I sat down with David Moore on Episode 15, VP of Talent at Box whose career has taken him across the globe from London to Hong Kong to Singapore and San Francisco, working at companies at the likes of Microsoft, Apple, Google, and now Box.
This was a very enjoyable chat where we unpacked some of David’s reflections on a career in TA as well as touching on the hot topic of AI amongst other things that include:
How life was as a recruiter before LinkedIn
Some of the people that have had the biggest impact throughout David's career
How to effectively qualify a job brief with the hiring manager
How Box competes for talent with the likes of Apple, Google, Meta, Uber and LinkedIn
Give it a listen, you'll enjoy this one. It's a unique blend of personal stories, thoughtful insights and career reflections from someone who's seen it all in the world of TA.
25 Mar 2025
Navigating the pitfalls of early-stage hiring
Episode 14 is the first video podcast of Tales of Tales featuring the Chris Marty, Head of Talent at Augment Code.
Hiring at the early-stage of a startup is very, very hard as there are lots of inherent risk, no brand reputation and it is hard to find the right people that truly align with your vision and mission.
So how should early-stage companies approach hiring and what are some of the common hiring pitfalls to avoid? This is why I had to get Chris Marty on the show, Head of Talent at Augment.
Chris was in the zone from the get-go, sharing unique insights and providing incredible value on key hiring topics that include:
Fundamental differences in startup hiring vs big company hiring
How to think about your first 10 hires as a startup (composition of the team, how to source talent etc)
Red flags to be mindful of when interviewing people for your startup
Importance of defining your compensation philosophy
For any recruiters working in the startup space, this episode is a goldmine of valuable insights on hiring and if you're a founder, it's an absolute must watch, you won't want to miss the takeaways in this one!
27 Feb 2025
The 'why' behind the words with Jim Miller
Episode 13 is the first video podcast of Tales of Tales featuring the legendary Jim Miller, VP of People & Talent at Ashby.
Prior to joining Ashby, Jim was VP of Recruitment at FullStory and before that, Jim held a number of global roles at Google over 15 years which included being the Head of EMEA Talent Channels and Global Head of Online Talent Channels amongst others.
This was an absolutely fire discussion!
If you work in the people & talent space, you need to find time somehow to listen to this one, you can thank me later.
Jim drops gems after gems on topics that include:
How to optimize the job description to attract higher calibre and better fit applicants
The part of the requisition qualification process that is so important but gets overlooked
How to craft the technical assessment stage to help identify the best talent for the role
Why TA should take an outcomes led approach to workforce planning
10 Oct 2024
How incident.io ship authentic content strategically
Episode 12 features Dani Unsworth, Head of Talent at incident.io.
Dani was one of the very first hires at incident.io and has been instrumental in shaping the culture, brand and identity of the company.
In this episode, Dani shares with us practical strategies to help talent teams harness the power of content creation to attract and retain great talent.
If the below topics pique your interest then this episode is an absolute must listen!
Being strategic yet authentic in content creation to appeal to the talent you want to attract
The power of measuring content analytics to optimise engagement
Leveraging technical expertise within the business to build powerful analytics and dashboards
Creating great content on a budget
26 Sept 2024
Leverage data to avoid stress and burnout as a recruiter
Episode 11 features Luke Eaton, a highly regarded TA Leader who has advised some of the most exciting scaleups and is a thought leader on all things recruitment data.
In this episode, Luke shares with us practical strategies to help recruiters leverage data to jump off the hamster wheel and get your time back whilst increasing productivity.
If you’re interested in the below topics, this episode is an absolute must listen!
How to harness data insights to feel less stressed and avoid burnout
How to use data to do more with less
Learn the power of continuous sourcing
Bonus topic on what Luke did for 10 years prior to a career in recruitment
12 Aug 2024
Beyond the investment - the role VC's can play in talent
Episode 10 features Harriet Ball, Head of Talent at Superseed, a venture capital firm that backs European B2B AI/SaaS startups. Started in 2018 by Partners Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen, both ex-founders with multiple exits, who passionately believe that venture capital investors need to better support early stage entrepreneurs.
Harriet has an impressive profile having helped the likes of L’Oreal, Uber, Getir and On attract and retain exceptional talent. In this episode, Harriet shares with us learnings, practical strategies and unique insights to help early stage founders avoid some hiring pitfalls and attract great talent.
Whether you’re an experienced founder, a first time founder, an investor or work in talent, this episode is a cracker! If you’re interested in the below topics, you’ll for sure enjoy this one:
How VC’s can support founders with hiring
Importance of shaping culture early on
How to interview for culture
Practical strategies to help founders navigate the world of hiring
23 Jul 2024
Shining the light on candidate experience
Episode 9 features Raj Ghir, Senior TA Partner Eviden, a next-gen technology leader in data-driven digital transformation.
With a strong portfolio of patented technologies and worldwide leading positions in advanced computing, security, AI, cloud and digital platforms, it provides deep expertise for all industries in more than 47 countries.
In this episode, Raj and I do a deep dive into all things candidate experience. Raj shares with us practical tips and strategies to boost your candidate experience, build a scalable process to enable consistency as well as some quick wins you can start implementing right away.
26 Jun 2024
The subtle yet beautiful art of talent sourcing
Episode 8 features Marco Duarte, Head of Talent at Aspire, an all-in-one finance software for growing businesses. Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire has over 500 employees across four countries and is backed by global top tier VCs, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Tencent, Paypal and Y-Combinator.
In this episode, Marco and I do a deep dive into the art of talent sourcing and discuss how AI is having an impact on the recruitment industry.
This episode is full of golden nuggets and unique insights from someone who has built and led talent teams at the likes of Google and Stripe to name a couple.
28 Mar 2024
Decoding company culture: what is it and how do you measure it?
Episode 7 features Thomas Forstner, VP People & Talent at Juro, a legal tech scale up, backed with $32m in venture capital from Fidelity, USV and the founders of Indeed, Wise and Gumtree. Juro's AI contract collaboration platform empowers businesses to create, agree and manage contracts up to 90% faster than traditional tools.
In this episode, Thomas shares with us his unconventional and unique thinking to all things company culture and building a people centric organisation, covering topics that include the following:
What does culture actually mean?
How can we quantify and measure culture?
What is a 'people as a product' approach to building people projects?
What are some of the limitations of a 'people as a product' approach?
Regardless of what growth stage your company is at, the practical strategies and tools Thomas shares on this episode will no doubt help you build a high performance culture and a people focussed company.
5 Mar 2024
Unlocking success: DEI strategies for scaleup companies
Episode 6 features Kathrin Holzfurtner, Global Director Talent Acquisition at iDeals, a rapidly growing global Saas scale up with 400+ employees across 30 countries.
Kathrin has worked across the EMEA region, Asia and has led high performing talent teams at companies that include Microsoft and Google.
In this episode, we discuss the power of DEI for fast growing companies. Everyone is clear on the value of hiring for diversity, but in the age of economic downturn and layoffs, few organisations are truly succeeding.
Kathrin shares with us:
Actionable strategies to enable and up-level talent teams to drive meaningful change towards your organisation’s talent and DEI strategy.
Insights and examples on how to set up DEI hiring strategies and programs which are fit for scale at global level.
How to define DEI metrics which matter, empowering you to measure the success of your strategies.
Regardless of what growth stage your company is at, this episode provides invaluable practical DEI strategies so that your company stays competitive, resilient and hire the best talent to deliver bottom line results.
21 Dec 2023
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Episode 5 features Nikolai Kabatsikov, Director of Talent Acquisition at Hello Fresh and ex-Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Bolt.
The meal kit market is expected to reach $64.4 billion by 2030, increasing more than three times in value since 2021 and there's a very good chance you would have heard of HelloFresh.
HelloFresh pioneered the meal kit concept in many European markets. “We saw the golden window of opportunity to conquer untapped online space - the online grocery market, that was ripe for disruption, especially as supermarkets struggled to adapt to e-commerce realities,” said Dominik Richter, co-founder and CEO of HelloFresh.
In this highly enjoyable chat with Nikolai, I got to learn about Nik’s journey to becoming Director of Talent Acquisition at HelloFresh from his early days at Google, his itch for something new that led to him joining a tiny start-up, traits of the best leaders and much more.
2 Nov 2023
Working with the leadership team was key to scaling 100 to 400 employees.
Episode 4 features Lorenzo Spina, Head of Talent at Peak, a leading AI company that provides the platform, applications and services to help businesses harness the potential of AI to increase revenues, profits and efficiency.
Launched in 2015 by Richard Potter, David Leitch and Atul Sharma, Manchester’s Peak has since grown rapidly through its work with companies to embed AI into decision-making.
To date, Peak has raised $119 million in investment following a $75 million Series C funding round in 2021, led by the Softbank Vision Fund II alongside existing investors Praetura Ventures, MMC Ventures, Oxx, Arete and Octopus Ventures.
22 Sept 2023
Scaling insights from the Global Head of Talent of a leading Prop-Tech
Episode 3 features Armani Sharif, Global Head of Talent at Plentific, a leading property management software company who are pioneering real-time property operations for real world impact.
Founded in 2013 by CEO Cem Savas and CTO Emre Kazan, Plentific has transformed repairs and maintenance processes. Their end-to-end solution seamlessly connects owners, operators, service providers and tenants on a single platform, making operations simpler, faster and more efficient.
In 2021, Plentific raised $100m in Series C funding, led by Highland Europe and Brookfield Technology Partners alongside Mubadala Investment Company and RXR Digital Ventures, as well as existing investors A/O PropTech and Target Global.
28 Aug 2023
The Rise of VC Portfolio Talent Managers
Episode 2 features Adriana Hurduc, Strategic Talent Acquisition Manager at Cavalry Ventures, a European early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Berlin, focussing on pre-seed and seed stages with EUR260+ million in assets under management.
In 2021, Cavalry received the 'Hottest Seed Fund' award at The Europas Tech Startup Awards.
30 Jul 2023
5* Chef To Global Talent Lead at a Tech Unicorn
Episode 1 features Louis Thorne, Global Talent Lead at a tech unicorn, Flipdish. Founded in 2015, Flipdish positions itself as an alternative to online fast-food delivery aggregators such as Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats by helping restaurant owners bring their online ordering capability in-house.
In 2022, Flipdish became another of Ireland’s home grown tech ‘unicorns’ after a $100m investment led by Chinese conglomerate Tencent.
On this episode I talk to their Global Talent Lead, Louis to learn about his journey from humble beginnings as Chef to leading talent acquisition for Flipdish.
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