Kenzie discusses her tansition from big tech to an AI startup, and how positive hiring manager relationships are more important than specific AI upskilling.
Key Points From This Episode:
Welcoming Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher to the show.
Kenzie tells us about herself and how she got into recruitment.
A little bit about Kenzie’s fascinating career.
The importance of building relationships with your hiring managers.
The role AI is going to play in recruiting in the future.
How she landed up at AssemblyAI and what it’s like working there.
The kinds of questions she asks hiring managers when sourcing.
How Kenzie filters resumes to narrow down her search.
Kenzie shares some advice for anyone who wants to get into AI.
Quotes:
“With any role while you’re recruiting, as long as you’re having those conversations with your hiring manager and understanding what those main skillsets are, I do think it’s easy to go out there and source for them.” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [22:48]
“There’s definitely risks to being in a startup but I think now we’re seeing that there’s risks at being at bigger companies as well so why not take the risk?” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [30:40]
“AI is a booming industry [and] there’s a lot of energy around it right now.” — Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher [31:24]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Kenzie (Keller) Hoelscher on LinkedIn
