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Episodes
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
It is important to have a strong technical leader for the success of your company. Entrepreneurs often make the mistake of bringing in the wrong type of person. Today we discussed best options for technical leader for your business.How do you get a strong leader to join your company? You need to know what a strong technical leader looks like and have a plan of action to make sure the right ingredients are present in a person to ensure their success.
Scott Krawitz is the Founder and CEO of People Driven Solutions (PDSI), a technology services firm specializing in fractional technology leadership, curated technology solutions, along with talent acquisition and retention. For over 20+ years, Scott has consulted executives and lead teams through all project phases from strategic planning, analysis, design, and development to implementation, iterative improvement and ongoing support. Industries served include: Financial Services, Healthcare, Software, Retail, Business Services, Legal, and Education Technology.
In addition, Scott passionately serves on the Technology Advisory Board of the National Foundation for Autism Research supporting a software quality assurance training program. His greatest satisfaction is creating a win-win situation orchestrating the hiring of graduates.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
As of January an employer can no longer ask a person's salary history. They also can not ask about any form of compenstion and benefits. This includes 3rd party recruiters and reference checks. Companies with 5 or more employees will also be required to Ban the Box on job applications. This means that the criminal history section will be omitted and can no longer be asked during the interview process.
With over 15 years in the “People Business”, Karen Bajanov is a seasoned Human Resource Compliance Specialist. After graduating from Cal State Los Angeles with a degree in Health and Human Services, Karen began her career as Director of HR for a major corporation that had over 500 employees.
While in the corporate environment, Karen realized that small and medium businesses had a real need for human resource solutions in order to grow and protect their business. After 13 years as the Director of Human Resources with a corporate firm, she began KEB Business Consultants. KEB Business Consultants now serves small and medium businesses, across a variety of industries, with all of their human resource, talent management and benefits administration requirements.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
If you can find a purpose for your company above and beyond just making money… You will ignite passion in your Influencers & Advocates.
YOUNGRY™ - an united community of entrepreneurs that hustle, profit, expand, and inspire with original content, events, and e-commerce.
Ash Kumra, CEO and Co-Founder is an award winning entrepreneur, author, speaker and syndicated radio show host. He has been recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30.
He is the author of book series "Confessions from an Entrepreneur" (Volume 1) & (Volume 2) (Amazon.com), spoken to over 10,000 people on entrepreneurship, over 100 articles and conducted over 1000 interviews with business mavens, entrepreneurs and celebrities.
John Reed is the COO of Youngry.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Dalip Jaggi: Investing In Your People Above And Beyond The Standard!
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
We learned about a company that was truly built by: Valuing people more than anything else. Invested in people first. Foster education first, allowing room for growth. Doesn't cut corners and gives benefits freely. He caters to the company and is big on creating value for company and clients.
Dalip Jaggi has been recognized as a young entrepreneur, an active soul who is always looking to do more and do better. He is the founder of the respectable brand and digital agency, Devise Interactive. Inventor, he co-founded the world’s first smart shower device, EvaDrop Smart Shower and an interactive kiosk for brick-and-mortar shops, Fraxtion. He co-founded Forge54, a non-profit, that hosts a 54-hour hackathon weekend to provide a marketing makeover to one non-profit every year. Dalip enjoys spending time with his family and friends, playing chess or even the saxophone, and snowboarding.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Rod Swartwood: Human Capital Return On Investment! HCROI
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Most companies look to HR for Compliance and today we take a look at how Human Resources can positively affect profit rather than holding down costs.
Rod Swartwood is the Founder and President of HR Prime, a full-service HR consultancy specializing in the strategic and tactical creation of best-in-class talent management practices and world-beating teams. From HRIS roles with government agencies in the early days of LAN based business computing through his strategic HR leadership roles at startups and Fortune 300 companies. His 26 years of practical HR leadership in a wide variety of verticals, coupled with his degrees in organizational psychology and business give him the unique opportunity to guide both young organizations and established entities to greater productivity and profits.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Peter Polydor: The Importance Of A Strong Team When Shopping To Investors!
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
One of the most critical elements to being funded is the team who are leading the charge. Know your weaknesses and have a plan to fill those gaps! Be honest in your approach and realistic in how your company will grow.
Points covered:
- - Importance of a strong team
- - Having a Plan & When to Pivot
- - Strategy for how and when to engage a recruiter
- - Position your team to be attractive to investors
Peter Polydor is the CEO and Founder of ERGO Capital and the startup accelerator Ergo Accel. In 2014, he founded the Eureka Building, a three-acre startup and tech community based in Irvine, California, designed to foster innovation and house entrepreneurs. The site is home to over 30 companies ranging from startup to a large public company. Peter sits on the Boards as well as Advisory Boards of a number of portfolio companies and startups. Further to his work at ERGO, Peter is a Professor of Practice at the University of Wales, is a Charter Member of the Canadian C100, recipient of the Greek 40 Under 40 award and the Power 30 Under 30 award. He received his BA from Occidental College and his MBA from the University of Oxford, Said Business School.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
The results can be astonishing just by giving people the opportunity to learn & develop new skills!
Take Aways:
- Maintain “family culture” & Creativity
- Daily/weekly engagement, focus on keeping people involved
- Promote creation of games through contests. Pitch ideas, if they are not interested, the IP is the employees to develop on their own. Use the company’s resources to build.
- Winning with uniqueness: family environment, they play where the big companies can not offer. Ambidextrous, ie: take and engineer & teach rendering, AI, leaders are willing to teach.
- Career manager- making sure people are learning what they need/want to learn.
Brad Hendricks is the CEO and a serial entrepreneur/business development specialist who started up Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. in 2010, a AAA game studio that creates original content and provides full game development services to various publishers and developers. Under his leadership, BSE has quickly become the top collaborator for industry leading titles such as Disney Infinity 3.0, Bioshock: Infinite, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Borderlands 2, Sunset Overdrive, and Evolve.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
John Crittenden: What Is The Right Time To Exit Your Startup?
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
The trials and tribulations of when a founding member of a team should step away from his company in order to let it grow. When to exit and how to do it in such a way to benefit the company!
John R. Crittenden, is the Founder and CEO of Mondigi. He is an entrepreneur with broad experience across asset management, sales and marketing, consumer financial brands, and digital wealth management platforms. Prior to Mondigi, he was one of the first four employees at Acorns and earliest executives as Director of Institutional Services, one of the first and most successful robo-advisor platforms focused on wealth management.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
How does the baseball theme transfer into their interview process.
- Strength finding exercises
- Provide growth plan in interview
- Put gameplan together for each employee
- Involve different departments in interview process in a panel interview process.
Sean Ferrel founded Managed Solution in 2002. He recognized the need for consultative IT services for small-to-medium and enterprise clients and with little capital, Sean and his dedicated team grew the company organically to success. Within 3 years, the company was recognized as one of San Diego’s 40 fastest growing companies, awarded one of the 40 companies with owners under 40 years old and recognized as the 27th fastest growing IT company in Southern California.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Jon Shower a multi industry entrepreneur here in Orange County with his most recent venture being in the tech space. Currently, Jon is the founder and CEO of iNK, a new business networking platform geared towards helping people build better networks. They were funded earlier this year and are finishing testing an alpha version while preparing to launch live within the next month.
Following your passion and not being afraid to take risks are two big factors that have led Jon to this point in his journey. A lot of his core values and mindset came from the men in his family as well as his time serving in the United States Marine Corps through the mid 2000's. Jon did two combat tours to Iraq over his 4 years and then decided it was time to move on. Moving to Orange County in 2010, Jon dove into the fitness industry. He started a training company geared towards professional athletes and executive clientele. He created programs for dealing with post surgery rehab, injury prevention and strength and conditioning. After proving successful over the last 7 years, the itch to follow another idea and passion took over. The tech space was uncharted territory in 2016 for Jon but he had an idea and the passion to see it through. "I knew that building the right team around my million weaknesses would be paramount in a completely new territory....and that's what we have done".
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
The Way Your Company Writes It‘s Job Descriptions Can Get You Sued! with Usama Kahf
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
While there are many hurdles out there, the biggest legal challenges companies have in hiring today boils down to two main issues: when employees don’t disclose the truth during the hiring process and when employees bring over trade secrets from their previous workplace.
When potential employees don’t tell the truth during their interview process, whether they’re hiding things or holding back crucial information that could pertain to their ability to perform the duties of the role, it can cause major issues and put businesses in sticky legal situations.
Usama Kahf is an attorney at the Irvine office of Fisher Phillips where he practices employment law. Fisher Phillips is a national firm that only represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. Usama’s focus is on litigation prevention and compliance. He has a passion for educating business owners and HR directors on how to minimize legal risk and comply with complicated employment laws.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
The Revolving Door Of Employee Attrition with Brian Montes
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
Stopping the Revolving Door of Employee Attrition. People leave your company because they are dissatisfied. If you are running a company and driving things too fast, you really need to take a minute to look around you and ask yourself, “are the people around me getting what THEY need from our organization”?
Brian Montes of Strategy & Business Development for KEB joins us to discuss Organizational behaviors that can lead to employee dissatisfaction. Brian oversees the day to day sales and operations of KEB, a Southern California based HR Management & Payroll firm. Since 2014, he has helped hundreds of companies better manage their talent, optimize their business operations, bring an ROI to HR and increase stakeholder value.
Brian can be reached at KEB
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Having a strong team is so important and how to build it properly.
Carey Ransom is an experienced Internet and software entrepreneur and executive, having started, grown and led many technology companies during their startup and growth phases. Most recently, he was Chief Innovation Officer of Experian Consumer Services, where he led the new portfolio of consumer credit, financial and identity products, as well as partnership across other Experian business units. Previously he was Chief eXploration Officer (CXO) of Payoff, a venture-backed consumer-focused digital financial services company, where he led new initiatives and strategic partnerships. He was also the CEO at RealPractice, a venture-backed marketing software and services company, which he sold in 2012 to ReachLocal (RLOC).
Carey is active in the Orange County startup and business community and is a long-time board member of OCTANe. He has frequently spoken at software, financial technology, and online media conferences such as AltFI, Innovation Project, INBOX, The BIA/Kelsey Group, OMMA, and others. Carey’s expertise is identifying new partnership and revenue opportunities, product and technology initiatives, and creating and leveraging market trends.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Friday Sep 01, 2017
Lou Adler And I Discuss Recruiting From The Inside Out!
Friday Sep 01, 2017
Friday Sep 01, 2017
Lou Adler, CEO and Founder of The Adler Group joins us to discuss referral based recruiting. Knowing where to start looking is really the most important element when taking on a search. You must put some thought and creativity into your process!
The Adler Group is a consulting and training firm, implementing performance-based hiring at companies around the world. Lou is the author of Amazon's top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2007), & (2nd Edition)The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired (Workbench Media, 2013) and the Lynda.com Performance-based Hiring video training program (2016). Adler is one of the top bloggers on LinkedIn’s Influencer program writing about the latest trends in hiring, employment, and recruiting. His articles, quotes and research can now be found in Inc. Magazine, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and The Wall Street Journal.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Aug 23, 2017
Wednesday Aug 23, 2017
Co-Founder of hirepool.io, Erin Wilson returned to talk about what a career wound is and why it is important to identify career wounds when deciding to interview a prospective employee!
Erin Wilson has been a candidate advocate for the better part of a decade. First as an agency recruiter, specialized in technical recruiting. Then as an internal recruiter and head of talent. Lastly, now, as the co-founder of hirepool.io He is passionate about empowering job seekers of all backgrounds and committed to improving the world's candidate experience one interaction at a time.
To learn more about Erin Wilson and his work with hirepool.io, check out his LinkedIn here.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Erin Wilson, Co-Founder of hirepool.io, joined us to discuss the importance of developing a candidate experience based framework in your hiring process.
Erin Wilson has been a candidate advocate for the better part of a decade. First as an agency recruiter, specialized in technical recruiting. Then as an internal recruiter and head of talent. Lastly, now, as the co-founder of hirepool.io He is passionate about empowering job seekers of all backgrounds and committed to improving the world's candidate experience one interaction at a time.
To learn more about Erin Wilson and his work with hirepool.io, check out his LinkedIn here.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Aug 09, 2017
Wednesday Aug 09, 2017
How can the power giving back attract talent and benefit your company as a whole?
This week on Hire Power Radio Show, Gui Mendes and Mason Monsevais of the Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy (AOJ) joined us to discuss the power of giving back and how doing so has benefited their organization.
To learn more about Gui Mendes, Mason Monsevais and the Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy (AOJ) visit www.artofjiujitsu.com/
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Manage Your Career, Or Your Career Will Manage YOU! with Mike Gellman
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Manage your career, or your career will manage you!
This week on Hire Power Radio Show, Mike Gellman, Founder of High Five Career Coaching, joined us to discuss effective career management, common mistakes people make, and how to position yourself to progress your career in a fulfilling direction.
Mike Gellman, M.S. is the Founder of High Five Career Coaching and coaches highly-motivated professionals and leaders in various stages of their careers to gain greater clarity, create sustainable change, and achieve higher levels of excellence. He is also the author of Pipe Dreams: 7 Pipelines of Career Success (Amazon.com) that has received rave reviews from readers.
To learn more about Mike Gellman, visit MikeGellman.com.
Friday Jul 28, 2017
Friday Jul 28, 2017
What is the “elephant in the room,” and how can you conquer it? Trust!
This week on Hire Power Radio Show, Marcus Sheridan, president of The Sales Lion and author of They Ask, You Answer, (Amazon.com) joined us to discuss how a company’s reputation, and the unspoken issues surrounding it, can impact hiring/recruitment, and how being open with candidates about the “elephant in the room” can build trust and win over the talent you need to hire.
Called a “web marketing guru” by the New York Times, the Story of how Marcus Sheridan was able to save his swimming pool company, River Pools, from the economic crash of 2008 has been featured in multiple books, publications, and stories around the world—and is also the inspiration for his newest book, They Ask, You Answer, which was dubbed the #1 marketing book to read in 2017 by Mashable. Known for his incredibly unique ability to engage live audiences, Sheridan has become a highly sought after global speaker and consultant in the digital sales and marketing space, working with hundreds of business and brands alike to become the most trusted voice of their industry while navigating the ultra- fast rate of change occurring within consumers and buyers today.
To learn more about Marcus Sheridan, visit thesaleslion.com.
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
The offer has been signed. The candidate is committed. Now what?
Ever had a person sign your offer then not start? Most likely you failed to keep them engaged in active participation while awaiting their start date. Or maybe, you had a person start, and they didn't come back to work the next day, it’s not their fault; it’s yours.
This week, Elizabeth Pate-Morton joined us on Hire Power Radio Show to discuss the crucial steps your company should take after an offer is signed to keep employees engaged and invested during the onboarding process, and how doing so contributes to organizational effectiveness.
Elizabeth Pate-Morton has extensive experience creating a solid Human Resource foundation for companies looking to grow rapidly into their next phase. With 30 years of progressive Human Resource Management experience, 20 in Silicon Valley and International tech companies, Elizabeth brings a unique and refreshing style of HR to the table. With the strong belief in “HR as a Service,” she has been very successful creating amazing cultures that encourage employees to be creative, work on hard problems together and have fun doing it. She has been a part of eight Mergers and Acquisitions and an IPO. She has most recently been a key member of the HR leadership teams at Apigee (now Google), Lockheed Martin, and Savi Technology. Elizabeth is currently the Human Resource Leader at Snowflake Computing.
To learn more about Elizabeth Pate-Morton and her work with Snowflake Computing, visit www.snowflake.net.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Why do great candidates run after going through your company's interview process? The answer: disorganized Mess!
This week, legendary recruiting trainer Peter Leffkowitz joined us on Hire Power Radio Show to discuss why implementing effective interview processes is essential for your company’s success.
Peter Leffkowitz is the founder and CEO of Morgan Consulting Group and Morgan 20/20 Search. Peter has developed and guided the largest training and consulting company to the staffing industry, and has personally trained over 60,000 recruiters from around the world. Peter also runs his private brand, Morgan 20/20 Search, a firm that specializes in very tight, high demand/low supply niches such as artificial intelligence within the drone, the driverless car industry, and international taxation.
For more information about Peter Leffkowitz and his work, visit: www.morgancg.com/
Check out the Blog on the Stride Search, Inc site for the supplementary “show recap” article with detailed takeaways/insights from the interview.
Friday Jun 23, 2017
Friday Jun 23, 2017
Is your firm proactive or reactive when it comes to recruitment strategy?
This week Michael Krug, Talent Acquisition Manager for Hoag Hospital in Orange County, California joined us on Hire Power Radio. Michael’s expertise is in building quality talent pipelines and developing effective recruitment and sourcing strategies through the use of technology and advanced analytics. During his time on Hire Power Radio, Michael discussed the difference between proactive and reactive recruiting, and how organizations can best strategize to improve their hiring and recruitment processes.
Prior to working at Hoag, Michael was a Technical Sourcer at SpaceX.
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
Rick Girard, Founder and CEO of Stride Search Inc. and Host of Hire Power Radio Show
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
How To Place Talent At A Company With A Crappy Reputation with Tom Chaparro!
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Listen to our interview with Tom Chaparro from The Newport Group on HirePower Radio. Our topic: How to Place Talent at a Company with a Crappy Reputation. Live on Orange County's only business radio station, OC Talk Radio!
As Senior Executive Recruiter and Division Manager of our Orange County Office, Mr. Chaparro combines deep, hands-on expertise in a variety of verticals, with an uncanny business insight for the international marketplaces in which his business partners operate. With more than 25 years of executive search experience, and an unmatched knowledge of the real estate development, construction and oil & gas industries, Tom identifies and places proven mid to senior level executives in his respective practice areas, helping candidates achieve new career goals and clients build the teams that both shape and lead their respective markets. Prior to joining Newport in 2010, Tom spent 9 years as Founder and CEO of Chaparro Advisors, a top-tier, nationally recognized retained executive search and consulting organization. Prior to founding his own firm, Tom served as VP and GM at Management Solutions, Inc., until its acquisition by TMP World Wide/Monster.com in late 1999.