The Modern Recruiter
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Modern Recruiter #78: Building a Recruiting Brand Through Content, Benjamin Mena, Managing Partner @ Select Source Solutions
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone,This week on The Modern Recruiter, I had a great conversation with Benjamin Mena, host of The Elite Recruiter Podcast and Managing Partne...
The Modern Recruiter #77: Selling your recruiting company to Elon Musk, Chris Bakke, Founder at Laskie
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone,This week on The Modern Recruiter, I had an amazing in-person conversation with Chris Bakke about his journey building and selling two su...
The Modern Recruiter #76: Startup Hiring 101, Steve Bartel, CEO @ Gem
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everybody! This week on The Modern Recruiter, I had a fantastic chat with Steve Bartel, founder of Gem, about a topic close to my heart: recruitin...
The Modern Recruiter #75: From Professional Soccer to Recruiting, Jared Watts, Director of Talent @ Vantaca
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone,In this episode of The Modern Recruiter, I had a great conversation with Jared Watts, a former professional soccer player turned recrui...
The Modern Recruiter #74: Mastering LinkedIn for Recruiters, Clark Willcox, Founder @ The Digital Recruiter
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone,In this episode of The Modern Recruiter, I had a fantastic conversation with Clark Willcox, founder of The Digital Recruiter and host o...
The Modern Recruiter #73: Building and Selling a $28 Million Recruiting Agency, Diane Prince, Founder @ Recruiting Agency 360
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good morning everybody!This week, we dropped an absolute masterclass on building a highly valuable recruiting/staffing agency to potentially sell for ...
The Modern Recruiter #72: What's Really Happening in Hiring in 2024, Josh Brenner, CEO @Hired.com"
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone,With the job market changing so rapidly over the past few years, I try to keep up. That means lots of chats with folks from various secto...
The Modern Recruiter #71: Nail your Job Search in 2024: Tips & Strategies from a Recruiting Pro, Melissa Grabiner
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone!Just wrapped up an amazing chat with Melissa Grabiner about something we all care about: how to get a better job. We talked about strateg...
The Modern Recruiter #70: A Pricing & Value Masterclass for Recruiters, Jon Brooks, Founder @ The Value Advantage
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everybody!In a special episode that I've been teasing for a bit, Jon and I unpack the art and science of pricing for agencies and recruiters. Even...
The Modern Recruiter #69: The recruiting agency recipe to hit 70K€ revenue per month with 70% recurring revenue in 18 months, Samuli Salonen, CEO @ TalentBee
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everybody! Robin here, and I'm back with another episode of The Modern Recruiter, diving deep into my latest obsession: the inner workings of recr...
The Modern Recruiter #68: Founding a recruiting collective from scratch, Bryan Lee, founder @ Narwhal Search.
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there Modern Recruiters!I’m back episode of The Modern Recruiter. Same as with Chris (from last week - listen to it now if you haven't already!)...
The Modern Recruiter #67: A deep dive into agency metrics, Chris Relth, Founder & CEO @ Artemis.
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2024, everyone!Time's flown by since we launched this newsletter in January 2023, and now we're nearing 800 subscribers – huge thanks for that...
The Modern Recruiter #66: How to use emotion to increase your reply rates, Sandra Feldmann, TA Campaign Manager
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this episode live in person, right after Sandra Feldmann rocked the stage at the Sourcing Summit. The energy of doing it in person was - a...
The Modern Recruiter #65: How to build a best-in-class interview process by coaching interviewers, Aaron Edwards, Senior Recruiter @ Orbis.
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Great news! Substack now has a “Transcription” feature - which means you can read the transcript of our conversation with Aaron. If you are as imp...
The Modern Recruiter #64: Predicting the future of recruiting, Matt Alder.
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To access the episode notes, please go to https://themodernrecruiter.substack.com/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ...
The Modern Recruiter #63: A masterclass to improve your candidates closing rates, Jose Guardado, Partner @Riviera Partner.
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To access the notes of the episode, go to http://themodernrecruiter.substack.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...
The Modern Recruiter #62: Productivity hacks for recruiters. Jonathan Kidder, Senior Recruiter @Amazon.
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet (a recruiting CRM that helps Talent Acquisition automate their outreach and nurture past candidates)....
The Modern Recruiter #61: How to become a fractional recruiter, Natalie Stones.
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet (a Recruiting CRM that helps Talent Acquisition automate their o...
The Modern Recruiter #60: Become a robot-proof recruiter, Katrina Collier.
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To access the notes of the episode, please subscribe to the newsletter of the podcast: aplayerspodcast.substack.com. This is a public episode. If you...
The Modern Recruiter #59: ChatGPT in recruiting: dos and don'ts, Jan Tegze.
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To access the notes of the episode, please subscribe to the newsletter of the podcast: themodernrecruiter.substack.com This is a public episode. If yo...
The Modern Recruiter #58: ChatGPT applied to sourcing, Vanessa Raath.
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please subscribe to the newsletter of the podcast to access the show notes, as well as extra resources: https://aplayerspodcast.substack.com/. This i...
The Modern Recruiter #57: How to find a job in Talent Acquisition in 2023, Paul Church, co-founder @Amino Group.
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To access the notes of the episodes, subscribe to the newsletter of the podcast: aplayerspodcast.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would l...
The Modern Recruiter #56: Concrete use cases for ChatGPT in recruiting, Mike Wolford.
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The notes of the episode are available in the newsletter of the podcast. Register here: https://aplayerspodcast.substack.com/ This is a public episode...
The Modern Recruiter #55: Use your ATS to its full potential, Austin Nelson.
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to the podcast to check the notes of the episode + other free resources. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with o...
The Modern Recruiter #54: Recession-proof your team and yourself as a recruiter, Lindsay Hildebrandt.
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Notes of the episode, as well as extra resources, are for subscribers only. Enroll now (free): https://aplayerspodcast.substack.com/. This is a publi...
The Modern Recruiter #53: Building your personal brand and your network as a recruiter, Camille Tate, Head of TA @Strava.
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To check the episode notes, please subscribe to the newsletter of the podcast: https://aplayerspodcast.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you ...
The Modern Recruiter #52: How ChatGPT and generative AI will disrupt recruitment, Hung Lee.
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the full description of this episode, go to: https://aplayerspodcast.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wit...
The Modern Recruiter #51: How to recruit your GTM team, Chuck Brotman.
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I address various recruiting issues such as recruit...
The Modern Recruiter #50: Introduction to Recruiting Operations, Luke Eaton.
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I humbly tackle recruiting issues about recruiting outr...
The Modern Recruiter #49: Apply Social Selling to recruitment, Joel Lalgee.
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I humbly tackle recruiting issues about recruiting outr...
The Modern Recruiter #48: Making the Business Case for Recruiting at the Executive Level. Greg Troxell Recruiting Leader @Wheel
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I humbly tackle recruiting issues about recruiting outr...
The Modern Recruiter #47: The zero-cost strategy to build a killer employer brand. Bonnie Dilber, Recruiting Leader @Zapier.
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I humbly tackle recruiting issues about recruiting outr...
The Modern Recruiter #46: Make recruiting teams more strategic by changing the KPIs. Taylor Roa, Director of Talent @Wistia.
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe here:👉 Apple.👉 Spotify. 👉 Deezer.About this episode : Why are many recruiters trapped into hiring as many people, as fast as possi...
The Modern Recruiter #45: You should build a recruiting culture early on. Matt Stephenson, Operating Partner @ Human Capital
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building a culture of recruiting early on in your company is critical.Miss that step and everything will get harder as the company grow:-harder to hir...
The Modern Recruiter #44: Content creation in recruiting: the definitive framework. Matěj Matolín, employer Branding Strategist @HustáKomunikejšn.
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I often see recruiters addressing recruiting content like this:-a video by there-occasionally an article-possibly a LinkedIn post. All a bit random (a...
The Modern Recruiter #43: Search is dead. Or is it? Balazs Paroczay, CEO @The Source Code Agency.
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody talks about search in sourcing: Booleans, X-Rays etc. But finding candidates is not as valuable as 10 years ago. Because now almost everybo...
The Modern Recruiter #42: Building the Financial Time’s tech employer brand. Christine Ng, Head of Talent and Media @Quantum Motion.
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christine had a very interesting challenged: engineer the Financial Times’s tech employer brand. Of course the FT is famous around the globe for its...
The Modern Recruiter #41: Personalization at scale in recruiting. Jonas Waloschek, Senior Technical Recruiter @MANTA, ex @McKinsey.
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
« Recruiters should personalize their messages to candidates to increase their reply rates.”Ok. But what if we can’t personalize because we have ...
The Modern Recruiter #40: How to be a coach to your recruiting team. Chris Ahsing, Head of Support Recruiting @Plaid.
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yelling at your recruiting team “be better” will never make them better.Having a right-minded coach above them, will.I’ve been wanting to do an ...
The Modern Recruiter #39: How to win candidates in a competitive market, with Troy Sultan, CEO @ Guide
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The baseline experience for candidates is terrible - most companies don't really prioritize improving it. That's a blessing for companies who do, beca...
The Modern Recruiter #38: How to create a structured interview process, with Adam Redlich, VP Talent Acquisition @Octane
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“In recruiting, trust your gut”. B******t. Any recruiter worth his salt knows that it’s the best way to fall into every possible bias. Doing st...
The Modern Recruiter #37: How to build a thriving & strategic sourcing team, with Garrett Lewis, tech sourcing lead at Grammarly.
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Too many companies believe sourcing is an entry-level job. This is the worst way to look at a very critical function. Sourcing is NOT an entry-level j...
The Modern Recruiter #36: DE&I strategies for companies below 200 people, with Claudia Colvin, People & Talent @ HappyScribe.
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In that episode, we decided to address the specific challenge of DE&I in companies below 200 people.Step by step, the challenge increases. Here's ...
The Modern Recruiter #35: How to reach 10% of hires coming from nurtured candidates, with Lance Sapera, VP Talent Acquisition @ Talend.
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m convinced that nurturing your past candidates to finally hire them is a powerful strategy. And Lance Sapera is as convinced as I am. He is so...
The Modern Recruiter #34: Improve conversion rates and candidates experience with a thorough preparation & debrief process, with Larry Anderson, Senior Recruiter @ connectRN.
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I welcome Larry Anderson, Senior Recruiter at connect RN. Larry reveals to me how to greatly improve your conversion rate and cand...
The Modern Recruiter #33: How to run a great discovery process with the hiring manager AND the candidate, with James Donovan, Talent Acquisition @ Rokt.
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discovery is key in the recruiting process. A good discovery will save so much time later during the recruiting process, help you increase your closin...
The Modern Recruiter #32: How to retain your employee thanks to strong, unique and no b******t company values, with Mike “Batman” Cohen, CEO @Wayne Tech.
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Mike Cohen, CEO at Wayne Tech, about employee retention. And you’ll see that Mike is brutally honest. Mike talks a...
The Modern Recruiter #31: How to create intrinsic motivation & purpose in Talent Acquisition teams, with Mawulom Nenonene, Senior Talent and HR Advisor @Point.
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talent acquisition is hard: you get overwhelmed with tons of notifications, open hundreds of Chrome tabs, send dozen of outreach messages. And som...
The Modern Recruiter #30: How to build an employee referral program, with Nasser Oudjidane, CEO @ Intrro.
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I get questions about employee referral programs all the time: -What’s a good target for our referral program? 15% of hires? 25%? 35%? 55%? -Wha...
The Modern Recruiter #29: How to be the first recruiter in a startup, with Shannon Toomey, Senior Manager, Recruiting @Descript.
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 6 of my podcast “A-players”, I received Shannon Toomey, who explained to me how to be a good first recruiter in a startup. Shannon ...
The Modern Recruiter #28: How to deal with politics in the workplace, with Hung Lee, creator of Recruiting Brainfood.
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Having Hung on my podcast was a dream come true. I'm a personal big fan of all his content, from Recruiting Brainfood to This Week in Recruiting (link...
The Modern Recruiter #27: How to do an effective recruting capacity planning, with Emil Yeargin, VP Talent @Gusto.
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prior to being VP of Talent at Gusto, Emil was a recruiter in a recruitment agency, and an in-house recruiter for Zenefits, Okta or Lyft. And his ...
The Modern Recruiter #26: Supercharge your career as a recruiter, with Ginny Cheng, Global Head of Talent @Oura Ring.
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people enter the world of recruiting by accident, then develop a passion for it and go on to have exceptional careers as recruiters. This ...
The Modern Recruiter #25: How to reach a 92% closing rate, with Jose Guardado, co-founder @Build Talent.
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Closing candidates is an art & science. It’s one of the biggest-leverage activities in recruiting - get better at closing and everything els...
The Modern Recruiter #24: How to build a recruiting team from 1 to 50 people, with Jeff Winter, Senior Director of Talent @Chime.
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chime is a leading fintech of 1,500+ people, they raised $2.3B in total funding since their seed round in 2013, 3.7M users, they’re now valued at $2...
The Modern Recruiter #23: Create a radically candid environment where A Players can thrive, with Kim Scott, Author @ Radical Candor.
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hiring is but the beginning - now you've built that team of A-Players, you need to create the perfect ecosystem for them to thrive. Learn how to get, ...
The Modern Recruiter #22: Climb the Hiring Maturity curve, with Jon Stross, co-founder @Greenhouse.
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Stross is co-founder at Greenhouse, a leading Applicant Tracking System that built a very interesting framework: the Hiring Maturity Curve. 4 stag...
The Modern Recruiter #21: How your recruiter and candidate experience will change next year, with Sultan Murad Saidov @Beamery.
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sultan is co-founder at Beamery, which they launched in 2016, having started working on the problems and space in 2012 at the tail end of the financia...
The Modern Recruiter #20: The story of Reddit and its founding engineer-turned-CTO, with Chris Slowe, CTO & Founding Engineer @ Reddit,
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris' story is intertwined with Reddit's. From its early days in 2005 to its sale to Condé Nast Publications in 2006 to the come back of the foundin...
The Modern Recruiter #19: 5 Things That May Be Preventing You from Hiring Diverse A-Players, with Rocki Howard, Chief Diversity Officer @ Smart Recruiters.
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rocki knows the recruiting field in & out and she's now the Chief Diversity Officer at a leading Talent Acquisition Software. She has a very clear...
The Modern Recruiter #18: Use LinkedIn beyond inMails and job postings, with Madeline Mann @ Self-Made Millenial.
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LinkedIn's the #1 tool in any recruiter toolkit - for a reason. Yet most of us are only scratching the surface and wondering how to dive deeper.In thi...
The Modern Recruiter #17: From 0 to 1,000 customers in 12 months, with Alex Bouaziz, CEO @ Deel.
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Deel raised a total of $50M from tier-1 VCs in less than 18 months after inception to build a payroll company for distributed workers. This is their s...
The Modern Recruiter #16: Use data to run your Talent Acquisition like a business, with Mike Moriarty, Global Head of Talent Acquisition @Dropbox.
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Moriarty is the Global Head of Recruitment at Dropbox, helping to lead a team of 100+ Dropboxers developing and innovating cutting-edge staffing ...
The Modern Recruiter #15: Transition your team to remote work, with Rodolphe Dutel, Founder @Remotive.io.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Remotive.io has been around for 6 years and is one of the strongest remote workers community. They talked about remote working way before the pandemic...
The Modern Recruiter #14: Write world-class job descriptions and supercharge your employer branding, with James Ellis, Employer Branding @ Roku.
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James Ellis is the biggest Employer Branding Nerd on earth (I'm not saying this, Google is!). With great energy and humor, James walks us through the ...
The Modern Recruiter #13: A glimpse at the future of recruiting, with Nate Smith, CEO @ Lever.
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nate is one of Lever's cofounders - a leading ATS (serving 2,500 customers) that you probably all know. He started as CEO, turned CTO, and then CEO ag...
The Modern Recruiter #12: Find Product Market Fit, with Kulveer Taggar, CEO & Cofounder @ Zeus Living.
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kulveer Taggar is CEO at Zeus, a tech-enabled rental company for business travelers. In this episode, Kulveer candidly shares how Covid-19 redefined t...
The Modern Recruiter #11: How YC picks founders and how to hit Product Market Fit with your team, with Michael Seibel, CEO @ Y Combinator.
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael is the CEO at Y Combinator - the world's most famous accelerator who launched over 2,000 startups. In this episode, Michael shares YC's 5-step...
The Modern Recruiter #10: From $1 to $10M ARR, what changes? with Romain Lapeyre, CEO @ Gorgias.
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gorgias grew from 20 people to 90 people in the last 12 months, one of the fastest ramp up we've seen, right in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. Rom...
The Modern Recruiter #9: Recruitment is broken - but we can fix it, with Alison Eastaway, VP of People @ Sqreen.
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alison joined Sqreen super early (Employee #13) to help the founders build a great team and culture. She believes recruitment needs to be fixed and sh...
The Modern Recruiter #8: Build a world-class engineering team, with Tido Carriero, Chief Product Development Officer @ Segment.
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tido built engineering teams at early-stage Facebook, Dropbox, now Segment - his mandate has always to build world-class engineering teams. Learn how ...
The Modern Recruiter #7: Hiring when hitting stratospheric growth, with Bryant Chou, CTO & Head of Growth @ Webflow.
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryant, Sergie, and Vlad co-founded Webflow in 2013 with a very strong focus on building the best team. The three of them hired the first 100 people i...
The Modern Recruiter #6: Build a standardized hiring Machine, with Charles Guillemet, Recruiting Manager @ Facebook, ex-Head of Recruiting @ Neuralink & @ Gusto.
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charles has seen recruiting as every possible stage of a startup. Hear his learnings from scaling Gusto from 30 to 600 employees in 3 years, learn how...
The Modern Recruiter #5: A recruiting nerd shares her best tools & trade secrets, with Chez Jennings, Tech Recruiter @ Lever.
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chez worked in recruiting for 7 years, starting on the agency side, and made the move to in-house recruiting. In this episode specifically tailored fo...
The Modern Recruiter #4: How to grow as a recruiter, with Ross Mahaffey, Senior Recruiter @ Uber.
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ross currently leads a Talent Acquisition team at Uber and believes Talent Acquisition roles evolved (and will keep evolving) into a much more strateg...
The Modern Recruiter #3: When & how to hire your executive team, with Jason Boehmig, CEO @Ironclad.
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In less than six years, Jason grew Ironclad to a company of 160 employees and raised a total of $84M. Jason faced two stages at Ironclad: #1 - Find P...
The Modern Recruiter #2: Build a sales team of top performers, with Jason Lemkin, CEO @ SaaStr.
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Lemkin was co-founder & CEO at EchoSign, sold it for $400M to Adobe, went on to create Saastr - the largest community in the world for Saas ...
The Modern Recruiter #1: Build a best-in-class candidate experience and reach a 75% offer acceptance rate on engineering roles, with Amanda Bell, Head of Talent @Retool.
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda has been in recruiting for 10 years and has seen in all. In this first episode, she tells us about her experience building teams of A-Players a...