Virtual Fireside: Strategically Planning for Your Next Wave of Hiring When You Run a Lean Team
WHO: Director level and above women in TA
ABOUT:
As Heads of Talent and TA leaders managing lean teams, the challenge of scaling quickly while maintaining the quality of hires is ever-present. This fireside chat brings together industry experts to explore innovative solutions for optimizing your recruitment processes through fractional and embedded recruiting models.
Discussion Points:
Understanding the Need: Addressing the pain point of limited bandwidth and resources when scaling is necessary.
Exploring Alternatives: Evaluating the benefits of fractional and embedded recruiters versus full-time hires.
Efficiency and Value: Demonstrating how fractional and embedded recruiters can ramp up more quickly than full-time employees, providing flexibility and agility.
Justifying Costs: Calculating and articulating the value of fractional hires versus full-time employees by considering hiring costs, payroll, equity, insurance, and other factors. Emphasizing the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of these models.
Real-World Applications: Discussing when fractional and embedded models make sense for companies at different stages (startups, scale-ups, mid-size).
Implementation: Best practices for hiring fractional or embedded recruiters, ensuring compliance, maintaining DEI perspectives, and framing the candidate experience. Outlining onboarding and recruitment operations.
Join us for an insightful session that will equip you with the knowledge and strategies to make informed decisions about leveraging fractional and embedded recruiters, ultimately driving your talent acquisition efforts forward efficiently and effectively.
SPEAKERS:
Desiree Goldey - Director of Talent Ops & Culture, ZRG Embedded Recruiting/RPO
Brandon Jeffs - Director of People & Talent, TLDR
Natalie Stones - Founder, Talent Refinery
Tammy Dain - Founder, Rabble Recruiting
BIOS:
Desiree Goldey is a distinguished leader in talent operations and culture. As the Director of Talent Operations and Culture at ZRG Partners, a premier global talent advisory firm, Desiree has been instrumental in refining recruitment strategies and enhancing workplace dynamics. Desiree embodies her motto "Do Better People", a movement she spearheaded to incite continuous improvement in personal behaviors, organizational operations, and broader societal interactions. This philosophy is rooted in her commitment to catalyzing change and fostering an environment where progress and equity prevail.
Brandon Jeffs is the Director of People and Talent at TLDR - the newsletter collective taking the startup tech industry by storm.
He has built talent acquisition programs and recruited for venture backed tech startups, private equity software, and public companies. He's helped build a fractional talent community and platform for executive placements, and worked closely with founders in early stage startups to place talent that makes an exponential impact on the business during crucible moments.
As a former NCAA Division I athlete he believes in talent acquisition's ability to activate employees to achieve their highest potential in their professional journey. His mission is to empower the Employee<>Employer relationship in the future of work.
Outside of the day-to-day, he hosts The RevolTA podcast for People and Talent leaders in tech, and lives in Colorado with his wife and two kids.
Natalie Stones - With almost 20 years of experience in both agency and in-house corporate recruiting, Natalie has led recruiters, sourcers, and RCs specializing in Go-to-Market, Biz Ops, G&A, and Tech. As Head of Talent for several Series A-C Startups in Silicon Valley and Director of Talent for a National Fortune 1000 Professional Services firm, she has grown to become an expert in TA strategy, executive recruiting, and leading Talent Acquisition teams of over 30 people. She is the Founder of Talent Refinery, which provides Fractional Talent Solutions.
Tammy Dain - With 15+ years of experience across tech, legal, and higher education, Tammy thrives in recruiting for Series A startups to large public companies. As the Founder of Rabble—an on-demand Recruiting and People Ops firm—and Podcast Host of Talent Tribe- she excels in helping companies think about recruiting at scale. In her role as the Director of Talent Acquisition with Axiom Law—the world's largest hirer of legal talent—she honed her skills in leading a team of 19 recruiters and high-volume hiring.