Big Fish in the Talent Pool Erin McDermott Peterson

Big Fish Episode 34 is my conversation with Marina Lvovich, Honeywell’s VP of Global Talent Acquisition and Diversity. A truly global citizen, Marina has lived and worked in 4 different countries including her native Belarus, Ukraine, Canada, and now the US, having moved recently from New Jersey to North Carolina recently with the relocation of Honeywell’s global HQ.

In our conversation, Marina gives a rare glimpse into the strategy and operations of a fully outsourced, global TA delivery model. We discuss the impact of Covid on Honeywell’s hiring demand, Marina’s key decision factors around insourcing and outsourcing partners, and how she measures their performance. We also talk about what’s next in TA, team structure to support global delivery, and leading in a matrix environment to make real inroads in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Thanks to our Sponsors!
Paradox/Olivia: www.paradox.ai
ATAP www.ATAPglobal.org
RPOA www.RPOAssociation.org

Topics Discussed:


Finding new opportunities for growth during a Global Pandemic
Recognizing when to “Insource” and “Outsource”
Prioritizing what’s working within the business on a global level
Balancing speed and quality measurement as the most important SLAs
Viewing internal talent as a source

Connect with Marina Lvovich:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-lvovich/?jobid=1234

Connect with Erin Peterson:

Erin is a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social:
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

Tina McKinney, PHR, Head of Talent Acquisition at OS National, LLC, is a firm believer in focusing on the customer and creating a great experience for Candidates and Hiring Managers. With her Industrial Engineering background, Corporate, RPO and Big 4 Consulting TA experience, Tina approaches TA with a data centric, tactical mindset.


Thanks to our Sponsors!
Paradox/Olivia: www.paradox.ai
ATAP www.ATAPglobal.org
RPOA www.RPOAssociation.org

Topics Discussed:


Learning to tell a story using data
Focusing on the bigger picture and future endeavors
Roles of corporate recruiting on an internal basis vs serving external client
Strengths in utilizing different ways to thinking
Pros and cons of using AI during the hiring process
The importance of establishing a strong support system early in your career
Why it’s important to ask for help in your professional and personal life
Checking in with your team and ensuring everyone is on the same page

Connect with Tina McKinney:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinamckinney/

Connect with Erin Peterson:

Erin is a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social:
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

Best known as the “Recruiter Matchmaker”, Jodi Brandstetter, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the CEO and Founder of Lean Effective Talent Strategies. With her rich background in recruiting, staffing, and consulting, she now focuses on providing talent acquisition strategies to small and medium sized businesses. In her book, Hire by Design, her utilization of Design Thinking sets the stage for new ways of thinking in TA.

In our conversation, we discuss how Design Thinking feeds TA innovation by blending humanization with digitization, for better impact and results.

Thanks to our Sponsors!
Paradox/Olivia: www.paradox.ai
ATAP www.ATAPglobal.org
RPOA www.RPOAssociation.org

Topics Discussed:


How to apply Design Thinking to recruiting
Utilizing personas to find your ideal audience
How storyboards paint the overall picture for insights and solutions
Immersion and empathy as key elements for successful candidate experiences
The value of online conferences and how technology has changed the game for TA

Connect with Jodi Brandstetter:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodibrandstetter/?jobid=1234
LETSCindy (personal): https://letscincy.com/jodi-brandstetter
LETSCindy (company): https://letscincy.com/talent-acquisition

Additional Resources:

Hire by Design: A Hiring Blueprint with Design Thinking (ebook) https://www.amazon.com/Hire-Design-Hiring-Blueprint-Thinking-ebook/dp/B08J2MRNF7
Pymetrics: https://www.pymetrics.ai/candidates
Recruiting Brainfood: https://www.recruitingbrainfood.com

Connect with Erin Peterson:

Erin is a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social:
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

Revving up recruiting is Stephanie Zywien’s specialty. She Leads TA in the Americas for General Motors’ Corporate, leveraging her legal, HR, and TA Governance and Standards experience to oversee the hiring of 5,000 people annually.

Armed with her JD, Stephanie started her career as a litigator, but after a few years yearned for a more positive personal mission and transitioned to legal staffing at Robert Half. She later moved to HR and Recruiting roles with Chrysler and then GM, and is now in her most challenging role to date. Stephanie shares her unique perspective as a woman executive, including her belief that although her interest in law gave her a competitive edge, her true focus lies within developing trust, building relationships, and listening as the keys to achieving personal and professional goals.

In our conversation, we discuss measuring TA performance, coaching & advising teams and hiring managers, and avoiding the “black hole”. Intentionality is her watch-word, and it applies to every aspect of the hiring process and technology deployed to reduce friction and increase satisfaction.

Other topics Discussed:


The ever evolving automotive industry and demand for talent
Leveraging your existing database to pipeline talent across the organization
Conversational AI as a game changer in candidate engagement
The importance of protecting space for organic creativity and innovation
Articulating your “why” in the change you are making

Connect with Stephanie Zywien

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-zywien-a56a766/?jobid=1234

Connect with Erin Peterson

Erin is a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

Every day, Recruiters from around the world pull up a virtual seat to share their lunch, their experiences and listen to TA experts on #RecruitmentWorkingLunch. This virtual network is thousands strong, truly global, and leverages Crowdcast for their regular UK 13:00 lunchtime (7:00 am Central US time) chats.

In this Big Fish episode, Erin Peterson joins Debi Easterday, CEO of H2B Consulting for a lively conversation, sharing from her own experience the Top 5 Things to Get Right for High-Volume Recruitment, including: 1) Right Org Strategy & Leadership, 2) Right Tech Stack, 3) Right Partners, 4) Right Metrics, and 5) Right Expectations. It’s a quick run through the park of these five “Rights” with definitions and details on each.

Other topics Discussed:

The option to digitize and humanize recruitment simultaneously
Conversational AI’s ability to reduce time to hire
Defining Large Scale Recruiting and its component parts
Enhancing consistency & continuity by ensuring the right technology
Why the right partners can make or break recruitment quality
Establishing metrics and standards for hiring success
Benefits of setting clear expectations for both candidates and Hiring Managers

Connect with Debi Easterday
Website: https://www.h2bconsulting.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debieasterday
Twitter: https://twitter.com/H2BConsulting

Connect with Erin Peterson

Erin is a global Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

In this episode, you’ll listen in on Erin’s conversation with two High Volume Recruiting leaders, Jennifer Huelsmann of EXL, and Chris Gould of PeopleScout.
They discuss how contrary to popular opinion, the Global Pandemic has not quelled hiring for all companies, and for many, demand for talent is at an all time high.

Organizations with large hourly populations with high attrition, healthcare companies ramping up to crush the virus, and tech companies prospering from the work from home shift, are a few examples. Chris, Jennifer and Erin engage in a robust discussion about the strategies and tactics top companies are using to scale their hiring through reimagining sourcing, assessments, interviews, and onboarding — all with an eye toward improving the overall candidate experience.

Other Topics Discussed:

Utilizing technology to remove bias and make hiring more efficient and safer
Changes in sourcing tools and techniques
Innovative ways to connect with university students
Impact of video interviewing on speed and cost to hire
Strengthening communication through the digital tools

Connect with our ERE High Volume Recruiting Speakers

Chris Gould - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjgould/?jobid=1234
Jennifer Huelsmann - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-huelsmann-042b6b/?jobid=1234

Connect with Erin Peterson

Erin is a global Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon.

She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions.

Connect on Social
Website: https://www.people-results.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson