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Eric Sugar is the President of ProServeIT, an IT consulting company with 20+ years of experience in digital transformation and technology advisory for various organizations across North America. Eric is joined on this podcast episode by Virginia Poly, CEO of Poly Tech Talent, an IT recruitment company, which believes that the right person can transform an organization, and the right job can transform your whole life. Virginia is also the co-founder of Enthos Talent.

In today’s podcast episode, we discuss:

• Importance of investing in employees and culture teams

• The significance of HR and people management in organizations

• Impact of social technology, particularly LinkedIn, on the recruitment industry

• Defining company values and building a culture that aligns with those values

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:10) Virginia’s career story

(05:38) How business leaders can partner with HR in building great work culture

(07:48) Thoughts for CEOs on how to recruit

(10:15) Building our your company values

(11:14) Social technology and its effect on recruitment

(14:30) Lessons from Virginia on expanding her recruitment business during the COVID-19 pandemic

(18:05) How is artificial intelligence changing the world of recruiting?

(20:17) Book/podcast recommendations

Referenced:

• How HR can help build the organization of the future: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-new-possible-how-hr-can-help-build-the-organization-of-the-future

• Make Your Company Values Mean Something: https://hbr.org/2002/07/make-your-values-mean-something

• AI’s impact on recruitment: https://dataconomy.com/2022/08/12/how-is-artificial-intelligence-changing-the-recruiting-process/

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