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Welcome to Hiring Happy Hour, where we celebrate the human side of hiring. Join host, Nicole Hammond, and as she pulls back the curtain on the people shaping the future of work- the innovators, dreamers, and change makers behind today’s hiring technology experience.
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A Deep Dive Into Transforming Hiring Tech - Dave Novak - Hiring Happy Hour - Episode # 036 (opens the original)
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What happens when "migration" actually means starting over? In this episode of Hiring Happy Hour, Nicole sits down with David Novak, Senior Director of Strategic Customer Engagements at SmartRecruiters, to unpack what it takes for enterprise customers to move off SAP SuccessFactors Recruit and onto SmartRecruiters. Dave leads the team built to support these moves, and his message is clear: this isn't a lift and shift, it's a transformation. They dig into why SmartRecruiters is built to be config
Designing for Trust in the Age of AI - Shefali Netke - Hiring Happy Hour - Episode # 035 (opens the original)
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Great design isn't about pretty interfaces; it's about earning trust one interaction at a time. In this episode of Hiring Happy Hour, Nicole sits down with Shefali Netke, VP of Product Design at SmartRecruiters, to explore how her team rebuilt their design process to keep pace with AI without losing sight of the humans on the other side of the screen. Shefali unpacks the three pillars driving her design strategy: agent coherence, intent-aware experiences, and scaling trust. She also shares how g
Making Change a Skill, Not a Crisis - Michal Nowak - Hiring Happy Hour - Episode # 034 (opens the original)
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AI moves fast, and the organizations building for it need to move just as fast. In this episode of Hiring Happy Hour , Nicole Hammond sits down with Michal Nowak, SVP of Engineering at SmartRecruiters, to unpack the organizational shift behind building Winston and preparing for an increasingly agentic world of hiring. Michal shares why SmartRecruiters moved away from long-standing product teams and reorganized around six key outcomes, with small, short-lived squads focused on shipping specific f
Where Human Connection Still Wins in Hiring - Compilation - Hiring Happy Hour - Ep # 033 (opens the original)
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Many conversations on Hiring Happy Hour circle back to a familiar question: as hiring gets faster and more automated, where is human judgment most valuable? This special compilation pulls that thread together, bringing voices from across the show into one conversation about the moments that still need a human in the room. From the "hello" of a first interaction to the trust built long after the offer letter, this episode makes the case for a specific kind of balance: use AI to move work forward
Building a Skills-Based Workforce for 2030 - Lauren Tropeano - Hiring Happy Hour - Episode # 032 (opens the original)
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70% of the skills needed for today's jobs are expected to change by 2030, and most leaders are still figuring out how to evolve their workforce. In this episode of Hiring Happy Hour, Nicole Hammond sits down with Lauren Tropeano, Chief People Officer at Docebo, to talk about how organizations can build a workforce ready for what's next. Lauren shares how she thinks about skills, growth, and readiness at a foundational level, from why human skills like discernment and communication are becoming m
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