The New School Podcast: How Recruiters Can Build Relationships With Tough Candidates

Kris Dunn Influence, Recruiting, Recruitment Marketing, Tim Sackett

Welcome to the latest episode of The New School Podcast, featuring host, Tim Sackett! In this episode, Tim talks to Paul DeBettignies, aka The Minnesota Headhunter, a Minnesota IT Recruiter with 17 years of experience building IT teams with startups & tech companies, and author of Minnesota Headhunter, the longest running regional recruiter blog (2005). The conversation is all about how the best …

The New School Podcast: Using Non-Traditional Recruiting Pools To Land Top Tech Talent

Cara Lucas Audacious Ideas, Candidate Pool, Career Paths, Good HR, Hiring Bias, Hiring Managers, HR, Kris Dunn, Labor, Tim Sackett

Welcome to the first episode of The New School Podcast, featuring host, Tim Sackett! In our first episode, Tim talks to Kris Dunn, CHRO at Kinetix, on hiring non-traditional candidates with nano-degrees, who are not necessarily “classically” trained, into top tech roles in today’s workplace. Tim and Kris dive into the thought process of hiring managers who find themselves in this version …

3 Reasons to Hire Mid-Career Changers

Tim Sackett Career Paths, Good HR, Hiring Bias, HR, HR Tech, Labor, Tim Sackett

I used to think that midlife meant 50 years old. The reality is midlife is more like 30-35 when you put into context someone’s work-life. I was going to be an elementary school teacher. That was 19-22. I thought that was my future. It sounded great, nine months of work, every holiday off, golf all summer! Then I found out …

Professional Positions Available! College Degree NOT Required!

Tim Sackett Candidate Pool, Tim Sackett, Uncategorized

Surprise! The newest trend in professional recruiting is that candidates don’t need an actual college degree! Yeah, you know that thing you automatically put into your job description before you add anything else. So, you’re hiring a manager of project development, what degree is that? You need a Business Analyst, what school do you want them to come from? Does …