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George Randle is a former US Army Officer, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Talent War Group and Co-Author of “The Talent War”. With a 20 year career in talent acquisition George has hired over 80,000 people. He and his co-author say that many organizations are losing the war for talent, and because of that, they are not only losing their best people, but also competitive advantage, market share, and are in danger of going out of business. But they also say there is a solution, but only for those who are smart enough — to listen.
TIME JUMPS FOR THE BUSY AND POWERFUL
00:00 Opening Hook / Teaser Introduction
02:03 How The Talent War book came together
03:01 The problem they were trying to solve with The Talent War
03:18 I fell backwards into HR
04:15 You have to be masochistic to survive 20 years in talent acquisition
05:01 The secret thing businesses don’t know they are doing wrong when it comes to talent
06:36 The Talent Mindset, a core theme of The Talent War
07:17 This is how you know your organizations has a talent mindset
09:17 The problem is that people over-index on …
09:51 Organizations that are doing talent right and those that aren’t
11:50 The advice George gives for attracting and keeping talent
12:28 What top talent really wants
14:07 How important leadership is in the talent equation
14:49 George’s secret sauce in working with companies
19:04 80,000 hires later – how George reads a resume, and what he looks for
22:57 Is one type of resume better than another?
25:30 How George assesses for character / behaviors in an interview
29:15 What employers really care about when they look at your resume
31:40 Speed Round…and boy was this fun
37:19 George’s one secret of his success
38:07 George’s most important lesson
39:37 George’s one piece of advice to the world
40:59 What George wants most for his life
42:07 George’s final thoughts…the ecosystem
To connect with George:
Website: https://www.efoverwatch.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgelrandle/
Instagram: @g.randle
To connect with Mark Botros:
Music Credit
- Intro: Eyes of Glory – Aakash Gandhi
- Outro: Don’t Turn Around – Silent Partner
Photo and Media Credits*
- George Randle
- Mike Sarraille
- Mikael Blomkvist
- Pexels
- Talent War Group
- Lioncrest Publishing
- Ron Lach
- Edmond Dantes
- Cottonbro
- SebisSport Travel
- Twilightmoon
- Vecteezy
- Videezy
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