As a founder or business owner, you want to build a game-changing team but you struggle with feeling like you need to do #allthethings. You’re ready to stop hiring for the short-term bandaid based on your vantage point and start hiring for the long term solution based on your vision. The Hire Breakthrough Podcast will help you attract, hire and retain their team members in order to reclaim their time and scale to the growth stage. We want to help you stop chasing unicorns and put the right p ...
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The podcast where we try to understand why hiring and getting hired in tech are both absolute nightmares, and try to figure out what to do about it. Hosted by Laura Klein and Amy Santee.
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[Replay] Hiring Horror Stories (2023)
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In this three-part series replay from Halloween 2023, we share some fantastically horrific stories of tech hiring gone wrong, sent in by listeners. So grab your Halloween candy, holy water, and a flashlight while you listen into some spine tingling tales of candidates getting ghosted, tricked, and treated ghoulishly by ghastly hiring managers. Plus…
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Making Sense of UX Research Job Leveling with Lawton Pybus & Thomas Stokes
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A lack of standardized definitions for UX research roles and levels across companies presents a challenge for job searches, hiring, promotions, and career planning. Amy chats with Lawton Pybus and Thomas Stokes of Drill Bit Labs about their research on the state of UXR job leveling, qualifications, responsibilities, and compensation for IC and mana…
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Yes, Hiring is Broken with Recruiter Kimone Napier
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Why is the tech job market still so bad? Why are the mass layoffs still happening? Why is hiring so broken, and whose fault is it? Job seekers, hiring managers, and recruiters alike will want to tune in to my conversation with recruiter and founder of Hire Breakthrough, Kimone Napier, for some commiseration and perspective during this defeating and…
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From Charmander to Charizard: Level Up Your UX Research Job Search with Nikki Anderson
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Amy chats with writer, podcaster, speaker, Pokémon enthusiast, research champion, and founder of User Research Academy, Nikki Anderson. Nikki provides sage advice for taking your job interviews, resume, and portfolio up a few notches, and shares the most common mistakes she's made as a candidate and what she's seen as a hiring manager. She also imp…
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Interviewing When You're an "Only" With Roberta Dombrowski
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Amy chats with coach Roberta Dombrowski about the experience of interviewing for tech jobs as “an only”. If you’ve ever been an “only” (woman, person of color, neurodivergent, queer, etc.) or first of your kind on a team, this one’s for you. Hiring managers, recruiters, and anyone else who cares about other people, can also learn a thing or two abo…
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Mitch Clements on Scaling Design Teams & Hiring Senior Talent
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Senior Product Design Manager and respected UX community contributor Mitch Clements shares how he created an attentive, fair, and effective hiring process to scale his 26-person (and counting!) design team at Encino. UX hiring managers and job seekers will appreciate Mitch's reflections on: Lessons learned on screening and interviewing candidates i…
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Finding a Job Search Happy Path with Sally Carson
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Leadership coach, design executive, and founder of Happy Path Sally Carson. Sally shares her hiring insights and job search advice based on 20+ years in tech, including her time as a hiring manager and leader of design teams at LinkedIn and Cisco. We talk about: Using a "jobs to be done" framework to craft your resume, portfolio, and other material…
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Job Market Insights from Dave Miller, a Truly Human-Centered Recruiter
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Amy chats with Dave Miller, an 18-year talent management veteran and founder of Design Citizen, a human-centered recruiting and career advisory firm for product and creative professionals in tech. Tune in for lots of gems as Dave shares his insights on past, present, and future tech industry and job market trends (good news: things are looking a bi…
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How to Manage in the Messy UX Job Market with Jeremy Miller
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In this special episode swap, Amy joins Jeremy Miller, host of Beyond UX Design, for an in-depth conversation about the state of the UX job market. We touch on some familiar topics around the mass tech layoffs, but the primary focus of our discussion looks at how job seekers can manage their response to layoffs and navigate the job search during a …
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You Asked, We Answered - Listener Grab Bag #3
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Today we answer some great questions from our fabulous listeners! Hope it helps! Is it worth applying to jobs on LinkedIn and Indeed? We're supposed to network to find a job, but what do you do when no one you know has an open role? When hundreds or thousands of people apply to a job in just a few days, should you even bother? Why does it seem like…
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Playing the Game: Mitigating Bias in Hiring with David Dylan Thomas
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What can job seekers, hiring managers, and companies do to mitigate bias in hiring? In this conversation with writer, speaker, consultant, and all around awesome guy David Dylan Thomas, we discuss the individual and collective actions we can take to alleviate the burden on candidates who just want to get a damn job. Buckle your seatbelts for an adv…
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Reading the Room with Joe Cardillo
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Amy chats with coach, trainer, speaker, and founder of The Early Manager, Joe Cardillo (they/them), about how we can use research and emotional intelligence to "read the room" when interviewing—i.e., figuring out the context of the organization, team, and manager to ascertain fit and effectively position ourselves to land the role. We cover: Asking…
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What the heck is going on with the UX job market?
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Feeling slightly depressed, Amy talks about the state of the UX and tech job market in the US, which is complete shit show right now. She tries her darnedest to make sense of what's going on and what we might expect in the near-term, based on existing data sources and job seeker sentiment. Original post Episode transcript Support our work: Spread t…
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Laura and Amy discuss the really unpleasant topic of "professional branding" (ew!), and try to make a bit more palatable and relevant. As awful as it sounds, putting a bit of effort into how you show up in the world and tell your story can be beneficial for a job search, career development, networking, and professional opportunities. And don't worr…
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Assessing Design Maturity with Hang Xu
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Amy chats with Hang Xu, a former UX designer and the founder of Collective Supply, an independent design talent firm, about assessing organizational design/UX maturity during job interviews, and whether or not it matters. We cover: Hang's backstory, how he got into talent management, and his excellent satirical LinkedIn content The state of design …
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You Asked, We Answered - Listener Grab Bag #2
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For this episode, we answer some listener-submitted questions, including How do I answer those annoying questions like "tell me about a time when you had a difficult stakeholder" or "a challenge with a teammate", especially when I don't have a good example? How do we deal with the farce of companies expecting everyone to have a cogently designed pr…
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How To Lead Your Team Through Economic Uncertainty?
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In the ever-changing world of business, economic uncertainty can strike at any moment. Economic uncertainty isn't just a challenge; it's an opportunity to showcase your leadership prowess. In this episode, I'll explore the core attributes of effective leadership in times of financial turbulence, featuring real-life examples to motivate your team an…
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Hiring Horror Stories Part 3 - Hiring Managers
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We're wrapping up our Hiring Horror Stories series with more spine chilling anecdotes from hiring managers who, like their job seeker counterparts, must also regularly deal with unacceptable levels of hiring clusterfuckery. In Part 3, we share some terrible tales from our listeners featuring major organizational incompetence, pompous candidates, fr…
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Hiring Horror Stories Part 2 - Candidates
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Today for Part 2 of our Hiring Horror Stories series, we continue with more terrible tales from job candidates. Episode transcript Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode. If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite…
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From Startup to Enterprise: Crafting an Organizational Chart for Every Growth Stage
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Crafting an organizational chart that aligns with your growth strategy is a strategic imperative. In this episode, we'll delve into the crucial considerations and adaptable approaches essential for every growth phase. Tune in to learn how to construct an organizational chart that's not just a static blueprint but a dynamic tool propelling your orga…
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Hiring Horror Stories Part 1 - Candidates
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In honor of Spooky Season, Amy and Laura share some hiring horror stories sent in by listeners (thank you!). This episode features spine tingling tales of candidates getting ghosted (see what we did there?), tricked (like trick or treat, get it?!), and treated ghoulishly by ghastly beings and businesses (ok, look, they can't all be winners). Also, …
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Demystifying Pay Transparency Laws: Your Blueprint for Compliance and Success
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Pay transparency is a legal precedent that has taken our country by storm. It's estimated that eventually 50% of the U.S. will be covered by pay transparency laws. In this episode, we'll explore the pros and cons of pay transparency and how you can be best prepared to implement the policy in your own companies. Important Links: Hire Breakthrough Wo…
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You Asked, We Answered - Listener Grab Bag #1
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For this episode, we "randomly" select five questions from Listeners Like You (thanks!) and attempt to give quick (well, as quick as Laura ever gets) answers to each of them. What's up with unpaid take-home assignments as part of the interview process? How many rounds of interviews and assignments is actually reasonable? Should I apply to a job if …
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7 Common Hiring Mistakes To Avoid And Strategies To Build A Great Team
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There are a lot of common mistakes made when it comes to hiring and building a team. In this episode, I’ll discuss the seven mistakes to avoid when it comes to hiring and recruiting team members for longevity.Af Kimone Napier
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Hiring: An Aid or A Hinderance?
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Artificial Intelligence refers to systems or machines that mimic human intelligence to perform tasks and can iteratively improve themselves based on the information they collect. Should this be used in hiring? In this episode, I'll discuss the benefits and implications of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the hiring process.…
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What Does that Job Posting Really Mean?
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In this episode, Amy and Laura discuss the awful state of job postings—even the best ones are a bit confusing, and the worst are pretty much just bad fiction. If you are baffled by the different titles, levels, code words, and meaningless jargon, tune in for some tips for how to figure out what you're even applying for, and how to identify the red,…
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In this episode, Laura and Amy talk about who you should listen to when looking for career advice. Besides Laura and Amy, obvs. The answer is pretty straightforward, except it sort of isn't. Also, sorry about the audio on this one. Technology is hard. Episode Transcript Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in…
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Business Models for Freelancing in Tech
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In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about their experiences as freelancers, consultants, coaches, trainers, and everything else in tech. They explain which business models to use when and how to not get screwed by red flag clients. Episode Transcript Some useful links for more information after you listen to the show: Avoiding worker misclassificat…
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In this episode, Laura and Amy chat about the pros and cons of becoming a freelancer, consultant, contractor or some other form of self employed person. After all, it's tough to get hired these days! Maybe you should hire you! Episode Transcript Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode. If you…
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In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about a few key ways to help other folks get jobs, even in a bad market. Based on Amy's blog post, which you can check out here. Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode. If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a …
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Amy Santee and Laura Klein kick off a whole new season of ranting about hiring! In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about what's been going on in tech over the last 9 months or so (spoiler: it's not great!) and what this means for folks looking for jobs. They also tease some future podcast episodes that they'll probably get around to recording in t…
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Hiring Contractors vs. Employees - What’s the 411?
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There is a crucial difference between hiring a contractor versus hiring an employee. Understanding the difference could save you thousands in fines. In this episode, I’ll discuss the discuss the differences between a contractor and employee.Af Kimone Napier
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3 Reasons You’re Losing Out On Top Talent
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In 2022, thousands of companies are losing their top talent. This is causing an issue with overall employee retention. This episode addresses why companies are losing their top talent and how to stem the tide.Af Kimone Napier
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There is a huge difference between managing and leading a team. In this episode, I’ll discuss how founders can move from managing to leading their teams.Af Kimone Napier
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Assessing Candidates with Mary Lukanuski
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In this episode, Laura talks to Mary Lukanuski about how to tell whether a candidate is right for the job. They discuss the pros and cons (mostly cons) of design exercises of various sorts and the things that actually do help you hire better. Drink Pairing: Mezcal NegroniAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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Effective Delegation: Why You Need It Like Yesterday
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Delegation is a crucial management skill, yet so many founders and leaders struggle with it. In this episode, I’ll discuss tips to delegate effectively and how it will benefit your company for the long-term.Af Kimone Napier
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Finding the right person for your team with Cindy Alvarez
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In this episode, Laura talks to Cindy Alvarez, Director of UX for Powerpoint, about how to figure out what sort of hire you really need and write a job description targeted to the right folks. Drink pairing: Sparkling RoseAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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The Importance of Performance Reviews
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There are a lot of mistakes made when it comes to managing and leading a team. Performance reviews should never be one of them. In this episode, I’ll discuss why performance reviews are important and how to communicate that to your team.Af Kimone Napier
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The Great Resignation or The Great Reorganization?
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The Great Resignation is the silver lining to make our workforce the Great Reorganization. In this episode, I'll discuss how we can learn from the Great Resignation to make necessary improvements in the way we work and how we structure our teams.Af Kimone Napier
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Innovative Recruiting - A unique approach to hiring with Bryan Cantrill
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In this episode, Laura talks to Bryan Cantrill, CTO of Oxide, about a wildly different approach to recruiting and hiring. Drink Pairing: Diet Dr. PepperAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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One of the most common questions people ask me is, "How do I know who I need to hire?" In this episode, I'll outline the steps to take to decide who you need to hire next to push your business forward with a return on investment (ROI).Af Kimone Napier
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Pay Equity - Making comp fair with Lisa Dusseault
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In this episode, Laura talks with Lisa Dusseault, CTO and Co-founder of Compaas about how to make sure you're making the right offer and paying people fairly for their work. Drink Pairing: California Chardonnay (properly chilled!)Af What is Wrong with Hiring
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Tech Recruiting - Why is recruiting so hard with James Mayes
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In this episode, Laura talks with James Mayes, Founder at Mind the Product and currently an Evangelist at Pendo about why recruiting in tech is so hard and why recruiting technology can make it even harder. Pendo is hiring! Drink Pairing: Pinot NoirAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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There are a lot of common mistakes made when it comes to hiring and building a team. In this episode, I’ll discuss the seven mistakes to avoid when it comes to hiring and recruiting team members for longevity.Af Kimone Napier
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Training Designers - Creating an apprenticeship program with Emmy Southworth
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In this episode, Laura talks to Emmy Southworth, Principal Product Manager at Lendio about how she created an apprenticeship program to create new designers. Interested in working with Emmy? Lendio is hiring! Drink Pairing: Draft Diet Dr. PepperAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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Hiring Designers - Rebranding yourself as a designer with Pearl
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In this episode, Laura interviews Lawrence Humphry and Fallon Blossom, the co-founders of Pearl. They talk about finding tech folks from non-traditional backgrounds and creating a better hiring pipeline. Pearl is a brand new platform for peer based leadership consulting where you can get wisdom and guidance from people you trust. Drink Pairings: Be…
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Building a well rounded and engaged team is contingent upon using an intentional hiring process. In this episode, I’ll explain what it means to hire with intention and how you can implement it in your recruitment and talent strategy.Af Kimone Napier
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Hiring Engineers - How to compete with the big companies
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In this episode, Laura interviews Sarah Milstein, VP of Engineering at Daily. They talk about how to position smaller companies to compete with the big corporations and be appealing even in a hot market. Drink Pairing: LambruscoAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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Working with Recruiters -Creating a good partnership with Tracy Kroop
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In this episode, Laura talks with Tracy Kroop, the Director of User Experience at Boomi, about how hiring managers can forge a great relationship with recruiters and how the process is largely broken. Interested in working with Tracy? Boomi is hiring! Drink Pairing: Old FashionedAf What is Wrong with Hiring
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Organizational charts are often created the wrong way, which can lead you to hiring the wrong people. In this episode, I’ll share a thorough and comprehensive way to craft your org chart to support your business at any level.Af Kimone Napier
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