What can you automate in your recruitment process?
The more you automate things in your recruitment process, the more you can focus on the most critical parts of the recruitment process. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with David Näsström from Refapp. We discuss things you can automate in your recruitment process. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Ready-made templates / typeform for profile definitions 🚀Great templates for job ads - No need to start from scratch 🚀Build talent pools - No need to source new candidates all the time 🚀 Salespeople use tools like outreach to contact potential clients. Could we have something similar to recruitment? 🚀Ready-made templates/software for running an interviews 🚀Great ATS & templates for communication with the candidates 🚀Reference checks automated 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!)
6 Maalis 202335min
Five learnings from scaling Flowhaven
In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Timo Olkkola, Founder at Flowhaven, and we discuss the five learnings from their journey: 🐝 No one invests on the first date - everything is about partnerships 🐝 Meet persons as persons, not as their titles 🐝Prove local PMF before investing big when expanding 🐝 Don't forecast magic or make beliefs; building a great company takes hard work & more time than you think (and 10% luck) 🐝 As a founder, don't fool yourself - you always should and will come last 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!)
27 Helmi 202334min
How to recruit CFO to a SaaS company?
Finding the right CFO is crucial for a SaaS company’s growth. Here’s how to recruit one. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Niko Laine from Calqulate. We discuss how to recruit CFO for a SaaS company. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Why having a great CFO is crucial? 🚀When should a SaaS company hire its first CFO? 🚀Who should own Financial stuff before the first CFO? 🚀Different stages demand different CFOs? What’s the difference between seed-round & B-round CFO? 🚀How to identify the needed role of the CFO? 🚀 First-time hiring CFO: Should you outsource the recruitment process? 🚀What things should you validate during the recruitment process? 🚀As a SaaS CEO: How should you measure the success of a CFO? 🚀When should you change your CFO? 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!)
20 Helmi 202329min
Combining 2 talent acquisition teams: Leadfeeder & Echobot
Combining 2 SaaS companies means combining talent acquisition teams. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with David McDonnell from Leadfeeder about what happened when they joined forces with Echobot. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Bringing in 2 teams together: What has been the biggest challenge? 🚀Business strategy → people strategy. Has it been hard when things are changing if there isn’t a clear business structure, e.g., are you bringing the brands together? 🚀Different recruitment processes into one. 🚀Employer branding when you still have two brands? 🚀 All the tools → How to merge these into one tech-stack 🚀 Recruiting culture-fit people when you suddenly have two cultures? 🚀 Figuring out what kind of talent you need next/overlapping talents? 🚀Better internal mobility with two companies 🚀 You are a remote-first company: What are the learnings on this when hiring 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!)
16 Helmi 202327min
Scaling Gong's R&D Team
In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talked with Ohad Parush from Gong on how Gong scaled their R&D team to +250 people. If you want to create one of the best tools in the world, you need to come up with new stuff all the time. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀How Gong’s R&D team is structured? 🚀What’s your team day-to-day work like? 🚀How do you identify what kind of talents you need for your team? 🚀Are people joining the R&D team from inside of Gong or from outside? 🚀How is the cooperation between Ohad & Gong’s recruitment team? 🚀Having a well-known brand: Is recruitment easier? 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!)
30 Tammi 202330min
Career paths: A way to scale your company even faster & keep employees happy
Structured career paths help your employees level up. This eventually leads to better retention & profitability to your business. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Barbra Gago from Pando. We discuss how to use career frameworks to create structured career paths. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Benefits of career planning for companies 🚀What are career frameworks? 🚀Typical pitfalls in career planning/frameworks? 🚀ELTV = Employee Lifetime Value 🚀Typical levels in career growth - What’s a better version? 🚀Getting started in career planning 🚀TalentBee’s first version of salary-table: Let’s rip it apart. 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 Tammi 202333min
Building a Talent Acquisition engine
In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Karim Gharsallah from Recruitee. We discuss how to build a talent acquisition engine & cover the following topics: 🚀Settings things up and where to begin: basics first 🚀 Building the TA team 🚀 Principles in TA 🚀 TA Metrics 🚀 From operational recruitment to strategic 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 202226min
Scaling Paddle’s marketing team
When you become a CMO in a fast-growing SaaS company, it’s all about the team. In this week's #TalentBuzz, I talk with Andrew Davies, CMO of Paddle. We discuss how his been scaling Paddle’s marketing team. Here are the things we will cover in this episode: 🚀Joining a fast-growing SaaS company: How to evaluate the current team? 🚀How you started to approach bringing new people into the team? 🚀Combination of culture & skills? 🚀CMO’s cooperation with your recruitment team? 🚀 What are Andrew’s best tips on choosing the right people? 🚀Buying ProfitWell: Did Paddle merge two teams into one? 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 202225min
