Andrew Lewis: It's a Very Interesting Time to Be a Recruiter‪!‬ Recruiting Trailblazers

Summary
In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers, host Marcus Edwardes interviews Andrew Lewis, Head of Talent for Worldly, a sustainability insights platform for consumer goods industries. They discuss Andrew's philosophy and LinkedIn posts as well as news stories related to talent acquisition. The episode is sponsored by Great Recruiters, an online reputation management platform for recruiters.

Timestamps
[00:00:43] The importance of online reviews.
[00:03:49] Developing skills beyond direct hiring.
[00:08:07] Targeted job seeking strategies.
[00:10:37] Always be ready philosophy.
[00:13:47] Personal branding for recruiters.
[00:17:03] Brand ambassadorship.
[00:22:43] AI in recruitment.
[00:25:18] Recruitment and relationship building.
[00:28:01] Overabundance of candidates.
[00:30:52] Creating Consistency in Recruitment.
[00:34:38] Internal vs. Agency Recruitment.
[00:40:00] AI-generated recruiter messages.
[00:41:47] AI in recruiting.
[00:45:20] Recruiting art of conversation.

Detailed Synopsis
In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the significance of building relationships in recruiting and how taking a long-term approach can be advantageous. They emphasize that the best outcomes in recruiting usually occur over a period of months or even years and that it's crucial to manage relationships and conversations with candidates and hiring managers. 
The episode also delves into the significance of personal branding and having a presence on platforms like LinkedIn for success in recruiting. The guest speaker emphasizes that becoming a brand ambassador for a company can make a recruiter invaluable, leading to job security and potential marketing initiatives. The guest also suggests that recruiters invest time and resources into building their personal brand and network. Additionally, the episode touches on the idea that recruiters should have skills beyond direct sourcing and recruiting, such as contributing to employer branding, in order to stand out in job interviews. 
Quotes
 00:03:02 - "But sometimes, you know, hard reset can really help because you can start to visualize the problem through different lenses and you can start to prepare systems and processes that are going to allow you to do and to execute the hiring, you know, and learning and development in different ways and more efficient ways as well."
00:08:54 - "This is how we operate, building relationships over transactions."
00:12:38 - "the things that are worth doing are often the most difficult to do."
00:16:22 - "if a recruiter can become the face or become a relevant voice that represents a brand on a place like LinkedIn, that makes you really, really invaluable."
00:19:51 - "it's never been as important as it is today to profoundly understand, you know, the change that the business wants to make, the value that the business is looking to bring in by hiring talent.
00:24:45 - "How you treat the 99 is just as important as how you treat the one."
00:25:49 - "Recruitment is 99% rejection or 99% conversations or relationships that you won't be able to do anything with."
00:43:24 - "I actually think it's slightly unethical to send somebody an AI-written message and pretend that it was written by a person."





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