Stephanie Moss

Time kills all deals.

Time kills all deals.

Welcome to the Talent Trade. I am your host, Stephanie Moss, partner with Thinking Ahead Executive Search. Today, I am super excited to have one of Thinking Ahead's greats from the life sciences practice with us, Jessica Gurley. Welcome, Jessica. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. Yay. So Jessica recruits in our life sciences practice, a life changing niche.

Welcome to the Talent Trade. I am your host, Stephanie Moss, partner with Thinking Ahead Executive Search. Today, I am super excited to have one of Thinking Ahead's greats from the life sciences practice with us, Jessica Gurley. Welcome, Jessica. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. Yay. So Jessica recruits in our life sciences practice, a life changing niche.

Jessica, what I'd love to do is turn it over to you, do a little bit more of an introduction of yourself and your niche. And then we'll talk about how you as a recruiter in that space stand out from the crowd. Great.

Jessica, what I'd love to do is turn it over to you, do a little bit more of an introduction of yourself and your niche. And then we'll talk about how you as a recruiter in that space stand out from the crowd. Great.

down super complicated, but good. Okay. So you have been in this niche, you rule the roost. Tell us, what do you do different than other recruiters in your space, other recruiters, period? How do you stand out from the crowd?

down super complicated, but good. Okay. So you have been in this niche, you rule the roost. Tell us, what do you do different than other recruiters in your space, other recruiters, period? How do you stand out from the crowd?

It sounds like one of your cornerstones for standing apart from the crowd is how you treat people it's about them not about you you do follow through you do what you say you're going to do there's consistency sounds like you bring a lot of empathy to your practice and just have made a practice of treating people well

It sounds like one of your cornerstones for standing apart from the crowd is how you treat people it's about them not about you you do follow through you do what you say you're going to do there's consistency sounds like you bring a lot of empathy to your practice and just have made a practice of treating people well

And that definitely makes you stand out. Now, what I think is super fascinating about you is you have this high human touch relational approach. And yet you become one of the firm's kind of gurus, innovators of this technological approach to doing what you do.

And that definitely makes you stand out. Now, what I think is super fascinating about you is you have this high human touch relational approach. And yet you become one of the firm's kind of gurus, innovators of this technological approach to doing what you do.

Dude, that's awesome. I really feel like you bring this yin and yang of being incredibly focused on the human, the individual. And yet at the same time, what we just heard was a tremendous amount of relying on technology for efficiencies and to get to folks you wouldn't otherwise get to, to get to the humans.

Dude, that's awesome. I really feel like you bring this yin and yang of being incredibly focused on the human, the individual. And yet at the same time, what we just heard was a tremendous amount of relying on technology for efficiencies and to get to folks you wouldn't otherwise get to, to get to the humans.

So folks, a couple of key takeaways here. Treat your humans like humans. Use technology to give you an edge and get to those humans faster and recruiting in a niche that you have a passion for. It is a difference maker and it sounds like you have definitely found your people too. Thank you.

So folks, a couple of key takeaways here. Treat your humans like humans. Use technology to give you an edge and get to those humans faster and recruiting in a niche that you have a passion for. It is a difference maker and it sounds like you have definitely found your people too. Thank you.

Andy, I'm Stephanie Moss. How are you?

Andy, I'm Stephanie Moss. How are you?

I'm good. I'll ask that super open-ended question. Start at the beginning and tell me a little bit about you and your super interesting journey.

I'm good. I'll ask that super open-ended question. Start at the beginning and tell me a little bit about you and your super interesting journey.