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Jam Portus, Director of Alternative Workforce at NetApp joins Hiring University to discuss how this 30-year-old technology stalwart is navigating a job market that has seen plenty of layoffs, yet is ripe with opportunities to acquire newly available talent. "I think it's easier to find top talent because of the recent layoffs. In fact, we are working on a talent strategy to take advantage of these layoffs.     -Jam Portus  For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Steven Rothberg, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at College Recruiter, joins the show to share his observations on the current job market for college grads as well as best practices and guidance for employers looking to attract and hire the next generation of talent. "One thing that's really important to this generation, thankfully, is that they want to leave the world a better place than they found it. If corporations looking to hire can articulate in their job postings the small piece that they play in helping them make the world a better place, that goes a long way!" Steven Rothberg, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at College Recruiter For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Adnan Hamid, Division Vice President & CIO at  CommonSpirit Health joins the podcast to discuss best practices and challenges of hiring technical and creative talent to drive digital transformation initiatives in healthcare.  With over 20 years in healthcare technical leadership, Adnan shares where the market has been and what it will take to compete going forward. "The move from paper to digital transformation finds us at an exciting point in the digital evolution of healthcare where we have the opportunity really to transform our industry.  How do we empower our patients to now use this information and understand the value of the information that we're gathering? First, we need to ensure the data is safe and private, and meaningful.  How can we now parse this information out as, as patients and healthcare providers to help our patients live healthier and empower our caregivers to deliver a more preventive model versus a reactive model of healthcare?  These are the questions we are facing as we continue the digital transformation journey."     - Adnan Hamid For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Ellen Jordan Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner at Alegeus, a leading market leader in consumer-directed healthcare solutions joins Hiring U to discuss recruiting best practices in a hyper-competitive, candidate-driven market.   "When we engage with hiring managers we really walkthrough closely to figure out what are the must-haves; what are the skills or experiences that a candidate absolutely has to meet in order to meet their standards and determine what are skills are trainable? Because rarely in a candidate do you find they have everything on the wish list."      -Ellen Jordan For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Sam Pessin, Co-Founder, and President of Remote Year joins Hiring University to discuss the state of remote work; how far we've come, where there is work left to do, and will some employers revert back to traditional and mandatory in office work models! "If your company does not support remote work or hybrid work options you are losing out on a lot of talent. Especially top tech company talent. I have so many friends that work in technology and at this point will not entertain a conversation with a company that isn't remote."     -Sam Pessin - Remote Year For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

On this 2022 International Women's Day we welcome three members of the Ursus executive management team to the show.  Cheryle, Cristina, and Lori share what they've over their careers that led them to the executive leadership positions. "What may seem like a failure today can be a stepping stone to something better tomorrow."     - Cheryle Peikert - Chief Financial Officer"Listen and learn. I think if you really listen to what everyone wants to teach you, you will be so much better."     - Lori Kwan - Vice President of Recruiting & Delivery"Trust your gut and use your voice. I think that is one of the biggest things that has served me well over the years is just always using your voice."     - Cristina De La Cruz - Vice President of Sales For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Wen Stenger, CEO, and Co-Founder of Omni Inclusive joins the Hiring University podcast to discuss diversity and inclusion in the staffing industry.   Before founding Omni Inclusive, Wen led contingent labor programs at leading enterprises including Best Buy and Thompson Reuters.  Before founding Omni Inclusive she ran the contingent workforce programs at household enterprise companies like Best Buy and Thompson Reuters, she is a retired U.S Air Force veteran and has been recognized by the staffing industry with the following distinctions: ·      2021 SIA DEI Influencer.  ·      2021 LinkedIn Diversity Champion Talent Award.  ·      2019 & 2020 SIA Contingent Workforce Game Changer leading process and change in external workforce ecosystem.  "When it comes to the contingent workforce, it takes a village process.  Regardless of who "owns" the data or the technology or the process, everybody has to have a hand in understanding that information and using it to address the challenges at hand."     - Wen Stenger For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Adam Nicolson, VP of Product at AgileOne joins the Hiring University podcast to discuss new technology trends in the staffing industry, specifically the tools of today and the future that will allow suppliers, buyers, and candidates to access more relevant data and approve the overall supply chain experience.   Adam is a 20+ year staffing veteran who brings a wealth of experience, wisdom, and vision to this episode!  "We'll handle the strategy. You worry about the business!  If you can get the VMS to a place where it's super user intuitive and it's doing a lot of the manual work that you're doing today you've added huge value."      - Adam Nicholson For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Jan Jedlinski, CEO and Co-Founder of Gustav, Candidate.ly, and the World Staffing Organization joins the Hiring University podcast to discuss new technology trends in the staffing industry today and what we should expect in the near future.  “There is a huge opportunity in the staffing market right now to adopt technology that doesn’t necessarily mean the death of recruiters.  AI and automation, the Uberization of staffing, and other technology adoption should improve the user experience for the employer and candidate even though it will look different.”             -Jan Jedlinski   For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Cynthia Moore, co-founder of VMS Professionals and formerly sourcing manager at AllState, joins Hiring University to share past, current, and future trends and best practices related to MSP and VMS programs including diversity and inclusion programs, on-premise MSP versus self-managed programs, and how suppliers can best get the attention of program managers!   For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Almost a year to the day we reunite!!   Two Cal Bears, Damon Wiley, and Mikey Williams, and a Davis Aggie, Alyssa Wheeler, join Hiring University to update us on where they are now, what they learned about work-life, career paths, the value of mentorship, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.   What's more or less important to these three a year later?  What insights and observations have they gleaned a year into their careers?   Find out on the 25th episode of Hiring University!    For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Anne Burns, Founder of Right the Resume joins Hiring University to share best practices on resume writing and presentation.   Anne has worked with job-seeking candidates ranging from entry-level to C-Level executives.  Her work is as much about personal development and awareness as it is about grammar and editing.   This is a must-listen episode for anyone preparing to look for their next job opportunity. "When it comes to writing resumes, most of us are self-conscious. When you are talking about yourself organically there's a natural flow, just like any other conversation. You can be at a dinner party and somebody says, "What do you do?" and so you give your regular response. If they've got more questions, then it's very easy to have that back and forth and answer those direct questions. But when you have to put it on a piece of paper, it makes it very real - which can be scary to think about, let alone write."        - Anne Burns  For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Cybersecurity thought leader Jonathan Nguyen, VP of Fortinet’s Global Field CISO team speaks with Hiring University!  With 25+ years of experience in all aspects of risk management, Jonathan is a global security advisor and executive lead for strategy and analytics at Fortinet. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric platform can address the most critical security challenges and protect data across the entire digital infrastructure, whether in networked, application, multi-cloud, or edge environments. Jonathan shares best practices for aspiring cybersecurity technologists and how and where to start your career and the steps he, and many others took to reach the C- Suite.    “The next generation of workforce grew up on keyboards rather than chalkboards, and they're learning that their online presence is the equivalent of what you and I experienced on the playground.  The Fortinet NSE Academy offers eight levels of cybersecurity training with all eight levels free of charge to the public right now and a great resource for new and experienced candidates to improve and obtain new skills relative to their careers.”      - Jonathan Nguyen For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Kyle Moschetto, Director of Solutions Architecture at SADA,  joins Hiring University! to share his experience hiring and training future cloud computing experts from a variety of backgrounds and in particular military veterans.  Kyle served 11 years in the Marines as a Cyber Network Operations Officer then joined the private sector leading technical teams, designing agile network and service architectures, growing cloud-based capabilities, and security-focused IT operations in high-stress situations at industry-leading companies including F5, Bitly and Google before joining SADA, the preeminent Google Cloud systems integrator.  “I have conversations with Marine veterans all the time as they are entering the workforce after serving in the military and wondering how their technical skills will translate to the private sector and what cloud provider they should focus on.  And what I say to them is, do you need to pick one of the big three. You don't need to, but should you, yeah, you probably should. And there are no wrong answers here, right?  Pick Microsoft Azure, pick Amazon's AWS, pick Google cloud platform.  It doesn't matter. Just pick one, because if you learn one, it's really easy to  learn another.”          - Kyle Moschetto  For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Mike Piacente Managing Partner & Co-founder at Hitch Partners joins Hiring University! to share his expertise on Chief Security Officer search as well as the state of the internet security market.  Prior to starting Hitch Partners, Mike held leadership positions at several technical executive search firms. Prior to going to the dark side of recruiting he was founder and VP of Sales at OpSource, a leading cloud and managed service provider.  With Security Operations or Cloud Security Operations searches, there's one really qualified leader for every 10 positions out there.  The value we strive to provide to our candidates and our clients is to educate them from the very beginning.  We present the data, and the statistics about what they are up against in their search.        - Mike Piacente For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Diya Obeid, CEO, and President of JobDiva joins this episode of Hiring University to discuss the importance and role that Application Tracking Systems play in the staffing industry.  As the Chief Executive Officer of JobDiva, Mr. Diya Obeid is responsible for setting the business and technology strategy of the company. With over 30 years of experience in IT consulting services, he has been a force in the recruitment industry. His longstanding commitment to technology and process improvement is evident by many patents and several pending patent applications for technologies related to search and the recruitment process. "Contrary to the general perception that Hi-Touch competes with Digital, they are incredibly complementary. Empathy and Hi-touch have become far more important."- Diya Obeid For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Carlos Martinez, Co-Founder of leading AV integrator Lumibuild joins Hiring University to share his outlook for what the remote and in-office workplace will look like as we recover from the pandemic.   Before starting Lumibuild in 2016, Carlos led AV teams at tech stalwarts including Uber, Zynga, and Tesla as these companies were in the midst of hockey stick growth.  "There are no more large gatherings of folks,  so the biggest change, the biggest challenge is how do we connect everyone? How do we have these global meetings or even department meetings without piling into a room?  So streaming becomes really critical and the stability of these streaming platforms knowing that now the content may actually be produced at home!"- Carlos Martinez - Co-Founder, Lumibuild  For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Pankaj Jindal,  Co-Founder of the first retention and engagement platform provider, Sense, joins Hiring U!  As a former C-Level executive at several leading staffing companies, Pankaj shares his uniquely qualified insights and experience related to contractor/employee care and communication throughout the entire lifecycle of the employee.   Sense was not built to replace a recruiter or replace the personal touch of a recruiter but rather was built essentially to help you improve management of the contractor/recruiter relationship. - Pankaj Jindal, Co-Founder, Sense, Inc.  For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Andrew Silluron joins Hiring University to talk about all things FinTech!  Andrew shares what he looks for when he is building software development teams including specific backgrounds and skillsets. He also helps demystify and define the world of Blockchain.  If you find a software engineering candidate who thinks security first, and they're constantly mindful about where can a malicious actor breach on my system, then they've already got a leg up.              - Andrew Silluron For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com

Aaron Ballew, VP of Demand Generation at Ping Identity joins Hiring University to share thoughts on hiring for marketing and creative positions as well his progressive management philosophies on employee career development and retention. When you said, "I support your career growth," did you really mean it? Encourage your employees to keep their resume updated and accept recruiter calls. It's an important practice. They should stay with you because you're the best offer, fair and square, not because you've hidden them from other opportunities. - Aaron Ballew For more Hiring University episodes tune into your favorite podcast player or visit us at www.ursusinc.com