Talent All-Stars
by ZipRecruiter
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About this podcast
How exactly do high-performing talent, HR, and recruiting teams operate on a day-to-day basis? We find out through conversations with talent leaders at some of the world's most influential businesses.
Episodes
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- Forget the Funnel: Groundworks Grades Its Recruiters on a Single Weekly Number · 23 min · Episode 85Catherine Petersen started waiting tables at a Shoney's in Birmingham, Alabama, when she was 14, and spent the next 15 years working her way up through restaurant management. The…
- Inside Power's Recruiting Machine: How a Roofing Company Out-Hires Silicon Valley · 36 min · Episode 84Hollie Delaney didn't set out to work in HR. She wanted to train dolphins. When that didn't pan out, she landed in a casino job that turned into an accidental HR career, one she…
- Psychological Safety and the Career Web: Rethinking HR at Jackson Health System · 26 min · Episode 83Michelle Kligman didn't set out to run the “people strategy” for a nearly 16,000-person health system. She set out to be a clinical psychologist. Somewhere between a postdoc at…
- If Not St. Jude, Then Who? Recruiting for a Mission That Sells Itself · 30 min · Episode 82Every employee at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, from the clinicians to the people cleaning patient rooms, is expected to give the same answer when asked what they do: "I…
- Selling a Role Like a Car: Inside Hendrick Automotive's Hiring Playbook · 28 min · Episode 81Mario Pennycooke never planned to end up in recruiting. He built a career in graphic design, sold cars at a Toyota dealership, then trained as an automotive technician before any…
- Powering Talent: How Entergy's Jason Munoz Turned Operations Experience into a Recruiting Philosophy · 28 min · Episode 80Jason Munoz didn't choose a career in recruiting. He was “voluntold” into it after years running operations in the field, and it ended up shaping the next 26 years of his career…
- Inside James Hardie's Playbook for Hiring Through a Major Acquisition · 32 min · Episode 79James Hardie is the company behind Hardie, TimberTech, and AZEK Exteriors, a global leader in exterior home and building solutions. Running talent acquisition for a company that…
- Hasbro's Secret Sauce to Aging Up Brands, Leaning Into AI, and Hiring Like It Matters · 25 min · Episode 78Hasbro is the toy, gaming, and entertainment company behind Monopoly, Nerf, Transformers, and Magic: The Gathering, and running people strategy for a brand that big takes someone…
- Before You Automate, Cybersecurity Firm F5 Says You Need THIS Foundation First · 18 min · Episode 77F5 helps the world's largest organizations keep their apps and websites fast, reliable, and secure. Doing that takes a global workforce, a TA function built for a company in…
- How the USPS Recruits and Develops a Workforce of 640,000 · 27 min · Episode 76The USPS delivers to 167 million addresses almost every day. That takes 640,000 employees, 30,000 post offices, 250 processing facilities, and one of the largest HR operations in…
- The Cannabis Company With Nearly 5,000 Employees and 12 Recruiters · 23 min · Episode 75Most companies with nearly 5,000 employees have a recruiting army. Green Thumb Industries has 12 people, a network of cannabis dispensaries spanning the country, and Joey…
- The Warehouse Automation Giant That Treats Every Hire as a Business Decision · 30 min · Episode 74Every product you order online passes through a warehouse. Someone decided how that warehouse runs. Dematic builds the systems that make it happen, and when you're operating at…
- Why Bally's VP of Talent Says "Rigid Flexibility" Is the Best Way to Scale · 25 min · Episode 73Hiring thousands of employees for a new casino resort launch is a high-stakes race against time. You are operating in an unfamiliar city without established market dominance, all…
- How Bimbo Bakeries USA Sells a Great Culture Before Candidates Are Even in the Door · 21 min · Episode 72Most large companies don't build their recruiting function intentionally. It grows organically, gets patched when something breaks, and ends up inconsistent across teams and…
- Why Anaplan's Chief People Officer Banned the Word "Backfill" · 31 min · Episode 71Most companies hire reactively. Someone leaves, a role opens, and the team scrambles to find a replacement. Carey Pellock, Chief People Officer at Anaplan, thinks that approach…
- How Autism Learning Partners Fills Hard-to-Staff Roles Without Sacrificing Quality · 33 min · Episode 70Hiring therapists for in-home child care is challenging because it's not a suitable role for everyone. Many candidates are surprised by the difficulty and realize they are wrong…
- SAP's Talent DISCOVERY System: Skills, AI, and the True Cost of a Bad Hire · 28 min · Episode 69SAP has over 100,000 employees, operates in nearly every country on earth, and generates revenue in the tens of billions. So when their Global Head of Talent Discovery says the…
- Encore: From the White House to Docusign: What Government and Corporate Leadership Have in Common · 28 min · Episode 68This episode originally aired September 30, 2025—and it's too good not to revisit. Jennifer Christie has built one of the most fascinating careers in people leadership: running…
- Coaching, Culture, and Ecosystem Thinking at Verisk · 26 min · Episode 67Verisk is a global data analytics company that helps businesses understand and manage risk. Now they’re tasked with completely rethinking how to build a talent pipeline in an…
- The Power of ONE: Hiring Hospitality Heroes at Omni Hotels & Resorts · 35 min · Episode 66Joy Rothschild leads people strategy for 20,000 employees across 50+ Omni Hotels & Resorts properties, each with its own character and story. But her edge isn't just hiring for a…
