In this week’s jam-packed episode of Hiring on all Cylinders, Danielle Colanto, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Yotpo, eCommerce marketing platform, sits down with Chris to delve deeper into the importance of soft skills for your recruitment career. The conversation covers the movement of employees from talent acquisition and recruitment into the tech industry, touching on Danielle’s personal experience of pivoting from fashion and retail into the world of tech. Danielle shares her advice, including the importance of identifying transferable skills and being curious to learn about the changing landscape of tech, as well as the power of leveraging your network. Considering a similar career move into tech? Then this episode is for you.

If you haven’t already heard of Joel Lalgee, consider this your introduction to The Realest Recruiter. With over 200,000 followers on LinkedIn, Joel knows a thing or two about building a personal brand within the recruitment space. In this episode, Joel and Chris explore the ample opportunity that exists within recruitment content creation, how you can get started, and why content alone isn’t the most effective way to build your audience. They discuss the value of in-person events and cover strategies for combining online and offline efforts to engage and nurture your target candidates in the right places.

I’m sure we’ve all seen the explosion in personal brand building on Linkedin, some good, some bad. This podcast will help you stand out in a sea of noise. Sean Anderson is one of the pioneers of brand building on Linkedin, having honed his skills as a top billing recruiter then seven years building Hoxo Media.

No time for personal brand? Nonsense. With discipline and focus you can achieve demonstrable results in a few weeks with just 1.5 hours a week.

Listen in to find out how.