The First 100 Days as a Chief People Officer

In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk about DEI with Hady Mendez from Slack. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Introduction to DEI 🚀Benefits of DEI 🚀Why should companies have a DEI strategy? 🚀What does the director of equality do on day-to-day work? 🚀How to make sure DEI is part of recruitment? 🚀How should companies measure their DEI? 🚀What are Hady’s tips for companies starting to work on their DEI Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more; check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

15 Joulu 202234min

How Personio scaled their team in the Nordics? In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Maria Duni, Country Manager for Nordics from Personio. We discuss how they scaled their team in the Nordics. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀What was Personio’s situation when Maria started 1,5 years ago? 🚀Raising 270m$ in 2021 & 200m$ in 2022 → How these have affected the Nordics hiring? 🚀How personio focuses on DEI in ther recruitment? 🚀Should you have a global or local recruitment teams? 🚀How Personio define’s what kind of people you are hiring? Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more, check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

15 Joulu 202235min

It’s hard to find senior salespeople. That’s why many companies have started to recruit junior salespeople & grow them to become professionals. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Miika Kestilä from Meltwater. We discussed why they decided to focus on hiring junior salespeople. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Why has Meltwater decided to focus on hiring junior salespeople? 🚀What are the best sources for finding junior salespeople? 🚀Onboarding is crucial for success: How has Meltwater built this? 🚀What’s the biggest challenge when focusing on hiring junior people? 🚀Promoting people inside the organization: Meltwater’s rules for this? 🚀The benefits of deliberate organizational design - building career paths and thinking ahead Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & learn more. Check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

25 Marras 202227min

How to build a culture & recruit people to that culture? In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Aref Abedi from Jobylon about culture & how to recruit culture-fit people. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀 Happiness Culture at Jobylon → What is that? 🚀 Why building a culture is important & why Jobylon ended up focusing on that? 🚀 What are the actions Aref takes as a leader to ensure their culture goes to the right way? 🚀 How to recruit people who fit the culture? 🚀 How to validate candidates for culture? Tests? Questions? 🚀How Jobylon talks about its culture in Employer Branding? 🚀 How to use Referrals for culture-fit recruitments? 🚀 How has Jobylon built its salary model around culture? 🚀 How culture affects retention? Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more; check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

25 Marras 202231min

How to scale your SaaS business to +100 employees? In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Mikko Honkanen from Vainu. We discuss learnings from scaling Vainu to +100 employees. Here are the things we will cover in detail: 🚀What has been the most challenging part of finding great talent? 🚀Taking in juniors & onboarding them well 🚀How has Vainu decided who to hire & when? 🚀Development & growth of people as a strategic decision 🚀How Vainu makes sure you recruit culture-fit people? 🚀Does Mikko participate in recruitment as a CEO of Vainu? 🚀Learnings from opening new markets & finding the right people Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more, check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

3 Loka 202234min

Hiring your first employee in a SaaS Start-up? Here’s what to keep in mind. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Tommi Huovinen from Introist. We discuss hiring your first employees in a SaaS Start-up. Here are the things we will cover in detail: 🚀Introist founding team & how they decided to launch the company 🚀When they realized they needed first employees? 🚀Getting their first funding to hire people. 🚀How to decide what kind of person you need as a first hire? 🚀Introist hiring criteria: Founder-like. 🚀Salary vs. equity when hiring 🚀 Specialist vs. generalist when hiring 🚀 Their process of hiring the first employee 🚀Going towards your seed round & building a talent pipeline Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more, check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

3 Loka 202227min

Struggling with scaling your team to 20 people? In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Aku Pöllänen from Aatos.app. We discussed how they scaled their team to the first 20 employees. Here are the things we will cover in detail: 🚀 They founded Aatos in 2018 but moved to full-time in 2020. What was the point when they decided to go all in? 🚀 How many founders were they? 🚀When they realized that they needed the first employee 🚀There’s no room for free riders. Hire only the best. How do they ensure this? 🚀 Equity isn’t salary. Why do you need to pay a competitive salary? 🚀Recruitment takes a lot of time → This seems surprising for many founders. 🚀What was the difference in hiring the first employee vs the tenth employee? 🚀Is Aku still participating in hiring decisions as a CEO? 🚀What’s been their biggest fuck up regarding recruitments? Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more, check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

3 Loka 202232min

Combining three companies. How does this affect recruitment & employer branding? In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Johanna Rauhala from Haiilo. Haiilo was established when COYO (Germany), Smarp (Finland), and Jubiwee (France) joined forces. How does all this affect recruitment & employer branding? We covered these topics in our episode: 🚀Suddently your brand name isn’t that well-known in the market. How does this affect Employer Branding & recruitment? 🚀 Turning three different recruitment processes into one. 🚀All the tools → How to merge these into one tech stack? 🚀Internal communications when sharing the news about the merger. What’s important? 🚀Combining three cultures → How to make sure people stay. 🚀Figuring out what kind of talent you need next/overlapping talents? 🚀What were the most significant challenges & successes during this process? Make sure the subscribe to the podcast & to learn more, check out the following links: TalentBee.io website for more ideas on SaaS Talent Acquisition My personal LinkedIn Profile to connect TalentBee’s LinkedIn Profile TalentBee’s Instagram (mostly stuff about working in a Talent Acquisition agency!)

3 Loka 202226min