I interview Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of LunarLabs.io in this episode. She posted a comment about AI and cover letter writing on LinkedIn, prompting me to reach out to her; subsequently the comments on her post went wild. In our conversation, we talk about that origin story, the impact of AI on job search techniques employed by job seekers, the impact of AI on recruitment efforts by senior executives, and the importance of very human communication. Elizabeth is an expert on AI tools used by recruitment, having worked on the tech side of many of them, so I'm taking her advice and insights extremely seriously, and I hope you will as well.

Let's welcome Lauren Celano, biosciences and life sciences recruiter with Propel Careers. Lauren and I talk extensively about her leadership and mentorship as a recruiter and career coach for scientists, especially those considering moving from academia to industry leadership. She also explores the ways she collaborates with organizations seeking to hire and helping to match them with extraordinary talent.

Ronjon Bhattacharya is Director at Kendall Staffing -- http://kendallstaffing.com/. Kendall staffing specializes in software related openings.

Our clients are varied institutions like Amazon and DISCO (~133.6M startup out of Austin), as well as a number of startups mostly in the Boston / Cambridge and Bay Areas. We are a fully remote / distributed company with employees / clients across the country.

You can reach Ronjon at https://kendallstaffing.com and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronjonbhattacharya.

Emily Rushton is the founder and executive leader of Hire Integrated of Salt Lake City, UT. Highly experienced in recruitment, from large-volume and temporary staffing to executive recruiting, Emily leads an expert team dedicated to making recruitment and staffing easier for job seekers and for companies. In 2024, Emily was honored by Utah Business Magazine as one of it's Forty Under 40, as a major contributor to the shifting employment sector in Utah.

You can reach Emily Rushton and her team at https://hireintegrated.com and connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyrushtonrecruiter/.

Eric Goodman, PhD, of The Meridian Success Group, coaches individuals and companies to optimize performance via his company Meridian Success Group. A former business professor and academic dean, Eric presents on BANKCode communication assessments and how knowing your communciation style as a hiring leader can influence the way you hire--and job search candidates should apply the same analysis to their assessment of potential hiring leaders. Please visit Eric's LinkedIn profile and connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgoodman2/, See his new book "From Teacher to Leader" at https://teachertoleader.com. Visit his company website here https://meridiansuccessgroup. To get your personal communication assessment by Eric, visit https://crackmycode.com/communicate.

John Gates is a former head ot talent acquisition and recruiting for Fortune 500 companies, overseeing global talent teams. He runs two businesses. Recruiting Transformations (recruitingtransformations.com) focuses on elevating and uplifting recruiting strategies and processes. Salary.coach is home to John's compensation negotation consulting businss. Please visit his LinkedIn profile and connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngates2/.

What happens to an executive’s hiring process when they go from a Fortune 500 to a smaller corporation to founding a business? Tom Gardner, CEO and founder of CircleOp, tells This Is How I Hire that not much changes—all the foundational principles remain the same. By way of background, Tom founded CircleOp, an app that guides meeting leaders and participants to maximize the effectiveness of work meetings. Prior to founding this company, he served as COO and General Manager of Trailhead Engineering, capitalizing on a long executive career that began in design engineering.

Tom and I discuss, how he came to rely on his well-developed set of best practices for learning about and selecting candidates—and when he broke those rules to hire quickly and fire thoughtfully.

I’m honored to be speaking today with James E. Kelly, currently the US Business Development Lead for Sulzer, which delivers syringe-based mixing and administration of ortho biologics and pharmaceuticals. Jim Kelly is this incredible mix of startup, global corporate, sales, marketing, and even military. He’s worked at some of the biggest names in medical device manufacturing—Merit Medical, Biosphere, and Johnson & Johnson, just to name a few.

He’s also spearheaded the development and commercialization of some pretty cool biodevice startups, working with the University of Utah Technology and Venture Commercialization organization as an advisor and growth catalyst. I always enjoy speaking with Jim about his background and leadership style, because he’s super insightful about his expertise and always ready to invite an answer to a question—or to describe an experience from his deep and broad background. As you listen in on our chat, I hope you will see, as I did, the way Jim’s depth of personal research throughout the hiring process impacts his decision-making process, especially as he chooses to hire individuals with different types of knowledge from his own.