Today’s guests are Sam Baxendale and Swee Jim Ho, Founders of Kinetik Hiring – an outsourced talent acquisition business based in KL, Malaysia. Yes, you heard it right. We have two guests on this episode – so you’re in for a treat this week.
Sam and Jim share how they started Kinetik Hiring during Covid, achieved goals in 2020 and what their future looks like in this unique talent outsourcing landscape. We also discuss the importance of building a successful co-founder working relationship, how they build complementary roles and accomplish goals together. So if you are looking to start a venture business or compose a co-founder team, tune in to find out more.
What I really enjoyed about recording this cast with Sam and Jim is their down to earth, humble approach to their new business and the emphasis of the unique, specialised hiring funnel.
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Course Outline:
[03:50] – Background of Sam
[09:20] – Background of Jim
[10:30] – Starting up Kinetik Hiring during Covid
[13:50] – Uniquenesses of Kinetik Hiring to other agencies
[21:00] – Goals in 2020 and how did Kinetik achieve them
[28:00] – What Kinetik Hiring is looking for talents
[33:10] – Challenges during the early days of a new business
[38:30] – Key pillars of the business
[46:20] – Future of the RPO market in Malaysia
[50:12] – Building a strong partnership between two Co-founders
[1:01:40] – Rapid fire round
Connect with the guest:
Sam Baxendale, Co-Founder at Kinetik Hiring
Reach out at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sambaxendale/
Swee Jim Ho, Co-Founder at Kinetik Hiring
Reach out at https://www.linkedin.com/in/swee-jim-ho-11b071104/
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Resources mentioned on the show :
Book: Work Rules by Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations at Google https://www.workrules.net/
Book: Start with Why by Simon Sinek https://www.amazon.sg/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447
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