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How to Build Efficient TA Teams – Experiences from Uber, Wise & Trainline | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
00:40 - Rory Intro.
04:45 - Challenges with high volume recruitment/planning the start of the year (recruitment wise)?
06:50 - How do you work out how many people you want/need to hire?
10:42 - How many scenarios are played with?
12:33 - What do conversations with Finance regarding hiring plans look like?
15:48 - Where do the benchmark numbers come from for the talent teams hiring targets each month?
18:00 - Have you (Rory) always tried to stay hands on while starting to managing internal talent teams?
19:50 - Capacity planning; how to build an efficient TA team?
23:55 - How do you flex on the scenarios given for the budget?
26:56 - Other ways to flex without using embedded models/agencies?
32:16 - The other functions within a TA's remit (long-term/short-term).
34:04 - Has the economic situation impacted how you (Rory) build your TA teams/capacity planning?
36:51 - How to decide when to use embedded/agencies? & percentages on amount of hires made by them?
38:23 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Rory) have worked in and why?
39:29 - If you (Rory) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?
40:00 - Best learning from someone at C-Level or Talent that you (Rory) have worked with?
41:27 - What is your best piece of advice to people in Talent to ensure they hire the very best talent?
43:49 - Rory Outro.
44:07 - Enginears Outro.
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Understanding Between Internal & External Employer Brand – Experiences from Meta & Spendesk | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
00:39 - Laura Intro.
02:20 - What is Employer Brand?
05:08 - What does Internal Employer Brand/Employee Engagement look like?
09:07 - What is Facebook Connections?
11:20 - What is Internal Mobility?
15:42 - How did you (Laura) ensure the process was being followed for Internal Mobility?
17:20 - Talent mapping at Meta, how did this work?
21:05 - What benefits were seen from Internal Employer Brand/Employee Engagement?
23:55 - External Employer Brand.
32:11 - Glassdoor usefulness.
34:32 - What companies are doing a great job in having good Internal/External Employer Brands?
37:25 - Have you (Laura) seen the effect of Brand Familiarity?
40:03 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Laura) have worked in and why?
41:29 - If you (Laura) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?
42:05 - Deloitte Employer Brand work.
42:46 - Best learning from someone at C-Level or in TA?
43:34 - What is the best piece of advice to people in Talent to hire the very best talent?
45:25 - How will AI impact sourcing for Talent on LinkedIn without the human element (black and white approach)?
47:10 - Laura Outro.
47:23 - Enginears Outro.
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How to Build Relationships w/ Hiring Managers – Experiences from Google, Skyscanner & GetYourGuide! | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
00:43 - Toby Barnes Intro.
03:13 - What Engineering ethos'/principles did you (Toby) use to scale at Google?
04:44 - G-Hire ATS explained.
05:18 - ATS discussion.
06:17 - Understanding different communication styles of tech/hiring managers & how to best align communication styles?
10:43 - What do Talent Acquisition (TA) need and what process to implement before going to market to allow for alignment?
14:09 - An example of a time where recruitment was transactional & the outcome was not reached and how it was overcome?
18:01 - Managing a TA team through data and positively increasing the candidate experience.
20:50 - Any more tips for TA to drive the outcome of experience over transaction?
24:47 - An example of a time where a TA team has been able to communicate effectively with the technology teams.
28:51 - Have there been instances where TA teams you (Toby) have managed didn't want to challenge the process?
36:20 - Tips regarding sourcing talent.
45:14 - What is TI to Toby and at Google?
51:21 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Toby) have worked in?
53:31 - If you (Toby) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?
55:51 - Best learning from a fellow colleague?
58:12 - Enginears Outro.
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How In-House Payments Can Support Custom Monetisation Across +50 Tools w/ +10M Users @ Semrush! | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
01:10 - Matteo Intro.
02:55 - Semrush Intro.
06:40 - Mindset of Semrush & role of Matteo.
11:05 - What are some of the engineering challenges Semrush (building payments system)?
16:00 - Why business logic is so important. 17:50 - Difference in technology usage between Adyen vs Mollie vs Semrush? 25:24 - How you build FinOps culture within the business?
30:55 - Pros and cons of using new technologies vs Adyen's mindset?
36:44 - What should people be weary of within payments?
41:30 - Top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be able to thrive?
46:25 - What engineers Semrush are looking to hire?
49:10 - Having no Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
51:18 - Enginears Outro.
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How monday.com Try To Be One Step Ahead Of The Scale! | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
00:31 - Who are monday and what is their mission?
02:35 - Who is Chen and how did he join monday?
04:22 - What is monday’s developer platform?
06:55 - Where do the problems that monday solve, begin?
07:56 - What is MondayDB?
13:08 - What is the tech stack at monday and why has it been chosen?
16:49 - What challenges do you face with MondayDB?
21:38 - What is the engineering culture at monday like?
26:19 - What are the plans for 2024 and beyond?
30:17 - What is your interview process, what mindset are you looking for in engineers and what has growth been like?
35:45 - What are the top 3 engineering characteristics that you need in today’s market?
40:58 - Enginears Outro.
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Inside Map Visualization at TomTom: Why it Matters & What it Takes with Rok Erjavec | Enginears Podcast
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00:00 - Enginears Intro.
01:30 - Rok Intro.
03:30 - The evolution of TomTom.
05:26 - What is map visualisation?
07:07 - Thinking behind why it is Open Source (industry driven)?
08:49 - What is the plan with the Open Sourcing mapping data?
10:26 - What do the teams on map visualisation do?
13:33 - The key critical engineering challenges in the map visualisation unit?
15:33 - What is the process of taking the geospatial data to create map visuals?
18:03 - Comparing the size of data.
19:35 - How are TomTom process, cleaning and utilsing the data?
22:24 - What tools & technologies are used and why?
26:55 - Will C++ continue to be used?
28:30 - The introduction of Rust language.
30:05 - TomTom's organisation layout (team wise) and their day-to-day.
32:57 - Growth plans at TomTom.
34:42 - Use case of Booking.com utilising TomTom.
36:56 - Closing statements by Elliot.
38:35 - Enginears Outro.
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