Lindsay Hofbauer | Behind the Scenes at Top Talent Advocates
Lindsay Hofbauer | Behind the Scenes at Top Talent Advocates
Lindsay Hofbauer, Client Advocacy and Business Development at Top Talent Advocates, talks about her role building relationships and networking with executives, recruiters and hiring managers to match our candidates to the best opportunities.
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[00:00:00] Richard: Welcome to hiring insights. The podcast that provides insight into the executive hiring process and experience. Whether you are a job seeker, a people leader, a recruiter, an executive coach or simply interested in talent, there is something here for you on Hiring Insights. Today's episode is presented by Top Talent Advocates, where we advocate for executive and legal talent.
You can learn more about Top Talent Advocates, listen to other episodes and hire great talent by visiting www.toptalentadvocates.com and clicking on podcast. Now here's your host for hiring insights, Mosah Fernandez Goodman.
[00:00:45] Mosah: Hello everyone. I'm Mosah Fernandez Goodman the President and CEO of Top Talent Advocates. I'm joined today by my colleague, Lindsay Hofbauer. Welcome to the show, Lindsay.
[00:00:58]Lindsay:Thank you for having me.
[00:00:59]Mosah:Our pleasure. Would you share a little bit about your background? Let people know why you chose to join us withTop Talent Advocates.
[00:01:07] Lindsay: So I have actually spent the last 10 years in the nonprofit realm. I was a Major Gifts Officer for a local nonprofit. I have a passion for helping other people in whatever form that looks like. So it was an easy transition from that world to Top Talent Advocates, because I'm still able to help people.
I'm helping people achieve career goals.
[00:01:33] Mosah: So in helping people achieve career goals, what does that look like? What in your experience are some of the things that people are trying to achieve? Walk us through some of those goals.
[00:01:43] Lindsay: Career goals that I am seeing people trying to achieve right now. Number one, compensation. Number two, culture. Everybody is looking for a better culture, whether they had a good one or not. It seems to be the cool thing to do right now is trying to find that unicorn culture that's out there. Everybody wants to be treated well. They want to be surrounded by people that are happy and motivated and have the same mindset that they have.
[00:02:13] Mosah: Lindsay you're out in the universe, whether it be on the phone, online, or actually in person all day every day, helping match candidates with opportunities and making sure that hiring managers and recruiters know that we have a great depth of candidates that we're helping find their next opportunity.
So, can you share a little bit about what that experience is like in working with hiring managers and working with recruiters to tell them about Top Talent.
[00:02:45] Lindsay: Absolutely. So I spend most of my day reaching out to hiring managers and executive recruiters and trying to either a. build a relationship with them or b. maintain the relationship that we already have.
It's really just a game of getting to know each other. It's them explaining what types of jobs they're trying to acquire for right now. And me trying to explain the talent that we have and how we can make those mesh together. Some I may talk to on a weekly basis. Some, I may talk to only when it's convenient for them or myself, when we're trying to, again, match that connection.
But really it's just a lot of open conversations. There's a lot of transparency. I think the best executive recruiters out there are the ones who are the most transparent. They're not trying to hide anything. They know what they need from me and I know what I need from them. And if we can put that up front, then we can both save time and work smarter in the process.
[00:03:49] Mosah: That's great. So, Lindsay, we obviously at Top Talent Advocates work with a lot of recruiters and have really great and deep relationships with recruiters all over the country, across a lot of different industries. But that is only a portion of the people that we work with. And so I was wondering if you might shed a little bit of light on our relationships with hiring managers and the value that those types of relationships brings, that tends to be the largest population of folks that we're working with.
[00:04:15] Lindsay: When we can establish a relationship with a hiring manager, it provides them for another referral source. Not every company wants to hire a recruiter. So we can provide the same top talent that a recruiter can provide for the organization without the monetary exchange. We have repeat hiring managers that want to work with us because of the quality of talent that we are bringing.
[00:04:45] Mosah: That was my colleague Lindsay Hofbauer sharing some insights into her daily work and what really motivates her in terms of working with our clients and working with our partners in hiring managers. So thank you so much, Lindsay.
[00:05:00] Lindsay: You're welcome. Thank you for having me.
[00:05:04]Richard:Thank you for joining us on Hiring Insights. Remember,you can learn more about Top Talent Advocates and listen to other episodes by visiting toptalentadvocates.com and clicking on the podcast. You can also email us at tta@toptalentadvocates.com.
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