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Listen "163 - The job market is more broken than ever: James Hudson (former TA leader @ Nike & Levi’s)"
Episode Synopsis
James Hudson, former TA leader at Nike and Levi’s, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
We talked about why the job market is more broken than ever before, why you should be more customer-centric in how you’re building talent pipelines, and how to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn.
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(1:58) Good news stories
(8:43) His career journey
(32:30) The job market is more broken than ever
(39:30) Remote jobs are getting 8x the volume of applications
(42:24) Build long term talent pipelines by being more customer centric
(46:27) How to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn
(52:03) Building a tech stack for the future in recruiting
(55:00) Rapid fire questions
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We talked about why the job market is more broken than ever before, why you should be more customer-centric in how you’re building talent pipelines, and how to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn.
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If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, check out Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module.
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(1:58) Good news stories
(8:43) His career journey
(32:30) The job market is more broken than ever
(39:30) Remote jobs are getting 8x the volume of applications
(42:24) Build long term talent pipelines by being more customer centric
(46:27) How to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn
(52:03) Building a tech stack for the future in recruiting
(55:00) Rapid fire questions
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📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders
💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn
😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn
😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn
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