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Laurie Ruittimann: The Future of Hiring – Live from Transform 2025 Laurie Ruettimann is a former HR leader turned writer, entrepreneur, and speaker. In 2009, CNN recognized her as one of America’s top career advisors and Forbes named her blog as one of the Top 100 blogs for women. Those two events…

LIVE from Transform 2025 in Las Vegas! Mita Mallick is a change maker with a track record of transforming culture and business. She gives innovative, culturally resonant ideas a voice and serves customers and communities with...

Hugo Malan: Future Proofing Workforce Solutions This week's guest on #thePOZcast Hugo Malan is a true force in workforce solutions, with a career spanning engineering, finance, retail, and talent strategy. He’s led major transformations at Kelly Services, EmployBridge, CDI, and even Sears—yes, the…

LIVE from Transform 2025! Angela most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Talent &; Chief Human Resources Officer for Harvard Business Publishing. In this role, Cheng-Cimini led the Human Resources and Facilities & Administration units, spearheaded efforts to develop a talent roadmap tha…

Live from Transform 2025! Sarah Reynolds (they/them) is a creative, award-winning marketing executive and advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). A veteran of the HR software market, Sarah is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Hibob, where they bring their deep industry …

Live from Transform 2025 in Las Vegas! I am excited to welcome Tubi's people leaders, Natasha Valani & Cristina Navarro. Natasha Valani serves as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Tubi Media Group at Fox Corporation. In her role, she oversees talent management, performance, recruit…

Mike Koenigs is a serial entrepreneur with five successful exits, a 19x bestselling author, and a dynamic speaker who has engaged audiences of thousands. Mike specializes in helping entrepreneurs create impactful, lifestyle-compatible businesses, guiding them in building high-ticket offers, refinin…

LIVE from Transform 2025 in Las Vegas! Amira Barger is an award-winning Executive Vice President of Communications and Head of DEI Advisory at Edelman, providing senior reputation management and polycultural counsel to clients across the globe. Recently named Woman of the Year by Women Health Care…

LIVE from Transform 2025! Daniel Chait is CEO & co-founder of Greenhouse, the fastest-growing enterprise Talent Acquisition Suite. Greenhouse helps thousands of companies around the world become great at hiring, by creating tools to help deliver exceptional candidate experiences; identify and attr…

Live from Transform 2025 in Las Vegas! Mike Stafiej is the founder and CEO of ERIN, a Pittsburgh-based SaaS startup that streamlines employee referrals for enterprise businesses around the world. ERIN is a strategic recruiting tool for hundreds of businesses with over 3 million employees in over 1…

Brett Coin is the Chief Transformation Officer at Findem, an AI first, workflow automation platform for sourcing, CRM and analytics. Prior to Findem, Brett spent 20+ years in TA as a practitioner in sourcer, recruiter, manager and leadership roles for global companies such as Okta, Intuit and Cisc…

Rhona Barnett-Pierce is the founder of Perceptible Studios, where she helps Talent Acquisition and HR leaders scale their impact through video and content creation. Building on her experience leading TA teams across Talent Marketplaces, SaaS, and Media, she brings deep expertise in employer brandin…

Anne Marie Anderson is a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, keynote speaker, and author whose career has spanned some of the most prestigious spaces in sports and media. Starting at ESPN straight out of college, Anne Marie quickly made her mark, navigating the boardrooms and locker rooms of…

Beyond Style: Max Israel’s Mission to Empower Men with Y Chroma Max Israel is the founder and CEO of Y.Chroma, the award-winning Lisbon-based fashion brand reshaping the luxury market for Gen-X and Boomer men. Known for its mature skate- and surf-inspired roots, European craftsmanship, and obsessi…

Ben Weiss is building the future of sneakers, shoes designed with Artificial Intelligence that are entirely 3D printed, accompanied by an excellent team and advisors, including the legendary Reebok Founder, Joe Foster, original Shark Tank Shark, Kevin Harrington, and others. He hosts a top busines…

My guest on #thePOZCAST is Steve Cadigan, a globally renowned talent advisor and founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures. This Silicon Valley-based firm has guided some of the world’s most innovative organizations, including Google, Cisco, Salesforce, and Manchester United Football Club. Steve is also a…

My guest on #thePOZCAST is Lea Turner. You might know her from her first POZ appearance, Guest 108, from late 2020. She is a LinkedIn powerhouse who skyrocketed to prominence in 2019, transforming her small transcription business with her signature blend of humor, relatability, and uplifting conten…

First aired 2/11/19 In honor of the 6th anniversary of #thePOZcast, its fun to look back at Episode 1, where it all started....with a recorded zoom call. Enjoy! First episode of the POZ Cast! Adam & Q Connect the online, offline. Here is a look into a raw first time networking conversation. Chec…

Tom Conlon is the founder of the award-winning independent creative services agency North Street, with offices in New York City and Providence, RI. As company lead, Tom oversees an interdisciplinary team of visual designers, strategists, content creators, and engineers on work that spans the financ…

Benjamin Mena started his recruiting career after graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Economics. For the first 15 years of his professional career, he supported large defense contracts, leading hiring efforts for some of the nation’s most complex and challenging gover…

First Aired 3/06/24 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Jd5Vc_ASVKg Leah McSweeney discusses her journey from reality TV on The Real Housewives of NY to entrepreneurship, as well as her conversion to Judaism. She shares her experiences and challenges in the entertainment industry and the impact of current ev…

Shaahin Cheyene has an incredible story that’s equal parts resilience and innovation. During the Iranian Revolution of 1978, Shahin’s family fled to survive and ultimately settled in Los Angeles, California. By the age of 15, Shahin left home with nothing but the clothes on his back, and through sh…

Nick Livingston: Co-Founder & CEO at Honeit Software. He is an experienced talent acquisition and recruiting leader with a track record of helping companies scale, including roles at MTV Networks (Viacom), TubeMogul (IPO/Adobe), and Taleo (Oracle). Nick is the Co-founder of Honeit Software, trans…

Check out my keynote from the ERE Recruitment Conference in Anaheim, CA, in November 2024. Full video: https://youtu.be/0W1814jnqH0 Elevate Your Recruiting Game: Leveraging Podcasts for Talent Attraction Drawing on his experience producing nearly 400 podcast episodes over three years, Adam Pos…