Talk Talent to Me
Recruiting is Hard. Listening to Podcasts is Easy.
Starring recruiting leadership from everywhere under the talent acquisition sun, Talk Talent To Me is a fast-paced rough-and-tumble podcast about the strategies, techniques, and trends shaping the recruitment industry. Hope you’re ready for the next episode.
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OpenComp Founder & Salesforce’s First VP of HR Nancy Connery
Today, we speak to Nancy Connery, the very first VP of HR at Salesforce, where she spearheaded strategic investments in human capital and fueled the company’s remarkable growth by building its industry-leading HR infrastructure. After seven years, she left Salesforce to build her boutique human capital consultancy Connery Consulting. From this sprung her latest venture, compensational intelligence company OpenComp, where, in addition to being co-founder, Nancy is the co-host of the OpenComp podcast, High Growth Matters. In this episode of Talk Talent to Me, Nancy sheds some light on the early days of Salesforce and her critical role in recruiting (and retaining) the best talent as the company grew. We also look at her decision to leave her comfortable position as VP to pursue her own path in the industry and gain some insight into her belief that talent retention and upskilling are just as important as hiring, plus so much more. Tune in for a fascinating conversation and some thought-provoking advice from someone with a litany of experience in the human capital space!
Previous Episodes
TA WEEK: Sr. Global D&I Technical Sourcer Jacob Rivas
TA Week: Wayne Technologies Founder Mike Batman Cohen
TA WEEK: Leaf Group VP DEI Tara Turk-Haynes
TA WEEK: McAfee Talent Partner Brian Fink
TT2M LIVE
Live in New York City, October 22, 2019
Peloton’s Tech Recruiting Manager Will Blaze and Glossier’s Head of Recruiting Christian Fabros join Rob for a live show in NYC to discuss culture interviews, must-haves vs. nice-to-haves, and how to get the most out of talent consultants.
Live in Los Angeles, Oct. 16th 2019
Talk Talent To Me is coming to you LIVE from Los Angeles, featuring Snap’s Head of Employer Branding Rylan Miller and the Head of Talent Acquisition for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA, Lisa Sherman. We’ll be talking about how a consumer brand translates into an employer brand, Rob’s favorite Snapchat filters, and of course, Area 51.
Live in San Francisco, August 15th 2019
Battery Ventures VP of TA, Kelly Kinnard, and Ejento Talent Partner and former VP of TA for Instacart, Michael Case, join Rob for an extra special LIVE edition of Talk Talent To Me. We’ll cover recruitment career pathing, the development of the VP of People role, and get to know the audience, town hall style. And of course, we’ll be slinging wine and appetizers. Click below to save your seat!
Live in San Francisco, February 27th, 2019
Talk Talent To Me records in front of a LIVE audience at Hired HQ. Google’s Marvin Stickel talks authenticity, Redpoint’s Amy Knapp talks about career pathing, and Rob has some thoughts about Pant Suits.