The Launch Collective

This month, we held an open discussion around some the questions the Community has been asking recently!

Some of the topics covered were:

• Success stories of hiring from large companies
• Best sourcing tactics outside of LinkedIn
• ATS Feedback
• Automated Interview Note Tools

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This month, we hosted our first panel event, which was focused on DEI.

'DEI & Recruting in 2024' featured guest panelists Christal L Graves, Alicia McNease and Glenn E. Newman Jr.

Some of the topics covered included:

• Communication to Stakeholders
• Data and Organisational Accountability
• ERG Groups
• Examples of Success
• How to tackle Diversity at a Senior level

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This month, we took the opportunity to update our members on our growth and development during 2023, plus some key initatives planned for 2024, including:

• Community growth
• Member Diversity
• Community Success Stories
• Our Community Re-Brand!
• Our plans for External branding and growth
• Internal initiatives, including the launch of our Mentorship Program

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This month, we held split into breakout groups, to discuss how to build a world class recruitment process!

Each group discussed, and reported back, on a different part of the process, with the key areas being:

• Pre-interview - Job descriptions, metrics, hiring criteria
• Interview process - Number of stages, objectives, format of the interview, the scorecard, communication
• Post-Interview - Referencing and back-channeling, making offers, rejecting candidates, contracts

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This month, we asked all members to complete a survey ahead of joining the forum, focussed on the challenges they experience in their process!

Using this information, we could then tailor the discussion and we discussed areas including:

• Bottlenecks for hiring within organisations
• H1 Review - how are businesses finding the current market
• Back-channeling - how to use effectively in a hiring process
• Managing internal stakeholders

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This month, we welcomed special guest, Emily Davis, VP of Global Talent Acquisition at Medallia.

Some of the topics covered in our 'Super-Charge your Talent Acquisition Career' Forum were:

• Identifying Opportunities
• Communication
• Closing the Loop
• Building a Super-Power

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This month, we held split into breakout groups, to discuss how to build a world class outbound cadence process!

John Hitchen, MD USA of Strive, also then shared his Best Practices for outreach, including:

• Search Summary - the pipeline required in order to fill a role
• The Candidate Buying Cycle
• Strive's Typical Outreach Cadence
• Hyper-personalised Video Outreach
• Differences across Regions

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This month, we were joined by Jamal Elmidge and Janine O'Neill, who both are senior players in Talent at the VC, Sequoia.

They have a combined 58 years' of experience, so this was a really informative Q&A session!

Some of the topics covered were:

• Common challenges in start-up B2B SaaS companies
• The impact of AI in recruiting
• How to move into growth mode
• How to elevate conversations with Senior Managers

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This month, we were joined by Carly Field, Area Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at BMC.

With over 20 years' recruitment experience, it was great to meet Carly and the Community had lots of questions for her!

Some of the topics covered were:

• Time management
• Keeping a team motivated and engaged
• Training Hiring Managers
• How to scale a Talent function

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