My guest is Sam Merron, a London-based Senior Talent Partner and founder of Bonsai Talent, a recruitment consultancy. Sam has over 15 years of experience in recruitment and brings tons of insights to this episode:

(01:35) Intro to Sam, from agency to in-house

(10:00) Setting up Bonsai Talent

(15:35) The value of networking

(20:05) The job market, bias and having the right attitude

Thank you for listening!

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Should you become a fractional talent partner? What are the pros and cons of using this recruitment model?

Liam Haghighat is an experienced fractional recruiter and founder of Your Remote Tech Recruiter.

Topics:

(01:10) intro to Liam, career journey

(06:00) creating a fractional and coaching business

(10:00) the fractional recruitment format

(16:40) work-life balance and time management

(20:00) personal branding to generate business

(26:20) future projects

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PS I've started a recruitment blog on Substack. Click here to check it out and subscribe.

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Paul Abercrombie is a Director of Talent Acquisition at Klaviyo. In this episode, we discuss:

(01:58) intro to Paul and Klaviyo

(04:10) Klaviyo culture and communities

(09:00) thoughts on the current job market from a recruiter's POV

(15:35) AI, new tech companies, thoughts on Metaview

(22:00) new flexible working legislation

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Lilyana Kostadinova (Head of People Experience) from Radically Digital joins us to discuss culture at a people-driven consultancy:

• (00:20) Intro to Lilyana, career journey and joining Radically Digital
• (06:00) Radically's mission, growth, remote work
• (19:30) What makes Radically Digital a great place to work?
• (23:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment?
• (27:00) Diversity, onboarding and Benefits. Where can we go for more info?

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Annie Jackson (Head of Talent Acquisition) from Cleo joins us to discuss life at a fast-growth, diverse tech company:

• (00:45) Intro to Annie, career and growing into a head of talent
• (01:30) Cleo's mission, products, history
• (04:00) What makes Cleo a great place to work?
• (09:00) Diversity at Cleo
• (13:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment?
• (16:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info?

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Danny Crook (Talent Acquisition Manager) from Kognity joins us to discuss life at an ed-tech company and what makes Kognity a unique workplace:

• (00:45) Intro to Danny, differences between the UK and Swedish workplace
• (06:50) Kognity's mission, products, history
• (11:30) What makes Kognity a great place to work?
• (23:35) What type of person would thrive in your environment?
• (28:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info?

Enjoy!

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We're joined today by Ellie (Senior People Partner - Birdie) and Max (Head of People - Intruder), where we discuss the PeopleOps function, their day-to-day tasks, and future developments in the people function.

• (00:00) Intro to Ellie, Max
• (03:40) What is PeopleOps, day to day examples
• (09:40) transitioning to PeopleOps
• (13:10) working with recruiters
• (16:40) What advice can you give people wanting to move over?
• (24:10) Future of people teams

https://resources.workable.com/hr-terms/people-operations-vs-hr-management#:~:text=People%20Operations%20proactively%20focuses%20on,including%20legal%2C%20ethical%20and%20structural

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