An open role is a chance to rethink what your team needs. Cindy Gordon, Chief People Officer at Madison Energy Infrastructure, joins Brandon Amoroso to explain why automatic backfills and rigid hiring plans can hold companies back. They discuss adapting headcount decisions as business needs change, integrating teams after an acquisition, and using AI without handing over human judgment.

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Finding the right candidate is only half the job. Getting them to respond still takes a human touch.

Brandon Amoroso sits down with Kris Rickard, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Strider Technologies, to explore where AI saves recruiters time—and where automation falls short. Kris shares his approach to candidate research and talent mapping, lessons from recruiting across countries, and why hiring success extends beyond an accepted offer.

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What if your next hire is already burned out before day one?

Brandon Amoroso sits down with Jen Paxton, who leads People and Talent at Roofr, to explore why the company gives new employees their first week off—with pay. They discuss the challenges of scaling a remote team across six countries, when to build versus buy HR tools, and how AI can help make hiring manager feedback more useful. Jen also shares a common startup hiring mistake: giving familiarity more weight than expertise.

Jen Paxton on LinkedIn | Roofr
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What if better employee retention starts with changing how work gets done?

Brandon Amoroso sits down with Anju Choudhary, Chief People Officer at Xoxoday, to explore how leaders can prevent burnout, improve employee recognition, and create workplaces where people thrive. They discuss why quieter high performers often go unnoticed, how AI can support better people management, and why HR needs to connect employee engagement with real business outcomes.

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What if the best candidates never apply?

Dubi Ben-Shoham joins Brandon Amoroso to talk about proactive sourcing, outdated hiring filters, candidate experience, and why intelligence and adaptability can matter more than checking every box on a job description. They also dig into technical interviews, long-term talent pipelines, where AI actually helps recruiting, and why better hiring still depends on better conversations.

Connect with Dubi Ben-Shoham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dubi-ben-shoham-a9a293
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What actually makes great employees want to stay?

Matt Neylon joins Brandon Amoroso to talk about employee retention, internal mobility, workplace culture, and why better listening can matter as much as compensation. They also dig into honest recruiting, flexible career growth, and how AI can support teams without replacing the human part of the work.

Connect with Matt Neylon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattneylon

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