The “How We Hire” podcast is a series about navigating the recruitment landscape. Every other week, we’ll interview HR and Talent Acquisition leaders from some of Europe’s leading startups and scale-ups. Alva Labs’ Head of People Linnea Bywall bring you concrete, tactical and actionable advice to fuel your recruitment strategy.
This podcast is essential for Talent Acquisition professionals and fast-scaling company leaders who want to perfect their hiring processes, create a best-in-class candidate experience, and develop their employer branding.
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The candidate experience is so much more than a candidate filling out a job application and going through the hiring steps. It's a psychological contract between the recruiter and the applicant, an e…
If you're looking to recruit global talent for your organisation but don’t know where to start, look no further.
On this episode of How We hire, we speak to Natália van Herk. She is a Talent Acquisiti…
When companies grow, the recruitment function also grows. In the middle of this growth, steps may get missed; processes can turn chaotic and unstructured. Throughout this change, how can you ensure …
How reliable are reference checks? That depends on how you conduct them. On this episode of How We Hire, we speak to Carl-Johan Holmberg, a researcher for Refapp, a digital reference-checking platfor…
Everyone can agree on a conceptual level that diversity and inclusion is important, but finding the why for your organisation is key if you’re going to enact lasting change.
On this episode of How We …
International talent can be a game-changer for your company, bringing in fresh perspectives, diverse skills, and a global outlook.
But tapping into this rich pool of potential isn't just about fillin…
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Nailing your hiring strategy should be a company-wide commitment. But too often, there’s internal misalignment when it comes to who to hire and how to hire, which can spell trouble for a company’s ta…
How do you know you've hired the right person? Naturally, you evaluate the person's performance. But performance is hard to measure. The feedback loop is long and often fragmented. Not to mention, pe…
Hiring is really strange right now. Layoffs, the rise of generative AI, and internal instability at many companies have made many of us in the talent acquisition field feel insecure about where we’re…
Whether you’re looking to hire contractors globally or open remote sites, having a hiring battle plan is a must.
On this episode of How We Hire, senior tech recruiter Katya Kashai, shares her story o…
In the context of a talent shortage, an AI revolution, and tight hiring budgets, talent acquisition leaders face a new challenge: How to prove the value of talent to their businesses.
One area that’s …
Candidate sourcing has become robotic. Mundane. Generic. But it doesn't have to be.
How can you reinvent the talent acquisition wheel and become a sourcing genius?
In this episode of How We Hire, we t…
For decades, employers have used university degrees and years of experience as major requirements for hiring. But for many jobs, success depends more on skills, grit, and the ability to learn and tak…
Customer-first. That’s no longer an expectation but a norm that businesses are vying to build. Because without customer excellence, consumers can and will go elsewhere.
So how can you build a thriving…
Demand for green skills is growing—but not enough people are taking care of green transformation. This has led to an overall skills shortage, whereby there’s a mismatch between business growth and av…
In a rapidly changing world, it’s becoming harder for employers to guess how the roles in their business will evolve. Could hiring for skills over experience be the answer?
On this episode of How We H…
One of the biggest mistakes TA teams make is neglecting the data when hiring people and over-focusing on hard skills when assessing talent. What can talent acquisition do to enable business and keep …
Your interview process is the face of your business. It’s the first time candidates get a sense of who you are. Mess it up, and you risk candidates walking out of the recruitment process or ghosting …
One of the biggest challenges facing recruiters today is recruiting and retaining qualified tech talent. With the competition for tech talent so fierce, how can recruiters reel candidates in?
On this …