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Peer EffectMastering Hiring & Building Teams that Thrive, with Akbar KarengaWhat is the true cost of a bad hire for your company?In this episode, we’re joined by Akbar Karenga, founder of Maarusi, a talent and people consultancy driven by his passion for diversity, equity and inclusion. Akbar is an expert in high-stakes hiring and shares powerful tips for founders who need to hire fast without skipping steps. Together, we discuss:• The key difference between hiring to grow versus hiring to simply keep up.• When to bring in pro recruiters and how to create an effecti...2024-11-2724 min

The Recruiting Brainfood PodcastBrainfood Live On Air - Ep279 - Diversifying Your Talent Pipeline Using Employee Referrals Diversify Your Talent Pipeline with Employee Referrals Employee Referrals are often thought of as 'anti-diversity' because we inevitably recommend people who are most like us. However, are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater if we dismiss ERP as a channel for talent? - State of Employee Referrals - how many people get hired via this method? - How many companies have a formal ERP programme? - What are the hallmarks of the great ERP programme? - Can you use ERP to specifically help with workforce diversification? - What techniques can be used to do this, without being discriminatory? ...2024-10-261h 02

The Recruiting Brainfood PodcastBrainfood Live On Air - Ep263 - Public Speaking Tips for Newbies PUBLIC SPEAKING TIPS FOR NEWBIES: HOW TO DELIVER YOUR BEST RECFEST TALK Once upon a time, I too was also a reluctant public speaker. In fact, I did not even see the point of attending industry conferences - after all, what did I have to say, what did I have to learn? I am very glad that I accepted the invitation of one Mr Stephen Donaldson to give a talk at one of his events, Bill Boorman, who set up the first (ur) conference I really attended and Sarah Cooper, who by turning up at the door at the same t...2024-07-061h 12

Talent Savvy55. Are apprenticeships the solution to solve the skills gap?In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Akbar Karenga and Giles Symonds talk about apprenticeships and how they might be used to close the skills gap. We talk about the differences in government support for them, the UK has a paid scheme where companies get reimbursed for some of the costs, and how this actually seems to sometimes lead to bad outcomes for the quality of the apprenticeship. Some companies use them as cheap labor, something that it's not meant for of course. The great thing about the UK form of apprenticeships is that the qualifications are c...2022-12-2628 min

Talent Savvy54. First round of 2023 PredictionsIn this episode Akbar Karenga, Marlies Farril, Giles Symonds and Bas van de Haterd give their predictions for 2023. We'll be predicting and talking investment in tech and how that will influence the hiring market. We'll be predicting and talking salaries, and mainly salaries in tech and other sectors. We'll be predicting and talking the change of talent acquisition to talent management. We'll be predicting changes in ageism and early to late retirement. 2022-12-1930 min

Talent Savvy53. The year 2022 in reviewIn this episode Bas van de Haterd, Dez. S. Papp and Akbar Karenga look back at 2022. What did we see happening in the market? We saw people getting closer, the profession seems to be up skilling and coming closer. We talk about the actual rise of AI and becoming useful products for TA. AI creation tools have become useful for recruiters and that's something we'll remember 2022 about. We talk about using AI for selection and the problems that have and might arise there. Another thing we'll remember 2022 about is buy...2022-12-1224 min

EquityPeopleAkbar Karenga (Maarusi & Founders Factory) - Hiring, firing and everything in betweenAkbar is the type of person who you are really eager to learn from as he has his opinions fact-checked and backed by research. Not just stand-alone studies from your local journal of esoteric sciences, from meta analyses and Google stuff. He is also open to challenges, so he is just Talent Hall of Fame if you ask Spela and Tamas. What did we learn in this episode?- Optimal hiring sequence (with async participants)- R.I.P CVs and reference calls- How to get to DEI nirvana (remote first & work s...2022-11-2046 min

Talent Savvy48. Tech layoffs and hiring freezes: the way this influences the marketIn this episode Bas van de Haterd, Matthias Schmeisser and Akbar Karenga are talking about the tech layoffs and hiring freezes in tech. It's not just the venture backed firms that are letting people go, it's also the hiring freezes at big tech that are influencing the market. The article we talk about in this episode is this piece on pragmatic engineer: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/big-tech-hiring-slowdown/ We ask ourselves the question: is this the moment for big corporates and governments to start hiring tech talent? Matthias and Akbar don't seem to think th...2022-11-0728 min

Black Create Connect PodcastEp 13 - Do what you say and Say what you do ft. Akbar KarengaAkbar is Burundi born and London bred. He is the: - Director, Recruitment @ Metafy. - Founder @Maarusi - Mentor @ Black Valley and an advisor @ Udder He has built international tech teams for the last 12 years from China to the US, UK and more. A proud refugee and advocate for equity he has been able to contribute to building better businesses and communities. In this Episode Alicia and Akbar discuss: - How to become a recommendable individual - How to identify where you best thrive - Why moving "back home" is the long term plan - Engaging with clients using a personal app...2022-08-0857 min

Talent Savvy17. Small improvements that have big impacts in Talent AcquisitionIn this episode we have a conversation with small improvements that have big impacts. We talk about the small improvements that can improve attraction. Small improvements that can help conversation from candidate to applicant. Small improvements that can have big impacts on candidates dropping out of the process or not showing up. News of the week: Mask wearing leads to less beauty bias: https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/12/16/pandemic-masks-level-playing-field-for-hospitality-workers Akbar's new employer: https://metafy.gg/ You can contact the co hosts at: Chris Wray: https://www.linkedin.com...2022-02-2133 min

Talent Savvy13. Mobile Recruitment ExperiencesIn this episode Bas van de Haterd is joined by Akbar Karenga from the UK and Kelly Robinson in the USA to talk about mobile recruitment experiences. We answer the following question: - What do you think is the biggest difference mobile and desktop? - How do you make a mobile apply process? And we give examples for great mobile recruitment experience. The news of the week Bas' Ikea news on refugees: https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/newsroom/corporate-news/ikea-stoomt-vluchtelingen-klaar-voor-de-nederlandse-arbeidsmarkt-pub281b8b30 Akbar's news on recfest: https...2022-01-2428 min

Talent Savvy5. The Candidate ExperienceIn this Episode Bas is joined by his co hosts Sofia Broberger from Sweden and Akbar Karenga from the UK in a conversation about the candidate experience. Next to an interesting discussion about when does the candidate experience start, at application or way before we dive into the most important aspects of the candidate experience. Communication and Speed of communication. Topcis we discuss is how the phrase a rejection, how and when to communicate the process to the candidate and do you require cover letters and even cv's. Many differences in application culture show up in...2021-11-2935 min

The Recruiting Brainfood PodcastBrainfood Live On Air - Ep121 - The First 100 DaysTHE FIRST 100 DAYS Congratulations on your new job! Now what do you do? We're going to take a different tack in this Brainfood Live as we explore what a recruiter or HR pro should do in their first 100 days on the job. What are the most important things to achieve in 100 days? How to prioritise between competing demands? How soon do you start - you know - recruit? What are the hygiene factors you MUST have if you are going to be successful BEYOND your first 100 days? What was the most important lesson you've...2021-08-131h 11

Voices of DiversityEpisode 12 - Voice of a Feminist Black Man - Akbar Karenga“Are we actually building genuine structural allyship that is I might lose? So me as a man if they say there was an extra tax on being a man or after November the 19th. When women work for free compared to men and the gender pay gap, I get double tax for that month. I need to be willing to look at people and say yes, please put that in place. Because that is what equity is. That's not what equality is.” Akbar KarengaVoices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to guest Akbar Karenga who is head...2021-04-0533 min

The Recruiting Brainfood PodcastBrainfood Live On Air - Ep99 - Employer Branding Tips for a Remote First WorldLETS FACE IT: Pre-covid, a great deal of Employer branding was focused on the physical space of the office building and the on premise experience that new employees could expect to have upon joining.. This was the reason for the huge investment employers made in commercial real estate, opening up space for WeWork (remember them?) to create a category which promised the experience without the fixed costs. NOW THIS, - we're all at home, working remote - we don't care about the conditions of the office - we're beginning to not care about...2021-03-051h 18

REC SQUAD: Change Your GameAgency Meets In-house: Relationship ClarityBuckle-up! In this electric episode Simon is joined by Jim Berrisford and a panel of recruitment experts as they bring agency and in-house recruitment leaders together to discuss building relationships for the modern market. In the blue corner: Janine Owen & Rohan Shah (agency recruitment) In the red corner: Elizabeth Lembke & Akbar Karenga (in-house recruitment) 2020-07-271h 27

Recruitee RadioTA Innovators Radio x Akbar Karenga: Effective recruitment marketing strategiesMarketing for successful recruitment might sound obvious, but there’s more to it than simply branding & advertising. In our podcast, we sat down with Akbar Karenga, Talent Coach at Founders Factory, to discuss how HR firms and recruiters must look at new and innovative ways of locating, assessing, and hiring the best talent out there.2020-05-2620 min

The Recruitment Marketing PodcastBrainfood Live - Getting recruitment marketing right in a crisisVictoria Rush joins Akbar Karenga and Amelia Sordell to discuss recruitment marketing and employer branding during a crisis. While many companies and recruiters cannot share jobs, what do? How do you keep in contact with your audience? The panel discuss companies getting recruitment marketing right, and how businesses can respond to the crisis in a positive way. Support the show 2020-04-2338 min

The Recruitment Marketing PodcastAkbar Karenga - We are a business of beautiful goodbyesToday we are talking to Akbar Karenga, talking about being in the business of beautiful goodbyes. Akbar joined recruitment because he always wanted to be in the industry. His has experience ranges from SThree, WhiteHat, running recruitment teams in Shanghai his own consultancy.Akbar is a advocate for recruitment having always wanting to join the industry. We talk about collecting mistakes to share knowledge with the industry. We can get better together if we become vulnerable with each other.Advice to recruiters; dig into the mechanics of gaining applications by focusing on...2020-01-0919 min

Click IQ Academy PodcastAkbar Karenga on Why Recruiters Need To Act More Like MarketersIn this episode, Alan Walker talks to Akbar Karenga on why recruiters should act more like marketers if they want to be successful. They talked about:- His time managing 16 hiring managers across 16 countries globally - and why embracing cultural differences was key to doing it well How lesser-known brands can compete The need for recruitment to behave more like other functions if they want to secure c-suite buy-in Business leaders demanding metrics that are meaningful to them - think "what's the bottom line impact" How understanding your total addressable market of candidates is essential before...2019-11-1426 min