pepelwerk Podcast, Ep 11 – Election Season!
Hello, everyone. Welcome to our Pepelwerk Podcast. I am Kim Kelley the CEO and Co-Founder. In the US it is election season. You are supposed to go out and vote for the things that matter to you, for the people that you believe will represent…
Finding Talent: The Cost of Talent Acquisition
Recruiting, like all other sales, used to be about the one on one human connection. In the past, you needed someone to make an introduction to get your foot in the door. However, with the internet and software development, we have new social norms for getting connected. For…
The Stuff of Nightmares: A Look Into the Life of a Recruiter
In the corporate recruiting system, outlandish candidate behavior is considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated recruiters who investigate these ridiculous frauds are members of an elite squad known as the Corporate Recruiting Unit. Dun. Dun. “No, you can’t wait a week to…
Pepelwerk Podcast Ep 10 The Scary Truth About Recruiting
Hello, everyone. This is Kim Kelley, the CEO and co-founder of Pepelwerk. And if you’re just stumbling across this podcast by accident, and aren’t familiar with Pepelwerk, we are essentially the matchmakers of the working world. And we’re here to not only help match you…
Pepelwerk Podcast Ep 9 Soft Skills
Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s podcast. I’m Kim Kelley, the CEO and co-founder of Pepelwerk, and if you haven’t gotten the gist of what we do yet, then let me take this moment to explain it to you. We are the matchmakers of the…
Maslow’s Hierarchy at Work
Why do we hope for and work towards promotions? Why do we want to gain respect from leadership and along the way, get along with our colleagues? The simple answer to these questions is to earn more money. Gaining confidence and having friends at a…
pepelwerk Bonus Podcast: Kim and Giri Talk Work and Global Teams
Kim Kelley: Hello everyone. This is Pepelwerk podcast, another special edition of sorts, getting everyone that’s a part of our audience on the talent and the employer side familiar with the Pepelwerk team, and today we have Giri. Giri, will you introduce yourself? Giri Ram:…
Job Match: Quit Dreaming and Start Working
There’s a point at which every hiring manager and job seeker feels that hiring a “dream candidate” or finding a “dream job” has the same probability as winning the lottery. Why does this job or candidate search feel so challenging? Is it not a reasonable…
If These are Your Top 5 HR Platforms, You Might be in Trouble
Are you praying that you’re making the best use of your HR Platforms for hiring? If you feel like your spreading your HR resources too thin (or they are simply too expensive), you are probably right. Take a moment to consider whether you are spinning…
Pepelwerk Bonus Podcast – Tech Startup Life with Kim Kelley and Malahar Pinnelli
The following is the transcript from a bonus episode The pepelwerk Podcast. Kim Kelley (CEO of pepelwerk): Welcome everyone to this sidebar podcast that I’ve decided to put together and we’ve done a couple of series already with getting to know our team that we’ve…
1975 Called and Asked for Their HR Solutions Back
How did we get here? We fell asleep in HR and Corporate Recruiting and watched the last 30 years fly by us. I think it happened when we had our heads down wearing turtlenecks writing corporate policies that no one cares about. When we finally looked up,…
Securing High Potential Employees
Today, many employers are considering more than just experience when it comes to hiring high potential employees. High potential employees are usually recognized or discovered post-hire, but it has been proven that long-term successes can be achieved by seeking characteristics of a strong team member…