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Do you find hiring frustrating?? Are you disappointed with recruiting?? My name is Konstanty Sliwowski and I am a veteran of nearly 20 years in the business of recruitment, strategic talent acquisition and employment consultancy. I now focus my time on advising organisations and managers on how to be more, strategic, efficient, and effective at engaging and hiring top talent.In this podcast series, I speak with business leaders about how they attract and hire top performers. The high's and low's. And of course some funny stories and recruitment mishaps.If you are tired of recruitment processes that suck up your time and seem to never end and are looking for a more predictable way to attract, engage and hire top talent but also reduce the number of candidates you need to interview, come listen to our guest hiring managers including CEO's, CTO's, and CPO's open up about hiring experiences and how they approach talent acquisition.

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Insights into Hiring and Diversity with Olawale Oladunni

July 19, 2024 • School of Hiring

In this highly anticipated episode, we sit down with Olawale Oladunni, the Global Senior Director of Product Design and Research at Delivery Hero. With his extensive background, including his tenure as Head of Digital Experience, Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, Olawale offers a unique perspective on hiring, scaling organizations, and fostering diversity in the workplace.

Episode Highlights:

Introduction: Host introduces Olawale Oladunni and outlines his impressive career, focusing on his roles at Delivery Hero and LinkedIn.
First Hiring Experience: Olawale shares memories of his first hire and the invaluable advice he would give his younger self about the hiring process.
Diversity Hiring Challenges: A deep dive into why companies struggle with diversity hiring and practical strategies to overcome these challenges.
Key Questions Discussed:
- Increasing the Diversity Pool: Strategies for hiring top talent while enhancing diversity in a tight job market.
- Interview Transparency: How honest should companies be with candidates about the real state of affairs in the business during interviews?
- Hiring Managers for Direct Reports: Avoiding the pitfalls when direct reports interview their future leaders.
- Effective Collaboration with Talent Acquisition (TA): Balancing internal vs. external TA and optimizing collaboration.
- LinkedIn as a Recruitment Tool: Olawale’s take on whether LinkedIn remains the best platform for finding top candidates.

Guest Info: Olawale Oladunni is a seasoned expert in product design, digital experience, and talent acquisition. His leadership roles at Delivery Hero and LinkedIn provide him with a wealth of knowledge on building effective teams and implementing successful hiring practices.

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