Recruitment Now Tim Vanderpyl & Luke Gass

Today on the podcast we are joined by Stress Reduction Coach, Victoria Smith. After contracting shingles twice before the age of thirty, Victoria realized she needed to recalibrate her relationship to stress. Following her own wellness journey, Victoria now supports others to reduce their stress so that they can better enjoy and perform in their daily lives. She is the founder of Stress Less Ladies, a podcaster at Girl Tries Life and runs corporate workshops to help teams become more resilient.

Note that we recorded this episode in February 2020, before COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic. We do not specifically talk about the pandemic in this episode but do believe Victoria's ideas to reduce stress are more pertinent now than we ever envisioned. We hope our listeners find her ideas useful in this stressful time.

We start our conversation by discussing how Victoria got into stress reduction work. We then go on to discuss:


The stressors inherent in recruiting
Internal versus external factors in your environment
Quick strategies to take control of your relationship to stress
Value-added and value-detracting work
The importance of micro moments in your life

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Jeff Hurrell is a founding partner of webTactics, a fast-growing recruitment advertising agency in Canada, where he is responsible for sales and development. WebTactics partners with companies to identify and eliminate the gaps in their talent acquisition efforts, streamline their recruitment strategies and implement tactics to achieve hiring objectives.

We start this episode learning about Jeff’s early career and his advice for new recruiters. We go on to discuss:


How he moved from hating the agency model to creating one that works
Strategies to optimize recruitment
Smart metrics for recruitment
Whatever happened to Monster
Taking risks and investing in what matters

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Gleb Tsipursky is the CEO of a consulting, coaching and training firm called Disaster Avoidance Experts. His mission is protecting recruiters from the dangerous judgement errors known as cognitive bias or that “gut” feeling.

His newest bestselling book, which we discuss, is called Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters. Dr. Tsipursky will be releasing a new book in 2020 called The Blind Spots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships. Dr. Tsipursky is a cognitive neuroscientist and behavioural economist and has served for seven years as a professor at the Ohio State University. His thought leadership has been featured in over five hundred articles and interviews across popular media.

Dr. Tsipursky completed his PhD in Behavioural Science from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he studied the intersection of psychology, behavioral economics, cognitive neuroscience and history in business.

We start by discussing the reason Gleb got into researching decision making and go on to talk about:


The science that doesn’t support gut decisions
The five questions to ask yourself to avoid bias
Using the Dunning-Kruger effect to your benefit
How to take loss aversion into consideration

Resources discussed:


Never go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Disaster Avoidance Experts (Gleb's website)

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Adam Czarnecki is an award-winning HR instructor and Director of Corporate Services at a heavy duty truck company in Alberta. He is also a sought-after public speaker and subject matter expert on topics of HR, technology, cannabis in the workplace, trades and the Alberta employment pool.

Adam is a past CPHR Alberta board member, and volunteers with post-secondary institutions and various non-profit organizations. He is a popular speaker on employment, corporate readiness and as a resume advisor for other students. Adam holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Calgary with a concentration in crime and deviance.

We start by discussing managing the intense volume from online applications and go on to talk about:


Making use of the Indeed applicant tracking system

The value of online questionnaires

How to avoid getting your email  blacklisted

The effectiveness of chat bots

Generational differences in hiring needs

Incorporating core skills into recruitment strategy


Resources discussed:


Follow Adam on LinkedIn

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Take the Stress Out of Networking with David Burkus

David Burkus is a best-selling author and a sought after keynote speaker. His newest book, FRIEND OF A FRIEND, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He has delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. His TED talk has been viewed over 2 million times and he is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.

He also just so happens to be a friend of a friend on the Top Recruiter Podcast.

We start by discussing how David’s book Friend of a Friend came about and go on to talk about:


Getting rich info from dormant contacts

How to authentically keep your network warm

Seeking out silos in your network

Networking vs. networking events

The value of shared activities and experiences

The illusion of majority


Resources Discussed:

Friend of a Friend by David Burkus

David's website

David's How to Hack Networking TED Talk

David's YouTube Channel

David Burkus on LinkedIn

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Kristen Dyck joins Tim and Luke to discuss her work as a Personal Branding Specialist and how recruiters can build their own personal brand. Kristen is the founder of AVRO Creative. She was once told, “You do great work but no one knows who you are.” This lit a fire for Kristen. She went on to advance in her organization, work with major brands in Canada and has since started AVRO Creative.

As we have learned through other podcast episodes, leveraging your personal brand as a recruiter is critical. Kristen shares great tips on how we can do just that.

We start by discussing that light bulb moment for Kristen and go on to talk about:

Why it’s critical to build internal relationships
In-person credibility and trust building
How personal branding relates to corporate trust
Creating simple messaging to level up your work
Developing a personal brand statement
How to successfully manage ‘up’


Resources discussed:

Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey



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