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Recruiting a Diverse Workforce, with Allison O’Kelly, Corps Team

October 27, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Recruiting a Diverse Workforce, with Allison O'Kelly, Corps Team

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Recruiting a Diverse Workforce, with Allison O’Kelly, Corps Team (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 299)

Corps Team Founder and CEO Allison O’Kelly joins host John Ray to discuss the increased efforts companies are making to employ a diverse workforce, tips for companies seeking to widen diversity in their ranks, and much more. Allison also addresses job seekers who are candidates for diversity hiring. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Allison O’Kelly, Founder and CEO, Corps Team

Allison O’Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Corps Team and a talent acquisition expert who partners with CEOs, executives and hiring managers to recruit exceptional talent into their organizations.  Allison has grown her business from an idea to a search and staffing firm that has placed thousands of professionals in companies nationwide.

Prior to Corps Team / Mom Corps, Allison was a CPA with KPMG in Atlanta, and was in a Leadership development program with Toys R Us where she served in various roles including launching the original Babiesrus.com site, Store Director of an $11 million Toys “R” Us Store, and multi-unit store management.

Allison has been recognized in the news media (TODAY Show, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes) and awarded on a national level (EY Winning Women, Working Mother, Inc. 500, Conference Board). Corps Team was named a Top 20 Woman-Owned Business in the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2019.

Allison’s current nonprofit boards include the Alliance Theater, Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta, Galloway School Annual Fund, and UGA Terry College Emeritus Alumni Board. Allison received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BBA in Accounting from the University of Georgia. Allison is a CPA, licensed in Georgia

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

Tell us about what you are seeing here in Atlanta regarding diversity hiring?
Is it increasing significantly?
What are some of the businesses where you are seeing more diversity hiring? Can you cite an example?
What positions are you seeing an uptick in diversity hiring?
Do you have any tips for those who will be applying for these jobs?
Tips for your clients who are trying to include more diversity among their ranks?
What are some goals for companies to keep in mind before they begin this process? What should they think about?
How does diversity hiring change the way you conduct advertising?
How if at all has the pandemic affected hiring in general, but in regards to diversity hiring?
How should diverse candidates approach this new hiring process?

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and 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 can be found on all the major podcast apps by searching “North Fulton Business Radio.”

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.

Simer Mayo with Valor Global and Roy Palomo with HotFoot Recruiters E1

May 2, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Simer Mayo with Valor Global and Roy Palomo with HotFoot Recruiters E1

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Simer Mayo with Valor Global and Roy Palomo with HotFoot Recruiters E1

The key to transforming ideas into a reality is by persevering, surrounding yourself with the right people, and developing the right culture within the organization. In our first episode of From Zero 2 Revenue, we discuss company culture, hiring the right people and the importance of key performance metrics with Simer Mayo with Valor Global and Roy Palomo with HotFoot Recruiters.

Valor Global is a leader in providing Call Center solutions to customers around the world. Valor is the industry leaders in Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and employee retention in Customer Care, Account Management, First party collections, and technical support for its customers.

TouchPoints use neuroscience and technology to directly affect the body’s biological mechanism by altering body’s natural stress response and keeping you in a calm state of mind in as few as 30 seconds.

Simer S. Mayo is a serial entrepreneur owning and operating several companies including Valor Global, nVision and The TouchPoint Solution. Simer has been recognized as a successful entrepreneur leading multiple organizations with extensive growth focused on Culture, Values, Servant Leadership and Conscious Capitalism.

Simer is very passionate about giving back and is engaged with youth initiatives, mentoring other entrepreneurs, providing leadership to several non-profit organizations and charities. Simer is an avid sports fan, enjoys traveling and loves outdoors.

Connect with Simer on LinkedIn and Facebook.

HotFoot Recruiters is a staffing firm that has been operating in the valley now for 10 years. While dabbling in most industries at one time or another, HotFoot’s verticals that they excel and concentrate on are Engineering, Manufacturing Production and Contact Center staffing.

The HotFoot team is equally skilled in Executive Search placements as well as production high-volume wave hiring.

Roy Palomo is a native of Arizona. He grew up in the Sunnyslope area where he then went on to college and received a degree from Northern Arizona University. His degree was in Exercise Science which he quickly put into action by developing a fitness program that was being implemented into grade schools in conjunction with their PE programs.

He was quickly recognized by the AZ Governors Council on Exercise and Physical Fitness on 2 separate occasions for his work within physical education. After a brief career in hospitality, Roy was introduced to the recruiting industry. Once he made the transition to talent discovery, Roy quickly established himself as one of the top recruiters in his market with particular expertise in engineering, manufacturing/production and call center placements.

His success ultimately led him to found HotFoot Recruiters alongside fellow co-founder Matt White just four years into his new line of work. Looking forward, Roy envisions a bright future ahead for HotFoot Recruiters. He would like to get HotFoot to 3 times the size of where it is currently, and believes that would be achievable in the next five years.

Keeping in line with his company’s #1 core value, People Fires, he wants it to be one of the best places to work in Arizona. He dreams of creating an environment where his employees love the brand, love the company, and look forward to coming to work every day.

In addition to running HotFoot Recruiters, Roy Palomo is also a member of the non-profit organization the Scottsdale Charros. The Scottsdale Charros raise money for the Scottsdale School District and over 30 other charities for the Scottsdale community.

Follow HotFoot on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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.

Jeff Bond with Ledgent Technology

October 18, 2018 by Mike

ePresence

Jeff Bond with Ledgent Technology

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Jeff Bond/Ledgent Technology

Since their opening in 1994, Ledgent Technology has always believed that they are limited only by their own vision, creativity and ethics.

First and foremost, the fact that Ledgent Technology has a soul and is firmly rooted in their Mission, Vision and Values makes them very different and innovative. How can you operate an organization that affects the very livelihood of thousands of people without being philosophy-driven? How can a business that only deals with people be focused on anything else but people? Their approach struck a chord: when they opened their doors in 1994, Ledgent saw their revenue increase by over 22,000% in the first four years. Customers and job seekers yearn to do business with a staffing partner that listens, cares, admits mistakes and is trustworthy. Ledgent is proud to see a change in the staffing industry as a result of their values-driven approach.

Mark Galvin/ePresence

ePresence provides personal branding services for individuals, executives and entrepreneurs. They leverage social media on an individual level since that is where the audience is most engaged. Mark Galvin, CEO and Founder of ePresence, is a personal social media expert with 29 years of business management and hotel industry experience including stops with Marriott, Hyatt, Omni and IHG.