Talent on the Rise Podcast
Tune in as our hosts, Joe Matar, Ryan Healy, and Ashley O’Connor talk to industry leaders about talent acquisition trends, and so much more.

The Brazen Blog
Aug 08, 2023
The Art of HR Transformation & The Keys to Unleashing Human Potential with Keith Vavra, CHRO, ST Engineering North America
Get ready for an enlightening podcast episode with CHRO Keith Vavra of ST Engineering North America, who shares his journey from operations to HR, highlighting the importance of talent development and understanding the business side of HR. He dives into enhancing the user experience during HR transformations and the value of learning from failures. Keith also emphasizes the need to consider scalability and long-term impacts when making HR decisions. Tune in to discover strategies for boosting productivity, acing talent acquisition, and mastering HR leadership. Plus, he offers tips for work-life balance and shares a book recommendation for transforming workplace dynamics.
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The Brazen Blog
Jun 20, 2023
The Keys to Nurturing Talent & Filling your Candidate Pipeline: Insights from Ricky Russell, CHRO at University Medical Center
In this episode, we have a special guest, Ricky Russell, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. With over 20 years of experience in HR and talent acquisition, Ricky shares his insights into talent management, recruitment, workforce planning, and creating a culture of inclusion and engagement. Join us as we delve into Ricky's background, his career progression, and the importance of business acumen in HR.
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The Brazen Blog
Jul 28, 2022
Finding the Wow Factor in Your Candidate Experience with Brent Schreckengost of Avalara
In this episode, hear from Brent Schreckengost of Avalara about building a great candidate experience. A single candidate’s experience impacts not only their own decision as to whether to join the company now or in the future, but also the interest of their friends, acquaintances, loved ones, and even the larger job-seeker community. Providing a positive candidate experience is not only about filling a position, but about finding a pool of potential candidates aligned with your company's strategic growth plan.
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The Brazen Blog
Jun 20, 2022
The Competitive Advantage of Great Storytelling in TA with Mike Miller of Chipotle
In this episode, we have a special guest, Ricky Russell, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. With over 20 years of experience in HR and talent acquisition, Ricky shares his insights into talent management, recruitment, workforce planning, and creating a culture of inclusion and engagement. Join us as we delve into Ricky's background, his career progression, and the importance of business acumen in HR.
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The Brazen Blog
Sep 15, 2021
How Culture, Business Agility & Recruitment Marketing Help You Win the Talent Wars: Dawn Mitchell of Appian
As HR departments across many industries face a talent shortage, it’s more important than ever to clarify your company’s brand, improve its culture and business agility and engage in strategic recruitment marketing. Dawn Mitchell of Appian explains how she prioritizes clear communication and business agility when recruiting for talent in a competitive market.
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The Brazen Blog
Jul 20, 2021
How a Great Candidate Experience Can Help You Win the War on Talent: Nick Haubach of University of Illinois Health
How do you fill open positions with the right talent when you’re in a steeply competitive market? Nick Haubach, Chief Human Resources Officer at University of Illinois Health in Chicago, works to address this question every day. The competition for healthcare talent is intense across the country, and since the Chicago area is home to so many hospitals all competing for the same candidate pool, Nick and the talent recruitment team at UIC is in for even more of a challenge. Hear what his team is doing in this podcast episode.
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The Brazen Blog
May 05, 2021
Alyssa Lahar of ZoomInfo: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Across the Candidate & Employee Experience
It’s 2021, and the need for inclusive and diverse workplaces in all sectors can no longer be ignored. It’s not enough for a company to want to diversify the workplace to pat themselves on the back. Instead, companies should be explicitly seeking out talent from underrepresented groups (with their needs being considered as a main priority), with the whole team on board — starting from the top. ZoomInfo, with Alyssa Lahar's guidance, goes above and beyond to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a top priority in its workplace.
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The Brazen Blog
Feb 24, 2021
George Randle, Author of The Talent Wars: Recruiting Lessons from U.S. Special Ops
Whether your company is in growth mode, restructuring or contending with normal turnover, the fight for top talent never ends. That’s why HR leaders know the high value of holistic-thinking recruiters. In this episode, author George Randle joined Brazen’s Talent on the Rise podcast to share advice from hist book "The Talent War" to talk about what we can learn about recruiting from military special operations and what he calls “potential-based hiring.”
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The Brazen Blog
Dec 16, 2020
Shelly Holt of PayScale: The Paradigm Shift of Remote Work
How can we create a culture of inclusion and engagement as we build the future of work? What is the role of the HR leader in helping drive this change across the organization? How will the unexpected demands of the pandemic change how we work and how we attract and retain top talent going forward? We talk about this and more with Shelly Holt, Chief People Officer at PayScale.
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