34 min

Episode 16: Nancy Johnson of Adtalem Global Education Big Fish in the Talent Pool

    • Business

Nancy Johnson, VP of Talent Acquisition and Development for workforce solutions provider Adtalem Global Education brings a wealth of cross-industry HR experience from organizations like Caremark, RR Donnelly, and SaraLee.

In this interview, Nancy shares how in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, her teams are exercising agility, creativity, and continued productivity, leveraging their experiences from recent hurricane-impacted regions. No stranger to challenges, Nancy talks about her own “curiosity with a little bit of impatience” that has shaped her career choices, and the experiences that have taught her how to effectively influence strategy, drive change and manage internal politics - critical skills for current and future TA Leaders.

Topics Discussed:


The value of TA through the broader HR lens
Agility as a key skill in response to global change
Cultivating the “softer side” of relationships to accompany a bias for action
Engaging internal customers on the bigger picture of TA metrics and anecdotes
Adtalem Global Education’s pivot to 100% online courses for 30,000 nursing students to help meet the COVID-19 challenge

Connect with Nancy Johnson


LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-johnson-59948727

Connect with Erin Peterson

Erin is a Talent Acquisition 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

Nancy Johnson, VP of Talent Acquisition and Development for workforce solutions provider Adtalem Global Education brings a wealth of cross-industry HR experience from organizations like Caremark, RR Donnelly, and SaraLee.

In this interview, Nancy shares how in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, her teams are exercising agility, creativity, and continued productivity, leveraging their experiences from recent hurricane-impacted regions. No stranger to challenges, Nancy talks about her own “curiosity with a little bit of impatience” that has shaped her career choices, and the experiences that have taught her how to effectively influence strategy, drive change and manage internal politics - critical skills for current and future TA Leaders.

Topics Discussed:


The value of TA through the broader HR lens
Agility as a key skill in response to global change
Cultivating the “softer side” of relationships to accompany a bias for action
Engaging internal customers on the bigger picture of TA metrics and anecdotes
Adtalem Global Education’s pivot to 100% online courses for 30,000 nursing students to help meet the COVID-19 challenge

Connect with Nancy Johnson


LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-johnson-59948727

Connect with Erin Peterson

Erin is a Talent Acquisition 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

34 min

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