Jim Miller on Talent Acquisition: Career Growth, Remote Hiring, and Today’s Employer Market

On the Cyber Security Recruiter podcast, Thomas chats with Jim Miller, a talent acquisition leader with 25 years’ experience, including early recruitment at Allegis, a decade at Google (rising to global head of inbound talent), VP of Talent Acquisition at FullStory, and now VP of People and Talent at Ashby, where the company is fully remote across 27 countries.

Jim shares career lessons: teach and share expertise, explicitly ask for roles you want, and prioritize quality over quantity. They discuss today’s market dynamics: layoffs, heavy competition for remote roles, niche hard-to-fill roles, and intentional application “friction”,plus concerns about overusing AI in applications.

Jim advises tailoring CVs to show what you did, how, and the impact and magnitude of your actions, and recommends Ashby’s “Offer Accepted” podcast.

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

01:51 Life and Remote Work

03:04 Team Retreats and Remote Culture

04:07 Career Growth Lessons

08:13 Quality Over Quantity

10:06 Intentional Applications

12:19 Hiring Market Imbalance

16:47 AI Use and Integrity

19:33 Resume Impact and Magnitude

22:40 Resume Bullet Formula

22:53 ATS Myths And Evidence

24:05 AI Criteria Matching

25:26 Speed And Transparency

25:41 High Volume Review Hacks

26:37 Accent Banter Break

27:08 Handling Setbacks Adaptably

29:23 Inbound Versus Sourcing

32:33 Early Google Scaling Story

34:41 Choosing Product Market Fit

36:28 Building Google's ATS

39:50 Offer Accepted Podcast

41:03 Learning From Coworkers

43:03 Closing Thoughts