Year: 2017

On this episode of The Edge podcast Emily Tatum, Account Manager and Content Strategist at ClearEdge Marketing interviews co-worker Sarah Schunk, Senior Writer and Strategist on the repeal of Net Neutrality. Sarah explains what net neutrality is, why net neutrality was repealed, what small businesses must think about now that the internet is not an equal playing field, if SEO still matters, and so much more. If you utilize the internet in any capacity, take a listen.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, Michelle Krier, Senior Vice President at ClearEdge Marketing interviews Julie Tabish, Managing Director at Talent Advisory Group. Julie shares with us her winding career path between leaving the investment industry for the talent industry, the gap she saw in the talent market that lead her to launch Talent Advisory Group, the importance of culture and why she’s loving the candidate driven market. Listen to the full episode to hear Julie’s industry insights and inspirational background.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge CEO Leslie Vickrey interviews Andrea Wagner, Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Shiftgig, an app that connects businesses with hourly workers. Shiftgig is the destination platform for the average gig worker and side-job hustler and has grown significantly alongside the rise of the gig economy. Andrea shares how she landed at Shiftgig from previous roles at Spherion, CareerBuilder, and Bullhorn, and what has surprised her about entering the gig economy. Andrea also fills us in on her goal behind making “Shiftgig” a verb, how the industry can continue to encourage women to grow and advance, how she minimizes turnover on her teams, and so much more. Tune in for industry knowledge and inspiration!

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge CEO Leslie Vickrey interviews Kelly Van Aken, Director of Experience and Technology Solutions at Aerotek, the largest staffing and recruiting company in the United States. Kelly shares how she started out in the recruitment industry 17 years ago, why she thinks a great candidate experience is critical to success, how recruitment firms can stay competitive against internal HR teams, tips behind being an effective leader and what continues to keep her passionate about the industry.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge CEO Leslie Vickrey interviews Colleen Whiteside, Senior Partner and Marketing Director at Orion Talent, a full-service recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) organization that specializes in military hiring and skilled talent acquisition. Colleen shares why Orion Talent focuses a segment of its business on military recruitment, her advice to companies going through an acquisition, how she instills cohesion in a remote team, as well as what excites her most about marketing.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, Michelle Krier, Senior Vice President at ClearEdge and Nikki Leonardi, Director of Account Delivery at ClearEdge sit down to discuss how organizations can best develop a marketing plan for 2018. Michelle and Nikki explain where organizations should start in creating a marketing plan, how to align your overall business goals with your marketing initiatives, how much money organizations should invest in marketing, how to assess ROI and so much more. If you’re interested in creating an effective marketing plan in 2018, this one’s for you.

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On this episode of The Edge, ClearEdge’s Digital Marketing Strategist, Gina Kelly, discusses how to effectively share content on social media. Gina first explains the importance of creating great content because your audience will only share content that grabs their attention and makes a compelling argument. Gina then dives into how to identify on which social channels you should share your content, the best times of day to share, and whether or not you should put money behind your content through social ads and promoted posts.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge CEO Leslie Vickrey interviews Rhona Driggs, President of Volt Consulting Group, a global end-to-end talent acquisition and workforce management services provider. Rhona shares her history in the recruitment industry as well Volt’s history with how the company was started on only $13. Rhona describes how her background in staffing has helped her grow her MSP team so quickly over the past year, she shares her leadership mantra, lead how you want to be lead and how the continual evolution in the industry excites her, especially in the MSP space.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge Senior Vice President Michelle Krier interviews Genia Spencer, Executive Vice President of System One’s Creative and Digital Services division. Genia wasn’t always part of System One, her previous company, TeamPeople, a media staffing organization, was recently acquired by System One and Genia fills us in on why TeamPeople and System One are a great match. Genia also gives us insight into how she got into the recruitment industry, key traits of a good mentor, the importance of having a personal business plan and a new initiative the Women in Leadership council of the American Staffing Association is putting together that every woman in recruitment will want to be a part of.

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On this episode of The Edge podcast, ClearEdge CEO Leslie Vickrey interviews Joan Davison, President and CEO at Hire Counsel and Mestel & Company, a leading services provider to law firms, corporations and government agencies for today’s new legal economy. As a leader in the recruitment industry, the theme of Joan’s interview is leadership, and Joan begins the interview by sharing how she experienced adversity at a young age that lead her on her successful career path from operations to the c-suite. She also explains why execution is key at all levels of an organization, how she’s remains constantly inspired as a leader, what excites Joan most about being in the recruitment industry and so much more.

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