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Kristin Kelley, CareerBuilder

August 22, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Kristin Kelley, CareerBuilder

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 502)

CareerBuilder Chief Marketing Officer Kristin Kelley was the guest on this episode of North Fulton Business Radio. She and host John Ray covered the results of CareerBuilder’s recent survey conducted by Harris Poll showing trends for job seekers, including the desire for more money, more flexibility, embracing remote work, and more. Kristin also mentioned CoLab, CareerBuilder’s resource hub to explore potential jobs and determine salary potential.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

CareerBuilder has been giving people the tools they need to find personal success for the last 20+ years—from the hundreds of thousands of employers seeking great talent to the millions of job seekers out there looking for the right opportunities.

They understand the needs of companies big and small when it comes to finding, hiring, and managing talent. So they’re always adapting innovative solutions for everything from recruiting to employment screenings and human capital management.

As a global industry leader, they use the latest technologies, software, and services to fit your company’s hiring needs so your team can succeed.

Backed by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), you can find CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries in the U.S, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

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Kristin Kelley, Chief Marketing Officer, CareerBuilder

Kristin is on a mission for everyone to find meaning in their work. That’s why she’s spent most of her 20-year professional experience in the staffing industry.

Kristin built her reputation as a marketing strategy and consulting leader with pivotal roles at The Intersect Group, where she served as CXO; Randstad, where she served as the North American CMO; and Hire Dynamics, where she led marketing and communications. In these positions, she shaped brand, launched innovative strategies to align sales and marketing, and led integrated marketing programs.

An expert in demographic workforce shifts, women in leadership, work/life balance, and millennial employee motivations, Kristin has a passion for sharing her industry knowledge with professional organizations and publications.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

About CareerBuilder and its mission
An overview of the Harris Poll
Did anything around inflation come up in the findings?
What is the current feeling of remote work as more people return to the office?
Did the data have anything related to workers wanting to enhance their skills?
CareerBuilder’s CoLab

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Jennifer Henderson, Henderson Search and Consulting

November 22, 2021 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Jennifer Henderson, Henderson Search and Consulting

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Jennifer Henderson, Henderson Search and Consulting (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 25)

As a recruiter with a focus on the professional services sector, Jennifer Henderson, President of Henderson Search and Consulting, has a front row seat to changes in the labor market. She refers to what she’s seeing as more of a “Great Reshuffling” than a “Great Resignation,” as individuals are redefining how they want to work and be treated. Jennifer reflects on the impact on employers, how they must adapt to retain talent, the role of a recruiter in the process, and much more. Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

Henderson Search and Consulting

Henderson Search works hand-in-hand with you and your team on a customized approach to your open position from start to finish.

They go beyond sending resumes – they consult with you on how best to evaluate and onboard candidates for long-term success. Their approach is a proven process founded on 3 simple principles:

Assess carefully: thorough client intake and delivery of preliminary market research and findings.
Vet rigorously: comprehensive candidate research, interview and assessment process.
Recruit relentlessly: network, call, and interview until the best hire is made.

Website | LinkedIn

Jennifer Henderson, Founder and President, Henderson Search and Consulting

Jen is an attorney and founder of Henderson Search & Consulting.

She has been in recruiting and sales for 23 years. A serial entrepreneur, Jen specializes in helping small and midsize businesses grow through finding the best talent available in the marketplace. She serves a variety of industries in the B2B space with specialties in legal, consulting, and manufacturing. She places candidates in key roles across all functional areas including sales and marketing, legal, finance, and operations.

Jen finds her passion is working with business owners and leaders to help them make critical hires through a well-defined, proven process she has developed over 20 years.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

What employment-related trends are you seeing right now, nearly 2 years into the pandemic?
What can companies do to differentiate themselves and attract more candidates when hiring is competitive?
What mistakes do hiring companies make during the candidate search and hiring process? In other words, how do they avoid a bad hire?
What advice would you give to companies that are looking to engage a recruiter?
How can companies retain their best employees?
On the candidate side of the equation, why should happily-employed people get to know recruiters even when they’re not looking for a job?
What do you think the future holds for employers over the next 1-2 years?

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX® . You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Penny Pearl with 2Actify and Todd Westra with Mokuteki E2

June 1, 2020 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

Penny Pearl with 2Actify and Todd Westra with Mokuteki E2

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Penny Pearl with 2Actify and Todd Westra with Mokuteki E2

2Actify helps career seekers find a job faster through a career strategy and learning how to network for generating job referrals.

Their programs include working with a career strategist to develop a career plan and a step-by-step process with a focus on articulating skills and achievements, building a value-based resume and an online profile, conversational and written communication skills, interview preparation and relationship building.

75% of action-taking clients that follow their program find a job or career advancement within 2.5 months vs. 5-7 months when only applying online.

Penny Pearl, 2Actify Founder and CEO is a career strategist, certified coach and skilled networker that serves career-seeking professionals including technical leaders, project & product managers, data scientist, and biomedical scientists.

She is an expert in using LinkedIn as a strategic networking tool. Her coaching strategies are delivered through Individual and Group Programs and offered by universities for their student’s career preparation. Penny lives in northern California with her husband and received her B.S. degree from Rutgers University.

Connect with Penny on LinkedIn and follow 2Actify on Facebook and Twitter.

Mokuteki is a Japanese word meaning “Purpose.” Like many words, its made up of 2 characters. One word means “Vision”, and one means “the way to act.” In other words… Aligning our Actions with our Vision.

After a few decades of leading his own teams, Todd Westra was brought in by some of the world’s largest organizations to conduct team building and leadership training for them.

The end result? Developing a system of helping leaders gain Clarity on their Vision, build Connection with their teams, and ultimately develop a Culture that will embrace the strategy and vision they have for their organization.

Todd Westra has spent his entire career leading teams in both his organizations and in some of the world’s largest companies. As a leader, Todd experienced first-hand times when he was in sync with his teams, and times when he wasn’t! Developing a culture that embraced a vision of where he felt the company should go led to some amazing successes.

Todd has spent the last several years helping other leaders work through the process of aligning the actions of their teams to match their vision of where they were hoping to take them. From founders to mid-level managers, the problem is the same. When the leader lacks clarity of where they want to guide their team, growth is only achieved by luck.

Todd has been teaching leaders for years how to reach amazing levels of High Performance by focusing on these 3 areas of leadership. I have recently published a course called “The 3C’s of Leadership” on toddwestra.com, and encourage leaders at ALL levels to connect with me for a FREE 30 minute coaching session to determine if the course is a good fit for resolving issues they may be facing.

Connect with Todd on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About From Zero 2 Revenue

FROM ZERO 2 REVENUE is an avenue for successful entrepreneurs around the world to tell their stories on how they transformed their vision into reality. We’ll learn about their products and services; and, the passion and character behind the leadership of the organization. The show is designed to inspire and encourage struggling and future entrepreneurs to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

At the end of each episode, our listeners can expect plenty of takeaways! As the late Stephen Covey said, “All things are created twice – first in the mind, then in reality”.

About Our Host

Chris Yap is a seasoned BPO executive with over 17 years experience in the industry. Chris came to the US in 2005 to actively promote the Philippines, a preferred outsourcing destination of the world. In doing so, Chris was able to help generate over 40,000 jobs in the Philippines for companies like Dell, Covergys and West Teleservices, which are now consolidated with other large BPO companies in the world.

Chris has been happily married to Eizel for over 16 years and is blessed with 3 wonderful boys. In addition to his passion for business, Chris is also very passionate about helping to solve the child poverty problem. He is doing this by partnering with Food For The Poor where his company sponsors the feeding of children ages 5 and below on a monthly basis.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

Gabtech Global is a business process outsourcing company based in Glendale, Arizona with a fulfillment center in Bohol, Philippines. Gabtech Global specializes in providing affordable outsourced customer support, after hours and overflow call center services, link building and Virtual Assistant Services. They work with companies making $100,000 a year in revenue to companies making $100,000 a day in revenue.

Finding a Job in a Crisis Environment, with Patrick Lynch, CMP

April 13, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Finding a Job in a Crisis Environment, with Patrick Lynch, CMP

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Finding a Job in a Crisis Environment, with Patrick Lynch, CMP (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 216)

Suddenly there are millions of job seekers who a couple of months ago weren’t expecting to be looking for work. Patrick Lynch joins “North Fulton Business Radio” to talk directly to these individuals about the current job market, the outlook for hiring, furloughs, video interviews, and much more. As President-Elect of the Society for Human Resource Management’s Atlanta (SHRM-Atlanta) chapter, Patrick is an ideal guest for this topic. “North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and due to social distancing directive is broadcast virtually through the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Patrick Lynch, CMP

Patrick Lynch is President of the CMP Southeast region. CMP is a talent and transition firm in the business of developing people and organizations across the full talent lifecycle. In doing so, the firm combines decades of experience with a contemporary approach to building people and teams.

Patrick is responsible for strategy, marketing, and leadership at CMP. He also provides executive coaching to a wide range of senior leaders, helping them develop their strategic leadership skills, servant leadership, organizational engagement, emotional intelligence, and their ability to change themselves and others. Patrick is President-Elect for the Atlanta chapter of Society for Human Resource Management. Known as SHRM-Atlanta, it is one of the largest SHRM chapters in the U.S.

Prior to CMP, Patrick held senior leadership roles in marketing and sales with leading consumer product companies, such as Georgia Pacific, Kao Brands, Kraft/General Foods, and The HON Company. His certifications and training include The Birkman Method, MBTI, and the Adele Lynn EQ Leadership Institute. Patrick is also a basketball coach for the Special Olympics, a mentor for Year Up, and a board member of Special Pops Tennis: a non-profit that offers an adaptive tennis program specifically designed to share the sport with children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

To get in touch with Patrick, you can email him or call directly at 770-906-4113. To learn more about CMP, visit their website. You can find out more about SHRM-Atlanta here.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

undertaking a job search today
how to conduct a job search in today’s economic crisis
outlook for hiring
furloughs and layoffs
using LinkedIn
video interviewing

North Fulton Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, located inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with approximately $12.9 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Jay Litton and Katherine Simons, RUMC Job Networking

April 10, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jay Litton and Katherine Simons, RUMC Job Networking

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“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 215: Jay Litton and Katherine Simons, RUMC Job Networking

RUMC Job Networking has touched literally thousands of lives in the well over two decades of its existence. Jay Litton and Katherine Simons, co-leaders of this ministry of Roswell United Methodist Church, join the show to talk about how they have morphed their programming to a virtual platform, advice they’d offer job seekers in this economic climate, and much more. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray and the show is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

RUMC Job Networking

For over 25 years RUMC Job Networking has been providing employment workshops, ‘mini’ job fairs, and evening dinners with keynote speakers to those in need of employment or job readiness. RUMC Job Networking exists to teach job seekers how to begin and sustain a job search while providing emotional support and encouragement. They provide this support through mentoring, community prayer partners (all faiths and denominations), and support groups.

Since 2010, they have been training on job readiness while making states and other countries aware of the need for Job Networking including: Holland, Singapore, Portugal and London. The impact of this program has reached the attention of ABC World News, Fox 5 News, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal. Their interview on National Public Radio discussed how a community works together to help the unemployed. They have developed close relationships with the state and federal departments of labor and have attended events hosted by the White House and the Community Partnerships for Faith Based Programs. They have reinforced that we are filling a gap they cannot serve.

RUMC Job Networking meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. During the coronavirus pandemic they have gone virtual, still meeting on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month, so they can stay engaged with job seekers during their job search.

To connect with RUMC Job Networking, visit their website to find their next meeting and agenda.

Jay Litton

Jay Litton is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Sumo Logic. He is a seasoned enterprise sales/sales management executive with a track record of success as both an individual contributor and in sales leadership roles. During his career, Jay has achieved top performing status during at both start ups and multi-billion dollar organizations.

He has been providing career advice at RUMC Job Networking since inception of the ministry. With Katherine Simons, he co-leads a team of over 300 volunteer professionals who donate their time with an eight-hour agenda twice each month. Jay is also known as the creator of the WoW! Interview™ having taught over 10,000 professionals in career transition.

Jay previously appeared on Business RadioX® in 2017; you can find that episode here.

Katherine Simons

Katherine Simons is the previous owner of DDS Staffing Resources specializing in the temporary and permanent staffing of medical and dental staff . She also partnered with her son-in-law Tim Rush, in ownership of a Healthcare Job Board, Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC which features www.advancedpracticejobs.com, the largest and most successful job board highlighting nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

In addition to co-leading RUMC Job Networking with Jay, Katherine has served as Chairperson for New Members and Assimilation at Roswell United Methodist Church, a 6000 member congregation, She serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and on the HomeStretch Board of Directors.

Katherine is author of Loving Your Neighbor, A Faith Community’s Response to the Unemployment Crisis, written in 2010, but so timely in our current environment.

Show Notes from Jay and Katherine:

Stay Positive, Move Forward and Keep the Faith…
Stay Positive by…..
1. Keep your energy level high through diet, exercise, rest, and positive thinking
2. Surround yourself with friends who have a good story to tell. Stay away from “downers”
3. Trust that God has a Plan for your life and it is up to you to see and hear it. Be willing to try new things. It could lead to his plan.
4. Be like Thomas Edison….see every “no” as that much closer to a “yes” answer. Learn from the “no’s”
5. Go places where you find positive people . Today, there are many ways to connect with positive ideas on-line.
6. Be ready everyday for a virtual interview. Be dressed. Look the part.
Move Forward by…
1. Continuing to learn and try new job search techniques
2. Connecting with people in your industry
3. Practice and prepare for company interviews PPQ
4. Track how many calls you need to make to accomplish a result. A result may be a conversation, an introduction, a new direction, an interview. Once you know how many calls it takes to get to one of these results, schedule every day to make the necessary calls.
5. Treat the process like an Adventure. You never know what’s around the next corner.
6. Keep a notebook of all successes and lessons learned.
7. Clear up conflicts that would cause references to be less than stellar. Never give reference for a job without calling person first to ask and explain the opportunity. A positive or negative reference can make or break the next step.
Moving Forward…
1. Learn LinkedIn like never before.
2. Learn Zoom – interview yourself on camera with a free Zoom subscription
3. Research – Get daily emails from the Atlanta Business Chronicle and other information rich sources that are locally based.
Keep the Faith by…..
1. We believe that you should not do your job search alone. God should included through prayers.
2. Take our Crossroads Career class which covers 7 steps of the job search and shows how God is in every step.
3. Consider taking a bible study via a free Zoom subscription with a few friends.
4. See God work in other people by listening to others and see where you can help.

Final comments…
1. Notice that people are being hired. We just received an email on Wednesday from an excited job seeker that attended one of our recent mini job fair.
2. Believe it is not “if” but “when” you will go on next interview
3. Continue to stay in shape….work head, heart, and body muscles
4. Where can you volunteer your time…even virtually to help others or a nonprofit group that helps others.
5. Biggest surprise? Lots of layoffs but companies are hiring.
6. Biggest concern? The layoffs mean quality people are hitting the market. You need great job search skills and persistence to win.
Taking Action!
1. Attend our virtual RUMC Job Networking meeting on Monday, April 13th and our upcoming meeting agenda. Visit the RUMC Job Networking website for details.
2. Subscribe to our email Groups called Groups.io. to get the job leads submitted to us by employers and volunteers.

North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.