Mike Seidle

This is a podcast episode titled, Mike Seidle. The summary for this episode is: It's no secret that recruiting, especially in today's market, is tough. But <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/indymike/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Seidle</a>, Co-Founder and CTO of Indianapolis-based company <a href="https://www.pivotcx.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PivotCX</a>, believes that only 10% of recruiting is about finding people, and the other 90% is about screening. In this episode, Mike shares how his team combines tech and human touch to dramatically reduce time to hire and onboard new employees. He sheds light on the recruiting process and shares tips you can apply to your hiring strategy. We also discuss how customer feedback in a challenging time led Mike to re-imagine his business and turn it into what it is today. You can find more information about this podcast at <a href="https://app.casted.us/account/62/shows/81b7557b-52e8-4ea3-87b9-a8f2cdaa00e4/episodes/93ecce9c-0530-4661-a507-b77e2748f4ee/sep.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sep.com/podcast</a> and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening!

Key Takeaways

Guests

Mike discusses the talent shortage we're experiencing.

01:27 MIN

Mike shares the importance of screening candidates early in the recruiting process.

00:51 MIN

Mike explains the gap he found in the hiring process: actually talking to candidates at the top of the funnel.

00:36 MIN

Mike shares how his team uses text messaging to speed up the recruiting process.

01:00 MIN

Today's Host

Zac Darnell

|Host of Behind The Product & Principal at SEP

Today's Guest

Mike Seidle

|CTO and Co-Founder at PivotCX

Mike has split his career between sales, marketing, and building software. Prior to building PivotCX, Mike founded Indy Associates, Virtual Payment Systems, and Professional Blog Service. Mike also served as Director of Development for DirectEmployers Association where he helped architect the National Labor Exchange and served on the board of directors for the HR Open Standards Consortium. Now, Mike is responsible for PivotCX's product, digital operations, and podcast. He loves that he's still hands-on, coding! He loves talking about all things product, recruiting, and software development.

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Raman Ohri

|Guest Host & CEO and President at SEP

Raman has spent his career at SEP, starting as an engineer out of Rose-Hulman. He is now CEO and President. Raman leads SEP in building exceptional software products and stronger teams by collaboratively identifying the right product to build, executing the project, and leveling up our clients' teams' software practices.

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