers are currently finding, what’s more important LinkedIn or your CV, how companies can implement working sessions into their recruitment processes and more.
Listen in for some fascinating insights.
Episode 3 - Jason Cachia - Manager of Quality, Regulatory Affairs & Drug Safety Practices at Fraser Dove International.
Joining us for episode 3 of Talent Acquisition Matters is Jason Cachia, Manager of Quality, Regulatory Affairs & Drug Safety Practices at Fraser Dove International.
Jason is an executive recruiter with over 9 years of experience within search and selection. He has been with Fraser Dove for over 4 years specialising in placing executive Quality and Regulatory Affairs talent in the life science space.
In this episode, we discuss how stakeholders can improve candidate experience, what some companies are doing in their hiring to make them stand out from the crowd, why partnership quality matters and more.
Listen in for some practical tips and advice to help your business.
Episode 2 - TJ Power - Co-Founder at Mindfully Empowered
Tj is the Co-Founder of Mindfully Empowered, a Psychological Wellbeing Consultant, and the Director of Mental Health & Wellbeing at Whitecalm, The Wellbeing Company. Tj is a young man incredibly passionate about deeply understanding how our modern world is influencing our mental health and guiding people towards innovative perspectives that can transform their psychological experience. Tj has constructed and delivered his holistic mental health programme to 100s of people across a wide range of audiences, including the corporate space, start-ups, and individuals navigating cancer.
TJ joins Thomas to discuss, how we can manage our own mental wellbeing, reduce stress, get enough sleep and create balance in our busy working lives.
They'll cover off some key points and give some fascinating insights into how you can manage negative self-talk and build a better relationship with the tech we use.
Listen in for some practical tips and advice to help you in 2022.
Episode 1 - Bally Chima - Head of Talent & Recruitment at Autolomous
Joining us for episode 1 of Talent Acquisition Matters is Bally Chima, Head of Talent & Recruitment at Autolomous.
Bally has a background in Talent Management & Resourcing with over 20 years of experience globally. Working in the niche area of Cell and Gene therapy as an influential figure in the industry-shaping the landscape of talent and always looking at ways to innovate and enhance the overall candidate experience. Bally has recently been appointed Head of Talent at Autolomous and also working for another company as their Gene therapy expert, recruiting in the West Coast for a start-up therapeutics company.
In this episode we discuss why it's important to create a great candidate experience, why hiring on values can be dangerous if your values aren't clearly defined, why businesses need to make their recruitment process as simple as possible and lots more.
Listen in for some practical tips and advice to help your business with its talent acquisition as we enter 2022.
Introduction: Talent Acquisition Matters
Hosted by Thomas Dove, Co-Founder of Fraser Dove International, Talent Acquisition Matters aims to answer the most pressing TA questions and get some valuable insights from industry professionals.