Holly Bond
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And I said, no, no, you, this, I want you to talk to me about this rule. And she said, me? And I said, yes, read it again. You could do this. And she called me and she goes, oh my gosh, I can. I could do it. She said, but I'm in my 60s. And I said, nobody cares. I don't care. We don't care. Age is a number. You're so wise. You've done this job a million times. You can do it.
And I said, no, no, you, this, I want you to talk to me about this rule. And she said, me? And I said, yes, read it again. You could do this. And she called me and she goes, oh my gosh, I can. I could do it. She said, but I'm in my 60s. And I said, nobody cares. I don't care. We don't care. Age is a number. You're so wise. You've done this job a million times. You can do it.
But she was hung up because she's in her early 60s. And I wanted to tell people, That doesn't matter. That's when you're just, you have so much mind share of what you're working on. And those are the people that I just love it. To find people that haven't really pictured themselves in that role and then to tell them the reasons why they should.
But she was hung up because she's in her early 60s. And I wanted to tell people, That doesn't matter. That's when you're just, you have so much mind share of what you're working on. And those are the people that I just love it. To find people that haven't really pictured themselves in that role and then to tell them the reasons why they should.
Yes, and that, of course, is the hottest topic, I think, in every sector and every organization. And certainly with this one and both Royer Thompson and Facet, we are very aligned. I think if you're doing mass recruiting,
Yes, and that, of course, is the hottest topic, I think, in every sector and every organization. And certainly with this one and both Royer Thompson and Facet, we are very aligned. I think if you're doing mass recruiting,
I think that AI would be extremely helpful, you know, so if you're, for many reasons, but I, for example, if you're opening a new Walmart in a new city, I think AI would help you immensely. If you have to hire hundreds of people, I really do. And I think AI, we are using AI at Facet. We are not built for speed. We have a process and it works and we go through that process.
I think that AI would be extremely helpful, you know, so if you're, for many reasons, but I, for example, if you're opening a new Walmart in a new city, I think AI would help you immensely. If you have to hire hundreds of people, I really do. And I think AI, we are using AI at Facet. We are not built for speed. We have a process and it works and we go through that process.
So each of our searches take about 10 weeks and we have it down Perfectly. But there are places in those phases, so it's four phases that we go through, and there are certainly times where AI will help us, especially help us not miss anything, help us become more efficient. Every month we have an efficiency meeting and we always talk about AI. So with LinkedIn Recruiter, for example, that uses AI.
So each of our searches take about 10 weeks and we have it down Perfectly. But there are places in those phases, so it's four phases that we go through, and there are certainly times where AI will help us, especially help us not miss anything, help us become more efficient. Every month we have an efficiency meeting and we always talk about AI. So with LinkedIn Recruiter, for example, that uses AI.
We will use that to help source candidates and add to our pool. You've received this, Vince, where you get a message on your LinkedIn inbox and it goes, hi, comma, and then it'll have somebody asking you if you're interested in a job. And they've sent it out to 3,000 people. That's not us. We will never do that.
We will use that to help source candidates and add to our pool. You've received this, Vince, where you get a message on your LinkedIn inbox and it goes, hi, comma, and then it'll have somebody asking you if you're interested in a job. And they've sent it out to 3,000 people. That's not us. We will never do that.
We will never use the LinkedIn AI tool to have a template to send the same message to people. We will look at their background, and it does make it slower, but we're okay with that because, again, we're dealing with people. So we will look at their LinkedIn profile or their resume, and we will send a message to them, not a template.
We will never use the LinkedIn AI tool to have a template to send the same message to people. We will look at their background, and it does make it slower, but we're okay with that because, again, we're dealing with people. So we will look at their LinkedIn profile or their resume, and we will send a message to them, not a template.
We will say, hey, I see that you're over in Prince Edward Island or you're in Toronto. I see that this is happening, or we will make sure that when they read it... They know an AI bot has not sent them a message. We need them to know that. The beginning of the search starts with caring and curiosity, and an AI bot doesn't have either one of those things.
We will say, hey, I see that you're over in Prince Edward Island or you're in Toronto. I see that this is happening, or we will make sure that when they read it... They know an AI bot has not sent them a message. We need them to know that. The beginning of the search starts with caring and curiosity, and an AI bot doesn't have either one of those things.
Where AI is really helpful is when you're interviewing 20 people, 30 people for a role, and it'll help transcribe your thoughts and put it into a very, and very quickly, and it'll do that in a succinct way where you can when you go to your client for the shortlist meeting, you say, these are the five candidates. Here's the resume.
Where AI is really helpful is when you're interviewing 20 people, 30 people for a role, and it'll help transcribe your thoughts and put it into a very, and very quickly, and it'll do that in a succinct way where you can when you go to your client for the shortlist meeting, you say, these are the five candidates. Here's the resume.
And here is a succinct and concise description of them and their qualities and their characteristics and why they, you know, we always say, you know, we're looking for these four legs of the stool. They need to have these four things. So what is it that they have? But AI tools can really help with that. And it makes us more efficient. But
And here is a succinct and concise description of them and their qualities and their characteristics and why they, you know, we always say, you know, we're looking for these four legs of the stool. They need to have these four things. So what is it that they have? But AI tools can really help with that. And it makes us more efficient. But