Rick Girard, the Host of the Hire Power Radio show who is also the CEO of Stride Search Inc, (an agency focused on disrupting the Recruiting & Talent Acquisition space) shares interesting hiring tips to help you transform how you hire and shape your Marketing and Sales teams.
About Rick
Rick is a Talent Acquisition Leader and serves as the CEO of Stride Search. He is also the host of the Hire Power Radio show.
About Stride Search
Stride Search is on a mission to help startups gain a competitive advantage by formalizing a process to maximize candidate hiring and engagement.
Key takeaways from the episode

“When it comes to candidate engagement: it’s all about treating people the way they’d like to be treated.”
“There’s not enough care and thought that’s put into building an interview process and understanding what it is that your company needs.”
“People don’t really know how to interview for a cultural fit, but they know how to interview to identify skills.”
“I’m a big believer of hire for culture first and skills second, because skills can be learnt. But you need the people with the right attitude.”
“This is especially important for a small set-up or culture.”
“As a culture, you want to be able to offer upskilling and augmenting options to your candidates and team. You need to be career-minded of the people you do have.”
“When you bring in someone better, they help elevate the success of the entire company.”
“You should always be talking to your people to understand what they want and where they want to be fit.”
“It is important to try and provide something more than just monetary benefits.”
“There’s still talent shortage and you need to go out and be pro active to find the right people.”

About the podcast
Sunny Side Up is a series of 15-minute podcasts. Leaders and innovators share what they’ve learned in the B2B tech sector on topics related to marketing, product management, sales, and leadership.