EP058: Hiring the Right Talent for Your Team – with Devon Underwood
So, you’re ready to fill some key roles on your proposal team. But how do you know you’re hiring the right person? How do you write an appropriate job description? Where do you go to find top talent? And what can you do in the interview process to ensure alignment for the long term?
Devon Underwood is the Founder and Lead Strategist at The Talent Store, an executive search and talent strategy firm based in Tucson, Arizona. Devon has 15 years of experience in the space, and she is an expert in building systems and staffing solutions customized for each company’s culture, current processes and resource capacity. She founded The Talent Store in 2017 to help clients achieve their strategic goals by hiring top talent.
On this episode, Devon joins us to explain how to develop a strategic plan for hiring key positions, sharing what to look for in a resume and how to write a job description based on present AND future alignment. She offers several creative ideas for where to find top talent and how to compete in areas other than compensation. Listen in for Devon’s secret to identifying misalignments in the interview process and learn how to ensure that a candidate is the right fit for your proposal team!
Key Takeaways
Devon’s background in executive search + talent acquisition
How The Talent Store helps its clients hire for key positions
How to develop a strategic plan for hiring team members
Experience, skill sets and success attributes
Advertise to attract + interview to vet
Devon’s advice around what to look for in a resume
How to write a job description based on future alignment
Why it’s crucial to have insight into the competition
Devon’s best creative ideas for where to find top talent
The value in having a recruiting partner represent you
How to compete in areas other than compensation
How to ensure that a new hire is the right fit for the job
Sorting out the BS with follow-up references or next steps
Devon’s secret to identifying misalignments in an interview
Why Devon sees the job description as an HR document