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Welcome to Offer Accepted, the podcast that elevates your recruiting game. Your host, Shannon Ogborn, interviews top Talent Acquisition Leaders, uncovering their secrets to building and leading successful recruiting teams. Gain valuable insights and actionable advice, from analyzing cutting-edge metrics to claiming your seat at the table.
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- Hiring for AI Skills Beyond Prompting with Maksym Dziarmaga, Loop Earplugs · 29 minAI fluency is becoming part of the hiring bar, but assessing it is still a work in progress. Maksym Dziarmaga of Loop Earplugs joins Shannon to share how Loop evaluates AI…
- Halving Attrition With a Connected Career Framework with Nic Weatherhead, The Stepstone Group · 28 minA great hire can still become an attrition problem when success is unclear. Nic Weatherhead, Global Vice President of People at The Stepstone Group, joins Shannon to share why…
- Cutting a 5-Round Sales Interview Process Down to 3 with Mike Clapson, Ashby · 40 minJust as revenue pipelines demand weekly tracking from sales leaders, hiring pipelines require that same level of focus. Mike Clapson, VP of Sales at Ashby, sits down with Shannon…
- What Recruiting Teams Can Learn From Customer Support with Natalie Mercuri, Plaid · 34 minRecruiting operations does not scale on good intentions alone. Natalie Mercuri, Recruiting Operations Program Manager at Plaid, joins Shannon to share how her two-person team…
- Building an Ideal Candidate Profile from Zero to Scale with Maggie Fish, Grafana Labs · 29 minScaling fast and scaling with intention are not the same thing. Maggie Fish, Director of Recruiting at Grafana Labs, joins Shannon to explain how her team built an ideal…
- The 4 Skills Behind a 10% Retention Lift with Veronica Salcido, GrowthAssistant · 36 minQuality of hire does not end at the offer. Veronica Salcido, who leads the recruiting, HR, and coaching and L&D org at GrowthAssistant, joins Shannon to unpack how her team…
- The North Star Metric Every Hiring Team Needs with Liz Woodfield, SentiLink · 26 minA hiring goal only works when the team believes it is possible. Liz Woodfield, Head of Talent Acquisition at SentiLink, joins Shannon to share how she built a single north star…
- Removing the Resume Gate for Better Hires with Jen Ayala, Clay · 29 minWhat if your hiring process was designed to screen people in instead of screen them out? Jen Ayala, Head of Recruiting at Clay, joins Shannon to discuss why traditional hiring…
- The Leadership Reset Behind a High-Performing Talent Team with Mike Bettley, StackAdapt · 32 minRecruiting teams earn influence when they understand what the business is trying to build. Mike Bettley, VP of Talent Acquisition at StackAdapt, joins Shannon to share how he…
- The Executive Interview Format That Reduces Mis-hire Risk with Cristina Navarro, Tubi · 21 minHiring senior leaders on gut feel is a risk most companies cannot afford. Cristina Navarro, Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Tubi, joins Shannon to discuss why…
- Scaling Hiring Expertise Company Wide Through AI Agents with Kyle Gatlin, Arrive · 34 minHiring managers need better support, not more documents. Kyle Gatlin, Head of Talent at Arrive, joins Shannon to discuss how his team built an AI hiring agent to guide managers…
- Early-Stage Hiring Foundations That Prevent Mishires with Cassie Chao Leemans, Craft Ventures · 35 minEarly hiring gets expensive fast when founders skip alignment. Cassie Chao Leemans, VP of Talent at Craft Ventures, joins Shannon to share how early-stage teams can make stronger…
- Converting People Ops Insights into Talent Strategy with Asha Beirne, Rula · 22 minTalent and people teams have more shared work than most companies realize. Asha Beirne, Senior Manager of People Operations and Systems at Rula, joins Shannon to discuss how…
- Differentiating Candidate Experience Through Unreasonable Hospitality with Greg Marsh, Sierra · 23 minCandidate experience is one of the few levers you can fully control in hiring. Greg Marsh, Head of Recruiting at Sierra, joins Shannon to share how his team scaled from 25 to 600…
- 3 Steps to Make Skills-Based Hiring Predictable with Alessandra Pegnim, Udemy · 24 minSkills-based hiring only works when teams can consistently define, assess, and develop the right skills. Alessandra Pegnim, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Udemy, joins…
- The Recruiter's Guide to Selling Pre-IPO Equity with Hannah Spellmeyer, Slingshot Aerospace · 25 minEquity can be the difference between losing your best candidates and closing them. Hannah Spellmeyer, Chief People Officer at Slingshot Aerospace, joins Shannon to break down how…
- Rebuilding Engineering Hiring for the Rise of AI with Jonathan Durnford-Smith, Synthesia · 26 minHiring is changing quickly as AI tools reshape how teams build products and how companies evaluate talent. Jonathan Durnford-Smith, Head of Talent at Synthesia, joins Shannon to…
- Building Interviewer Scorecards to Raise Your Talent Bar with Vanessa Paladini, Nubank · 25 minGreat hiring outcomes start with great interviewers. Vanessa Paladini, Global Talent Acquisition Director at Nubank, joins Shannon to share how the world’s largest digital bank…
- The 4-Pillar System Behind a 93% Offer Acceptance Rate with Jordan Trott · 28 minOffer acceptance rate is the clearest signal of whether your recruiting engine is actually working. Jordan Trott, Talent Lead at Taptap Send, joins Shannon to break down how his…
- Measuring Recruiter Feedback to Drive Process Improvement with Will Ducey, Ashby · 25 minRecruiting teams often track hiring metrics but forget to ask the team how it feels to do the work. Will Ducey, Head of Recruiting Operations at Ashby, joins Shannon Ogborn to…







